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www.monstersandcritics.com | 3/11/10 12:30 AM

www.monstersandcritics.com | 3/11/10 12:30 AM

www.monstersandcritics.com | 3/11/10 12:30 AM

Fighting between Somali government troops and al-Shabaab rebels in the north of Mogadishu has left 17 people dead and another 65 wounded. www.iol.co.za | 3/11/10 12:26 AM

Sudan has summoned the acting head of international peacekeepers in Darfur to express concern over a recent rebel ambush. www.iol.co.za | 3/11/10 12:11 AM

The White House has offered its deepest condolences after the death of Egyptian cleric Sheikh Mohammed Sayyed Tantawi, who hosted President Barack Obama's landmark speech to the Muslim world in 2009. www.iol.co.za | 3/10/10 11:56 PM

Manny Pacquiao, who is making his first defence of his WBO title, says he is confident he can maintain his speed and power as he moves up in class to fight bigger and stronger opponents.

This will be the second consecutive true welterweight fight for the Filipino superstar who goes into Saturday's bout as the heavy favourite despite giving away a height and an eight centimetre (three inch) reach advantage to Ghana's Joshua Clottey.

www.france24.com | 3/10/10 11:46 PM

Madonna and her 13-year-old budding fashionista daughter Lourdes are to launch a new line in teen clothing called "Material Girl" in the US this August.

The mother-daughter collection, which will be exclusively available at Macy's stores, will focus on affordable back-to-school clothes but will include footwear, handbags and jewelry and aims to add a fragrance in 2011.

The line is a joint venture between Madonna and the Iconix Brand Group, which purchased the Badgley Mischka brand in 2004 and includes other leading labels such as Mossimo and Ed Hardy.

www.france24.com | 3/10/10 11:46 PM

Microsoft's new Internet search engine Bing slightly increased its share of the US search market in February, the ninth straight month of modest gains, online tracking firm comScore said Wednesday.

Bing's share of the US search market rose to 11.5 percent in February from 11.3 percent in January, the Web analytics firm said.

Meanwhile, Microsoft's search partner Yahoo! saw its share dip to 16.8 percent in February from 17.0 percent in January, comScore said.

www.france24.com | 3/10/10 11:46 PM

American scientists have for the first time unlocked the genetic code of an entire family, and made a startling discovery -- that parents pass on fewer mutations than previously thought.

Scientists had long believed that each parent passed on some 75 genetic mutations to their children.

But the result of research by a team at the Institute for Systems Biology in Seattle and the University of Utah found this was nowhere near the case, according to their study published in Thursday's edition of Science Express.

www.france24.com | 3/10/10 11:46 PM

Talks to avert a strike by British Airways cabin crew over working conditions failed on Wednesday, raising the threat of a walkout as early as next week.

"Despite a prolonged period of negotiations it has not been possible to reach agreement between BA and Unite," said Brendan Barber, head of Britain's TUC labour federation, who chaired the talks.

Unite, which represents 12,500 cabin crew members at Britain's biggest airline, meets Thursday to decide dates for a strike.

www.france24.com | 3/10/10 11:46 PM

Rwandan Foreign Minister Louise Mushikiwabo believes the thawing of diplomatic relations with France may have paved the way for the arrest of a leading Rwandan genocide suspect in Paris. www.iol.co.za | 3/10/10 11:41 PM

Up to half the food aid intended for millions of hungry people in Somalia is stolen by corrupt contractors, radical Islamist militants and local UN workers, according to a leaked UN report. www.telegraph.co.uk | 3/10/10 11:28 PM

Weather forecasters have warned that the El Nino effect will bring heavy rains to Uganda from now until the end of May. www.iol.co.za | 3/10/10 11:26 PM

In this March 22, 2007 file photo, Stuart Lawley, chief executive of ICM Registry Inc., poses for a photo in his Jupiter, Fla home, Thursday, March 22, 2007 by one of his computers.

www.topix.net | 3/10/10 11:16 PM

African Union Peace and Security Council says Sudan's elections for president and parliament have a reasonable chance of success www1.voanews.com | 3/10/10 10:56 PM

Up to half the food aid in Somalia is routinely diverted to corrupt contractors and militants, a leaked UN report says. news.bbc.co.uk | 3/10/10 10:01 PM

Spokesman says that Hutu rebels were killed during recent army operations in Congo's North and South Kivu provinces www1.voanews.com | 3/10/10 6:31 PM

A British newspaper's interview quoting Nelson Mandela's ex-wife bitterly criticizing the anti-apartheid icon has prompted outraged headlines in South Africa.

www.topix.net | 3/10/10 6:27 PM

South African President Jacob Zuma submits his declaration of interests, after critics urged an inquiry into his finances. news.bbc.co.uk | 3/10/10 6:13 PM

Militants thought to belong to al Qaeda's North African branch have released a Spanish woman held hostage in Mali. An Italian female hostage has also been released, according to unconfirmed reports. www.france24.com | 3/10/10 6:09 PM

Police say 49 people are to be charged with murder following communal violence that left scores of Nigerian villagers dead. news.bbc.co.uk | 3/10/10 5:49 PM

Rwanda is looking for investment in education, broadcasting from Commonwealth members www1.voanews.com | 3/10/10 5:16 PM

Nigeria's Plateau State governor says army failed to act to prevent Sunday's deadly raid, despite warnings that attack was imminent www1.voanews.com | 3/10/10 4:30 PM

Grand Imam of Al-Azhar, Tantawi barred women from wearing full face veil in some classrooms www1.voanews.com | 3/10/10 3:56 PM

Ivory Coast talk to the 'White Witch Doctor' about taking the Elephants to the World Cup. news.bbc.co.uk | 3/10/10 3:07 PM

Every year tonnes of electrical goods and used clothing from the West find their way to Africa. Is this killing the continent? newsforums.bbc.co.uk | 3/10/10 3:06 PM

A Spanish woman aid worker kidnapped in West Africa last year has been freed, the Spanish government says. news.bbc.co.uk | 3/10/10 1:59 PM

Much of Somalia's food aid diverted: UN A boy carries a sword fish on his head from the Indian Ocean Indian waters to a market in Mogadishu.

www.topix.net | 3/10/10 1:56 PM

The Nigerian Football Federation announces four pre-World Cup friendlies for the Super Eagles. news.bbc.co.uk | 3/10/10 1:39 PM

Up to half of the food aid intended for needy Somalis is routinely diverted, according to a United Nations report. www.iol.co.za | 3/10/10 12:14 PM

Nearly 50 people from the mainly Muslim Fulani clan arrested after a weekend attack on Christian villages are to be charged with murder, the state police chief said on Wednesday.

"We have 49 Fulanis arrested immediately after the attacks and in their statements they have confessed that they were on a revenge mission," Plateau State commissioner Ikechukwu Aduba told reporters.

"Charges for those arrested will be conspiracy and culpable homicide," he said.

www.france24.com | 3/10/10 12:06 PM

A sweeping strike is set to cripple Greece on Thursday in the second such protest in a fortnight against debt-driven austerity measures.

Government offices, public hospitals and schools will close as more than a million people have been urged to shun work and join street protests. Greek tax and garbage collectors have already been on strike for three days.

Air traffic is due to come to a standstill from midnight Wednesday with air traffic controllers joining a strike called by two powerful unions comprising more than one million members.

www.france24.com | 3/10/10 12:06 PM

Hundreds of Nigerians have gathered in the capital Abuja for a march to the presidency to demand the appearance of ailing leader Umaru Yar'Adua, two weeks after he returned from a Saudi hospital. www.iol.co.za | 3/10/10 11:59 AM

A truck carrying bags of cement has killed between 30 to 50 people after the driver lost control and drove into a crowded market in Nigeria, say police. www.iol.co.za | 3/10/10 11:44 AM

Sheikh Mohamed Sayed Tantawi, the head of Egypt's most prestigious seat of Islamic learning al-Azhar, has died of a heart attack. www.iol.co.za | 3/10/10 11:29 AM

Reporters Without Borders on Wednesday deplored fines a Kuwaiti court imposed on a journalist, two MPs and three dailies for statements deemed offensive to the ruling family and premier.

"These convictions leave us very concerned for the future of free expression and press freedom in Kuwait," the media watchdog said in a statement.

"All this runs counter to the declared desire of the Kuwaiti authorities to embody democratic ideals in the Gulf," it added.

www.france24.com | 3/10/10 11:26 AM

Couples who use acupuncture and Chinese medicine to try and increase their chances of having a baby were warned there was no evidence it worked by British fertility experts Wednesday.

The British Fertility Society (BFS), which represents fertility clinics, issued the guidelines after collecting information from 14 studies involving 2,670 patients.

www.france24.com | 3/10/10 11:26 AM

The British government will unveil a pre-election budget on March 24, Prime Minister Gordon Brown said Wednesday, fuelling expectations of a general election in May.

Brown added that Britain's economic recovery "remains very fragile" and warned of "bumps in the road" ahead.

But in a personal appeal to voters, he said he would "not let them down" in steering the economy to safety, contrasting himself with Conservative leader David Cameron, whose party threatens to oust Labour at the poll.

www.france24.com | 3/10/10 11:26 AM

Soldiers have opened fire on a crowd after curfew and killed two people and left five wounded, say witnesses. www.iol.co.za | 3/10/10 11:14 AM

Tensions around the central Nigerian city of Jos remained high following the weekend’s brutal massacre, as fresh gunfire sent Christian villagers fleeing on Tuesday amid claims the military ignored warnings of an impending attack. www.france24.com | 3/10/10 11:06 AM

Oil firm Tullow says profits for 2009 fell by 93% but it is optimistic after major new discoveries in Uganda and Ghana. news.bbc.co.uk | 3/10/10 11:03 AM

Egypt's top Muslim cleric has died suddenly in Saudi Arabia at the age of 81. news.bbc.co.uk | 3/10/10 10:34 AM

DAR-ES-SALAAM, Mar 10 (IPS) - Changes in weather patterns have turned agriculture into a gamble with nature for Tanzanian farmers. Prolonged droughts and floods have made the lives of small-scale farmers, who don’t have access to irrigation, extremely difficult. www.ipsnews.net | 3/10/10 10:30 AM

South Africa's ANC asks Winnie Mandela to clarify a media report in which she apparently fiercely criticised ex-husband Nelson. news.bbc.co.uk | 3/10/10 10:29 AM

KAMPALA, Mar 9 (IPS) - Fourteen-year-old Isaac Wadyegere of Bundesi village in Bududa district woke up to a rainy and chilly Monday morning and went to school as usual. But Mar. 1 was not a usual day in eastern Uganda. www.ipsnews.net | 3/10/10 10:15 AM

www.itnewsafrica.com | 3/9/10 8:08 AM

Bomb-Sniffing Rats Save Lives in Africa blogs.abcnews.com | 3/6/10 12:07 AM

www.dailystar.com.lb | 3/4/10 11:46 PM

Plans are underway to harmonise laws of export processing zones (EPZs) in East Africa. allafrica.com | 3/3/10 12:19 PM