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the mother who lived in a shoe - Iganga, Uganda (TravelPod.com Recent Updates)

Sat, 05 Jul 2008 17:59:33 GMT

Jump to the full entry & travel map Iganga, Uganda mom sent me an email today commenting on the work we are doing with the 162 kids and she mentioned the mother who lived in the shoe nursery rhyme. quite fitting. we actually are doing this! i am a bit scared but i know that we were called to act. the one thing that can change the world is simply acting when you see a...

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MZUNGU!! - Ireland, Uganda (TravelPod.com Recent Updates)

Sat, 05 Jul 2008 13:04:33 GMT

Jump to the full entry & travel map Ireland, Uganda I'm here at last!! After a journey of 26 hours by plane and a 4 hour drive in a minibus (which managed somehow to cram in 15 people, our luggage plus all the donations), we arrived on Wed night. As we got out of the car we were swamped by the local kids shouting 'Mzungu Mzungu!' ( meaning 'white person' in Ugandan ) who literally...

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Africa endorses Uganda\'s candidature for Security Council non permanent member seat (Afrigator)

Sat, 05 Jul 2008 06:19:00 GMT

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Uganda rebel Kony tells U.N. envoy he wants meeting (Alertnet)

Sat, 05 Jul 2008 17:39:55 GMT

Source: Reuters JUBA, Sudan, July 5 (Reuters) - Uganda's fugitive rebel leader Joseph Kony has made contact with the U.N. envoy for northern Uganda's conflict and told him he is committed to signing a final peace ...

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Uganda named for Security Council seat (Afrigator)

Fri, 04 Jul 2008 07:44:28 GMT

Last poster: deodatus at 04-07-2008 11:44 Topic is Open Deodatus Mfugale The African Union has endorsed Uganda as its non-permanent member to the UN Security Council for 2009/2010, leaving out Madagascar which was also eying the seat. The continental body also endorsed Uganda to host the AU summit in 2010, 35 years after it hosted the Organisation of African Unity during Idi Amin Dada's...

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Parliamentary Committee to Probe Police Brutality in Uganda (Net News Publisher)

Fri, 04 Jul 2008 05:30:17 GMT

The Ugandan Parliament has set up a select committee to investigate recent police brutal actions against women legislators, APA learned on Thursday. Early last month police beat up a Kampala woman Member of parliament (MP)Ms Nagaayi Nabira and her Lubaga South (Kampala) counterpart Ms Suzan Nampijja Lukyamuzi. The Committee chaired by Peter Nyombi is composed of 15 [...]

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UGANDA: Overcrowded prisons heighten TB risk (Alertnet)

Fri, 04 Jul 2008 15:37:25 GMT

Source: IRIN Dr Michael Kyomya is responsible for the health of almost 5,000 inmates in Uganda's Luzira Prison, but his caseload is not the biggest challenge - the architecture is. The high walls just outside his office in the prison's medical facility not only keep the prisoners in, but also infectious diseases like tuberculosis (TB).

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Hapless Hearts hunt switches to Uganda and 'miracle man' Laszlo (thisislondon)

Fri, 04 Jul 2008 08:42:46 GMT

Hungarian Csaba Laszlo became the latest name in the frame last night for the vacant manager's job at Hearts. The 44-year-old is currently national boss of Uganda.

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Hapless Hearts hunt switches to Uganda and 'miracle man' Laszlo (Daily Mail)

Fri, 04 Jul 2008 08:54:47 GMT

Hungarian Csaba Laszlo became the latest name in the frame last night for the vacant manager's job at Hearts. The 44-year-old is currently national boss of Uganda.

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Uganda: Fire Ravages Migadde College Dormitory (All Africa)

Fri, 04 Jul 2008 07:24:57 GMT

ANOTHER fire burned down a dormitory yesterday, bringing the total number of school fires in the last three months to 29.

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Uganda: Soldier Shoots Six Dead Over Woman (All Africa)

Fri, 04 Jul 2008 07:24:37 GMT

A SOLDIER of the Local Defence Unit (LDU) on Wednesday night shot dead six people and injured eight others during a fight over a woman in a discotheque at Omiya-Nyima IDP camp, 12km east of Kitgum town.

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Uganda a Win Away to ICC Regional Trophy (All Africa)

Fri, 04 Jul 2008 07:25:09 GMT

JOHN Tumusiime's knock of 45 runs lifted Uganda from the jaws of defeat as Uganda beat Tanzania in their second game of the ICC U-17 regional cricket tournament at Lugogo yesterday.

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Uganda coach is latest name to join Romanov's Hearts list (Scotsman.com)

Thu, 03 Jul 2008 23:19:38 GMT

Laszlo, currently in charge of the Ugandan national team, is understood to have held talks with Vladimir Romanov, the Hearts owner, within the last week. Jurgen Rober, the former Borussia Dortmund coach, did likewise although his chances of being appADVERTISEMENT ointed appear slim after apparently high wage demands and conflict over where new players should be sourced from.Dutchman Anton Joore...

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West condemns Mugabe, ignores other leaders (MSNBC.com)

Sat, 05 Jul 2008 17:04:19 GMT

Nigeria. Rwanda. Uganda. Ethiopia. Gabon. Robert Mugabe's regime in Zimbabwe has plenty of competitors for the title of "least democratic in Africa."

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Charcoal expenditure up by 81%, says report (BiD Network - News)

Sat, 05 Jul 2008 13:40:32 GMT

Wana Energy Solutions is working in partnership with an oil company and other financial businesses to address the problem of energy crisis in Uganda. The company is in the process of increasing its current business of supplying gas in cylinders to supplying gas on tap (Metered) through installed tanks. UGANDANS have spent sh32b in the last five years on the purchase of charcoal and firewood,...

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THE HIGH COST OF FIGHTING MALARIA (RWDB – J.F. Beck)

Sat, 05 Jul 2008 08:50:00 GMT

If this report is to be believed, enlightened Europeans are refusing to buy Ugandan cotton not because it's contaminated but rather because Ugandans dared to use DDT indoors, well away from any fields of cotton: Over 11,000 farmers in Apac and Oyam districts of Uganda are now stuck with cotton after it was rejected by buyers from the Dutch firm BoWeevil due to DDT spraying in the...

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Other African nations coddled (Philadelphia Inquirer)

Sat, 05 Jul 2008 07:01:00 GMT

JOHANNESBURG, South Africa - Nigeria. Rwanda. Uganda. Ethiopia. Gabon. Robert Mugabe's regime in Zimbabwe has plenty of competitors for the title of "least democratic in Africa."

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Wisconsin rabbi to aid in Ugandans' conversion (JSOnline)

Sat, 05 Jul 2008 05:53:53 GMT

Villagers in eastern Uganda who adopted Jewish beliefs and rituals on their own nearly a century ago will continue their faith journey next week with help from a Milwaukee-area rabbi.

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West condemns Mugabe, ignores other Africa despots (AP) (Get Mash)

Fri, 04 Jul 2008 22:20:02 GMT

AP - Nigeria. Rwanda. Uganda. Ethiopia. Gabon. Robert Mugabe’s regime in Zimbabwe has plenty of competitors for the title of “least democratic in Africa.” Read the full story

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West condemns Mugabe, ignores other Africa despots (OTB News)

Fri, 04 Jul 2008 20:03:11 GMT

JOHANNESBURG, South Africa (AP) — Nigeria. Rwanda. Uganda. Ethiopia. Gabon. Robert Mugabe’s regime in Zimbabwe has plenty of competitors for the title of “least democratic in Africa.”…

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