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Pro golfers seek new constitution

Pro golfers seek new constitution

Some members of the Tanzania Professional Golfers’ Association are seeking to have a new constitution to replace the present memorandum of association. Stanley Sanga and Salim Mwanyenza, who are members of the body, have strongly criticised the present memorandum which they say is weak to meet their professional demands. Mwanyenza, a veteran of the professional

Pinda: We`re taking steps to mitigate economic crisis

Pinda: We`re taking steps to mitigate economic crisis

Prime Minister Mizengo Pinda has said the government had started taking measures aimed at mitigating the economic crisis facing the country. The measures include tightening controls against foreign exchange flight and raising interest rates on government securities. He said the rate had been increased from 20 per cent to 30 per cent. Addressing the residents

Ministry to create agency on agricultural research

Ministry to create agency on agricultural research

Minister for Agriculture, Food Security and Cooperatives Prof. Jumanne Maghembe. The government has said that it is at an advanced stage of creating a Tanzania Agricultural Research Agency in order to streamline agricultural research departments to be more efficient and responsive to its clients. This was revealed yesterday in Dar es Salaam by Minister for

Dar NGO donates equipment to six TB clubs

Dar NGO donates equipment to six TB clubs

New smear positive pulmonary tuberculosis patients should undergo early treatment not longer than 12 weeks, which should be tackled immediately if the war on tuberculosis (TB) is to be on in Tanzania, it has been observed. Joseph Mapunda, President of Temeke-based NGO ‘Fight against TB/HIV Aids in Temeke (MUKIKUTE) made the observation recently at a

Iran honestly cooperating with IAEA: Britain’s former IAEA envoy

Iran honestly cooperating with IAEA: Britain’s former IAEA envoy

Britain’s former representative to the International Atomic Energy Agency Peter Jenkins has said that Iran has honestly and sincerely been cooperating with the UN nuclear watchdog. Jenkins made the remarks in a recent interview with the BBC Persian service in reply to a question about claims that Iran has not provided answers about the alleged

US closes embassy in Syrian capital

US closes embassy in Syrian capital

A view of the US embassy in the Syrian capital, Damascus The US has closed its embassy in the Syrian capital, Damascus, amid mounting interference by Western states in Syria’s internal affairs. On Monday, Washington said it was pulling all of its remaining diplomats out of Syria, just two days after Russia and China vetoed

Liverpool 0-0 Tottenham

Liverpool 0-0 Tottenham

Luis Suarez’s return failed to inspire Liverpool as they were held to a draw by Tottenham in a drab Anfield stalemate. The Uruguayan returned as a second-half substitute to a rapturous reception after serving an eight-game suspension imposed by the Football Association for racially abusing Manchester United’s Patrice Evra. Suarez made an impact three minutes

11 abducted Iranians freed in Syria’

11 abducted Iranians freed in Syria’

Iran’s Foreign Ministry Spokesman Ramin Mehmanparast has censured as an “improper” act the abduction of Iranian pilgrims in Syria by unidentified groups, saying the 11 kidnapped Iranians have been released. A total number of 11 Iranian pilgrims have been freed through cooperation with friendly countries, Mehmanparast told reporters at his weekly press conference in Tehran

Europe cold snap death toll hits 420

Europe cold snap death toll hits 420

An icebreaker makes its way on the partly frozen Spree River in Berlin on February 5, 2012. The death toll from severe cold weather sweeping across Europe has risen to 420, while tens of thousands of households are left without electricity in Italy. Ukraine has suffered the heaviest toll of 140 deaths from a ten-day

Romania spy chief may become PM

Romania spy chief may become PM

Romania’s President Traian Basescu (R) stands next to newly appointed Prime Minister-designate Mihai Razvan Ungureanu at the Cotroceni Palace in Bucharest on February 6, 2012. Romanian President Traian Basescu has appointed intelligence chief Mihai Razvan Ungureanu as the country’s new prime minister. “The ruling coalition agreed to appoint Mihai Razvan Ungureanu as prime minister-designate,” Basescu