By JENNY HOPE You might have thought you were simply satisfying a thirst in that most British of ways. But drinking three cups of tea a day may also stabilise your blood pressure, researchers say. It not only reduces blood pressure, but also minimises the variability of readings taken at night. Experts say the benefits of...
By RACHEL OMBAKA AND PPS President Uhuru Kenyatta has named four out of the 18 members of his Cabinet and reassured Kenyans of his commitment to put in place a government that will not only deliver on the Jubilee Coalition’s pledges but also transform the country. The nominees are Dr. Fred Okengo Matiang’i for the...
PRESS RELEASE 22 April 2013 During the past months criminal attacks planned and carried out in Puntland jurisdiction by residents of Galmudug have been increasing. On April 22 Monday morning, antiaircraft launched from Galmudug in southern Galkayo, targeted a plane attempting to land at Galkayo Airport. Following that incident, three mortars were launched towards north...
Office of the Ambassador and Special Delegate of the Italian Government to the Somali Republic Nairobi, 22 aprile 2012 – L’Ambasciatore e Delegato Speciale del Governo Italiano presso la Repubblica Somala, Andrea Mazzella, esprime la più ferma condanna per il barbaro assassinio del giornalista Mohamed Ibrahim Rageh, ucciso ieri a Mogadiscio. L’altissimo tributo di sangue...
The BBC has obtained police video showing officers standing by while Buddhist rioters attacked minority Muslims in the Burmese town of Meiktila. The footage shows a mob destroying a Muslim gold shop and then setting fire to houses. A man is seen on fire. It was filmed last month, when at least 43 people were...
By Cyrus Ombati Garissa, Kenya: A major police operation is underway in GarissaTown in a bid to boost security and arrest men behind serial killings that have left dozens of people dead in the town in the recent past. Police say they also want to get illegal immigrants who are in the town for conviction and...
By KERRY MCDERMOTT Hymns have been dropped from assemblies at a Church of England school which has also introduced separate prayer rooms for girls and boys to cater to its mostly Muslim students. Daily assemblies at Slough and Eton Church of England Business and Enterprise College, where 75 per cent of pupils are Muslim, are...
By ROBERT VERKAIK A major British defence company is supplying the deadly US drone programme, which has killed scores of civilians, leading critics to condemn the UK as complicit in ‘war crimes’. The firm, Cobham plc – which specialises in defence and communications electronics, including satellites – manufactures antennas for armed Predator drones used to launch...
By Jaweed Kaleem In the days since two deadly bombs and the separate shootings that followed brought Boston to a standstill, the region’s Muslim community has loudly condemned the violence and distanced itself from the suspects. The reasons behind the explosions at the Boston Marathon Monday and the shootings in Cambridge and Watertown, Mass., Friday, which resulted in four...
Mo Farah’s preparation for the London Marathon did not go quite as well as he might have hoped, after the London 2012 double champion overslept. The 30-year-old Londoner – who is running half of the London Marathon – revealed he was running late live on the radio. He shouted to a waiting BBC presenter: “Radio 5, gotta...