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United States and Uganda Sign Open-Skies Agreement

by P.J. Blount with the blog faculty From the State Department : United States and Uganda Sign Open-Skies Agreement Office of the Spokesman Washington, DC October 28, 2009 The United States and Uganda signed an Open-Skies air services agreement on Tuesday, October 27, in Atlanta, at the U.S. Trade and Development Agency’s Conference on African Aviation. Uganda’s Minister of Transport, the Honorable John Nasasira, and Susan Kurland, the U.S. Department of Transportation’s Assistant

Couchsurfing Uganda: A Mzungu in the Midst (Part 2)

Written by Lindsay Clark This entry is part 1 of 1 in the series Couchsurfing Uganda: A Mzungu in the Midst Post by new contributor Lindsay Clark of Nomadderwhere . The first mission of the day was to make it to the city, as the locals do, wandering up weaving lames and jumping garbage heaps until Entebbe road appeared, in all its smoggy splendor. On the way, I began to re-experience the wonder of being a walking spectacle, the extreme and never-before-seen minority, an Average

A Call for Christian Action in Uganda – A Time to Show the Love

Dr. Warren Throckmorton has written an article for Crosswalk.com in which he asks Should American Christians Care about Gays in Uganda? Throckmorton explains the excesses in the new proposed anti-gay law (banning speech, imposing the death penalty, requiring suspected homosexuals to be reported) and makes a strong case for why American Christians should own responsibility for the law and take action to oppose it. While there are many cultural forces which oppose homosexuality in Uganda

Couchsurfing Uganda: A Mzungu in the Midst

Written by Lindsay Clark Post by new contributor Lindsay Clark of Nomadderwhere . The first time I flew into NYC at night, the infinite stretch of lights had a deep impact on me – seeing the development and magnitude of the world from a pilot’s-eye view. A like, yet opposite, moment occurred with the descent into Entebbe, Uganda. There were minutes of time I saw not one single light in the darkness. What was below me was simply nature, no embellishments. After immigration,

Essar seeks to combine forces with Warid (Uganda, Congo, Rep.)

www.WirelessFederation.com/news: Essar is reportedly looking forward to merge its telecoms licence in Uganda with the operations of Warid Telecom. Essar, which bagged a Ugandan wireless network operator concession in June 2009, wants to combine forces with Warid and take a majority stake in the merged entity. The report also suggested that Essar is planning a [...]

Despite a challenging financial outlook, Baptist World Alliance leaders have moved ahead with the election of a new division director, welcomed two additional member bodies and called for new initiatives in both intra-Baptist relations and Christian-Muslim dialogue.

Baptist World Alliance moves forward with initiatives despite financial challengesEDE, Netherlands (ABP) — Despite a challenging financial outlook, Baptist World Alliance leaders have moved ahead with the election of a new division director, welcomed two additional member bodies and called for new initiatives in both intra-Baptist relations and Christian-Muslim dialogue.Holding its annual meeting July 27-Aug. 1 in Ede, Netherlands, the BWA General Council also observed the 400th anniversary of t

Roundup: Members of Arizona's Women's Health Commission Resign

Two Members of Arizona Commission on Women's Health Resign Via the Daily Women's Health Policy Report : The Arizona Republic reports that two members of the Arizona Governor's Commission on Women and Children's Health have resigned in objection to the state's new governor's position on reproductive health.  Now that former Arizona Gov. Janet Napolitano has gone to DC to head the Department of Homeland Security and has been replaced by Republican Gov. Jan Brewer, anti-choice bills passed by t

Their parties feed the hungry in Africa

By Christopher Huber Chicken. Spice. Lentils. Rice. Such was the chant of approximately 75 members of Sammamish-based Missio Lux church as they scooped, measured, dumped and packaged food to make 8,000 nutritious meals for hungry orphans in Sierra Leone. The original “Party with a Purpose” was held June 7 at Pine Lake Covenant Church, but various members have since sponsored more meal-assembly gatherings to benefit children through Silverdale-based Children of the Nations International.

Folashade Alaho : Nigeria

Please consider providing a small donation to assist the following person in need. Ad revenue from this site is used to help support new assistance requests. See the people we’ve helped already . Please visit an advertiser so we can help even more people. $75 of $325 raised. Started raising funds on Aug 4, 2009 Folashade is happily married with 3 children and she is 41 years old. She sells drinks, juice, and pepper soup, and she has been in this business

Guns mini-series airs Sept. 6 & 7

From a media release: GUNS – GRITTY, EXPLOSIVE TWO-PART DRAMA TELECASTS ON CBC-TV, SUNDAY, SEPT. 6 AND MONDAY, SEPT. 7, AT 8 P.M. GUNS is the story behind the headlines of Canada’s mounting gun problem and the lives touched by violence. The two-part, four-hour miniseries featuring an all-star cast telecasts on CBC Television on Labour Day weekend, Sunday, Sept. 6 and Monday, Sept. 7, at 8 p.m. A gritty and explosive drama, the miniseries tells the story of four families caught up in ille

Central Africa: Go Home, Uganda Tells Rwandan Refugees

Thousands of Rwandan refugees in Uganda could lose their status following the expiry of a deadline for voluntarily return to their country, officials said.

Rwanda-Uganda: Go home, Uganda tells Rwandan refugees

Thousands of Rwandan refugees in Uganda could lose their status following the expiry of a deadline for voluntarily return to their country, officials said.

Reasons for Computer Renting and Leasing Compared to Computer Buying:

In our company we always face some challenges when a new computer is up in market. Every worker is talking about new laptops and their special features and at the end of the day every one feels like getting one of such of a laptop. But Young generation workers get it hard to decide whether they should buy an expensive notebook computer with their little salaries that’s when our boss came up with the decision of notebook computer leasing. In this modern world everything can be leased out .Some

Reasons for Computer Renting and Leasing Compared to Computer Buying:

In our company we always face some challenges when a new computer is up in market. Every worker is talking about new laptops and their special features and at the end of the day every one feels like getting one of such of a laptop. But Young generation workers get it hard to decide whether they should buy an expensive notebook computer with their little salaries that’s when our boss came up with the decision of notebook computer leasing. In this modern world everything can be leased out .Some

US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton in Africa: the 'Super Size Me' tour

U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton has returned to Africa for an 11-day, seven-country tour of the continent. I use the term “returned to Africa” because Hillary Clinton has been to Africa before, most recently accompanying President Obama during his visit to Egypt in May and in her role as the U.S. ‘First Lady’ during former U.S. President Bill Clinton’s administration. Some readers may not remember the 1997 whirlwind tour through Africa by Hillary Clinton together with her daughter

Children HIV AIDS - Swine flu cancels camp for children with HIV/AIDS - Chicago Tribune

Swine flu cancels camp for children with HIV/AIDS - Chicago Tribune Swine flu cancels camp for children with HIV / AIDS Chicago Tribune AP MILWAUKEE - A camp session in Minnesota for children with HIV or AIDS has been canceled after two volunteers tested positive for swine flu. … Expect straight talk about HIV / AIDS Northfield News (subscription) H1N1 flu cancels camp for children with HIV / AIDS Minnesota Public Radio Swine Flu Cancels

Heritage-Proposed Acquisition of Genel Energy International Limited

Posted on August 4, 2009 – 3:30 pm | by oilandgaspress.com THIS PRESS RELEASE IS NOT FOR DISTRIBUTION TO UNITED STATES NEWSWIRE SERVICES OR FOR DISSEMINATION IN THE UNITED STATES.Heritage Oil Plc (TSX:HOC)(LSE:HOIL), an independent upstream exploration and production company, announces an update on the status of negotiations of the proposed acquisition of Genel Energy International Limited (”Genel”) (the “Proposed Acquisition”).On 9 June 2009, Heritage announced that it had entered into a non-bi

Bella Paghasian : Philippines

Please consider providing a small donation to assist the following person in need. Ad revenue from this site is used to help support new assistance requests. See the people we’ve helped already . Please visit an advertiser so we can help even more people. $25 of $125 raised. Started raising funds on Aug 4, 2009 Bella Paghasian, 49, is from the village of Bitibut, Sapang Dalaga, Misamis Occidental, where she is the married mother of six school-aged children

Uganda: Return of the Kivez

From the long Kadongo kamu tracks that can last you an entire journey from Kampala to Jinja, to the Afro Beats, Reggae, Ragga, R'n'B, the Ugandan entertainment industry has undergone tremendous changes.

Ugandan Jews

In the meantime, Uganda seems to be popping up on my personal radar lately. A nephew and his girlfriend spent a month there this summer as part of their travels through Africa, and my stepdaughter’s friend is planning on spending four months there this year volunteering for the Jewish community. Because, yes, there is a Jewish community in Uganda, known as the Abayudaya. They are a community of former converts from Christianity, founded in the early 1900s by a Muganda military general, and live