At Least 163 Dead in Zanzibar Ferry Disaster
At least 163 people died when a ferry capsized off the popular tourist archipelago of Zanzibar, and more than 100 people are still missing, a minister said Saturday.
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Death toll in pipeline fire now 120
At least 120 people have died in a huge fire near the Kenya Pipeline Company depot off Lunga Lunga road in Nairobi’s Industrial Area.
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Residents earn Sh100 for getting circumcised
National Aids and STI Control Programme (Nascop) is using monetary incentives to entice more men in Turkana County to undergo circumcision.
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Drought wipes out herd worth Sh64bn
The drought has decimated Kenya’s livestock, killing animals worth more than Sh64.2 billion, according to the government. A quarter of the country’s Zebu herd of 14 million animals in arid and semi-arid areas is lost and the worst is possibly yet to come
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UAE astronomer predicts Ramadan start
Respected UAE astronomer, Ebrahim Al Jarwan, has predicted the holy month of Ramadan will start on August 1 and will last for 30 days, local daily Gulf News reported on Tuesday.
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Tonight .. Eclipse of the moon in the Arab region that is rare
Residents of different areas of the world tonight will be on a an appointment with the first eclipse of the moon in 2011, and the longest in 11 years
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Attempt to smuggle 60 Ethiopians into Saudi Arabia frustrated
Yemen's security services have frustrated a new attempt to smuggle 60 Ethiopian children, aged between 8 and 17 years, into the Saudi territories.
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Tunisia awaits new unity gov't
A new coalition government would be announced Monday in a move that could help stabilize Tunisia, the country's caretaker Prime Minister Mohammed Ghannouchi said.
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Ex-minister Abdu Yamani passes away
Former Information Minister Muhammad Abdu Yamani died here on Monday following a stroke. He was 72. He will be buried at Maalla graveyard in Makkah on Tuesday after Dhuhr prayers in the Grand Mosque. Yamani died at the Saudi-German Hospital.
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Fatah, Hamas to meet in Damascus on Oct. 20 over reconciliation: Official
A senior Palestinian official announced on Wednesday that a second meeting between the leaders of the two Palestinian rival groups Islamic Hamas movement and Fatah party will be held in Damascus on Oct. 20, according to Xinhua.
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