27 bodies found after Tanzania ferry capsizes
July 19th, 2012 - 3:12 am ICT by IANS
Dar es Salaam (Tanzania), July 19 (IANS) Twenty-seven bodies were retrieved from the Indian Ocean off Tanzania after a ferry with over 280 people on board capsized Wednesday.An official said ... Read more...
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Ferry with 250 people sinks off Tanzania
July 18th, 2012 - 9:56 pm ICT by IANS
Dar es Salaam (Tanzania), July 18 (IANS) A ferry with over 250 passengers, including 31 children, Wednesday sank near Chumbe island off the coast of Tanzania in eastern Africa, Xinhua ... Read more...
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US formally drops charges against Osama bin Laden
June 18th, 2011 - 8:26 am ICT by IANS
Washington, June 18 (IANS) The US has formally dropped criminal charges against former Al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden, CNN reported Friday.The world's most wanted terrorist Osama was killed in ... Read more...
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Man who bombed two US embassies in Africa gets life term (Lead)
January 26th, 2011 - 6:24 pm ICT by IANS
New York, Jan 26 (IANS) Ahmed Khalfan Ghailani, the first former detainee at Guantánamo Bay, Cuba, to be tried in the civilian court system, has been sentenced to life in prison for ... Read more...
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NY jury acquits Tanzanian man of 284 counts of Qaeda-linked terrorism
November 18th, 2010 - 3:34 pm ICT by ANI
New York, Nov.18 (ANI): A New York jury has acquitted a Tanzanian man of 284 counts related to his alleged involvement in Al Qaeda terrorism, delivering a major setback to Obama administration ... Read more...
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US judge bars major witness from GITMO detainee’s trial
October 7th, 2010 - 6:20 pm ICT by ANI
New York, Oct. 7 (ANI): A federal judge barred prosecutors on Wednesday from using a crucial witness in the first trial of a former Guantánamo detainee.The trial of Ahmed Khalfan Ghailani, who ... Read more...
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Somali pirates hijack Norwegian tanker
March 6th, 2010 - 11:36 pm ICT by IANS
London/Nairobi, March 6 (DPA) Somali pirates have hijacked a Norwegian-owned chemical tanker with a crew of 21, European Union naval forces said Saturday.
EU NAVFOR Somalia, the EU's anti-piracy mission in the ... Read more...
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New vaccine could prevent TB in patients with HIV infection
January 30th, 2010 - 2:55 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Jan 30 (ANI): Disclosing results of a clinical trial, researchers at Dartmouth Medical School (DMS) have shown that a new vaccine against tuberculosis, Mycobacterium vaccae (MV), is effective in preventing tuberculosis ... Read more...
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Assessment of insecticide-treated net program in Tanzania
January 12th, 2010 - 2:38 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Jan 12 (ANI): A program in Tanzania, which supplies insecticide treated nets to prevent malaria in pregnant women, successfully delivers the intervention to only 30 percent of women, according to a ... Read more...
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India offers to spur green revolution in drought-hit Tanzania
September 15th, 2009 - 9:59 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Sep 15 (IANS) With East Africa reeling under a severe drought, India offered all possible help and assistance in spurring a green revolution in Tanzania.
Tanzanian Prime Minister Mizengo K. Pinda, ... Read more...
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Osama’s cook coming to New York to face charges in embassy bombing
May 22nd, 2009 - 1:57 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, May 22 (ANI): Al Qaeda chief Osama Bin Laden's former Tanzanian cook is coming to New York to face charges for his role in the bombings of two U.S. embassies in ... Read more...
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Bush begins Africa trip
February 17th, 2008 - 12:54 pm ICT by admin
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Dar es Salaam (Tanzania), Feb 17 (DPA) US President George W. Bush arrived in Tanzania, his second stop in a six-day Africa visit that will also take him to Rwanda, Ghana and ... Read more...
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