Alcoholic drinks market booming in Muslim Gulf

By Praveen Menon – Thu Mar 10, 5:03 am ET DUBAI (Reuters Life!) – The duty-free shop at Dubai’s glitzy international airport brims with travelers choosing from row upon row of carefully stacked wine, champagne and whisky. The lavish display highlights a push by major alcoholic drinks-makers into the Gulf Arab region, lured by a vast youth population and large …

World Bank proposes road to save Serengeti migration

(Reuters) – The World Bank has offered Tanzania an alternative to stop a major road project across the Serengeti national park that conservationists say threatens one of Africa’s biggest wildlife spectacles. Conservation groups say the government’s planned highway through the northern edge of the Serengeti would hinder the annual migration of some 2 million wildebeest. The World Bank’s John Murray …

UKATILI DHIDI YA BINADAMU!

Mwendesha mashitaka wa mahakama ya kimataifa ya makosa ya jinai (International court of criminal- ICC, the Hagu, Netherlands) bwana Luis Moreno-Ocampo, amesema kiongozi wa Libya Gaddafi pamoja na viongozi kadhaa waandamizi, watachunguzwa kwa kosa la mashambulizi ya watu waliokuwa

PAMOJA NA TUHUMA ZA KUCHAKACHUA,MUSEVENI ATANGAZWA MSHINDI!

Tangazo rasmi limetolewa kuthibitisha kuwa Rais Museveni wa Uganda ndiye mshindi katika uchaguzi uliofanyika Ijumaa nchini humo. Tume ya uchaguzi ilitangaza kuwa Yoweri Museveni alishinda kwa asilimia 68, katika uchaguzi huo uliofanyika siku ya Ijumaa.

Libya Follows Egypt’s Lead, Starts Shutting Off Internet Services

Both the BBC and Yahoo News are reporting that Muammar Gaddafi’s government in Libya has begun to block user access Facebook in the country’s capital of Tripoli and is sporadically shutting down electricity access and access to Internet connections in the rest of the country as a response to anti-govermental protests. Al Jazeera is also reporting access to its Aljazeera.net …