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Text of report by Nigerian Rhythm FM radio, owned by Silverbird Communications, on 9 October Police have raided a private hospital in Enugu State where suspect new born babies were been sold to traffickers. Police said on raiding the hospital, a 17-year-old girl escaped. Police said four people - two nurses and the hospital owner have been arrested in connection with the baby found. Seven pregnant women discovered at the hospital during the raid are now in the care of the state government....

Kenya's telecom firm launches triple play service NAIROBI, Oct. 8 (Xinhua) -- Kenya's telecommunications service provider, Wananchi Group, has unveiled the country's first triple play cable -- a value added retail product. The company said in a statement received here Wednesday that the Zuku service comprises television, internet broadband and telephony. Wananchi Group CEO Euan Fannell said during the launch that the firm is taking advantage of the recently launched unified licensing...

TEMPLE CITY - The fourth annual Temple City Senior Health Fair will be held from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Oct. 4 at the Live Oak Community Center, 10144 Bogue St. The event will feature free health screenings, including tests for blood pressure levels and bone density, body fat analysis and stroke screening. There also will be free refreshments, prize drawings and information on Medicare Advantage. Co-sponsors are the city of Temple City, the county Department of Public Health and Monrovia...

"A blaze has caught parts of the Egyptian National Theatre in Cairo", Al-Jazeera ran a "urgent" screen caption quoting its Cairo correspondent at 1640 gmt, on 27 September. Originally published by Al-Jazeera TV, Doha, in Arabic 1640 27 Sep 08. (c) 2008 BBC Monitoring Newsfile. Provided by ProQuest LLC. All rights Reserved.

Text of report entitled "Sudanese to protest ICC's allegations through mobile phones" published in English by state-owned Sudanese news agency Suna website Mobile phone users will kick off a campaign next Friday [27 September] in protest of allegations by International Criminal Court (ICC) prosecutor against the president of the republic, Field Marshal Umar Al-Bashir. The users will send messages to any of the telecommunication companies. Chairman of the Sudanese Organization for...

Angola to host Africa's celebration to mark World Habitat Day LUANDA, Sept. 21 (Xinhua) -- The Angolan capital of Luanda was chosen by the United Nations to host on October 6 the central act in commemoration of the World Habitat Day, Angola's official news agency ANGOP reported on Sunday. Diekumpuna Sita Jose, minister of Urbanization and Environment, was quoted as saying that senior officials of the United Nations, including UN Undersecretary General and Executive Director of the UN...

Oxfam warns new humanitarian crisis looms in north Uganda NAIROBI, Sept. 17 (Xinhua) -- A new report from international agency Oxfam warned on Wednesday that northern Uganda risks another humanitarian crisis unless adequate social and health services are urgently put in place to help people return home following 20 years of conflicts. The report published in Nairobi found that despite no peace settlement, people are returning to their villages, many of which lack the basic health and...

Excerpt from report by Somali Banaadir radio on 17 September The Somali national aviation body has threatened to revoke licenses of airlines that do not land at Mogadishu's Adan Adde International Airport from tomorrow [18 September] heeding to the Al- Shabab Islamist's warning. President Yusuf's spokesman has said that the government would revoke the licence of the airlines that fail to land at Mogadishu airport from 12:00 a.m. local time. [Rest of item about covered press conference of...

UUNET to spend 10 million U.S. dollars on new products NAIROBI, Sept. 8 (Xinhua) -- Kenya's leading corporate business solution's provider, UUNET, said Monday it will spend 10 million U. S. dollars to develop new products and solutions that will be compatible with fibre infrastructure. UUNET Kenya Managing Director Tom Omariba told a news conference in Nairobi that the solutions will be IP-based which can enable customers run video conference, IP telephony and International Multiprotocol...

By Nathan McIntire MONROVIA - The 30-day public comment phase has begun on a draft of a Resource Management Plan for the city's hillside Wilderness Preserve. The plan lays out the proposed management terms for the city- owned preserve, which sits on 1,366 acres of hillside and recreational land in the Monrovia foothills. "We've been able to assemble all these different properties but as all this is going on we know that we have to have some kind of guiding document," said City Manager...