Daily Archives: May 9, 2016

Barcelona, Real win; Atletico beaten

Barcelona are one win away from retaining their La Liga title after Lionel Messi, Luis Suarez and Neymar all scored as they thrashed Espanyol 5-0 in the Catalan derby on Sunday. Real Madrid moved into second place, a point behind Barca with one game remaining, as they racked up an 11th straight La Liga win, 3-2 over Valencia, thanks to ...

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Arsenal deny City, Spurs stunned

Pep Guardiola could find himself without Champions League football next season after Manchester City’s hopes of qualifying suffered a major setback in a 2-2 draw with Premier League top-four rivals Arsenal at Eastlands on Sunday. Arsenal twice came from behind, goals from Olivier Giroud and Alexis Sanchez cancelling out efforts from Sergio Aguero and Kevin De Bruyne, in what was ...

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BBC’s Rupert Wingfield-Hayes and team expelled from North Korea

BBC correspondent Rupert Wingfield-Hayes and his team are being expelled from North Korea after being detained over their reporting. Our correspondent, producer Maria Byrne and cameraman Matthew Goddard were stopped by officials on Friday as they were about to leave North Korea. He was questioned for eight hours by North Korean officials and made to sign a statement. All three ...

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Hamayuwa urges youths to take politics as a career

Young people in the country have been urged to take politics as a career for a better future of Zambia as statistics shows that youth are not active in the field. National Youth Network on Population & Development (NYPD) Public Relations Manager Felix Hamayuwa notes that taking part in politics is the only means young people can influence decisions and ...

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Captain Mulenga calls for peace

Lusaka District Commissioner Captain Davies Mulenga has pledged his support to ensure that, people in the district continue to enjoy the peace that they are enjoying before, during and after the August 11th general elections. Captain Mulenga says Zambia is larger than any political party or individual so he will not allow anybody to cause instability for the people to ...

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Kaunda urges ECZ to conduct peaceful polls

United Independence Party (UNIP) President Tilyenji Kaunda has called on the Electoral Commission of Zambia (ECZ) to set a tone for peaceful polls. Mr. Kaunda says the signs for peaceful elections are not good although he is more optimistic that the country is likely to have change but that the recruitment of crime preventers into the electoral process is not ...

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Shun private buyers for now, Govt advises farmers

Government has urged farmers in the country to refrain from selling maize to private buyers before the minimum price is set. Agriculture Minister Given Lubinda has advised farmers to safely keep their harvests until government opens market for the maize. He says farmers are supposed to be responsible with their harvest this year than sale their produce that will not ...

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