http://www.nzherald.co.nz/ Latest Content for Africa en-nz Copyright 2010 APN HOLDINGS NZ Sat, 20 Mar 2010 14:25:01 +1200 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss APN RSS Generator webnews@nzherald.co.nz webmaster@nzherald.co.nz http://www.nzherald.co.nz/images/nz_little_logo.gif http://www.nzherald.co.nz/africa/news/headlines.cfm?l_id=1 BERLIN - Switzerland has halted all "repatriation flights" for rejected asylum seekers after a Nigerian man on hunger strike died in police shackles at Zurich airport as he was being forced towards a plane that was about to deport... http://www.nzherald.co.nz/africa/news/article.cfm?l_id=1&objectid=10633234&ref=rss newsfeeds@nzherald.co.nz Sat, 20 Mar 2010 10:04:22 +1200 Desperate defence wasn't enough for the Hurricanes, whose Super 14 rugby campaign took another blow with a tight 19-18 loss to the competition-leading Bulls in Pretoria this morning (NZT). Starved of possession and territory for... http://www.nzherald.co.nz/africa/news/article.cfm?l_id=1&objectid=10633231&ref=rss newsfeeds@nzherald.co.nz Sat, 20 Mar 2010 09:34:09 +1200 Tracking the wounded elephant to its death bed was easy for the ranger in Tsavo East National Park, Kenya. Hit by a poison arrow, the huge mammal could only drag its hind leg, creating a wide gash across the bush. Poachers' footprints... http://www.nzherald.co.nz/africa/news/article.cfm?l_id=1&objectid=10633124&ref=rss newsfeeds@nzherald.co.nz Sat, 20 Mar 2010 04:00:08 +1200 NAIROBI, Kenya - Porn websites can't park themselves at a ".xxx" address quite yet. A global internet oversight agency on deferred a decision until June on whether to create a ".xxx" internet suffix as an online red-light district. The... http://www.nzherald.co.nz/africa/news/article.cfm?l_id=1&objectid=10632319&ref=rss newsfeeds@nzherald.co.nz Tue, 16 Mar 2010 11:00:53 +1200 The government is coming to the aid of the All Whites football team as they head to the Fifa world cup in South Africa. Saying that the local campaign was under-resourced, prime minister John Key said Cabinet has decided today... http://www.nzherald.co.nz/africa/news/article.cfm?l_id=1&objectid=10632203&ref=rss newsfeeds@nzherald.co.nz Mon, 15 Mar 2010 16:42:50 +1200 Britain, Malawi's main bilateral donor, has cut aid to the southern African nation this year after Malawi bought a US$13 million ($19 million) presidential jet last year, a senior British diplomat said. Gwen Hines, head of the... http://www.nzherald.co.nz/africa/news/article.cfm?l_id=1&objectid=10631478&ref=rss newsfeeds@nzherald.co.nz Fri, 12 Mar 2010 04:10:00 +1200 A group of six New Zealanders will attempt to jet-ski from London to Auckland, via Sydney, later this year. The 32,000km, world record bid, will start in August and aims to boost awareness of healthy living, cancer prevention and... http://www.nzherald.co.nz/africa/news/article.cfm?l_id=1&objectid=10631354&ref=rss newsfeeds@nzherald.co.nz Thu, 11 Mar 2010 13:01:31 +1200 NAIROBI, Kenya - A global internet oversight agency is reopening discussions about whether to create a ".xxx" domain name as an online red-light district where porn sites can set up shop away from the wandering eyes of children and... http://www.nzherald.co.nz/africa/news/article.cfm?l_id=1&objectid=10631307&ref=rss newsfeeds@nzherald.co.nz Thu, 11 Mar 2010 08:56:39 +1200 A New Zealand family kicked out of Morocco say that although they are Christians, they were not trying to convert Muslim orphans they looked after. Aucklanders Chris and Tina Broadbent and their two young children were given an... http://www.nzherald.co.nz/africa/news/article.cfm?l_id=1&objectid=10631174&ref=rss newsfeeds@nzherald.co.nz Wed, 10 Mar 2010 17:17:28 +1200 LAGOS - Soldiers were out in force in the troubled Nigerian city of Jos where aid workers were still counting the dead after a sectarian massacre in which hundreds of villagers were hacked to death or burned in their homes. Jos... http://www.nzherald.co.nz/africa/news/article.cfm?l_id=1&objectid=10630983&ref=rss newsfeeds@nzherald.co.nz Wed, 10 Mar 2010 04:00:12 +1200 MOGADISHU, Somalia - A British yachting couple seized by Somali pirates and held in separate locations have been temporarily reunited after weeks apart, a doctor who treated the two said. Paul and Rachel Chandler were suffering... http://www.nzherald.co.nz/africa/news/article.cfm?l_id=1&objectid=10630919&ref=rss newsfeeds@nzherald.co.nz Tue, 09 Mar 2010 12:45:00 +1200 The killers showed no mercy: They didn't spare women and children, or even a 4-day-old baby, from their machetes. Women wailed in the streets as a dump truck carried dozens of bodies past burned-out homes toward a mass grave. Rubber-gloved... http://www.nzherald.co.nz/africa/news/article.cfm?l_id=1&objectid=10630854&ref=rss newsfeeds@nzherald.co.nz Tue, 09 Mar 2010 09:30:00 +1200 CARDIFF - Wales rugby great JPR Williams received a 17-month ban for drink-driving today after a court heard how the legendary fullback tried to deceive a breath test by placing coins in his mouth. Williams, a key member of the... http://www.nzherald.co.nz/africa/news/article.cfm?l_id=1&objectid=10630852&ref=rss newsfeeds@nzherald.co.nz Tue, 09 Mar 2010 08:53:00 +1200 Raymond Domenech is finally leaving after the World Cup, but many feel his departure is long overdue, with a French MP adding to calls for the coach's immediate removal. The concern evoked by France's fortuitous, controversial... http://www.nzherald.co.nz/africa/news/article.cfm?l_id=1&objectid=10630766&ref=rss newsfeeds@nzherald.co.nz Tue, 09 Mar 2010 04:00:00 +1200 Rioters armed with machetes slaughtered more than 200 people overnight as religious violence flared anew between Christians and Muslims in central Nigeria, witnesses said. Hundreds of people fled their homes, fearing reprisal... http://www.nzherald.co.nz/africa/news/article.cfm?l_id=1&objectid=10630648&ref=rss newsfeeds@nzherald.co.nz Mon, 08 Mar 2010 09:30:00 +1200 JOHANNESBURG - Why do they hate us? The question dominated South African headlines and talkback radio last week after British press coverage of President Jacob Zuma's state visit and the imminent football World Cup. Leading... http://www.nzherald.co.nz/africa/news/article.cfm?l_id=1&objectid=10630529&ref=rss newsfeeds@nzherald.co.nz Mon, 08 Mar 2010 04:00:00 +1200 OSLO - A chemical tanker with 21 crew members has been hijacked by Somali pirates near Madagascar, the Norwegian owner said Saturday. It was not clear whether anyone in the crew, all from Myanmar, had been injured in the attack... http://www.nzherald.co.nz/africa/news/article.cfm?l_id=1&objectid=10630435&ref=rss newsfeeds@nzherald.co.nz Sun, 07 Mar 2010 04:30:00 +1200