Boxing boosts girls in Kenya Canadian connection to help Boxgirls empower more students
Friday, March 7, 2014
Boxgirls head coach is Sarahj Ndisi, whose organization is training about 800 girls in Kenya, mostly through schools, but hopes to expand to over 1,000 students with the new funding from MATCH International Women’s Fund.
OTTAWA —
Ottawa is a long way from Nairobi, but the MATCH International Women’s
Fund hopes to bridge the distance through the sport of boxing.
The Canadian non-profit introduced its newest partner Wednesday night, Kenya’s Boxgirls. The group trains girls in Kenya’s slums and rural villages to box, hoping to empower them to improve their lives and communities.
“[Boxing] teaches self-confidence and leadership, but it’s also totally transforming how the communities view those women,” said Jessica Tomlin of the MATCH International Women’s Fund. It “allows those young girls to have a different world view as they grow up.”
Boxgirls is training about 800 girls in Kenya, mostly through schools, but hopes to expand to over 1,000 students with the new funding from MATCH.
Cynthia Coredo, director of Boxgirls, spoke glowingly of MATCH’s support during her visit in Ottawa.
“It’s opening up new ways for girls to come together from the villages ... to create a platform for women to be a positive influence in changing their own communities,” she said.
Coredo is not a boxing instructor, but she has learned the sport from unconventional trainers over the years.
“I’m very proud to say that my mentors have been eight-year-old girls who’ve come to my office to try to teach me some boxing skills,” she said.
Coredo said she hopes Boxgirls will be able to reach out to girls in other African countries. “By supporting these girls, (Canadians) are giving them a platform to have a voice. They’re going to create safe spaces for girls to figure out their own ideas, and they will become leaders for the other girls in their community.”
MATCH director Jessica Tomlin said that unlike other non-profits, MATCH tries to focus on supporting grassroots initiatives such as Boxgirls instead of spending money on expensive infrastructure. She’s also critical of the amount of aid Canada gives to women in third-world countries.
“I’d like there to be a bit of a disruptive conversation about the fact that, of all charitable giving in this country, eight per cent is going to international causes,” said Tomlin. ”Of that eight per cent, five to six per cent is going towards natural disasters, so you can imagine what’s actually going to women.”
“I think we can play a better role in supporting human rights work in supporting civil society organizations to hold ground, and break ground. That’s ultimately how we’re going to create real change.”
Boxgirls has certainly made a difference for the girls of Kenya. Several of its students have even chosen to pursue professional boxing.
One of them, Elizabeth Adhiambo, became the first Kenyan woman to box in the Olympics during the 2012 Games in London.
The Canadian non-profit introduced its newest partner Wednesday night, Kenya’s Boxgirls. The group trains girls in Kenya’s slums and rural villages to box, hoping to empower them to improve their lives and communities.
“[Boxing] teaches self-confidence and leadership, but it’s also totally transforming how the communities view those women,” said Jessica Tomlin of the MATCH International Women’s Fund. It “allows those young girls to have a different world view as they grow up.”
Boxgirls is training about 800 girls in Kenya, mostly through schools, but hopes to expand to over 1,000 students with the new funding from MATCH.
Cynthia Coredo, director of Boxgirls, spoke glowingly of MATCH’s support during her visit in Ottawa.
“It’s opening up new ways for girls to come together from the villages ... to create a platform for women to be a positive influence in changing their own communities,” she said.
Coredo is not a boxing instructor, but she has learned the sport from unconventional trainers over the years.
“I’m very proud to say that my mentors have been eight-year-old girls who’ve come to my office to try to teach me some boxing skills,” she said.
Coredo said she hopes Boxgirls will be able to reach out to girls in other African countries. “By supporting these girls, (Canadians) are giving them a platform to have a voice. They’re going to create safe spaces for girls to figure out their own ideas, and they will become leaders for the other girls in their community.”
MATCH director Jessica Tomlin said that unlike other non-profits, MATCH tries to focus on supporting grassroots initiatives such as Boxgirls instead of spending money on expensive infrastructure. She’s also critical of the amount of aid Canada gives to women in third-world countries.
“I’d like there to be a bit of a disruptive conversation about the fact that, of all charitable giving in this country, eight per cent is going to international causes,” said Tomlin. ”Of that eight per cent, five to six per cent is going towards natural disasters, so you can imagine what’s actually going to women.”
“I think we can play a better role in supporting human rights work in supporting civil society organizations to hold ground, and break ground. That’s ultimately how we’re going to create real change.”
Boxgirls has certainly made a difference for the girls of Kenya. Several of its students have even chosen to pursue professional boxing.
One of them, Elizabeth Adhiambo, became the first Kenyan woman to box in the Olympics during the 2012 Games in London.
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Kenya's Nairobi commuters face chaos amid taxi fees protest
Friday, March 7, 2014
Most people in Nairobi rely on taxis to get around
Public transport has been paralysed in Kenya's capital, Nairobi, as taxi operators protest against higher parking fees in the city.
Many people were forced to walk to work after roads were barricaded. The fees have been introduced by Nairobi governor Evans Kidero to ease congestion.
His motorcade was also blocked by taxi operators in the city centre and he had to walk for part of his journey, reports the BBC's Wanyama Chebusiri.
Private minibus taxis, known as matatus, are the main mode of transport in Nairobi.
Matatu Owners Association representative Michael Kariuki said higher parking fees would knock them out of business.
Nairobi governor Evans Kidero (in front) was forced to walk about 300m to his office
The taxi operators say they cannot afford the fees imposed by Mr Kidero
Riot police police played a cat and mouse game with protesters during rush-hour on Wednesday morning, as they tried to bring order to the chaotic city, our correspondent says.
Police cleared some of the roads, blocked by the protesters, later in the morning, Kenya's Daily Nation newspaper reports.
Mbabazi is still NRM Secretary General - Museveni
Friday, March 7, 2014
Prime Minister Amama Mbabazi
President Yoweri Museveni has confirmed that Amama Mbabazi is still Secretary General of the ruling party NRM and will not face any disciplinary hearing.
Here below is the full statement from STATE HOUSE:
I have read what was in the papers today regarding the NThose meetings spent some time discussing the rumours, which have been circulating, with a view to ending them and galvanize the cohesion of the Movement. Unfortunately, the media has put out a lot of distortions purporting to be relaying the conclusions of these Caucus meetings.
The allegation that the Secretary-General, the Rt. Hon. Mbabazi, had been replaced by the Hon. Todwong, for instance, is not true. The Secretary-General is still the Secretary-General. However, on account of being very busy as Prime Minister, I, some time last year, appointed the Hon. Todwong as Minister without Portfolio in charge of Mobilization to help the Secretary General run the day to day activities of mass political work. He is, however, not Secretary General. The Deputy Secretary-General, Hon. Dorothy Hyuha, was appointed as Ambassador and posted to Tanzania as our High Commissioner.
On the issue of referring some NRM Leaders to the Disciplinary Committee, this was a misrepresentation because the various levels of NRM, including CEC, are still studying the sources and authenticity of these rumours.
In any case the NRM Parliamentary Caucus did not pass formal Resolutions. Therefore, the NRM supporters are requested to stay calm and continue with their normal work. The leadership, under my oversight, is handling all the issues caused by the rumours.
Yoweri K. Museveni
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CA swearing-in to cost Sh558 million
Friday, March 7, 2014
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| Mr Freeman Mbowe, leader of the Official Opposition in Parliament and Chadema national chairman |
Dodoma. The Constituent Assembly (CA) has agreed that members should be sworn in individually.
But the decision will cost the taxpayers a
whopping Sh558 million in upkeep and special allowances for 620 members
for the three days they will be doing nothing but waiting to be sworn
in.
There will be an additional cost in pay for supporting staff whose number has not been made public.
The decision was reached after a fierce debate
during which some speakers proposed that delegates be sworn in
collectively to save time and money.
But then, others maintained that the oath was a personal commitment to be made by an individual.
Mr Freeman Mbowe, leader of the Official
Opposition in Parliament and Chadema national chairman, backed the
suggestion that members be sworn in collectively to save taxpayers’
money.
But Ms Anne Makinda, who is also the Speaker of
the National Assembly, rallied behind those calling for individual
swearing-in, saying an oath should be regarded as a personal commitment
made before God.
On Tuesday, the chairman of the Draft Standing
Orders committee, Prof Costa Mahalu, told the assembly that the team had
proposed that members take oath in three groups.
He said the committee made the decision after
considering the cost of swearing in more than 620 members one by one,
adding that the exercise could take at least three days.
Prof Mahalu said the committee suggested that
members take oath in three groups, namely those of: Muslims, Christians
and non-believers.
“We have considered this matter and come to the
conclusion that it will take us at least three days. It should be
remembered that we have not started to discuss anything regarding the
new Constitution. We suggest that taking the oath in groups is the best
option. This is only a suggestion; the final decision is in your hands,”
he said.
He added that the committee decided to adopt the system used by doctors and advocates, who take the oath in groups
Nigeria gays: 20 lashes for 'homosexual offences'
Friday, March 7, 2014
Islamic courts operate in mainly Muslim northern Nigeria
Four
Nigerian men have received 20 lashes each after an Islamic court in the
northern city of Bauchi convicted them of gay sex, officials say.
Confessions had been forced from the Muslim men after they were beaten up in custody, a rights activist said. They were among a group of people arrested late last year.
Homosexual acts are illegal in the West African state under both Islamic and secular law - the latter was tightened earlier this year.
Same-sex marriages, gay groups and shows of same-sex public affection are now banned throughout Nigeria.
'Ordered to pay fine' Another Muslim man also received 20 lashes in January after the Islamic court in Bauchi convicted him of homosexual offences.
Most states in the predominantly Muslim north of Nigeria have adopted Islamic law, known as Sharia, since the end of military rule in 1999.
It is illegal for same-sex couples to show any affection in Nigeria
It seems the court wanted to avoid publicity after an angry crowd disrupted proceedings last month, demanding the death sentence for the four, our reporter says.
The judge did not impose the death penalty because the homosexual offences had taken place a long time ago, and the men had repented, he says.
were also ordered to pay a fine of $120 (£70) each, Dorothy Aken'Ova, a rights activist with the Nigeria-based International Centre for Reproductive Health and Sexual Rights, told the Associated Press news agency. Rights groups were trying to raise the money - otherwise, they will remain in prison, she said.
The men should not have been convicted because they were beaten up and their confessions forced, she said.
Their families, mainly subsistence farmers, turned down an offer of legal representation because they preferred to negotiate with the judge and get the case behind them, Ms Aken'Ova said.
Nigeria is a deeply conservative country, where most people - Christian and Muslim - are opposed to homosexuality.
Nigeria: Local languages fight for survival
Friday, March 7, 2014
Nigerian languages and traditions are said to be under threat from foreign influences
Dozens of local languages in Nigeria are under threat because of neglect and outside influences, it's been reported.
Of Nigeria's 529 official languages,
62 are "in trouble" or "dying", the Lagos-based Guardian newspaper
reports. Up to 200 Nigerian languages may be at risk in the future, the
paper says.Nigeria is one of the most linguistically diverse countries on earth, says Kole Omotoso, a professor at Adekunle Ajasin University. But many children don't learn their mother-tongues, so languages need to be protected and more widely taught in order to survive. "Nigerian languages remain very poorly researched compared with indigenous languages in Europe, the Americas and Australias," he adds.
Nigeria is dominated by three major languages: Hausa, Igbo and Yoruba, with English also used to maintain the country's unity amid a diverse cultural mix. Linguistics expert Samuel Aje notes that language also "defines the customs and traditions of the people... and its neglect has contributed to the struggle being faced by many African countries."
Officials have proposed caps on international TV and radio programmes, saying unlimited foreign coverage would "take its toll on our local languages, where people will no more be proud of what is Nigerian," the head of one national cultural group told the paper.
Endangered minority languages are not just a Nigerian problem. Unesco says half the world's 6,000 languages could disappear by the end of the century unless steps are taken to preserve and encourage their use
Ruling for Ponda’s application in March
Friday, March 7, 2014
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| Sheikh Ponda Issa Ponda, the secretary general of the Council of Islamic Organisations in Tanzaniaaption |
Mwarijaset the date yesterday after both parties completed their submissions. Sheikh Ponda, who is also the secretary of the Council of Islamic Organisations in Tanzania, filed the application seeking review of the decision by Morogoro Resident Magistrates’ Court that refused to withdraw sedition charges against him. However, the DPP objected the application on the ground that it is contrary to section 372(2) of the Criminal Procedure Act (CPA). “The Act restricts a person to appeal or seek review of the decision in the criminal case which is in progress,” DPP alleged in his preliminary objection.
From Constitutional Assembly in Dodoma
Friday, March 7, 2014
Member of the Constituent Assembly Constitution Christopher Ole Sendeka to the discussion about the provisions of the code to be used in the Constituent Assembly of the Constitution.
Member of the Constituent Assembly of the Constitution, the Chairman of the Democratic Party (DP) Mchungaji Christopher Mtikila casting his argument during the Seminar Session of the creation of the Constituent Assembly Rules of the Constitution yesterday in Dodoma.
Member of the Constituent Assembly of the Constitution, who also is a member of the Committee deals with the formation of the Constituent Assembly principles of the Constitution Miss. Mgeni Juma was reading some passages of adjustment criteria rules yesterday in Dodoma.
The chairman Term of Constituent Assembly Constitution stressing Pandu Ameir Kificho matter for members of the National Assembly in Dodoma yesterday
Prime Minister of the United Republic of Tanzania Mizengo Pinda was told it Member of the Constituent Assembly of the Constitution Mr. Mohamed Seif Khatib (right) Workshop Session During the creation of the Code of Constituent Assembly in Dodoma. Right to the Prime Minister is the Second Vice-President Ambassador Seif Ally Iddi.
I was duped into selling off my property for a job abroad
Friday, March 7, 2014
When she was promised a well-paying job abroad, Lamula Nankumbi sold off her business and belongings. She went to Dubai, but returned after the company that had promised her a job failed to find her employment.
Without any source of livelihood, she is now living with her parents. She shared her story with Jeff Andrew Lule
My
name is Lamula Nankumbi. I am from Luwero district. I am a 26-year-old
single mother of a six-year-old daughter. I used to operate a salon in
Nansana, Wakiso, after raising capital from work I did while in South
SudanIn 2013, I was robbed of some of my salon equipment. After that incident, I developed interest in going to Dubai for a better job to get more capital. My brother had been working there and used to send me money to bank for him.
One day, I saw an advert by Stema Group of Companies, a labour exporting company which takes people to Dubai for work.
The company is located at Hotel Equatoria parking in Kampala. In late March 2013, I visited Stema offices and a lady called Ruth at the reception, asked me to pay sh5,000 as consultation fee to find out about the jobs available.
For that fee, I expected to view a list of jobs, but surprisingly, Ruth just told me about the jobs.
She told me that the only jobs available were for waitresses and I was required to raise sh5m for travel and other expenses. She said I would earn sh2m per month. I also had to pay sh50,000 as registration fee, for which I was given a receipt.
Selling off my stuff
I got a friend to buy my salon at sh2m. The salon had been both office and home for me and my daughter, so after selling it off, I moved to my stepmother’s place in Kireka.
I still needed sh3m and my uncle agreed to give me the money.
He borrowed it from a bank and I was able to pay Stema. I paid the money to Doreen Mutibwa, the manager of the company, and I was given a receipt. I also found other girls at the company who had just paid. They promised to take us in July to start working, but we never heard from them.
When we went back to consult about our delayed travel, we were told that they had not yet received the employment visas. We were 13 girls. After several visits, some of our friends started demanding a refund.
Going for interviews
In October, Stecia Mayanja, the director of the company, told us that jobs were available and we were going for interviews in Dubai. She also made us sign agreements, saying there would be no refund if one failed the interviews. She promised to refund the money of those who passed the interview, but failed to get a job.
She asked us to raise sh50,000 for food in Dubai and sh20,000 for transport to Entebbe Airport. We paid all the money to Mayanja. She purchased rice, matooke, beans, groundnuts and divided the food among us.
On October 2, 2013, we were given our passports, visas and an invitation letter from Euro Asia Company. Surprisingly, our visas indicated that we were tourists, but we never bothered to ask why.
Travel to Dubai
We used RwandaAir, through Kigali to Dar-es-Salaam, where we boarded another plane to Dubai. We arrived in Dubai at around 6:00am on October 3. We found some Ugandans waiting for us at the airport. They took us to a house in a place called Shalja. After breakfast, we were taken for interviews by a gentleman called Muhauya.
We arrived at Euro Asia offices at around 10:00am and we were divided into three groups. They selected cleaners, security guards and waitresses without asking us what we preferred to do. I had applied for the waitress job, but I was included in the security guards group.
I accepted because I had no option. Then they told us that cleaners had already got work and an apartment where to stay. We went back to the house for lunch, then those who were selected as cleaners were taken away.
Three interviews
We were called back for an interview at the same offices where an Indian gentleman interviewed a group at a time. After general questions about our interests, experience and education, they measured our height.
We went back to the house without knowing our fate. We shared one room with only two beds. Four of us shared the two beds, while the other four girls shared a mattress on the floor.
After one week, Muhauya took us back to Euro Asia, where a white lady, apparently the overall director, interviewed us, one at a time. She only asked us what we could do. I told her I had knowledge in salon work. She promised to get me work and I was very hopeful.
After that interview, Mayanja told us to look for jobs or other opportunities on our own. Then another friend of hers came and took four of us for another interview.
The rest went out to look for jobs on their own. Only three of my friends passed and I failed because of my age. The interviewer said he needed girls below 20 years.
He promised employment for the three.
Disappointed, I contacted my younger brother who was working in Abu Dhabi. He came and visited me. I explained everything to him and he promised to find me a job.
My brother managed to find me a job, but at the same time Muhauya, Mayanja’s friend who took us for the first two interviews, told us that we had job offers from Aminco Security Services, through Euro Asia. He told us that they needed us to sign the offers urgently. By this time Mayanja had already left for Uganda.
After signing, Muhauya told us that we could not get employment visas with an invitation letter. The Euro Asia director told us that we needed to first return to Uganda, and they would send the employment visas to us.
A few days later, Mayanja called from Uganda asking us to leave our luggage in Dubai. She explained to us that there were some Ugandans who wanted to send some merchandise home and those who helped would be rewarded sh300,000 each.
We would carry the merchandise using the free 40kg baggage allowance. Instead, the money which was promised was used to buy jewellery and some suitcases for Mayanja. We carried them as our own items — tax free.
On arrival at Entebbe Airport, we found Mayanja, Julie Angume and Leila Kalanzi waiting for us at the airport. Mayanja welcomed us and told us that they had organised a dinner for us at a hotel in Entebbe.
I cannot recall the hotel because it was already dark. Apparently, it was a birthday party for Mayanja’s friend. After eating, we parted ways and she promised to call us after a week when the employment visas would be ready.
Fake employment letters
But we never heard from her. After two weeks, we decided to go back to consult on the visas. Mayanja told us that we had signed fake employment letters.
She organised another interview through another employment agency, but still, I was not recommended. They said I was not fit for the waitress job because of my size.
The director of the company asked Mayanja to pay travel expenses of about sh2.5m for each of the successful interviewees, but she declined.
When we went to demand our money, she again promised that there would be another interview in January 2014. Some were convinced but some of us rejected the offer.
I have been demanding my money, but she has refused to refund it, saying I can still do another interview. I no longer want her interviews because we went through a lot. We even left behind our luggage because of her own interests. They only used us to raise capital for their shopping and to import goods tax free.
I sold all my property and remained with
nothing. I just need money to start afresh. Now I am in Luwero at my
father’s home since I have nowhere to begin from.
Local artiste Stecia Mayanja owns the company that had promised Nankumbi a job
Local artiste Stecia Mayanja owns the company that had promised Nankumbi a job
What stecia mayanja says...
Stecia Mayanja, the director of Stema Group of Companies, says their organisation is a registered and licensed agency which cannot defraud its clients. “We also deal with other companies in Dubai which help us get employment opportunities,” she says.
“For the case of Lamula Nankumbi and others who failed to get jobs,
it was not our intention. We also regret the incident because it has
never happened before.Stecia Mayanja, the director of Stema Group of Companies, says their organisation is a registered and licensed agency which cannot defraud its clients. “We also deal with other companies in Dubai which help us get employment opportunities,” she says.
They were 13 girls. We took them for interviews in Dubai and our contractor, Amico, made them sign employment offers.
They promised to send work visas for them in 10 days, so we returned to Uganda since we had entered Dubai as visitors and our visas were about to expire,” Mayanja explains.
She adds that they were advised by the contractors that the girls had to leave Dubai and return with the employment visas to avoid any disturbance.
“We returned to Uganda and waited for the visas in vain. When I did not get anything after 10 days, I contacted the person who was working on the visas. I was informed that he was critically ill. When the girls approached me, I told them to wait until the guy recovers to process the visas.
“I also promised to get them another contract because I had got some new offers for security guards. Other girls accepted to do the interviews, but Nankumbi refused,” Mayanja says. In fact, she notes, those who did the recent interviews for guards are to set off anytime to different destinations.
“I am ready to get Nankumbi a job without demanding any more money. But I was surprised when I got a letter from a lawyer indicating that she wanted me to refund her money, which is unfair,” she says.
“I have no problem refunding her money. Let her come to my office and we count the expenses since I still have the receipts. I will give her the balance. Imagine I booked tickets for one week at $650 (about sh1.6m) for each, and I was forced to rebook for another week due to unavoidable circumstances,” Stecia explains.
The issue of leaving their luggage in Dubai, she adds, was not her plan but their own proposal since they expected to go back in 10 days. “I have even ordered for the return of the luggage since they are going on a new contract to different destinations,” she says.
Netanyahu warns on Iran, urges no Palestinian 'excuses'
Friday, March 7, 2014
Addressing the pro-Israel lobby AIPAC a day after White House talks, Netanyahu avoided any explicit criticism of President Barack Obama but underscored the main differences with him over U.S.-led nuclear diplomacy with Iran.
Netanyahu reiterated his firm opposition to the possibility that a final deal to curb Iran's disputed nuclear program would allow it to keep some technologies with bomb-making potential.
All of these must be dismantled, Netanyahu said, adding that diplomatic pressure on Tehran should be increased. That's the reverse of an easing of sanctions offered under an interim accord with the United States and five other world powers in November.
"Unfortunately the leading powers of the world are talking about leaving Iran with the capability to enrich uranium. I hope they don't do that, because that would be a grave error. It would leave Iran as a threshold nuclear power," he said.
In a pledge that signaled both willingness to strike Iran's nuclear sites as a last resort and refusal to yield on core peace terms with the Palestinians, Netanyahu told a cheering audience: "I will do whatever I must to defend the Jewish state of Israel."
But the hawkish Israeli premier, who has been accused of trying to scuttle Iran negotiations, stopped short of issuing any direct threat against Iran, Israel's arch foe.
Netanyahu's combative remarks followed talks in which he bluntly told Obama that he would never compromise on Israel's security even as the U.S. leader sought to reassure him on Iran nuclear diplomacy and pressure him on Middle East peace talks
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Iran denies seeking nuclear weapons. Israel, which unlike Iran has not signed the nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty, is widely believed to have the region's sole atomic arsenal.
"STOP DENYING HISTORY"
Turning to the Palestinians, with whom Israel renewed peace talks last July under U.S. auspices, Netanyahu said he wanted an accord. However, he placed the onus on the Palestinians to recognize Israel as a Jewish state - something they have long refused to do.
"It's time the Palestinians stop denying history. Just as Israel is prepared to recognize a Palestinian state, the Palestinians must be prepared to recognize a Jewish state," Netanyahu said.
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas's administration says Israel's building of settlements in the occupied West Bank and East Jerusalem is the main obstacle to securing a deal to create an independent Palestinian state.
Warning that time was running out, Obama on Monday urged Netanyahu to make "tough decisions" to help salvage the faltering U.S.-brokered peace process aimed at reaching a framework agreement with the Palestinians and extending talks beyond an April target date for an elusive final accord.
Netanyahu received a warmer reception at the annual convention of the American Israel Public Affairs Committee, a venue for some of his most strident speeches.
Though the group's influence on U.S. Middle East policy remains strong, it is trying to show it has not lost its touch after a rare setback when the White House blocked its push for Congress to approve new Iran sanctions. Obama says new measures would derail diplomacy.
Taking the podium before Netanyahu, U.S. Senator Robert Menendez said he still sees his legislation to impose new sanctions as the best way to ensure Iran does not develop a nuclear weapon and to avoid the need to resort to military action. But he offered no timetable for reviving such a bill, which Obama - a fellow Democrat - has vowed to veto.
While Netanyahu's speech broke little new ground, he also used his appearance to condemn pro-Palestinian activists abroad that are campaigning to isolate Israel with a "boycott, divestment and sanctions" movement, or "BDS," in protest against Israel's treatment of the Palestinians.
"Everyone should know what the letters BDS really stand for: bigotry, dishonesty and shame," he said.
The movement has made some inroads in Europe but has barely gained traction in the United States.
Netanyahu even singled out actress Scarlett Johansson as someone who "should be applauded" for opposing the movement, which he condemned as driven by anti-Semitism.
The issue grabbed headlines over a multi-million-dollar sponsorship deal between Johansson and SodaStream, an Israeli firm operating in the West Bank. She announced in late January she had quit as a global ambassador for Oxfam, which had said Johansson's association with SodaStream was incompatible with her role for the charity.
Certain priority AGAIN?, READ THE STORY OF KINDNESS DAY shovel damage PASTOR Myamba
Thursday, March 6, 2014
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One of the closest and Jane told this newspaper that the actor has been developing disaster lately , as has always been telling every serious matter as it happens .
The man said in the day's schedule , were sent to the scene of the comfortable one and was not changed .
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" Nimemshangaa , but why another Jokate came, because he is self conscious and are professional , " he ema Myamba .GPL
Dragon-like Creature Filmed All Around The World.
Thursday, March 6, 2014
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Thursday, March 6, 2014
FROM NAIROBI, KENYA Precious divorce her husband after five years of marriage.
Thursday, March 6, 2014
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Nazizi confirmed the interview when he made those statements and Nairobi News, adding that he can not provide more information but it really has reached the brink of their marriage. "I can not give more information about it, but I can assure you that the marriage is broken." Said Nazizi.
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"It is impossible to live Lamu, I need to return to Nairobi where they are all my family."
Nazizi concluded by saying she and former husband who had managed to get one of the male child still talking despite their marriage breakdown.
THIS CHILD GREW WERE KILLED BY HIS FATHER AND PARENT SLAUGHTER
Thursday, March 6, 2014
Ridhiwani denial his father says politics I do not have a relationship with father
Thursday, March 6, 2014
Chalinze . Winner of opinion polls parliamentary candidates of the State of Chalinze CCM , Ridhiwani Kikwete has said politics is do not currently have a relationship or partnership with his father .
Speaking to journalists shortly after the announcement of the results of opinion polls and the party in the province Stadium Primary School Sata said he made politics his life and not on the back of his father since he entered politics at the age of five years and never did so because of his father .
" I did Politics has no relation to my father , I do politics for my life and I do not have a partnership with my father in this" the teenager said President Jakaya Kikwete.
Responding to the question of why he became involved in politics different from his words he ever pronounce in 2010 that he could not participate in the parliamentary poll in the province, said at the time Ridhiwani not be ready .
" In politics do not open at all, so if you can give the enemy a chance to attack you , I'm here Chalinze is us, my parents and in Bagamoyo we just going to work and that is why I decided to return home to apply for consent. I appreciate the lead in opinion polls I see how much I supported, "he said.
In view of these votes was grief winner Ridhiwani 758 votes , followed by Faith birds who received 335 votes , Ramadan Song ( 206) and Mkwazu poured over ( 17 ) .
Executive Committee ( CC ) , is expected to meet on March 8, this year to endorse his candidacy for parliament in the province and the position which became vacant Bwanamdogo Said who died January 22, this year.
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Thursday, March 6, 2014
Pope, in interview, suggests church could tolerate some civil unions
Thursday, March 6, 2014
By Francis X. Rocca
VATICAN CITY (CNS) -- Pope Francis suggested the Catholic Church could tolerate some types of nonmarital civil unions as a practical measure to guarantee property rights and health care. He also said the church would not change its teaching against artificial birth control but should take care to apply it with "much mercy."
Pope Francis' words appeared in an interview published March 5 in the Italian daily Corriere della Sera.
In the wide-ranging conversation with the paper's editor-in-chief, Ferruccio de Bortoli, the pope defended the church's response to clerical sex abuse and lamented that popular mythology has turned him into a kind of papal superhero. He also addressed the role of retired Pope Benedict XVI and the church's relations with China.
 Pope Francis at his regular Wednesday general audience March 5. (CNS/Paul Haring) |
Bishops around the world have differed in their responses to civil recognition of nonmarital unions. The president of the Pontifical Council for the Family said in February 2013 that some legal arrangements are justifiable to protect the inheritance rights of nonmarried couples. But until now, no pope has indicated even tentative acceptance of civil unions.
In the interview, Pope Francis praised Pope Paul VI's 1968 encyclical "Humanae Vitae," which prohibited the use of contraception.
In contradicting contemporary pressures for population control, Pope Paul's "genius was prophetic, he had the courage to side against the majority, defend moral discipline, put a brake on the culture, oppose neo-Malthusianism, present and future," Pope Francis said.
But he also noted that Pope Paul had instructed confessors to interpret his encyclical with "much mercy, attention to concrete situations."
"The question is not whether to change the doctrine, but to go deeper and make sure that pastoral care takes account of situations and of what each person is able to do," Pope Francis said.
The pope said birth control, like the predicament of divorced and civilly remarried Catholics, would be a topic of discussion at the Vatican in October at an extraordinary Synod of Bishops on the family. He said the synod would approach all such problems "in the light of profound reflection," rather than casuistry, which he described as a superficial, pharisaical theology focused exclusively on particular cases.
The pope said he had welcomed the "intense discussion" at a February gathering of cardinals, where German Cardinal Walter Kasper gave a talk suggesting divorced and civilly remarried Catholics might sometimes be allowed to receive Communion even without an annulment of their first, sacramental marriages.
"Fraternal and open confrontations foster the growth of theological and pastoral thought," he said. "I'm not afraid of this; on the contrary, I seek it."
Asked if the church's teachings on sexual and medical ethics represented "non-negotiable values," a formulation used by Pope Benedict XVI, Pope Francis said he had "never understood the expression 'non-negotiable values.'"
"Values are values, period," he said. "I cannot say that, among the fingers of a hand, there is one less useful than another. That is why I cannot understand in what sense there could be negotiable values."
Pope Francis said cases of sex abuse by priests had left "very profound wounds," but that, starting with the pontificate of Pope Benedict XVI, the church has done "perhaps more than anyone" to solve the problem.
"Statistics on the phenomenon of violence against children are shocking, but they also clearly show the great majority of abuses occur in family and neighborhood settings," Pope Francis said. "The Catholic Church is perhaps the only public institution to have acted with transparency and responsibility. No one else has done more. And yet the church is the only one attacked."
Reflecting on his own colossal popularity, the pope criticized "ideological interpretations, a certain mythology of Pope Francis. When it is said, for instance, that he leaves the Vatican at night to go feed the tramps on Via Ottaviano. That never even occurred to me."
"To portray the pope as a kind of superman, a type of star, strikes me as offensive," he said. "The pope is a man who laughs, weeps, sleeps soundly and has friends like everybody else. A normal person."
He acknowledged that he has continued his longtime practice of phoning people who write to him with their problems, including an 80-year old widow who lost her son, whom he calls once a month.
Pope Francis said he has sought out his predecessor Pope Benedict for advice and encouraged him to "go out and participate in the life of the church," most recently by appearing at a Feb. 22 ceremony with the College of Cardinals in St. Peter's Basilica.
"The pope emeritus is not a statue in a museum," Pope Francis said. Noting that bishops never retired until after the Second Vatican Council, but that the practice has since become the norm, Pope Francis said the "same thing should happen with the pope emeritus. Benedict is the first and maybe there will be others. We don't know."
Asked about the Vatican's lack of diplomatic relations with China, whose government requires Catholics to register with a state-controlled Catholic Patriotic Association and punishes members of the clandestine "underground" church, Pope Francis said he had written to Chinese President Xi Jinping "when he was elected, three days after me. And he answered me. There are some relations."
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WARNING PICTURE ... shocking! Exceed horrific murder shook KAHAMA ...... Veteran killed ANOTHER CASE of witchcraft
Thursday, March 6, 2014
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| The incident occurred in the village of BUSULWANGILI (W) Kahama (M) Shinyanga yesterday at 19:00 at his home by unidentified people who also those people were wounded husband of the woman on the head with swords .... Late Ms. Tabu Tema, 33 years resident they city of BUSULWANGILI (W) Kahama (M) Shinyanga |
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