http://www.newstin.com/us/africa Global Social News Platform Copyright © 2006 I2S a.s. Copyright © 2006 I2S a.s. http://www.newstin.com/tag/us/57476340 More than 100 people were feared dead on Thursday after a construction vehicle struck an oil pipeline on the outskirts of Lagos, Nigeria's biggest city, setting off an oil-fed inferno that spread to surrounding homes and a school. "The fire was very high," said Johnson Fabunmi, a doctor who lives... Fri, 16 May 2008 02:33:14 GMT http://www.newstin.com/tag/us/57476340 2008-05-16T02:33:14Z http://www.newstin.com/tag/us/57547946 By ANGUS SHAW ASSOCIATED PRESS WRITER HARARE, Zimbabwe -- An election runoff between President Robert Mugabe and opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai will be held June 27, the electoral commission said in an announcement published Friday. The opposition, which wanted a May 23 runoff, said the... Fri, 16 May 2008 12:36:00 GMT http://www.newstin.com/tag/us/57547946 2008-05-16T12:36:00Z http://www.newstin.com/tag/us/57504289 Somalis have lived in chaos since the removal of Siad Barre, the last president, in 1991 [AFP] The UN Security Council has unanimously approved a resolution calling for a UN political presence in Somalia for the first time in years. The resolution, passed on Thursday, urged the UN to move its... Fri, 16 May 2008 08:15:31 GMT http://www.newstin.com/tag/us/57504289 2008-05-16T08:15:31Z http://www.newstin.com/tag/us/57536369 Bin Laden: Palestinian cause fuels terror war Al-Qaida leader tries to seize on issue as Israel marks 60th anniversary CAIRO, Egypt - Osama bin Laden said in a new audio recording released Friday that al-Qaida will continue its holy war against Israel and its allies until it liberates Palestine.... Fri, 16 May 2008 11:21:48 GMT http://www.newstin.com/tag/us/57536369 2008-05-16T11:21:48Z http://www.newstin.com/tag/us/57532771 Robert Mugabe has ruled Zimbabwe since its independence in 1980 HARARE (AFP) - Zimbabwe's long-awaited run-off election was finally set on Friday for June 27 as opposition leader and first-round winner Morgan Tsvangirai prepared to return home for his final push for power. A fortnight after... Fri, 16 May 2008 10:57:00 GMT http://www.newstin.com/tag/us/57532771 2008-05-16T10:57:00Z http://www.newstin.com/tag/us/57525769 French wireless operator Orange said Friday it has signed a deal with Apple Inc. to sell its iPhone in the Middle East, Africa and several European countries. France Telecom's Orange said in a one-sentence statement that it will sell the handset in Austria, Belgium, the Dominican Republic, Egypt,... Fri, 16 May 2008 09:39:43 GMT http://www.newstin.com/tag/us/57525769 2008-05-16T09:39:43Z http://www.newstin.com/tag/us/57500269 Posted to the web 16 May 2008 Italian police announced yesterday the arrest of hundreds of suspected illegal immigrants in a sign of the new right-wing government's determination to clamp down. Police arrested 383 people including 268 foreigners, with 53 immediately taken to the border for... Fri, 16 May 2008 07:31:00 GMT http://www.newstin.com/tag/us/57500269 2008-05-16T07:31:00Z http://www.newstin.com/tag/us/57546419 Posted to the web 16 May 2008 Luyanda Makapela Johannesburg The National Stakeholder Summit on Electricity is currently underway to find solutions to the current energy emergency in the country and agreement regarding the proposed electricity hikes by Eskom. Addressing delegates at the Sandton... Fri, 16 May 2008 12:17:45 GMT http://www.newstin.com/tag/us/57546419 2008-05-16T12:17:45Z http://www.newstin.com/tag/us/57476221 The United Nations World Food Program (WFP) announced Thursday that the ongoing humanitarian airlift for Sudan, which has been threatened with closure for lack of funds, has been given a temporary reprieve by new donations. The WFP said the airlift, which ferries some 14,000 aid workers around... Fri, 16 May 2008 02:45:20 GMT http://www.newstin.com/tag/us/57476221 2008-05-16T02:45:20Z http://www.newstin.com/tag/us/57539250 By ALICIA QUARLES • The Associated Press • May 16, 2008 Timbaland and the Neptunes are so dominant as producers, they can sometimes upstage the artist they're working with . . . unless that artist is Madonna. On her new album, "Hard Candy," Madonna made sure that she wasn't a guest star on her... Fri, 16 May 2008 05:00:00 GMT http://www.newstin.com/tag/us/57539250 2008-05-16T05:00:00Z