Opinion: Thabeet not 'not your average 7-3 guy' Aug 1, 2008
He played soccer as a boy in Dar es Salaam and wasn't introduced to the sport that would change his life until he was 15. He quickly showed a talent for the game and embraced the suggestion it might help him come to the United States and advance his education. (MSNBC -- Sports)
Amy Winehouse Aug 1, 2008
With producers Salaam Remi (who helmed "Frank") and Mark Ronson behind the boards, and crack soul band the Dap-Kings offering support, "Back to Black" zoomed up the charts and became her American breakthrough, becoming one of the hot titles of 2007. DJs remixed her songs; artists such as Prince and George Michael wanted to work with her. (CNN -- Showbiz)
Hen harriers being shot Jul 28, 2008
Salaam Halal, Britain s first motor insurance company that conforms to principles of the Muslim faith, was launched today. Money is put into Sharia-compliant investments. (Times Online)
The magnitude and factors responsible for delays in management of smear positive Tuberculosis in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. Jul 28, 2008
The magnitude and factors responsible for delays in management of smear positive Tuberculosis in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania ... A cross sectional hospital based survey in Dar es Salaam region, May 2006 ... Key words: Tuberculosis, Delay, Knowledge, Dar es Salaam. (BioMed Central)
Can Amy Winehouse be saved? Jul 27, 2008
To prove that her dissipated routines of the past few months hadn t disrupted this pattern, Cosbert played me one of the untitled demo recordings Winehouse made in May during a week she spent at Peter Gabriel s Real World Studios near Bath with her producer Salaam Remi ... When she flew to Miami to meet the top R&B producer Salaam Remi, whose previous clients had included the Fugees, Lisa Left Eye Lopes and Ms Dynamite, he was staggered by the maturity of her 18-year-old voice ... When she... (Times Online)
Living in fear Jul 22, 2008
This is the work of organised gangs, according to Tanzanian police in the commercial capital Dar es Salaam ... And nowhere is it considered more safe than at the Ocean Cancer Institute in Dar es Salaam - where so many of them come to get treatment for the skin and eye conditions that albinos often fall prey to. (BBC News)
Texans Positional Analysis Jul 19, 2008
Much of the focus will be on Brown, the first-round pick the Texans are grooming to take over for Salaam. They are hoping he's their long-term solution to a position that has given them problems since the inception of the franchise. (InsideHouston.com)
Zanzibar drug abusers risk contracting AIDS Jul 6, 2008
TSN Daily News building, Samora Avenue, Plot No. 7, P.O.Box 9033, Dar es Salaam. E-mail: newsdesk@dailynews-tsn. (DailyNewsOnline)
NFL Insider Blog-Will Lewis Stick in 2009? Jul 5, 2008
Veteran OT Ephraim Salaam is currently backing up Brown. It's was originally thought that Spencer was going to play guard because of his size but he has amazingly good feet (he was a very good high school basketball player). (BearReport.com)
Tanzania: Legislators Demand Graft Probes Jul 4, 2008
com: Tanzania: Graft - MPs Demand Thorough Probes (Page 1 of 1). Use our pull-down menus to find more stories. (allAfrica.com)
Never forget how we created Robert Mugabe Jul 2, 2008
Britain effectively vetoed the landlocked Zambia's request in the early 1960s for World Bank funds to build a railway to the port of Dar es Salaam ... As usual those who try to evade that simple point clutch at straws - vetoing the Dar es Salaam in the 1960's - laughably pathetic reasoning. (Times Online)
East Africa: Museveni Wants EAC Veto Out Jun 28, 2008
com: East Africa: Museveni Wants EAC Veto Out (Page 1 of 1). Use our pull-down menus to find more stories. (allAfrica.com)
Eyes on Malaria launched Jun 27, 2008
He was speaking at the launch of the first edition of "Eyes On Malaria" a news magazine of the African Media and Malaria Research Network, (AMMREN) in Dar Es Salaam, Tanzania. A statement released in Accra on Thursday and signed by AMMREN's Coordinator, Mr Richard Agbodo, said the 30-page magazine had stories written by African journalists from malaria endemic parts of Africa and members of AMMREN.. (Ghana Web, Ghana)
Tanzania: MP Denounces 'Defenders' of Richmond Jun 26, 2008
Dr Mwakyembe, who was recently admitted to Tumaini Hospital in Dar es Salaam, after he was taken ill in Parliament, said if it would be proved that the committee did not do justice, then all its members would resign from their parliamentary seats. "We cannot be speaking about Richmond every day in this House and in the Press.We are grown-ups If it will be proved that we didn't do justice to the affected individuals when we presented the report to Parliament, we as members of the committee will... (allAfrica.com)
China's junk culture Jun 17, 2008
At the end of the opening ceremony, a Chinese man in full Mandarin regalia stepped out of the crowd - "carried away, or rather pushed forward," as Mr Punch reckoned, "by his enthusiasm." This unlikely fellow approached Queen Victoria and performed an "elaborate salaam, consisting of a sudden act of prostration on his face." Here, in Hyde Park, was the kow-tow, a gesture that had already loomed large in Anglo-Chinese relations. The very first British mission to China, which took place in 1793, is... (BBC News -- UK)
Vitamins Improve Tuberculosis Treatment Jun 14, 2008
They tested their hypothesis in a study of 887 patients in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. The use of the nutrients was associated with a slight reduction in the risk of tuberculosis treatment failure and with a 45-percent reduction in the odds the disease would return after successful treatment. (MEDLINEplus)
Lars Tate's son wants to play baseball and football in college Jun 12, 2008
Peace be with you Die Hard kumbaya shalom salaam and of course, as always, kiss my asss. (pogue mahone). (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- Sports)
Armed robber burnt to death Jun 12, 2008
Narrating the incident to the press in Bole, the driver of the passenger bus, Salaam Azziz, said he managed to escape when he realised that the robber was looking for him to kill, after looting the passengers of their moneys and mobile phones, at about 05. 00 hours yesterday. (Ghana Web, Ghana)
Albinos in Tanzania face deadly threat Jun 8, 2008
Samuel Mluge, center, on a bus in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania on June 2, says he constantly feels threatened. (Guillaume Bonn for The New York Times). (International Herald Tribune -- Technology)
Tanzania: Running Water Remains a Pipe Dream for Many May 28, 2008
Sarah McGregorDar Es Salaam. Juma Membe is a doorstep salesman with a commodity no one in his poor Dar es Salaam neighbourhood can refuse ... Years of neglect and poor planning have curtailed maintenance of the water network in Dar es Salaam and prevented the major pipeline expansion required to meet the water needs of a rapidly growing population. (allAfrica.com)
Red FM launches anti-smoking campaign May 28, 2008
The campaign will be launched by Red FM in association with Pfizer, Salaam Bombay and BMC (Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation). The campaign includes on air and on ground programmes in major cities like Mumbai, Delhi, Kolkata, Chennai, Bangalore and Hyderabad. (Indiantelevision.com)
Tania Zaetta's Bollywood career in doubt May 23, 2008
However, two of the films she appeared in, Bunty aur Babli and Salaam Namaste, were big hits in India. In Indian entertainment press, Zaetta has spoken about wanting to progress beyond being an "item girl" - a Bollywood term that refers to someone who typically plays a dancer in skimpy outfits, usually appearing only in songs. (Sydney Morning Herald)
Style Puts Spotlight on Ruby May 22, 2008
Styles programming is centered on engaging personalities and inspirational stories that are relatable to real women, said Salaam Coleman Smith, executive vice president for Style. We believe that Styles female audience will connect with her emotional journey and everyday challenges as she faces this critical crossroads. (TVweek.com)
Smooth run for Australia's relay May 20, 2008
" The former Australian Olympic swimmer, Ian Thorpe, who was the last to carry the torch in the relay, said demonstrators should not be singling out the torch relay for protests. "It should be something that's done consistently," he said. Protests in Athens, London, Paris and San Francisco - where demonstrators angry at the Chinese occupation of Tibet tried to disrupt processions - have dominated media coverage of the torch relay. However, the flame has made relatively peaceful progress through... (Yahoo News -- Olympics)
Communiqu of The African Emergency Summit on Zimbabwe May 8, 2008
We, representatives of civil society from 21 countries in Africa, after meeting in Dar es Salaam on 21 April 2008, believe that the Zimbabwean populace voted for change on 29 March but that through the delay in announcing the presidential results and attempts by ZANU-PF to have a recount in some parliamentary constituencies, the election process has been negated. We call upon the African Union to initiate and implement the following. (allAfrica.com)
Web guru targets malaria Apr 22, 2008
Hadfield then travelled to Dar es Salaam in Tanzania where he met researchers working on malaria treatments and discovered that their efforts were being held back by a lack of resources. It's shocking that thousands of people are dying every day from a preventable disease, said Hadfield, who was honoured as Global Leader of Tomorrow by the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, in 2001. (Globe and Mail -- Technology)
2008 NFL Draft preview Apr 20, 2008
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Nice boys may have chance vs. the jocks Apr 19, 2008
Stephen is a first cousin of Rashaan Salaam, who won the Heisman Trophy at Colorado, and Karleen Thompson, the general manager and coach of the WNBA's Houston Comets. His mother watches the NFL draft every year as if one of her boys might get picked. (Fresno Bee -- Sports)
Newsweek: Did U.S. make Somalia an African Iraq? Apr 14, 2008
"Every year this fighting continues, the situation worsens," says Deputy Prime Minister Ahmed Abdul Salaam of Somalia's Transitional Federal Government. The Islamists' eviction in 2006 left a power vacuum that the -backed government still hasn't managed to fill. (MSNBC -- International)
China, Taiwan show some signs of thaw Apr 13, 2008
Yesterday, the mayor of Dar es Salaam, Tanzania's main city, received the Olympic torch from a Chinese official and assured him that its run through the East African nation would be smooth. Copyright 2008 Globe Newspaper Company. (Boston Globe)
Tanzania takes steps to save ancient human prints Apr 10, 2008
Archaeologist Paul Msemwa, director of the National Museum in Dar es Salaam who chairs the committee, says that the panel will decide in the next month on the specific remedial measures to protect the footprints. A protective layer placed over the prints is deteriorating (see Nature 451, ; 2008). (Nature News Service)
India woos Africans for cure Apr 8, 2008
"We found India offered better services at a cheaper cost. We had begun sending a few patients as early as 1999, but not on this scale," Tanzania's permanent secretary for health, MJ Mwaffisi, told BBC News Online from Dar es Salaam. Heart operations are comparatively inexpensive in India compared to the West. (BBC News -- South Asia)
Embassy bomb suspect charged Apr 1, 2008
- buying explosives, detonators and transporting bomb components to Dar es Salaam ... - escorting the bomb engineer between Dar es Salaam and Mombassa, Kenya, after the bomb had been made. (BBC News -- Americas)
Israel to remove some barriers Mar 31, 2008
In Jerusalem, Israeli Defense Minister Ehud Barak and Palestinian Prime Minister Salaam Fayyad consented to what the United States termed concrete steps at a joint meeting with Rice. They agreed "on points of special, immediate emphasis and work," the statement said. (Boston Globe)
Rice looks to ease restrictions on Palestinians in new Mideast ... Mar 30, 2008
Rice was due to meet Israeli Defense Minister Ehud Barak and hold three-way talks with Barak and Palestinian Prime Minister Salaam Fayyad later Sunday. Israel agreed this past week to issue more permits for Palestinian laborers and merchants, but had yet to take down any of the hundreds of West Bank checkpoints it says are necessary to stop suicide bombers. (International Herald Tribune)
Harare diaryYour questions answered about daily life under Mugabe Mar 15, 2008
Bravo, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. A: Kwacha still means worthless note, only that's what we call our own dollar now. (BBC News -- Africa)
US missile had targeted terror suspect, FBI says Mar 5, 2008
He referred to the simultaneous bombings of the embassies in Nairobi, Kenya, and Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, in which more than 200 people were killed. Kolko said he could not confirm whether Nabhan was hit in the strike in Dobley and referred questions to the Defense Department. (Boston Globe)
post a comment » Mar 5, 2008
Posted by: Morris Mwavizo, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania 04 March 2008. Of course this is disappointing to people who know her and to her publisher, but a good book is a good book, and if in the process she did not harm anyone, i.e. there were no lies or slander about actual, real people, then why can it not be a good book anymore. (International Herald Tribune)
Care revolutionSeeking African alternatives to failing family structures Mar 5, 2008
It may be an everyday occurrence for families across the world, but 30-year-old Asma is a widow with five children and no job and is one of the poorest people in an already poor neighbourhood: Temeke, in Dar es Salaam ... Asma is one of the lucky few who have benefited from a system that is working well in one small area of Dar es Salaam, but which is unique in Tanzania and could be copied by countries throughout Africa. (BBC News -- Africa)
Roundtable Interview of the President and the First Lady by the Travel Pool Feb 22, 2008
I don't know if you saw all those ships in Dar es Salaam. Those were originally -- many of them were originally headed for Nairobi, interestingly enough. (White House News Releases)
Smoking not attractive for city youth: Survey Feb 22, 2008
Findings from a recent survey conducted during a cultural festival revealed that three out of four youngsters were not interested in marrying a smoker, eight out of ten girls said that they did not find smokers or tobacco users attractive and almost half the youngsters interviewed by Ormax Consultants for the Salaam Bombay Foundation, said that they were never comfortable in the company of smokers ... The fact that so many women feel smoking is uncool, or finds a smoker repulsive, should be an... (Mumbai Newsline)
Bush sees results of his AIDS plan in Africa Feb 20, 2008
who is HIV positive, held her daughter when President Bush visited an AIDS clinic Sunday in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. JIm Young. (Christian Science Monitor)
Bush Accents the Positive in Africa Feb 20, 2008
In Dar es Salaam, Tanzania's commercial capital, on Monday, Bush praised efforts by his Tanzanian counterpart, Jataya Kikwete, to fight corruption: "You are a strong leader," he said. According to the U.S. embassy in Tanzania, Washington will contribute $662 million to the East African nation this year. (Time.com)
In Tanzania, Bush urges Congress to renew AIDS relief program as it is... Feb 19, 2008
" Bush and Kikwete visited a hospital, meeting with staff and with two people whose precarious health was restored by anti-retroviral drugs, Honorati Valeri Shirima, 77, and Steven Rogers, 31. The Bush visit turned a presidential spotlight on what is widely seen as one of Africa's success stories: the increase in testing for HIV/AIDS and the increasing availability of drugs, even as the demands on such programs continue to grow. The President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief has raised the... (San Francisco Chronicle -- Politics)
Bush touts effort to fight malaria Feb 19, 2008
Jim Young / ReutersThree-year-old Faith Mang'ehe, whose mother is HIV positive, attends a roundtable session with her mother on AIDS relief with U.S. President George W. Bush at Amana District Hospitalin Dar es Salaam on Sunday. . (MSNBC -- Politics)
Tanzania: Children to Receive Free Bed Nets, Bush Says Feb 19, 2008
Before boarding Air Force One for the return trip to Dar es Salaam, the president and first lady also stopped off at the Maasai Girls School for a visit. Bush leaves Tanzania February 18 for onward travel to Rwanda, Ghana and Liberia before returning home later this week. (AllAfrica.com)
Bush Touts U.S. Aid to Fight Malaria Feb 19, 2008
Monday, Feb. 18, 2008 By Article Tools. (ARUSHA, Tanzania) President Bush handed out hugs and bed nets in Tanzania's rural north on Monday, saying the U.S. is part of a new international effort to provide enough mosquito netting to protect every child between one and five from contracting malaria in this east African nation. (Time.com)
Bush Touts Effort to Stop Malaria Deaths Feb 18, 2008
"While Bush was visiting the hospital, a textile factory where the bed nets are made and a girls school, Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice was headed north from Tanzania into Kenya to try to help push forward deadlocked peace talks. A disputed presidential election there led to a wave of violence just ahead of Bush's trip.Tanzania is one of 15 countries that benefit through the distribution of live-saving medicines, insecticide spraying and bed nets that keep mosquitoes away at night.Those bed... (Columbus Telegram, NE)
Bush touts gains on AIDS in Africa Feb 18, 2008
President Bush walked through a ceremonial arrival cordon with President Jakaya Kikwete of Tanzania at the state house in Dar es Salaam yesterday ... DAR ES SALAAM, Tanzania - With old and young providing testament to the success of a US-funded effort to fight AIDS, President Bush yesterday called for Congress to renew the program quickly and said that helping Africa was in the national and moral interests of the United States ... The president's wife, Laura, speaking with a small group of... (Boston Globe)
Bush calls for fair Zimbabwe poll Feb 18, 2008
Benin - Cotonou: arrival ceremony, meets president Tanzania - Dar es Salaam: meets president, tours hospital; Arusha: tours hospital, textile mill and girls' school Rwanda - Kigali: meets president, visits genocide memorial Ghana - Accra: meets president, state dinner Liberia - Monrovia: meets president, visits university ... "We don't want people guessing on the continent of Africa whether the generosity of the American people will continue," he said in Dar Es Salaam. (BBC News -- Americas)
$15 Billion Fund Made Bush Popular Across Africa Feb 18, 2008
By JOHN HENDREN DAR ES SALAAM, Tanzania, Feb. 17, 2008 Font Size ... "Funding for this program has really made big changes," said Dr. Twalid Ngoma, who oversees the Ocean Road Cancer Institute in Dar es Salaam, where Kan and hundreds of other AIDS patients are treated. (ABC News)
U.S. Signs $700 Million Development Pact Feb 18, 2008
com: Tanzania: Bush Signs Nearly $700 Million MCC Compact (Page 1 of 1). Use our pull-down menus to find more stories. (allAfrica.com)
Tanzania Welcomes Bush, but Obama Is Topic No. 1 on the Streets Feb 18, 2008
Tanzanian women wore commemorative outfits as they awaited President Bush s arrival late Saturday in Dar es Salaam ... DAR ES SALAAM, President Bush has been smothered with affection here, never more so than on Sunday, when he sat at a wooden desk under a sweltering sun with President Jakaya Kikwete by his side and signed a $698 million grant of foreign aid to Tanzania. (New York Times)
Bush gives $770m to aid Tanzania Feb 18, 2008
US President George W Bush visits patients during a tour of Amana District Hospital care and treatment clinic in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. (Reuters: Jim Young). (ABC Online)
* Bush pays state visit to Tanzania Feb 18, 2008
APPRECIATION: The US president received a warm welcome from residents of the east African nation, which will receive a grant of nearly US$700 million AGENCIES, DAR ES SALAAM Monday, Feb 18, 2008, Page 6. Members of the crowd dressed in clothing picturing US President George W. Bush await his arrival at the State House in Dar se Salaam, Tanzania, yesterday ... While in Dar es Salaam Bush was to focus attention on what is seen as a growing radical Islamist threat in the Horn of Africa and the... (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- World)
More of this story Feb 18, 2008
DAR ES SALAAM, Tanzania President Bush is betting Congress will hear him better from the heart of Africa than it does from down the street in Washington ... Thousands of people lined Bush s motorcade route the entire way in from the airport in Dar es Salaam ... In the country that was the site of one of the deadly truck bombings against U.S. embassies in 1998, a Muslim group demonstrated Friday against his visit in Dar es Salaam s streets. (Pine Bluff Commercial, AR)
In Africa, Bush wants AIDS plan renewed Feb 18, 2008
DAR ES SALAAM, Tanzania - President Bush rejected proposed Democratic changes to his prized AIDS relief program, issuing a challenge Sunday to Congress to "stop the squabbling" and renew it as is ... The bombed-out former U.S. Embassy in Dar es Salaam still stands as a stark reminder of deadly attacks in Tanzania and Nairobi, Kenya, in 1998 ... Thousands more people crowded along Dar es Salaam's dusty and rutted streets as Bush went from event to event. (Yahoo News -- Politics)
Laura Bush promotes AIDS initiative Feb 18, 2008
DAR ES SALAAM, Tanzania - To hear President Bush tell it, his program to combat AIDS across Africa faces an uncertain future in Congress. His wife is not so worried. (Yahoo News -- Politics)
Bush talks up successes in fight against AIDS Feb 18, 2008
DAR ES SALAAM, Tanzania - With old and young providing testament to the success of a U.S.-funded effort to fight AIDS, President Bush on Sunday called for Congress to renew the program quickly and said that helping Africa was in the national and moral interests of the United States. The program provides readier access to antiretroviral drugs, easing the impact of the disease on many. (AZCentral -- News)
Rice: Deal in Kenya Will Enhance US Ties Feb 18, 2008
Associated Press writers Ben Feller in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, and Tom Maliti in Nairobi contributed to this report. A service of the Associated Press(AP). (Racine Journal Times, WI)
Bush Touts Anti-Malaria Aid in Africa Feb 18, 2008
On his second day in Tanzania, Bush moved from the Indian Ocean port of Dar es Salaam to the northern highlands of Arusha, an area known as a cradle of African safari adventure ... Associated Press Writer Ben Feller reported from Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. (Time.com)
World: Bush to Congress: Renew global AIDS program Feb 18, 2008
Associated Press President Bush and Tanzania President Jakaya Kikwete are pictured during the toast at the social dinner held at the State House in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, Sunday ... DAR ES SALAAM, Tanzania President Bush rejected proposed Democratic changes to his prized AIDS relief program, issuing a challenge Sunday to Congress to stop the squabbling and renew it as is ... The bombed-out former U.S. Embassy in Dar es Salaam still stands as a stark reminder of deadly attacks in Tanzania and... (San Diego Union-Tribune)
Bush makes case on foreign aid to Congress as he begins Africa tour Feb 17, 2008
President Bush and Tanzania's president, Jakaya Mrisho Kikwete (obscured), walked with their wives, Lady Mama Salma Kikwete and Laura Bush, yesterday at Julius Nyerere Airport in Dar Es Salaam ... DAR ES SALAAM, Tanzania - President Bush is betting Congress will hear him better from the heart of Africa than it does from down the street in Washington. (Boston Globe)
Dancers welcome Bush to Tanzania Feb 17, 2008
DAR ES SALAAM, Tanzania (CNN) -- Billboards and dancers wearing President Bush's likeness on Saturday welcomed the U.S. leader to Tanzania, the second stop on his and first lady Laura Bush's five-nation African tour ... Enthusiastic crowds lined the road from Dar es Salaam's airport to the hotel where the Bushes were to stay. (CNN -- International)
Tanzania: Nation Gives Warm Welcome to President Bush, First Lady Feb 17, 2008
The president made a brief stop in Benin prior to his arrival in Dar es Salaam and will visit Rwanda, Ghana and Liberia afterward ... A banner at the airport hovered over the ceremony proclaiming "Karibu" the Swahili word for welcome to Dar es Salaam, "the Haven of Peace." ... Additionally, the president and first lady Laura Bush are expected to tour the Amana District Hospital located in the Dar es Salaam city center. (allAfrica.com)
