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  • Man selling testicle to buy sports car

    Man selling testicle to buy sports car

    {A man is selling his left testicle for Sh.3m ($35,000) to afford a Nissan 370 sports car because he is desperate to own one of the vehicles. }

    Mark Parisi wants a Nissan 370 motor so much he is willing to sell the intimate body part for scientific research, and admitted he didn’t even negotiate the fee, accepting the first offer.

    Mark revealed his intentions on US TV show ‘The Doctors’ and appeared to be at ease with his decision, despite the intimacy involved, however several females in the audience looked shocked when he spoke about what he was prepared to do to get his dream vehicle.

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  • DRC doctor calls for red line to be drawn on rape

    DRC doctor calls for red line to be drawn on rape

    {Pioneering Doctor Denis Mukwege has called for a red line to be drawn on rape in his native Democratic Republic of Congo, where tens of thousands of women are brutally attacked by the army and militia.}

    “Everyone is scared of genocide today after what happened in Nazi Germany. Everyone is scared of chemical weapons and I think we have drawn a red line… but when it comes to using rape as a weapon of war we equivocate,” Mukwege told AFP in Sweden.

    Mukwege, who is in Stockholm to receive a prize from the Right Livelihood Foundation, has set up a hospital and foundation to treat rape victims, and has for several years been considered a favourite to win the Nobel Peace Prize.

    Women are frequent targets in conflict-torn eastern DR Congo, and the doctor recounted harrowing stories of women who have been raped in public in front of their husbands and children and arrive at the clinic with their genitals burnt and tortured.

    Mukwege said rape as a weapon of war had dramatic consequences for women and for the country.

    “It destroys women and society, it produces children without filiation… women who can no longer give birth. This constitutes a genocide because when you destroy the female genital organs you diminish her and prevent population growth,” he said.

    Every year, his hospital’s main programme for victims of sexual violence takes in more than 3,500 women and provides them with reconstructive surgery.

    “The inability of DR Congo to sort out its problems followed by the silence of the international community is a major drama of our time,” the doctor said.

    “We are in the 20th year of atrocities and I think that the more the years go by the more we see the groups, the militias improve their tool of torture,” he said.

    Mukwege pointed to a United Nations resolution adopted in 2000 as an example of good intentions. “But there is not a solid red line yet which says: this limit can not be passed,” he said.

    UN resolution 1 325 calls on all member states to take specific measures to protect women and young girls, especially against rape.

    Mukwege’s work has earned him numerous nominations for the Nobel Peace Prize, and he has also been honoured with an award from the UN for his human rights activities.

    Last October Mukwege narrowly escaped being murdered after a group of armed men broke into his home in Bukavu. He was forced into exile in Belgium and returned to his hospital in January this year.

  • Thai protesters step up action, PM forced to leave building

    Thai protesters step up action, PM forced to leave building

    {About 30,000 protesters launched a “people’s coup” on Thailand’s government on Sunday, swarming multiple state agencies in violent clashes, taking control of a broadcaster and forcing the prime minister to flee a police compound.}

    Police fired teargas on protesters who hurled stones and petrol bombs in demonstrations that paralyzed parts of Bangkok and followed a night of gun and knife battles in which two people were killed and at least 54 wounded.

    A group of protesters forced Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra to evacuate to an undisclosed location from a building where she had planned to give media interviews, while hundreds seized control of state broadcaster Thai PBS, waving flags and tooting whistles.

    Declaring Sunday “V-Day” in a week-long bid to topple Yingluck and end her family’s more than decade-long influence over Thai politics, protest leaders urged supporters to seize 10 government offices, six television stations, police headquarters and the prime minister’s offices in what they are calling a “people’s coup”.

    Police said the protesters had gathered in at least eight locations. In at least three of them, police used teargas and water canons.

    National police spokesman Piya Utayo said troops were being sent to a government complex occupied by protesters since Thursday and the Finance Ministry, occupied since Monday. “We have sent forces to these places to take back government property,” he said on national television.

    It is the latest dramatic turn in a conflict pitting Bangkok’s urban middle class and royalist elite against the mostly rural poor supporters of Yingluck and her billionaire brother, Thaksin Shinawatra, a former prime minister ousted in a 2006 military coup.

    Reuters journalists waiting to interview Yingluck inside the police Narcotics Suppression Bureau were told by Natthriya Thaweevong, an aide for the prime minister, that she had left after protesters made it inside the outer part of the compound, the Police Sports Club, where the bureau is located.

    In the early afternoon, protesters massed in front of a police barricade outside Wat Benjamabhopit, also known as the Marble Temple. Police fired teargas as some protesters tried to heave aside the heavy concrete barriers.

    The deep detonation of stun grenades, followed by the jeers of protesters, echoed across the historic quarter.

    “I just want the people named Shinawatra to get on a plane and go somewhere – and please, don’t come back to our country again,” said Chatuporn Tirawongkusol, 33, whose family runs a Bangkok restaurant.

    More on Reuters

  • Paul Walker’s Camp Releases Official Statement on His Death

    Paul Walker’s Camp Releases Official Statement on His Death

    {It has been confirmed that Walker was in the passenger seat when the single-car accident happened on Saturday, November 30 afternoon.}

    Paul Walker’s camp has released an official statement on the actor’s death. They also cleared out some reports about the single-car accident that killed the “Fast and Furious” star and his friend on Saturday, November 30 in Santa Clarita, California.

    “It is with a truly heavy heart that we must confirm that Paul Walker passed away today in a tragic car accident while attending a charity event for his organization Reach Out Worldwide,” a statement on Walker’s Facebook page read.

    “He was a passenger in a friend’s car, in which both lost their lives. We appreciate your patience as we too are stunned and saddened beyond belief by this news. Thank you for keeping his family and friends in your prayers during this very difficult time. We will do our best to keep you apprised on where to send condolences.”

    The previous reports said Walker was behind the wheel when the car lost control and hit a light standard. The passengers could not get out in time when fire engulfed the vehicle.

    © AceShowbiz.com & 24tanzania.com

  • Ngoma: Talent detection competition attracts thousands

    Ngoma: Talent detection competition attracts thousands

    {A nationwide campaign to raise TVET awareness among Rwandans and competitions to select students who will join a new school of music, on Friday, attracted about ten thousand local residents in Ngoma district of the Eastern Province. }

    Under heavy rain, residents were eager to listen to the messages of different renowned artists while local artists and competitors from Ngoma were also there to show off their talents so they can be selected among those who will study in a school of music located in Nyundo. The School will open in January 2014.

    The competitions started at 10 O’Clock and according to IGIHE journalist who was on the ground, girls and boys in Ngoma showed they are able to sing even with attractive voices.

    Although there was a heavy rain, at 13h00 O’Clock, renowned artists including Tom Close, Jay Polly, Knowless, Riderman and Dream Boyz joined the stage and started performing in front of over 10, 000 people who had the pleasure and joy to see them dancing.

    The same act will take place on 7th December 2013 in Rubavu District where the school of music located. The act is in line with the promotion of entrepreneurship culture.

  • Somalia: 10 Killed In Renewed Clashes

    Somalia: 10 Killed In Renewed Clashes

    {“Deeply concerned” by the recent outbreak of violence in Somalia’s northern Sool region, the top United Nations official in the country has called for calm and urged all parties to resolve political issues through dialogue and reconciliation }

    “Violence cannot and will not resolve political issues. All those with a stake in the area must show calm and pursue reconciliation,” said Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Somalia, Nicholas Kay, in a statement issued on Saturday night by the UN assistance mission in the country (UNSOM), which he heads.

    Mr. Kay deplored the loss of life and offered his condolences to the families of those killed in recent clashes. Some news agencies have reported at least 10 deaths and dozens of injuries in the latest fighting in the area.

    “Political differences and competing claims should be solved by dialogue. Peace and stability are also critical to the Puntland election process”, added the envoy. According to the statement, Mr. Kay and UNSOM colleagues are in touch with regional leaders to urge restraint and offer support for dialogue and reconciliation.

    Mr. Kay wrapped up on 22 November a three-day visit to Puntland with stops in the cities of Garowe, Galkayo and Bosasso ahead of the Puntland Parliamentary selection process in December and the presidential elections scheduled to take place 8 January 2014.

    Chimpreport

  • Blair reacts to Mbeki’s Zimbabwe claims

    Blair reacts to Mbeki’s Zimbabwe claims

    {Former British prime minister Tony Blair on Wednesday denied putting pressure on South Africa while he was in office to help remove Zimbabwe leader Robert Mugabe in a military operation. }

    South Africa’s ex-president Thabo Mbeki claimed in an interview that Britain had urged Pretoria to topple Mugabe when a political and economic crisis escalated in the late 2000s.

    But Blair’s spokesman denied this had happened.

    “Tony Blair has long believed that Zimbabwe would be much better off without Robert Mugabe and always argued for a tougher stance against him, but he never asked anyone to plan or take part in any such military intervention,” he told AFP in London.

    The statement contradicted the account Mbeki gave to Al Jazeera news channel.

    “Tony Blair… was saying to the chief of the British armed forces, ‘You must work out a military plan so that we can physically remove Robert Mugabe’,” Mbeki said in the interview published on November 23.

    “We knew that because we had come under the same pressure, that we need to co-operate in some scheme. It was a regime-change scheme even to the point of using military force,” he added.

    Mbeki’s spokesman Mukoni Ratshitanga told AFP the statesman stood by his words.

    Mbeki, who led South Africa from 1999 to 2008, was the head mediator between Mugabe and his arch-rival Morgan Tsvangirai after violent attacks followed disputed polls in 2008.

    The pair formed a power-sharing government which ended with Mugabe’s election victory on July 31 this year.

    Mbeki had always called for a negotiated solution, resisting in particular Western interference in African affairs.

    “Why does it become a British responsibility to decide who leads the people of Zimbabwe?” he told Al Jazeera.

    In November 2007, Zimbabwe put its military on high alert after retired UK army chief Lord Charles Guthrie said London had discussed invading its former colony during Tony Blair’s premiership.

    Blair stepped down in 2007.

    That year, when Tsvangirai was assaulted and imprisoned, Foreign Office Minister Lord David Triesman told the British parliament’s upper house an invasion was not on the cards.

    “I don’t think there is a prospect of the invasion of Zimbabwe and I don’t want to encourage the thought,” Triesman said in the House of Lords at the time.

    Mugabe, 89, has governed since former Rhodesia won its independence in 1980.

    Relations with Britain soured after he launched controversial land reforms in 2000, seizing farms from white farmers – the majority of them of British descent – to give to black farmers.

    The two leaders often had strong words for each other. Mugabe frequently accused Blair of trying to force regime change and once told him to “keep his pink nose” out of Zimbabwe’s internal politics. –

    Sapa-AFP

  • French court tackles illegal streaming and download sites

    French court tackles illegal streaming and download sites

    {A Paris court ruled on November 28 that French telecommunications firms and Internet search engines must cut off access to 16 websites offering access to illegal copies of copyrighted videos.}

    While courts have previously ordered Internet access providers to block targeted websites before, “this is the first time search engines have been ordered to de-list pirate websites and it is a crucial step towards respecting the law on the Internet,” a group of bodies representing film producers and distributors said in a statement.

    Five film and television industry bodies are supporting the lawsuit, which was filed back in 2011.

    The court ruled that French sites Allostreaming, DPstream and a whole list of other popular websites were “entirely or nearly entirely dedicated to copying audiovisual productions without the consent of their authors”.

    The websites advertise “free streaming” and “free downloading” of the latest cinema releases and popular TV series.

    The ruling orders internet access provider such as Orange and Iliad-Free to block access to those websites for their French customers. In addition, search engines including Google, Yahoo! and Microsoft’s Bing must remove search results linking to those websites.

    The tech companies may ask the plaintiffs in the case to cover the cost of the ban.
    The ban must be in place within two weeks and will last one year.

    The French technology website Numerama noted that Google search results for the banned websites already pointed to websites with slightly different names that were not covered by the order.

    The court ruled that copyright holders could ask for the list of violators to be updated, but only a judge could make the final ruling.

    France 24

  • Missing Mozambique plane found crashed in Namibia

    Missing Mozambique plane found crashed in Namibia

    {A Mozambique Airlines flight en route to Angola crashed in a game park in northeast Namibia, killing all 34 people on board, a Namibian official confirmed on Saturday.}

    The charred wreckage of the plane, which went missing on Friday, was found in the Bwabwata National Park, Namibian Police Force Deputy Commissioner Willy Bampton told the Reuters news agency.

    The 6,100-square-kilometre (618-square-mile) reserve covers the narrow strip of land formerly known as the Caprivi strip, a sparsely-populated area near Namibia’s borders with Angola and Botswana with wetlands and dense forests.

    “The plane has been completely burnt to ashes and there are no survivors,” Bampton said.

    Flight TM470 took off from Mozambique’s capital Maputo at 9:26am on Friday and was scheduled to land in Angola’s capital Luanda the same afternoon, but never arrived. Mozambique Airlines CEO Marlene Manave told journalists the last contact had been at 11:30am.

    Mozambique Airlines, like all Mozambican carriers, has been banned from operating in the European Union since 2011 for “significant safety deficiencies”.

    (FRANCE 24 with REUTERS, AFP)

  • President Yoweri Museveni praises President Uhuru Kenyatta’s commitment to EAC

    President Yoweri Museveni praises President Uhuru Kenyatta’s commitment to EAC

    {Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni has commended President Uhuru Kenyatta for his political goodwill to the East African Community.}

    Speaking during the formal handing over of the EAC chairmanship to President Kenyatta on Saturday, President Museveni said through political goodwill, the time taken for goods to reach Kampala from the port of Mombasa had reduced from 18 days to three, while it only took four days for cargo from the port to reach Rwanda.

    President Museveni praised the Kenyan government’s commitment to enhanced regional trade and urged EAC member countries to hasten the process of integration.

    The Ugandan leader also claimed Africa was facing a threat to its sovereignty from the Western world and integration was the only option.

    He expressed gratitude to Kenyans for launching a renewed resistance movement against imperialism and hegemonism by the way they voted against arrogant meddling in their internal affairs.

    “The way the Kenyan people voted last March was the second but peaceful Mau-mau resistance,” he said.

    Daily Nation