An airline employee who stole an empty passenger plane from Seattle airport has crashed on a nearby island. Authorities said the man had made "an unauthorised take-off" late on Friday local time, forcing Seattle-Tacoma International Airport to close. Two F15 fighter jets pursued the plane, which crashed in Puget Sound.
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Kenya Police have arrested top officials of the land commission, including the chairman Muhammad Swazuri, hours after prosecutor Noordin Haji agreed to charges against him. Mr Haji’s office on Saturday tweeted that he has agreed to charges against the National Land Commission (NLC) chairman and others over compensation for land
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President John Magufuli has explained the decision of his government to ban sugar importation from Uganda saying there were some traders who used the opportunity to bring in smuggled products. He made the remarks when he was addressing a joint press conference held at State House in Dar es Salaam
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A priest of Bethlehem Church in Railway village in Lumakanda, Lugari sub-County in Kenya last week dug a grave in readiness for his demise, reports the Standard. This, the wife said, was to express his fury following a domestic tiff with her. Joel Abwavo, a father of six, says he
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The Uganda shilling gained ground as commercial banks liquidated long dollar positions increasing supply in the market alongside offshore flows targeting the bond auction during the week ending 10th August. Trading was in range of 3663/3673. In the interbank money market, overnight funds held at previous week's level, trading at
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Zambia's former African Footballer of the Year, Kalusha Bwalya, has been banned for two years by world governing body Fifa. It follows a Fifa investigation into his links to banned Qatari official Mohammed Bin Hammam. Fifa's Ethics Committee said Bwalya, a Confederation of African Football (Caf) executive committee member, was
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As cheating in school exams goes, the Burundian record has just been broken by a high school headmaster who disguised himself as a student to sit a national exam so that the student could quality for university. Headmaster Benjamin Manirambona, from the Buterere Technical College in northern Bujumbura, was working
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The youth have asked government to consider reducing nomination fees for both Presidential and Parliamentary candidates, noting that the current fees are discriminatory with an aim of pushing them out of elective posts. The youth made the call on Friday during a plenary session held for the National Youth Parliament
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Trahas Bed Care (U) Ltd Friday officially opened in Uganda to offer home care treatment and bed side care services to Ugandans in a move that will revolutionize the country’s health system. Speaking to journalists at the company’s head offices in Muyenga-Kironde road, Trahas Bed Care Business Development Director, Edwin
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Government has bowed to pressure from parliament and lifted the ban on Airtime scratch cards. The decision to lift the ban was reached in a meeting in the Conference hall of parliament involving the speaker, Rebecca Kadaga, telecom companies, members of parliament, the Information Communication and Technology-ICT Minister, Frank Tumwebaze and
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