Daily Archives: February 23, 2015

Australia to toughen citizenship laws to combat terrorism

Australia is to toughen citizenship laws and tackle those inciting hatred under new measures targeting domestic extremists, PM Tony Abbott has said. He said citizenship for dual nationals involved in terrorism could be suspended or even revoked. People born in Australia could also lose some privileges if they broke anti-terror laws, he added. Officials have warned that the country faces ...

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Dr. Dre Doesn’t Want Peace With Suge Knight

Damn, even the Doctor himself doesn’t want anything to do with Suge Knight. The former Death Row executive claimed that Terry Crew called him and said Dr. Dre wanted to link up to end their beef. Unfortunately, things didn’t seem to go well, because Suge ended up getting thrown out by Dre’s security. When TMZ asked Dr. Dre about the ...

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Actor Anthony Mackie Convicted Of Driving Impaired

Actor Anthony Mackie has been convicted of driving while impaired. The The Captain America: Civil War star (but we remember him from She Hate Me) was pulled over by police in November of 2013 and they said he smelled of alcohol. Furthermore, they said his eyes were bloodshot red. He also allegedly failed a number of sobriety tests. His license ...

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Zesco beat Nkana In Charity Shield Semis

Ten-man Zesco United beat Nkana 5-4 on post-match penalties on Sunday at Arthur Davies Stadium in Kitwe to reach the 2015 Charity Shield final. The semifinal match was replayed on Sunday after Saturday’s scoreless draw was called off at halftime when a storm left the Arthur Davies pitch waterlogged. Nkana’s loss also saw them relinquish the Charity Shield that they ...

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Kane rescues Spurs, Liverpool win

Tottenham Hotspur’s Harry Kane stoked controversy with a goal six minutes into added time to rescue a 2-2 home draw with West Ham United while Liverpool’s top-four hopes were boosted by a 2-0 win at Southampton on Sunday. Kane’s status as the Premier League’s man-of-the-moment looked fully justified when he burst into the box to win a last-gasp penalty at ...

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Sinkamba wants REA realigned

The opposition Green Party holds the view that the Rural Electrification Agency (REA) has not achieved much to ease adverse impacts of energy demand, especially wood and charcoal energy, on the environment. Green Party President Peter Sinkamba explains that the energy policy proposes that ZESCO and REA be unbundled and realigned to scale-up electrical grid upgrades in urban and rural ...

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Zambians external debt worries Hamaundu

Financial Analyst Mambo Hamaundu says Zambians should brace themselves for economic challenges following the current external debt of over US$8 billion. Mr. Hamaundu says extra foreign exchange will be required to service the loan that government has acquired within three years. Mr. Hamaundu says there is need for government to slow down on borrowing saying the external debt is way ...

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NCC threatens legal action against contracting unregistered contractors

The National Construction Council (NCC) Chief Executive Officer Charles Mushota has threatened to take legal action against contractors sub-contracting unregistered contractors with the council. Engineer Mushota says the law provides that people should be fined for sub-contracting contractors especially foreign ones which are not registered by the NCC. Engineer Mushota says the council has in the past fined people involving ...

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