Indepth Africa

• newRome Masters 2012: Roger Federer defeated Carlos Ferrero
  Roger Federer finished strong to defeat Juan Carlos Ferrero 6-2, 5-7, 6-1 in a meeting of former World No. 1 players on Thursday night at the Internazionali BNL d’Italia. Ferrero had extended the match after breaking for a 6-5 lead in the second se…
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• newRussia down Norway to advance to 2012 IIHF World Championship semi-finals
  It wasn’t easy for top-seeded Russia versus Norway, but Zinetula Bilyaletdinov’s team finally put away the underdogs with a 5-2 victory to advance to Saturday’s semi-finals. Alexei Yemelin got the winner early in a three-goal third period for R…
  - 4 hours ago, 17 May 12, 1:54pm -
• newRome Masters 2012: Novak Djokovic advances to quarter-finals
  NOVAK Djokovic staged a 4-6 6-2 6-3 comeback over Argentine Juan Monaco to earn a place in the quarter-finals of the Rome Masters. Sign up for your free 2 month trial With gusts of wind making life a challenge on the red clay, top seed Djokovic had t…
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• newRome Masters 2012: Andy Murray loses to Richard Gasquet after winning the first set
  ANDY MURRAY came off second-best against a determined Richard Gasquet in the Rome Masters today. The 25-year-old Scot claimed the first set on a tie-break but Gasquet battled his way back into the match to triumph 6-7 (1/7) 6-3 6-2. Gasquet goes on t…
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• newG8 Summit to Focus on Africa Food Security
  STATE DEPARTMENT – As host of this week’s summit of the world’s Group of Eight leading industrial nations (G8), President Barack Obama has put African food security on the agenda. Food security remains a recurring problem across Africa, despite…
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• newPort Harcourt blast: Nigerian ‘robbers’ killed
  At least two suspected armed robbers have been killed after an explosive device they were carrying went off in Nigeria’s oil capital, Port Harcourt, police say. A BBC reporter at the scene says the passenger minibus they were travelling in has been…
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• newAfrican Jihadist Group Threatens To Kill Spanish Hostage
  DAKAR – An extremist group in West Africa is reportedly threatening to kill a Spanish hostage seized in western Algeria last October. The group is believed to have split from al-Qaida’s North Africa branch last year with the aim of spreading jiha…
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• Slovakia beats Canada 4-3 to Semi-finals of 2012 IIHF World Championship
  HELSINKI – Michal Handzus scored with 2:28 left in regulation to break a 3-3 tie and take Slovakia to the semi-finals. The goal came on a five-minute power play after a knee-on-knee hit by Ryan Getzlaf on Juraj Mikus, who had to be helped off the i…
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• Didier Drogba wants to erase bad memories
  Chelsea striker Didier Drogba does not want to dwell on previous tournament final heartache going into the Champions League final. The Ivorian was sent off when the Blues were beaten on penalties by Manchester United in the same final back in 2008. H…
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BBC Africa

• newNiger malnutrition crisis growing
  Months of warnings have failed to stop a major malnutrition crisis in Niger, affecting more than six million people, Save the Children says.
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• newAfrican troops in Guinea-Bissau
  The first wave of a West African peacekeeping force lands in Guinea-Bissau to try to bring stability after last month's military coup.
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• newGoalshy Bafana turn to Nomvethe
  South Africa recall veteran striker Siyabonga Nomvethe for June's 2014 World Cup qualifiers against Ethiopia and Botswana.
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• newSA 'fails pupils on textbooks'
  The South African government's failure to provide textbooks to all state school pupils violates the constitution, the high court rules.
  - 1 hour ago, 17 May 12, 4:30pm -
• newNigeria axe Premier League stars
  Nigeria overlook a trio of Premier League stars, including Chelsea's John Obi Mikel, for next month's World Cup and Nations Cup qualifiers.
  - 4 hours ago, 17 May 12, 1:56pm -
• 'Robbers' killed in Nigeria blast
  At least two suspected armed robbers are killed in an explosion in a minibus in Nigeria's oil capital, Port Harcourt, police say.
  - 5 hours ago, 17 May 12, 12:34pm -
• Cameroon federation ditches Milla
  Cameroon's World Cup star Roger Milla is removed as honorary president of his country's football federation.
  - 6 hours ago, 17 May 12, 11:21am -
• Rwanda's Mafisango in fatal crash
  Patrick Mafisango, a member of Rwanda's squad for next month's 2014 World Cup qualifier against Algeria, dies in a car accident in Dar es Salaam.
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• Death penalty for Somaliland raid
  A group of 17 civilians are sentenced to death, the day after carrying out an attack on a military base in the self-proclaimed republic of Somaliland.
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Libya News

• Gaddafi’s son refusing defence lawyer – Libya
  Former Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi’s son has refused to appoint a Libyan lawyer to defend him against accusations of murder and torture during a crackdown on a revolt against his father’s rule, the country said on Wednesday. Libya said earlier…
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• NATO underplayed civilian deaths in Libya: HRW
  NATO air strikes killed 72 civilians in Libya last year, Human Rights Watch said on Monday, accusing the western alliance of failing to acknowledge the scope of collateral damage it caused during the campaign that helped oust Muammar Gaddafi. In a re…
  - 4 days ago, 14 May 12, 12:57am -
• Libya bans glorification of Gaddafi
  Tripoli – Libya’s ruling National Transitional Council on Wednesday criminalised the glorification of slain leader Muammar Gaddafi and his regime. “Praising or glorifying Muaamar Gaddafi, his regime, his ideas or his sons… is punishable by a…
  - 15 days ago, 3 May 12, 12:37am -
• Arab League backs Libya trial for Gaddafi son
  Bloc says it supports Libya’s hosting of trial of Saif al-Islam, son of former Libya leader, in defiance of ICC request. The Arab League has said it supports Libya in its desire to try Saif al-Islam, son of killed Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi, on…
  - 16 days ago, 1 May 12, 1:42pm -
• Libya leader says govt to stay put until elections
  Libya’s ruling National Transitional Council (NTC) decided on Sunday to keep the interim government in power in the run up to a June election, its leader said, quashing rumours of a reshuffle that has sowed uncertainty in the strife-torn state. The…
  - 18 days ago, 30 Apr 12, 12:37am -
• Ex-oil chief who tried to reform Gaddafi’s Libya dies
  Shokri Ghanem, Libya’s former prime minister and oil chief, saw it as his mission to change his country from the inside, only to realise too late that Muammar Gaddafi would never accept any meaningful reform. Ghanem died in Vienna, at the age of 69…
  - 18 days ago, 30 Apr 12, 12:31am -
• ICC rejects Libya bid to try Gaddafi son
  The Hague – The International Criminal Court has again rejected attempts by Libya to delay handing over one of former dictator Muammar Gaddafi’s sons, who is wanted for trial. Judges unanimously dismissed Libya’s latest appeal against the court…
  - 22 days ago, 26 Apr 12, 12:32am -
• Libya: NTC must assert itself and consign federalism to the dustbin of history
  By Jason Pack In today’s Libya, local is king. Yet, if the country is to become a functioning state governed by an elected leadership capable of empowering its citizens and providing an equitable distribution of its resource wealth, then, the inter…
  - 23 days ago, 25 Apr 12, 1:39am -
• 60 African and Iraqi refugees stranded between Libya and Tunisia sent to America
  TUNIS, Tunisia — A representative of the U.N.’s refugee agency says 60 African and Iraqi refugees stranded on border of Tunisia and Libya have left for the United States. Hala Harouni, the representative of the U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees…
  - 24 days ago, 23 Apr 12, 2:20pm -

IndepthSoccer

• Torres hoping to end Chelsea woes with old hairdo
  Fernando Torres is returning to his old roots, quite literally, in a bid to rediscover the goalscoring touch in front of goal that has so spectacularly deserted him since his £50million switch to Chelsea. Torres has taken drastic measures in a bid t…
  - 76 days ago, 2 Mar 12, 6:47pm -
• Manchester City bad-boy Mario Balotelli risks missing Euro 2012, warns Italy boss
  Italy’s national coach Cesare Prandelli has issued a stark warning to Manchester City striker Mario Balotelli: behave or stay at home this summer. “When Balotelli begins to behave well he will get a call-up,” Prandelli told reporters this week.…
  - 76 days ago, 2 Mar 12, 2:48pm -
• Arsenal as Wenger reveals Van Persie and Vermaelen doubts for Liverpool
  rsene Wenger has revealed that captain Robin van Persie and key defender Thomas Vermaelen are both doubtful for Arsenal’s lunchtime kick-off against Liverpool at Anfield on Saturday. Van Persie played for Holland in their win over England at Wemble…
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• Preview: Liverpool v Arsenal
  Although league title challenges have been few and far between in recent years, games between Liverpool and Arsenal remain among the most highly anticipated in the English football calendar. As two of the three most successful clubs in the country, t…
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• Sneijder hints at Inter exit
  Inter Milan midfielder Wesley Sneijder has suggested that Holland’s friendly with England could be a platform to impress clubs following the match. Sneijder has struggled at Inter Milan this season both in terms of fitness and performance and was a…
  - 79 days ago, 28 Feb 12, 3:47pm -
• De Rossi: No grudges against Enrique
  Roma midfielder Daniele De Rossi insists that he does not hold it against manager Luis Enrique to leave him out of Roma’s 4-1 defeat against Atalanta. Reports from the Roma camp revealed that Enrique left De Rossi out of the clash due to a discipin…
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• Nigeria looking to make next African Cup of Nations
  A little more than two weeks after Zambia beat Ivory Coast to lift the African Nations Cup, the process of qualifying for the next edition of the tournament begins. There are less than 12 months until the 2013 tournament kicks off in South Africa as…
  - 79 days ago, 28 Feb 12, 3:42pm -
• PSG draw thriller but lose lead
  PSG scored a late equaliser as they came from 4-2 down to claim a 4-4 draw at Lyon, but it was not enough to keep hold of top spot in Ligue 1. Montpellier replaced them on top of the pile thanks to their 1-0 win over Bordeaux, going one point clear a…
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• Matri earns late draw for Juve
  Alessandro Matri struck late to earn still-unbeaten Juventus a 1-1 draw at Serie A leaders AC Milan, while Genoa and Parma drew 2-2. Antonio Nocerino put Milan ahead in the 14th minute and Sulley Muntari appeared to have doubled the lead midway throu…
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Africa News

• newAfrica: Carter Center to 'Witness' Egyptian Presidential Elections
  [State Department] QUESTION: Yes, please. Definitely in the coming days G-8 and then NATO meeting, and what you are trying to or what you are going to discuss regarding Egypt and the Arab Spring in this context of G…
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• newAfrica: AGOA Boosts Trade, Supports Shared Growth With Africa
  [State Department] Washington - The African Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA) has boosted exponentially the United States' trade with sub-Saharan Africa and remains the "centerpiece" of U.S. economic engagement with…
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• newAfrica: High Blood Pressure, Diabetes Are Global Health Threats
  [State Department] Washington - The urgency of noncommunicable diseases as a cause of illness and death worldwide gained further credence May 16 with the latest release of global health statistics from the World Heal…
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• newAfrica: U.S. Looks to cut Non-Humanitarian Aid to Nations That Host Bashir
  [U.S. House] Washington, D.C. (May 17, 2012) - As part of an ongoing effort to bring Sudanese President Omar Bashir to justice, the House Appropriations Committee today adopted an amendment cutting off non-humanitari…
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• newAfrica: Saudi Arabia - Activist Detained for His Activities in Support of Religious Freedom
  [HRInfo] ANHRI condemns the detention of Kamel Abbas al-Ahmed, engineer and brother of the Saudi dissident Ali Abbas al-Ahmed, head of the Gulf Institute in Washington. The Saudi security services escorted Kamel al-…
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• newAfrica: Kuwait - Blogger Sentenced to Ten Years in Prison
  [HRInfo] ANHRI condemns the ruling upholding the 10 year imprisonment sentence and 1000 Kuwaiti Dinars fine of Lawrence al-Rashidi, Kuwaiti blogger, on charges of "insulting the Prince and his powers in poems upload…
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• newAfrica: France Will Have New Denomination With Protestant Merger
  [ENI] Paris - After years of preparation, a new Christian denomination will be formed this week in France when two synods meet in the eastern town of Belfort, a location historically important in the growth of Protes…
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• newAfrica: Continent Is Thirsty
  [Informer] Liberia's Public Works Minister Samuel Kofi Woods has bounced back from brief illness and told African ministers attending the continent's water summit in Cairo, Egypt, that the continent is "thirsty" des…
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• newAfrica: End Discrimination Against LGBTI On International Day Against Homophobia
  [AI London] Discrimination and persecution of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex (LGBTI) people in South Africa and Cameroon must be halted, Amnesty International said as activists around the world mar…
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Nigeria News

MultiMedia

• Adopted son of two lesbians who started sex change aged 8
  How do parents handle a child who feels they are living in the wrong body? CNN looks at Gender Identity Disorder.
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• Video: Shooting outside a McDonalds in Brooklyn
  Dramatic footage of a teenager being shot at point-blank range in a gun ambush outside McDonald’s has been released today. The shooting, which shows the victim thrown into the road after being hit four times, was caught on camera in Brooklyn, New Y…
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• Video: Africa vaccinations get new funding
  A global health group has come to the aid of millions with vaccine donations for a host of easily preventable diseases. The Global Alliance for Vaccination and Immunisation is to donate $1bn to immunise children against life-threatening diseases in A…
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• Video: Libyan fighters ‘capture’ Sirte airport
  Forces loyal to interim government say they are in control of the airport in one of last bastions of Gaddafi support. Forces loyal to Libya’s interim government say they have captured the airport in Sirte, the birthplace of the former Libyan leader…
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• Video: Libya’s toxic Gaddafi legacy
  Tons of dangerous chemicals, including radioactive ‘yellowcake’, found at sites around Libya. There is growing concern over the legacy that the era of Muammar Gaddafi, the deposed Libyan leader, is leaving behind, as tons of dangerous chemical wa…
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• VIDEO: All goals, (2-3) CSKA Moscow Vs Inter Milan
  Inter Milan made it two wins in a row with a 3-2 win over CSKA Moscow. Lucio got Inter Milan off to a flyer in their Group B Champions League match against CSKA Moscow. In the 5th minute, the Brazilian defender found himself free at the back post and…
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• Video: Benghazi ready to open Libya’s stock market
  Preparing to open for business in Libya. Libya’s stock market will be ready to resume trading in about one month…and the hope is to attract more foreign investors. Nagib Abdel Salam Obeida is the head of the benghazi Exchange. SOUNDBITE: Nagib Ab…
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• Video: Battle lines in Libya
  Outlining a battle plan for Sirte. Fighters backing Libya’s interim rulers renew their advance into the coastal city of Sirte after NATO aircraft bombed targets in Muammar Gaddafi’s home town. Sirte lies between the capital Tripoli and the easter…
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• Video: Egypt pipeline blast
  NARRATION Unknown assailants blew up an Egyptian pipeline in Sinai on Tuesday that supplies Israel and Jordan with gas, security sources and witnesses said. A witness told investigators he saw three men jump out of a small truck at a pumping station…
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Today's Women

• 8 steps to great foreplay
  Foreplay. That little word in sex has to be one of the biggest misnomers. It suggests that what comes before penetrative intercourse is not the real deal. For women, it’s the main course. Sure, intercourse is fun for people of the feminine persuasi…
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• Half of men would ditch woman who gained weight?
  Men are more concerned with their partner’s body type than women but they also seem to value family more highly, according to a new survey released on Tuesday. Nearly half of men questioned in the poll of 70,000 people said they would ditch a partn…
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• Why taller women are a third more likely to have cancer
    Taller women are more likely to get cancer, research reveals today. Their risk of developing some of the most common forms is up to a third greater. Scientists believe being tall may increase the levels of certain hormones known to trigger tumours…
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• Wife ‘drugged husband, tied him to bed, cut off his penis and threw it in garbage disposal’
  A woman has been arrested after drugging her husband and tying him to his bed before cutting off his penis and throwing it into the garbage disposal, it has been reported. Catherine Becker, 48, is said to have made her husband dinner at their Califor…
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• Are YOU a cyber widow? Does HE spends more time looking at his laptop than he does at you?
  Victoria was seven months pregnant with her third child when she took her two young children and left her husband. For three weeks, she stayed with her parents wondering what to do about a marriage that had disintegrated to the extent that she and he…
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• Men need more cuddles than women for a happy long-term relationship
  Tenderness in a long-term relationship is more important to middle-aged men than it is to women, according to a study. Men in a committed relationship are also more likely to report being happy, while women are more likely to say they are satisfied w…
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• Thousands of girls under 15 every year are having abortions
  More than a thousand girls a year aged under 15 have an abortion, figures revealed. Terminations are being carried out on youngsters aged just 12 or 13 who have only just started secondary school. And every year nearly 4,000 procedures are undertaken…
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• How your pillow is the perfect breeding ground for gruesome array of pests and diseases
  It is not a thought conducive to a good night’s sleep: Up to a third of the weight of your pillow could be made up of bugs, dead skin, dust mites and their faeces. Pillows – and the stuffy bedroom air that surrounds them – are ideal breeding gr…
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• Being married can boost your chances of beating cancer, say scientists
  The survey also noted that married patients with the condition were more likely to be diagnosed early in the disease’s development and often opted for more aggressive forms of treatment.   Scientists are unsure how a marriage license can help suff…
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World News

• Libya and hypocrisy of the ‘Left’
  The winds of change are sweeping the Arab world. Thanks to the people of Tunisia and Egypt the Arabs are experiencing a momentous claim for new history, a new renaissance. We have all watched their calls for democracy, freedom, rights of citizenship,…
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• Who, Us, What? Sri Lanka War Atrocities
  Even pro-government Tamil politician Dharmalingam Siddarthan says human rights issues, if left unattended, would further widen the gap between the Sinhalese and the Tamils. Sri Lanka Genocide Video grabs from Channel 4’s documentary ‘Sri Lanka’…
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• Monaco will braai tonight
  Monaco’s medieval royal house threw open its princely marriage to the tiny Mediterranean realm’s tax-shy denizens on Friday as the ruling Grimaldi clan prepared to welcome a glamorous new member. Balding sports administrator Prince Albert II, 53,…
  - 1 Jul 11, 8:39am -
• House arrest may end for Strauss-Kahn
  New York – Prosecutors have agreed to free former International Monetary Fund (IMF) chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn from house arrest and return his bail money after admitting major problems with his accuser’s credibility, a report said on Friday. I…
  - 1 Jul 11, 8:35am -
• Strauss-Kahn case at risk
  The sexual assault case against ex-IMF chief and French presidential hopeful Dominique Strauss-Kahn is collapsing due to doubts over the victim’s credibility, a report said on Thursday. The New York Times story, citing two law enforcement sources c…
  - 1 Jul 11, 3:53am -
• Toyota recalls 110,000 hybrid cars on safety concerns
  The world’s biggest carmaker Toyota is to recall more than 110,000 hybrid vehicles over concerns about a problem with the power supply circuit. The Japanese carmaker said the recall involves the Highlander hybrid and Lexus RX400h models globally. T…
  - 30 Jun 11, 12:05am -
• Canada Prepares To Welcome Royal Couple
  The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge touch down in Canada today for their first joint overseas tour. The newlyweds arrive in the capital Ottawa at the start of a 12-day visit to North America, which will also see them visit the USA. Final preparations a…
  - 30 Jun 11, 12:02am -
• US military says 3 American troops killed in Iraq
  The U.S. military says three American soldiers have been killed in southern Iraq in the deadliest month for U.S. troops in two years. A statement issued Thursday says the troops were killed Wednesday but gives no other details, and the names of the d…
  - 30 Jun 11, 12:01am -
• Study suggests UN force brought cholera to Haiti
  Evidence “strongly suggests” that a United Nations peacekeeping mission brought a cholera strain to Haiti that has killed thousands of people, a study by a team of epidemiologists and physicians says. The study is the strongest argument yet that…
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