tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-90918503058915839832024-03-14T06:58:18.138+02:00Daniso's Warped MindDaniso's Rants, Peeves, Grumbles and WhateversDaniso's Warped Mindhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02939114489476671814noreply@blogger.comBlogger56125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9091850305891583983.post-31208364401352369412014-01-06T14:30:00.001+02:002018-05-26T11:18:14.539+02:00Do Malawian banks really know their customers?<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">BENJA: Malawian banks!<br /><br />DANISO: What about them?<br /><br />BENJA: I've a feeling they don't think at all.<br /><br />DANISO: Well, I sure hope so. They're inanimate objects so I would be scared were they to start thinking.<br /><br />BENJA: Smartass! But you know what I mean.<br /><br />DANISO: Maybe but an illustration would help clarify matters, don't you think?<br /><br />BENJA: Fine. Imagine you're an ordinary customer at Malawi's biggest bank.<br /><br />DANISO: By an ordinary customer I suppose you mean someone like me, someone who visits the bank only once in a month to do a full withdrawal of the salary.<br /><br />BENJA: Not really, but I agree for a good number of people a bank is just a pay center. Anyway, even though you're a customer at branch X of Malawi's at one of Malawi's banks, you can walk to any of its ATMs in the country, or even a rival's, and be able to cash up to a certain daily maximum. No questions asked.<br /><br />DANISO: True, but I don't yet see your point. Anyway, go on.<br /><br />BENJA: If on the other hand you were to present your cheque at any other branch besides the one that hosts your account, it would be sent to the back, no matter how small the amount, to be authorised by someone with a weightier signature than a teller's.<br /><br />DANISO: It doesn't make sense, does it? In fact, I've been a victim of this on a number of occasions whenever my ATM card and I have been on separation.<br /><br />BENJA: You would think that with all the information they currently collect from their clients, including photos, they would do away with such formalities. After all, it's the owner of the account presenting the cheque.<br /><br />DANISO: By the way, after punching in your credentials on the computer, the teller normally asks, "Are you the owner of the account?"<br /><br />BENJA: Yet the photo of you is right there on the computer.</span></span>Daniso's Warped Mindhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02939114489476671814noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9091850305891583983.post-88920490282130179152013-12-24T05:55:00.010+02:002021-12-05T16:48:34.827+02:00Why we Malawians are corrupt<!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
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<a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-UrT0f8fpJUo/UrkE6h3PlrI/AAAAAAAAAqA/lrUIBrh09CI/s1600/corruption1.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="540" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-UrT0f8fpJUo/UrkE6h3PlrI/AAAAAAAAAqA/lrUIBrh09CI/w457-h540/corruption1.jpg" width="457" /></a><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif">Those of you who are bald, what do you apply on your bald patches? Surely not hair oil. Face cream, perhaps? Body lotion, maybe? </span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif"><br /></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: small;"><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif">I wouldn't know because my problem is quite different. </span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: small;"><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif"><br /></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: small;"><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif">A good friend of mine keeps reminding me that life’s got a wicked liking for serving curved balls. One of mine is having a grey mop when my brother,
who’s all of six years older, still sports black hair. Mind you, this is many
years after mine was prematurely deserted by melanin.</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: small;"><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif"><br /></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif">Imagine!</span></span>
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<div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif">By the way, I'm not alone. Many of my friends would also be ‘unproud’
owners of professorial greys were it not
for some bottled or tubed help. But, would you believe it, they have the
temerity to tease me about my greys! What cheek! I get my own back, though, by
reminding them that were they to get long hospital admissions, they wouldn't be getting any visitors. You see, after a while, the veneer of black would disappear and their mops would default to grey. So potential visitors would be passing by their beds without stopping and would leave the hospital assuming the patients they had intended to visit had been discharged.</span></span><br />
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Incidentally, these days I religiously trim my hair to the scalp. Not that I’ve
a head shaped for bald styles. But eh, it’s either that or greyness in its full
glory.</span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif" style="font-family: verdana;">If only the Malawi government were as religious in trimming
corruption … [sigh]</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif">Yes, corruption is the malignant cancer that
permeates every facet of Malawian society. If you want something, you’ve to cough
up an extra amount on top of the legal fees. Birth certificates. Passports.
Company registrations. Driving licenses. Plot of lands. Certificates of
Fitness. <br /><br />Yes, almost everything you can think of can be had but for a
fee.</span></span><br /></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif"><br /></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif">Sometimes I feel the government shouldn’t be paying the
people who work in the departments responsible for producing these documents.
These corrupt souls are self-employed. They don’t work for the government
despite the salaries they get paid, do they? If anything, the government should
be charging them rent for the furnished office space it provides them. As for
the special stationery which is required for the issuance of the ‘papers’, these wretched souls called civil servants should be buying them from Government Print. </span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif"><br /></span></span>
<span style="font-size: small;"><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif">Hey, they should be running their businesses without inputs, no?</span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif"><br /></span></span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif">By the way, for years I used to think poor salaries contributed to Malawi's culture of corruption. But I recently had a Eureka moment. It occurred to me in brilliant Technicolor that we’re nurtured into
corruption very early in our childhoods.</span></span>
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I know your faces have now knit the question: ‘How?’</span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif"><br /></span></span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif">Well, let me explain. How do we coax children to eat food they don't like? Or bath? Or go to school
on a particularly cold winter day. Indeed, how do we get kids to do any task
that they aren’t particularly keen on? </span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif"><br />Yes, we bribe them with offers of treats! <br /><br />If you bath, I’ll give you a candy. If
you eat, I’ll let you watch Ben 10. If you go to school, I’ll buy you that toy
you’ve been bothering me about. </span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: small;"><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif" style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: small;"><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif" style="font-family: verdana;">Always if this, then that. A whole series of bribes gets dangled before our
children and before we know it, bribery becomes inculcated into their psyches as they morph into adults. They
grow into adults who can’t do anything without an offer of a little something in return.</span></span></div>
Daniso's Warped Mindhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02939114489476671814noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9091850305891583983.post-15627074114004056152013-04-25T04:59:00.001+02:002018-05-26T11:22:57.938+02:00Malawi's president is allergic to her country's papers<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>BENJA</b>: <a href="http://www.newstimeafrica.com/archives/31706">What a dressing down!</a> But is the president serious that she doesn't like the sight of our local newspapers?<br /><br /><b>DANISO</b>: Maybe but then how does she know that they are unkind to her? That her White House sojourn didn't make it to the front pages? Telepathy? Maybe the good prophet TBJ prophesies the stories and phones to brief her.<br /><br /><b>BENJA</b>: Come on! For all we know, she could be getting press briefings.<br /><br /><b>DANISO</b>: Maybe, maybe not. By the way, I think the public needn't have seen some of the dirty laundry she brought out. I was also very surprised by her comment about MBC TV. How can she make such a sweeping statement about it being open when, according to her, she only watched it once?<br /><br /><b>DANISO</b>: MBC TV open? Does she know what she's saying? She should watch it for a whole day and see how much PP fare viewers are forced to watch. And while she's at it, let her browse the Malawi News Agency website as well.<br /><br /><b>BENJA</b>: MANA is something else. If your only source of news was MANA, you would think there's no opposition in Malawi, that opposition parties aren't holding conventions, that they aren't going round on incessant whistle stop tours, that PP and UDF thugs didn't slug it out in Zomba, that everything in Malawi is going as smooth as Swiss clockwork.<br /><br /><b>DANISO</b>: I think like every Malawian leader before her, Her Excellency is addicted to praise singing. Anything else is anathema to her.<br /><br /><b>BENJA</b>: All the more reason she should be watching MBC TV. <br /><br /><b>DANISO</b>: I think she doesn't realise praise singing gives her a false sense of achievement, a skewed perception of her people's feelings. These she can only genuinely gauge if she were being given press briefings.<br /><br /><b>BENJA</b>: She also ought to be paying a little more attention to her Facebook page. As far as the world is concerned, it's the president's page.<br /><br /><b>DANISO</b>: Let's not go there. Please.<br /><b><br />BENJA</b>: Ok. Fine. Let's talk football then. What conclusions have you drawn from the recent Champions League earth shuttering results?<br /><b><br />DANISO</b>: I think the two-team Spanish League was lulled into a false sense of superiority. They didn't realise that football has since migrated north and been infused with ruthless German efficiency.<br /><br /><b>BENJA</b>: 4-0, 4-1. Who would've thought? I think bookies have made a killing because nobody could've seen those scores coming.<br /><br /><b>DANISO</b>: Nobody.</span></div>
Daniso's Warped Mindhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02939114489476671814noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9091850305891583983.post-2096210813712899012013-04-08T19:10:00.000+02:002018-05-26T11:33:16.027+02:00Celebrating a predecessor's death<h5 class="uiStreamMessage userContentWrapper" data-ft="{"type":1,"tn":"K"}" style="text-align: justify;">
<a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-nR3O4Y8WHM4/UWL5oT0eJKI/AAAAAAAAAaY/8Jr_gZIs6lU/s1600/grave-dancing.PNG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="267" src="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-nR3O4Y8WHM4/UWL5oT0eJKI/AAAAAAAAAaY/8Jr_gZIs6lU/s320/grave-dancing.PNG" width="320" /></a><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="messageBody" data-ft="{"type":3}"><span class="userContent"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>DANISO</b>: Now that PP has danced and celebrated on Bingu's grave, what next?<br /> <br /> <b>BENJA</b>: It's a shame really. A very mean thing to do.<br /> <br />
<b>DANISO</b>: Uncouth. Crass. Cheap. It's like a son who instead of
commemorating his father's death, chooses to celebrate the wealth he was
willed as result of the death.<br /> <br /> <b>BENJA</b>: I sometimes wonder whether JB has advisers.<br /> <b><br />
DANISO</b>: I doubt it, at least not ones who mean her well. If she had, do
you think she would've been abusing government machinery to be harassing
David's mother?<br /> <br /> <b>BENJA</b>: You mean Madonna? I agree. How can she be so mean spirited, a practicing Christian?<br /> <b><br /> DANISO</b>: Whatever happened to 'Love thy neighbour'? Especially a neighbour who's helping you in her own little way?</span></span></span></span></h5>
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<span style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="messageBody" data-ft="{"type":3}"><span class="userContent"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>BENJA</b>: Well, it's been a funny few days. First off the block was DPP lauding Bingu as the best president Malawi has ever had.</span></span></span><br /><span class="messageBody" data-ft="{"type":3}"><span class="userContent"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"> </span></span></span><br /><span class="messageBody" data-ft="{"type":3}"><span class="userContent"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">
<b>DANISO</b>: I think it's in our genes to sanitise the characters of the
dead, to gloss over their flaws no matter how tarred. No wonder we call a
dead body a chief even if it's that of a village idiot.</span></span></span><br /><span class="messageBody" data-ft="{"type":3}"><span class="userContent"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"> </span></span></span><br /><span class="messageBody" data-ft="{"type":3}"><span class="userContent"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">
<b>BENJA</b>: True. Employees fall over themselves praising departed colleagues
"who the employer will've great problems replacing, if at all." You've
to wonder.</span></span></span><br /><span class="messageBody" data-ft="{"type":3}"><span class="userContent"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"> </span></span></span><br /><span class="messageBody" data-ft="{"type":3}"><span class="userContent"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"> <b>DANISO</b>: So too Bingu. In the year since, we've
already forgotten his long list of flaws. The most nepotistic president ever, one who barely tolerated people from certain tribes
and even took great pleasure in publicly insulting some of them.</span></span></span><br /><span class="messageBody" data-ft="{"type":3}"><span class="userContent"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"> </span></span></span><br /><span class="messageBody" data-ft="{"type":3}"><span class="userContent"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">
<b>BENJA</b>: We've forgotten that the economic mess Malawi is going through
today started during his second term when the Kwacha was being
artificially propped up. We've totally forgotten that were he still
alive today, Malawi would be in a far worse position than it is in now.</span></span></span><br /><span class="messageBody" data-ft="{"type":3}"><span class="userContent"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"> </span></span></span><br /><span class="messageBody" data-ft="{"type":3}"><span class="userContent"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">
<b>DANISO</b>: We can't even remember the arson attacks against critics, the
arrests, even a murder, his unexplained wealth when not long before he
was rescued by his predecessor, he used to be both a driver and a
conductor for his own minibus, a man who, according to a man who used to be his cook, would budget for and buy only two chickens a month.</span></span></span><br /><span class="messageBody" data-ft="{"type":3}"><span class="userContent"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"> </span></span></span><br /><span class="messageBody" data-ft="{"type":3}"><span class="userContent"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"> <b>BENJA</b>: I suppose his
people have all the right to love him, after all many of them were
uplifted along with him. But to foist the second term Bingu on all of us
as Malawi's best president, is an insult. An insult to the SMEs whose
businesses had to shutdown in the face of an all conquering business
juggernaut from his tribe that has diversified into everything, even supplying food and firewood to prisons.</span></span></span><br /><span class="messageBody" data-ft="{"type":3}"><span class="userContent"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"> </span></span></span><br /><span class="messageBody" data-ft="{"type":3}"><span class="userContent"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"> <b>DANISO</b>: Do you remember the poor
orphans whose land was grabbed? Malawi's best president? My foot! Let me
have a Green. I'm boiling inside just at the memory of him.</span></span></span></span></h5>
Daniso's Warped Mindhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02939114489476671814noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9091850305891583983.post-10800894701000522552013-03-31T00:06:00.000+02:002018-05-26T11:40:17.894+02:00Any lessons from the Kenyan elections?<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: small;"><span class="userContent"><b>BENJA</b>: Daniso, you seem pensive. What's eating you?<br /> <br /> <b>DANISO</b>: Some thoughts don't easily lend themselves to conversation, young man.<br /> <br />
<b>BENJA</b>: You could've fooled me. I thought if at all there's a man who's
capable of verbalising his thoughts uncensored, that man is you. <br /> <br /> <b>DANISO</b>: Sometimes my thoughts are too entangled even for me to unravel.<br /> <br /> <b>BENJA</b>: That will be the day. Anyway, what do you think<span class="text_exposed_show"> of the Kenyan electoral process right up to the Supreme Court's decision?<br /> <br />
<b>DANISO</b>: Uhmm ... let's see now. The electronic registration, voting and
transmission of results were a total debacle. Whoever was responsible
should've had his ass fried. But in the final analysis, despite a few
other minor wrinkles, the result they got is what they would've got even
in a glitch free election.<br /> <br /> <b>BENJA</b>: I'm of the same opinion.<br /> <br /> <b>DANISO</b>: I was also very impressed by two women. Bowled over in fact. <br /> <br /> <b>BENJA</b>: Really and who are those two?<br /> <br />
<b>DANISO</b>: I thought Martha Karua was the best candidate in the first
debate. She was very articulate. But
elections don't depend on debates, it would seem. It's all about money and she didn't have lots of that, apparently.<br /> <br /> <b>BENJA</b>: You rated her that highly?<br /> <br /> <b>DANISO</b>: If I were Kenyan, I would've voted for her.<br /> <b><br /> BENJA</b>: Who's the other one? The Registrar of the Supreme Court?<br /> <br />
<b>DANISO</b>: Oh, her. I must say she sounded very professional, but no. It's Daina
Kethi Kilonzo, the youngest and only woman counsel. She was quite a
revelation. In fact she's become quite a sensation even on Twitter.<br /> <br /> <b>BENJA</b>: Aren't you holding back something?<br /> <br />
<b>DANISO</b>: I'll be the first to admit that her brilliant brain is fronted
by an exquisitely sculpted face and her body packaged in such a way that
makes even this old man's loins stir. Yes, she's beautiful and very
sexy.<br /> <br /> <b>BENJA</b>: I knew it. I knew it.<br /> <br /> <b>DANISO</b>: But it's
her brains that awed me more. You know I'm a sucker for brilliant minds.
After all, it's really a woman's mind that a man is in a relationship
with, not the body however well packaged.<br /> <br /> <b>BENJA</b>: I'm not so
sure about that but I'll let it pass. Now, if you were to draw only one
lesson from the process, what would it be?<br /> <br /> <b>DANISO</b>: That's a
hard ask considering that there are a number of things I would wish
replicated here in Malawi ... the debates, for example. They were very
well organised. But I suppose the main lesson is that if there are any
disputes, any resultant court processes should be dispensed with first
before a president elect is sworn in.<br /> <br /> <b>BENJA</b>: I also liked that part. But then it's in their new constitution.<br /> <br />
<b>DANISO</b>: I know. Anyway, enough about the elections. What's the name of
that KTN presenter who was at the Supreme Court, do you remember? The
woman? She was excellent.<br /> <br /> <b>BENJA</b>. The one with a wedding ring?<br /> <br /> <b>DANISO</b>: She's married? Damn! I was about to dust off my passport.</span></span></span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: left;">Lucius Banda<i> </i>composed <i>Ali ndi Njira Zawo</i> </td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /></td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="messageBody" data-ft="{"type":3}"><span class="userContent"><b>BENJA</b>: What's that song by Soldier Lucius Banda about these people being all the same?<br /> <br /> <b>DANISO</b>: Which people now? Minibus drivers?<br /> <br /> <b>BENJA</b>: Of course minibus drivers are all the same. But I'm talking about politicians.<br /> <br /> <b>DANISO</b>: Oh, I remember now. You mean '<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=awzCDxGFDRY" target="_blank">Ali Ndi Njira Zawo</a>'? I love that song. So relevant to our own political setup.<br /> <br />
<b>BENJA</b>: Yes, that's the song. All Malawian politicians are really from the
same gene pool. They are greedy conniving egoistic kleptocratic
plunderers of public resources, with absolutely no vision for our
country.<br /> <br /> <b>DANISO</b>: You're right. Their vision doesn't extend beyond their feet. But they've a very good sense of smell though.<br /> <br /> <b>BENJA</b>: You're kidding, right? Strong sense of smell when they've to mix with so many unwashed bodies during campaign rallies?<br /> <b><br />
DANISO</b>: Not that kind of sense of smell. Our politicians have good
noses for homing in on corrupt deals ... not to prevent them, mind you,
but to join the plunder.<br /> <br /> <b>BENJA</b>: Anyway, what I wanted to say
is that Malawian politicians are the same regardless of which parties they
belong to. Look at how they abuse MBC, our so called public
broadcaster.<br /> <br /> <b>DANISO</b>: I don't even listen to it, let alone watch it.<br /> <br />
<b>BENJA</b>: Considering that you've neither a radio nor a TV, I'm not surprised ... Hehehehe ... Anyway, each party in
power would rather MBC remains on the shortest of leashes.<br /> <br /> <b>DANISO</b>: To be unleashed at their whim as a propaganda tool..<br /> <br />
<b>BENJA</b>: Very useful during campaign periods. That's why even though the
opposition has the numbers in the current parliament to push through
private members' bills, none will be introduced that would permanently
reform MBC to keep it out of the stifling clutches of future ruling
parties.<br /> <br /> <b>DANISO</b>: Because they would also like to be abusing it in the same way should they get into power in future elections?<br /> <br /> <b>BENJA</b>: Exactly.</span></span></span></span></h5>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span class="userContent"><b>BENJA</b>: Why is it anathema in DPP for someone
to challenge Peter Mutharika to be the party's 2014 torch bearer? Why
should all sorts of conspiracy theories be postulated just because
someone has dared to throw his hat in the ring?<br /> <br /> <b>DANISO</b>: I'm
surprised you're surprised. You should know that the 'D' in their name
is just there for cosmetic purposes. Scratch beneath the makeup, and
you'll find the r<span class="text_exposed_show">eal Kaliati, ... er, I mean the real DPP. <br /> <br />
<b>BENJA</b>: [Laughter]. Kaliati, eh! I'm sure it was your talk of makeup
that got you lost in Akweni's image in all her made up glory. <br /> <br /> <b>DANISO</b>: I think so. But the truth is DPP is democratic in exactly the same way as the Democratic Republic of North Korea.<br /> <br /> <b>BENJA</b>: So maybe they should just drop the 'D' and be known simply as Progressive Party.<br /> <b><br />
DANISO</b>: Progressive! There's nothing progressive in DPP's bone. Each
day that passes they're reverting more and more to form. Already we've
seen the violence that used to be synonymous with party rear its ugly
head again.<br /> <br /> <b>BENJA</b>: Just as well considering that there's party that's already known as PP.<br /> <br /> <b>DANISO</b>: Maybe they can change to TPIEITP instead?<br /> <br /> <b>BENJA</b>: Now that's a mouthful. But what would it stand for?<br /> <br /> <b>DANISO</b>: This Party Is Entrenched In The Past.<br /> <br />
<b>BENJA</b>: Hey! There's no way they would accept that name. Anyway, talking
of challenges, why is Chimunthu pursuing this thankless task? DPP's
2014 candidacy is firmly in Peter's hands. Anyone who thinks he can
wrest it away from him is either deluded or high on weed.<br /> <br />
<b>DANISO</b>: Well, there's lots of weed where he comes from, no? But in my
opinion I think he's just a masochist out to enjoy the pain of
experiencing a waste of his time and resources.<br /> <br /> <b>BENJA</b>: You think there are virgins out there for people who commit political suicide?<br /> </span></span></span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span class="userContent"><span class="text_exposed_show"> <b>DANISO</b>: I've never been a politician so I wouldn't know.</span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span class="messageBody" data-ft="{"type":3}"><span class="userContent"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">BENJA: JFK, have you seen Daniso today.</span></span><br /> <br /><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"> JFK: No, not today. Maybe he has a visitor.</span></span><br /> <br /><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"> BENJA: Aah, you mean a VI-SI-TOR?</span></span><br /> <br /><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"> JFK: Yes, a VI-SI-TOR. </span></span><br /> <br /><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"> BENJA: Not a bad idea considering how chilly Blantyre is today.</span></span><br /> <br /><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"> JFK: I just hope he doesn't require a </span></span><a href="http://blogs.bmj.com/bmj/2010/06/02/muza-gondwe-on-gondolosi-african-viagra/" style="font-family: verdana, sans-serif; font-weight: normal;" target="_blank">herbal push</a><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">.</span></span><br /> <br /><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"> BENJA: A herbal push! Daniso? He doesn't strike me as someone who would willfully take mugfuls of anything without a prescription.</span></span><br /> <br /><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">
JFK: You never know. You see, men your age bother their women almost on
a daily basis. Their women even run out of headache themed excuses.</span></span><br /> <br /><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"> BENJA: Ha-ha-ha-ha-ha! No way!</span></span><br /> <br /><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">
JFK: Oh yes! Women even end up going to nights of prayer just to get away
from their demanding husbands. Some even cut a finger or two to produce
some blood to use in faking an out-of-sync that time of the month.</span></span><br /> <br /><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"> BENJA: Don't tell me.</span></span><br /> <br /><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">
JFK: Uhmm. Anyway, women get tired. But as the years go by, it's the
women who do the bothering, and it's us the men who've to come up with
excuses. Not on a daily basis, thankfully.</span></span><br /> <br /><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"> BENJA: You can't be serious?</span></span><br /> <br /><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">
JFK: Young man, I'm dead serious. Say a man fulfilled his duties on a
Friday ... in the wee hours of the morning because he would be applying for a
Fathers' Day visa later in the day ... and on a Wednesday night the wife
wants an encore ...</span></span><br /> <br /><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"> BENJA: She would be within her rights, no?</span></span><br /> <br /><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"> JFK: Sure, but the man would probably be still at half mast. Not yet completely recovered from the Friday morning travails. "Mai, bwanji kodi? he would probably protest, "Sitapanga dzanadzana lomweli."</span></span></span></span></span></h5>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="messageBody" data-ft="{"type":3}"><span class="userContent">BENJA: A man trying to wiggle out of his conjugal duties on a Wednesday just because he'd done it on a Friday? Unbelievable!<br /><br />JFK: That's the reality of life, young man.<br /><br />BENJA: Then a herbal push would really be the answer, no? Or the blue pill, if one can afford it.<br /> <br /> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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JFK: But not without a prescription, young man. Haven't you ever heard of men orgasming themselves to death?<br /><br />BENJA: Not a bad way to meet one's maker, if you ask me.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Daniso's Warped Mindhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02939114489476671814noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9091850305891583983.post-45223806630317005192012-11-27T09:58:00.001+02:002012-11-27T10:17:14.990+02:00A perfume called ...<div style="text-align: justify;">
<a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-VHaDBoha2OQ/ULRyWe-fK5I/AAAAAAAAASs/tyJIuB2CfUA/s1600/Boos.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-VHaDBoha2OQ/ULRyWe-fK5I/AAAAAAAAASs/tyJIuB2CfUA/s1600/Boos.JPG" /></a><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Was ours what they call a whirlwind romance? One minute we were enveloped by overwhelming feelings, the next it was history.<br /><br />I knew it was too good to last. [Sigh]<br /><br />All this floated through my mind as I sat in a minibus. Images of our time together played on and on. I wondered how my salary and me broke up almost immediately after meeting when what we had had seemed so hot, so forever. Still in a state of shock, I couldn't see how I would manage in its absence for the rest of the month. <br /><br />How?<br /><br />Then a vendor startled me out of my reverie by tapping on my window. Seeing he had my attention, he held up a package of men's fragrance and started extolling its virtues. But I wasn't really listening. My attention was glued to the name emblazoned on the package.<br /><br />'BOOS' it read.<br /><br />And he genuinely expected me to buy it? Who wanted to be booed because I had bought BOOS instead of BOSS?<br /><br />In any case, hadn't he heard that my salary and I were on separation?</span></div>
Daniso's Warped Mindhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02939114489476671814noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9091850305891583983.post-11162612785477343472012-09-06T11:57:00.000+02:002012-09-06T11:58:00.105+02:00When a friend request spooks an open minded person<div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">
<span class="commentBody" data-jsid="text">I normally don't fuss over
who I accept as friends on social networks. I believe everyone can, in
their own way, contribute to my life's journey. But the request I got
this morning has made me to rethink my open door policy.<br /> <br /> I think I may have to make an exception and ignore the hand of Facebook friendship that has been proffered. My uneasiness with the request is that the profile picture accompanying it is of a totally naked man. <br /> <br />
I'm not the narcissistic type who enjoys sitting in front of a mirror
admiring himself, after all, truth be told, there aren't that many
inches to write home about. So why would I waste time looking at another
man's body? Or rather, why should I be forced to be looking at another
man's body every time he comments on my status or posts something on my
timeline?<br /> <br /> No, I'm not squirmish about nakedness. In fact, in my writings
I don't 'asterixicise' body parts and such like. I spell them in full because that's
the way the reader reads them anyway. Readers don't read 'f**k' as "<i>f ... asterisk ... asterisk ... f</i>" or </span><span class="commentBody" data-jsid="text">"<i>f ... star ... star ... </i>f."</span><span class="commentBody" data-jsid="text"> They read 'fuck' as "fuck".<br /><br /> Like the majority of men, I'm
not averse to looking at photos of nakedness. And when confronted with
live nakedness, even if it's only a hint, I ogle and even drool. <br /> <br /> However, my enjoyment of such photos and live viewings are limited to the female of the species, thank you.</span></div>
Daniso's Warped Mindhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02939114489476671814noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9091850305891583983.post-2563038762069799022012-07-21T05:37:00.003+02:002012-07-21T13:04:35.140+02:00Zakumudzi - Links to news about Malawi --- 21 July<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.nyasatimes.com/malawi/2012/07/21/malawi-police-claim-18-decrease-in-crime-rate-upsurge-in-robbery-and-murder/" target="_blank">Malawi Police claim 18% decrease in crime rate, upsurge in robbery and murder</a>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.nyasatimes.com/malawi/2012/07/21/nico-airtel-malawi-unveil-phone-policy/" target="_blank">Nico, Airtel Malawi unveil phone policy</a>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.nyasatimes.com/malawi/2012/07/21/malawi-cancels-k40bn-fertiliser-procurement-tender-see-list-of-previous-suppliers/" target="_blank">Malawi cancels K40bn fertiliser procurement tender</a>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.zodiakmalawi.com/zbs%20malawi/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=5361:forex-availability-improves-lipenga&catid=42:banner-stories&Itemid=102" target="_blank">Forex availability improves, says Lipenga</a>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.malawivoice.com/2012/07/20/central-region-invasion-peter-mutharika-storms-lilongwe-with-another-great-rally-sunday-34113/" target="_blank">Peter Mutharika to folly up the Thyolo rally with one in Lilongwe</a>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.malawivoice.com/2012/07/21/joyce-bandas-anti-southerners-revenge-campaign-ambassador-to-china-charles-namondwe-fired-80454/" target="_blank">'Malawi Voice' again out to stir regionalism</a>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.malawidemocrat.com/national/madonnas-defunct-school-in-malawi-to-become-heroes-acre-for-national-figures/" target="_blank">Madonna's abandoned school to become heroes' acre for national figures</a>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.nyasatimes.com/malawi/2012/07/21/jb-asks-for-prayers-not-to-be-the-usual-president-2/" target="_blank">JB asks for prayers for power not to go to her head</a>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.nyasatimes.com/malawi/2012/07/21/witchcraft-based-violence-a-concern-for-malawi-govt-official/" target="_blank">Witchcraft based violence a concern, government says</a>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://zodiakmalawi.com/zbs%20malawi/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=5354:govt-calls-for-measures-to-cushion-urban-migration-&catid=44:news-top&Itemid=123" target="_blank">Government calls for measures to cushion urban migration</a>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://zodiakmalawi.com/zbs%20malawi/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=5362:china-vows-to-boost-mws-education-sector&catid=44:news-top&Itemid=123" target="_blank">China pledges to boost Malawi's education sector</a>
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<a href="http://www.nyasatimes.com/malawi/2012/07/20/linthipe-accident-forest-official-dead-8-seriously-injured/" style="background-color: white;" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Another Linthipe accident: forest official dead, 8 seriously injured</span></a><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.nyasatimes.com/malawi/2012/07/20/dont-sell-malawi-to-illegal-immigrants-jb/" target="_blank">Don’t sell Malawi to illegal Immigrants, JB pleads</a>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.nyasatimes.com/malawi/2012/07/21/why-students-in-public-universities-enjoy-premature-closures/" target="_blank">Why students in public universities ‘enjoy’ premature closures</a>
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<a href="http://www.nyasatimes.com/malawi/2012/07/21/reflections-on-bank-liquidity-and-rising-interest-rates-in-malawi/" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Reflections on bank liquidity and rising interest rates in Malawi</span></a>Daniso's Warped Mindhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02939114489476671814noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9091850305891583983.post-40102366790835640882012-07-20T04:52:00.000+02:002012-07-20T05:30:08.968+02:00Links to international news --- 20 July 2012<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/07/19/us-usa-drought-idUSBRE86F1D420120719" target="_blank">Crops suffer as drought intensifies in U.S. breadbasket</a>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-18918473" target="_blank"> Syrian rebels seize Turkey, Iraq border posts</a>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-18912742" target="_blank">UK Home Office staff to strike on eve of Olympic games</a>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-18913497" target="_blank">Tutu calls for end to gay stigma to help tackle HIV</a>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-derbyshire-18890901" target="_blank">Spelling error in torchbearer's Olympic tattoo</a>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-18919556" target="_blank">US military allowed to wear uniforms at gay pride march</a>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-18917906" target="_blank">Microsoft makes its first ever loss</a>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.bbc.com/news/technology-18898971" target="_blank">Huge spam botnet Grum is taken out by security researchers</a>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-18917901" target="_blank">Google reports sales and profits jump</a>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-18919395" target="_blank">Yahoo's new boss Marissa Mayer could see pay top $70m</a>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://edition.cnn.com/2012/07/19/business/lenovo-bonus-ceo/index.html?hpt=hp_t3" target="_blank">CEO gives part of his bonus to employees</a>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://edition.cnn.com/2012/07/19/justice/new-hampshire-hepatitis-arrest/index.html" target="_blank">Former hospital worker accused of transmitting hepatitis C</a>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://edition.cnn.com/2012/07/19/tech/mobile/nexus-7-shipping-demand/index.html?hpt=hp_t3" target="_blank">Google's Nexus 7 tablet ships this week</a>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/07/19/us-facebook-walmart-idUSBRE86I1ER20120719" target="_blank">Facebook, Wal-Mart chiefs meet to "deepen" relationship</a>
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<a href="http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/07/20/us-banking-libor-settlment-idUSBRE86J00H20120720" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Banks in Libor probe consider group settlement-sources</span></a>Daniso's Warped Mindhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02939114489476671814noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9091850305891583983.post-84896521573166294822012-07-20T04:36:00.000+02:002012-07-21T05:09:07.129+02:00Zakumudzi - Links to news about Malawi --- 20 July<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.nyasatimes.com/malawi/2012/07/19/president-banda-challenged-on-accountability-declare-assets/" target="_blank">President Banda challenged on accountability, ‘declare assets’</a>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.capitalradiomalawi.com/index.php/news-flash/471-malawians-on-friday-20-july-expected-to-pay-tribute-to-people-who-died-on-pro-democracy-demonstrations-last-year" target="_blank">Malawians to pay respect to July 20 victims</a>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.nyasatimes.com/malawi/2012/07/20/police-hunt-for-katopola-wadi-to-be-new-cop/" target="_blank">Mixed messages in the clerk of parliament saga</a>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.nyasatimes.com/malawi/2012/07/19/malawi-police-chief-touts-shoot-to-disable-policy/" target="_blank">Malawi Police chief touts shoot-to-disable policy</a>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.malawitoday.com/news/125976-malawi-economy-still-looks-gloomy" target="_blank">Malawi's economy still on sick bed</a>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.nyasatimes.com/malawi/2012/07/19/malawi-starts-issuing-birth-certificates/" target="_blank">Malawi starts issuing birth certificates</a>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.nyasatimes.com/malawi/2012/07/19/youth-activists-march-in-mzuzu-over-section-65/" target="_blank">Youths march for implementation of Section 65</a>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.nyasatimes.com/malawi/2012/07/19/msce-invigilators-cry-over-chopped-allowances/" target="_blank">MSCE invigilators cry over chopped allowances</a>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.nyasatimes.com/malawi/2012/07/19/speak-out-on-sexual-violence-in-malawi/" target="_blank">Malawi mother wants world to be speaking out on sexual violence in Malawi</a>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.malawivoice.com/2012/07/19/nanzikambe-launches-arts-cafe-it-is-quintessence-of-arts-dreamland-27254/" target="_blank">Nanzikambe launches arts cafè </a>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.capitalradiomalawi.com/index.php/news-flash/472-members-of-the-muslim-community-start-the-month-of-ramadan" target="_blank">Members of the Muslim community start the month of Ramadan</a>
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<a href="http://www.nyasatimes.com/malawi/2012/07/19/mikaya-challenges-mbalaka-for-pp-regional-chairman-post/" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Mikaya challenges Mbalaka for PP regional chairman post</span></a><br />
<br />Daniso's Warped Mindhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02939114489476671814noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9091850305891583983.post-58304053825320574032012-07-19T05:04:00.002+02:002012-07-20T04:37:50.606+02:00Links to international news --- 19 July 2012<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://nehandaradio.com/2012/06/22/prophet-angels-new-bentley-divides-church/" target="_blank">Prophet Angel’s new Bentley divides church</a>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/global-development/2012/jul/18/us-multinationals-control-food-aid" target="_blank">US food aid programme criticised as 'corporate welfare' for grain giants</a>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/07/18/us-usa-drought-idUSBRE86F1D420120718" target="_blank"> US drought wilts crops as officials pray for rain</a>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-18895643" target="_blank">US sees Assad 'losing control'</a>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-18892336" target="_blank">Deadly bomb blast hits bus with Israelis in Bulgaria</a>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-18890691" target="_blank">Tanzania rescue bid as ferry sinks off Zanzibar</a>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-18896770" target="_blank">Iceberg breaks off from Greenland's Petermann Glacier</a>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-18896232" target="_blank">US military sued over al-Awlaki Yemen drone death</a>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-18798792" target="_blank">Olympics: Pickpockets show off 'one-second theft'</a>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-18883163" target="_blank">Polypill could prevent thousands of hearts attacks and strokes</a>
</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-18897310" target="_blank">Texas debuts one-drug execution</a>
</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.bbc.com/news/technology-18895384" target="_blank">Apple ordered to run Samsung 'did not copy iPad' adverts</a>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://edition.cnn.com/2012/07/18/us/gao-illegal-pilots/index.html?hpt=hp_t3" target="_blank">Some student pilots in U.S. illegally</a>
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<a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2012/07/19/world/africa/fear-stalks-malis-refugees-despite-escape-to-mauritania.html?_r=1&hp" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Fear stalks Mali’s refugees despite escape to safety</span></a><br />
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<br />Daniso's Warped Mindhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02939114489476671814noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9091850305891583983.post-4209832023229715362012-07-19T04:35:00.001+02:002012-07-20T04:05:55.671+02:00Zakumudzi - Links to news about Malawi --- 19 July<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.malawivoice.com/2012/07/18/peter-mutharika-appears-before-robert-chasowa-inquiry-team-24041/" target="_blank">It's an insult to say I've not achieved something within the 100 days, says JB</a> </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.malawivoice.com/2012/07/19/pp-govt-pledges-accountability-transparency-in-using-donor-funds-42729/" target="_blank">PP government pledges accountability</a></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.malawivoice.com/2012/07/19/world-bank-supports-malawis-economic-recovery-with-150million-65705" target="_blank">World Bank's $150 million to help stabilise economy</a>/</span><br />
<a href="http://www.malawivoice.com/2012/07/19/china-doubles-loans-to-africa-to-20-billion-26903/" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">China will give $20 billion worth of loans to Africa in the next 3 years</span></a><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.malawivoice.com/2012/07/19/affordable-medical-scheme-in-town-takaaful-scheme-for-more-vulnerable-people-14921/" target="_blank">Medical scheme for the more vulnerable</a> </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.nyasatimes.com/malawi/2012/07/18/police-assures-malawians-of-security-launches-crackdown-on-criminals/" target="_blank">Police assures Malawians of security, launches crackdown on criminals</a>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.malawivoice.com/2012/07/18/lake-malawis-oil-drilling-controversy-concerned-citizens-want-audience-with-jb-claim-95-are-against-its-implementation-71270/" target="_blank">Concerned citizens want to meet the President about Lake Malawi oil drilling</a>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.malawivoice.com/2012/07/18/peoples-party-doing-ground-work-for-convention-launch-party-polls-33353/" target="_blank">PP hold regional election in readiness for a national convention</a>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.malawivoice.com/2012/07/18/jb-has-four-press-personal-assistants-they-are-doing-different-jobs-malani-mtonga-57538/" target="_blank">JB has four personal press assistants</a>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.malawivoice.com/2012/07/18/maneb-undecided-on-2012-msce-we-are-still-investigating-42773/" target="_blank">Maneb still undecided on what to do about leaked exams</a>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.malawivoice.com/2012/07/18/zomba-jali-phalombe-chitakale-chiefs-hail-jb-for-revamping-road-dream-12503/" target="_blank">Chiefs hail the president for reviving the Zomba-Jali-Phalombe-Chitakala road</a>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.malawitoday.com/news/125974-zimbabwe-loan-be-fully-repaid-november" target="_blank">Zimbabwe loan to be fully repaid by November</a>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.malawitoday.com/news/125973-shortage-carlsberg-beer-hits-central-region" target="_blank">Shortage of Carlsberg beer hits Central Region</a>
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<a href="http://www.capitalradiomalawi.com/index.php/news-flash/468-civil-rights-activists-calls-for-the-implementation-of-the-access-to-information-bill" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Civil rights activists calls for the implementation of the Access to Information Bill</span></a><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.capitalradiomalawi.com/index.php/local-news/467-mini-bus-owners-association-of-malawi-accused-of-failing-to-deliver-public" target="_blank">Malawians accuse Minibus Owners Association of Malawi accused of failing to deliver</a>
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<a href="http://www.nyasatimes.com/malawi/2012/07/19/malawi-newspaper-giant-times-group-losing-key-staff/" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Malawi newspaper giant Times Group losing key staff</span></a>
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<a href="http://www.malawivoice.com/2012/07/18/dpp-chief-cadet-out-on-bail-state-has-no-strong-grounds-to-warrant-his-continued-detention-court-98248/" target="_blank">DPP chief hatchet man released on bail</a><br />
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<a href="http://www.nyasatimes.com/malawi/2012/07/18/malawi-attends-china-africa-forum-economic-growth-tops-agenda" target="_blank">Malawi attends China Africa economic forum</a></div>
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<a href="http://www.nyasatimes.com/malawi/2012/07/18/clerk-of-parliament-katopola-recalled-to-office/" target="_blank">Clerk of Parliament Katopola recalled to office</a>
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<a href="http://mwnation.com/national-news-the-nation/7810-parliament-needs-independence" target="_blank">Section 65 is the Speaker's business, says JB</a>
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<a href="http://www.malawidemocrat.com/politics/malawi-ngos-fault-joyce-bandas-first-100-days-in-presidential-office/" target="_blank">NGOs fault JB's 100 days in office</a>
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<a href="http://www.malawidemocrat.com/columns/malawi-on-the-road-to-recovery-but-the-hard-parts-just-beginning/" target="_blank">Malawi on the road to recovery but it won't be easy</a>
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<a href="http://www.nyasatimes.com/malawi/2012/07/18/timau-a-reflection-of-the-first-100-days-of-malawi-presidents/" target="_blank">Timau: A reflection of the first 100 days of Malawi Presidents</a>
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<a href="http://www.nyasatimes.com/malawi/2012/07/18/implications-of-31-increase-of-bank-rate-on-malawis-economy/" target="_blank">Implications of 31% increase of bank rate on Malawi’s economy</a>
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<a href="http://www.nyasatimes.com/malawi/2012/07/18/malawi-newspaper-giant-bpp-face-deep-job-cuts/" target="_blank">Malawi newspaper giant BP&P face deep job cuts</a>
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<a href="http://www.nyasatimes.com/malawi/2012/07/17/mulanje-orphans-get-their-land-back-from-mulli/" target="_blank">Mulanje orphans get ‘their land’ back from Mulli</a>
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<a href="http://www.malawivoice.com/2012/07/17/jb-calls-for-emergency-meeting-following-dpps-great-rally-directs-police-commissioners-to-block-peter-mutharikas-lilongwe-rally-22846/" target="_blank">JB calls for emergency meeting after success of DPP rally, claims Malawi Voice</a>
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<a href="http://www.malawivoice.com/2012/07/17/nicholas-dausi-says-malawi-should-have-educated-leaders-running-government-is-a-serious-business-73977/" target="_blank">Dausi wants Malawi to have educated leaders (which I suppose rules him out)</a>
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<a href="http://www.malawivoice.com/2012/07/17/joyce-banda-wakhalira-mazira-a-dpp-tizaswa-eni-ake-mu-2014-noel-masangwi-27602/" target="_blank">Joyce Banda wakhalalira mazira a DPP, says Wakuda Kamanga</a>
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<a href="http://www.malawivoice.com/2012/07/17/of-pope-benedict-and-joyce-banda-54987/" target="_blank">Of Pope Benedict and Joyce Banda</a>
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<a href="http://www.malawivoice.com/2012/07/17/youth-league-vows-to-cleanse-mzimba-selfish-politicians-come-2014-2014/" target="_blank">Youths vow to rid Mzimba of selfish politicians</a>
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<a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-18882149" target="_blank">Syrian defence minister killed in suspected suicide bomb attack</a></div>
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<a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-18856658" target="_blank">Drinking alcohol, even in moderation, 'a dementia risk</a></div>
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<a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-18881524" target="_blank">North Korea's Kim Jong-un named marshal</a></div>
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<a href="http://edition.cnn.com/2012/07/17/world/asia/melbourne-airport-power-outage/index.html?hpt=hp_t3" target="_blank">Melbourne Airport goes black</a></div>
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<a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-derbyshire-18876537" target="_blank">Moving Rolls-Royce Trent 1000 jet engine made from Lego bricks</a></div>
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<a href="http://edition.cnn.com/2012/07/18/world/asia/malaysia-pregnant-olympian/index.html?hpt=hp_t3" target="_blank">Pregnant shooter to compete for Malaysia in London games</a></div>
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<a href="http://edition.cnn.com/2012/07/17/justice/utah-plane-incident/index.html?hpt=hp_t3" target="_blank">Suspect in Colorado slaying tried to steal plane in Utah</a></div>
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<a href="http://edition.cnn.com/2012/07/18/health/flip-flops-hurting-feet/index.html?hpt=hp_c4" target="_blank">Flip-flops present feet with a painful problem</a></div>
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<a href="http://edition.cnn.com/2012/07/17/living/jealous-jilted-dad-daughter-in-love/index.html?hpt=hp_mid" target="_blank">Daughter's in love, Dad feels jilted</a></div>
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<a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-18879832" style="background-color: white;" target="_blank">Washington State to enroll some voters using Facebook app</a></div>
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<a href="http://www.bbc.com/news/technology-18873041" style="background-color: white;" target="_blank">Texting overtakes talking in UK, says Ofcom study</a></div>
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<a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-politics-18876880" target="_blank">Inactivity 'killing as many as smoking'</a></div>
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<a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-18871085" target="_blank">Baby heart risk for hairdressers and nail bar workers?</a>
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<a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-18879828" target="_blank">Gays still not welcome into Boy Scouts of America</a>
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<a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-18880908" target="_blank">Liberal alliance scores wins in Libya poll results</a>
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<a href="http://hsbc%20used%20by%20%27drug%20kingpins%27%2C%20says%20us%20senate/" style="background-color: white;" target="_blank">HSBC used by 'drug kingpins', says US Senate</a></div>
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<a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-18867310" target="_blank">Human Rights Watch attacks 'abuse of power' in Venezuela</a>
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<a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-18858872" style="background-color: white;" target="_blank">Solomon Islands 'launders' exotic birds</a></div>
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<a href="http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/48211572/ns/technology_and_science-science/#.UAXeAbQe5ny" target="_blank">Iceberg bigger than Manhattan breaks from Greenland glacier</a>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-18870511" target="_blank">Lagos Makoko slums knocked down in Nigeria</a>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.voanews.com/content/ethiopia_meles_ill_misses_african_union_nepad_meetings/1406203.html" target="_blank">Ethiopia's Meles misses AU meetings due to illness</a>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-18874040" target="_blank">Mau Mau case: UK government accepts abuse took place</a>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-18866265" target="_blank">Syria conflict: Central Damascus hit by clashes</a>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-18869424" target="_blank">Thailand customs seizes $700,000 in ivory from Kenya</a>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.bbc.com/news/technology-18855136" target="_blank">Microsoft gives Office a 2013 touch-up</a>
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<a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-18867054" style="background-color: white;" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">HSBC executives to apologise at US Senate hearing</span></a><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2012/07/17/sports/olympics/athletes-arrive-in-london-and-run-into-a-dead-end.html?_r=1&hp" target="_blank">45-Minute Bus Trip Turns Into a Four-Hour Fiasco</a>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-18863341" target="_blank">US drug authority approves HIV-prevention drug Truvada</a>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-18865882" target="_blank">Yahoo's third chief in one year poached from rival Google</a>
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<a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-18713585" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The agony of feeling no pain due to congenital analgesia</span></a><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-18826373" target="_blank">Sightseeing when you can't see</a>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-18864409" target="_blank">Deep Purple's Jon Lord dies at 71</a>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-18866018" target="_blank">US Senate report: HSBC 'allowed drug money laundering'</a>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://edition.cnn.com/2012/07/16/travel/delta-needles/index.html?hpt=hp_t3" target="_blank">Needles found in sandwiches, Delta says; FBI to investigate</a>
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<a href="http://edition.cnn.com/2012/07/16/world/meast/syria-unrest/index.html?hpt=hp_t1" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The battle for Damascus is coming, warns defector</span></a><br />
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<a href="http://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=9091850305891583983#editor/target=post;postID=2821186578901760618" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Facebook video leads to teens' murder arrests</span></a>
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<a href="http://www.maravipost.com/malawi-news/political/1330-malawi-gets-$110m-from-world-bank-for-agriculture,-health-support.html" style="background-color: white;" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Malawi gets $110 million in agriculture and health support</span></a><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.malawidemocrat.com/columns/can-subsidies-last-in-malawi-blessings-chinsinga/" target="_blank">Can subsidies last?</a>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.malawivoice.com/2012/07/17/dpp-chief-cadet-arrest-police-want-him-immediately-committed-to-chichiri-prison/" target="_blank">Police want DPP Cadet Chief committed to prison ASAP</a>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.malawivoice.com/2012/07/17/msce-leaked-exams-saga-2-cops-17-others-including-students-arrested-10450/" target="_blank">Cops and others arrested in MSCE exams leaks</a>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.malawidemocrat.com/sports/mulanje-mountain-porters-race-clocks-16/" target="_blank">Mulanje Porters' Race is a Sweet Sixteen</a>
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<a href="http://www.malawidemocrat.com/politics/uk-gives-25-million-pounds-additional-aid-package-to-malawi/" style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;" target="_blank">UK gives Malawi ₤25 million additional</a><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.malawidemocrat.com/politics/man-arrested-for-illegal-drug-sales" target="_blank">65 year old arrested for selling medical drugs without license</a>/
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<a href="http://zodiakmalawi.com/zbs%20malawi/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=5352:vaccine-centre-acquires-new-plant&catid=44:news-top&Itemid=123" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Vaccine Centre Acquires New Plant</span></a>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.nyasatimes.com/malawi/2012/07/17/jb-attacked-over-100-days-celebrations-govt-says-no-use-of-public-purse/" target="_blank">JB attacked over 100 day’s celebrations, govt says no use of public purse</a></span><br />
<a href="http://www.nyasatimes.com/malawi/2012/07/17/zambia-finland-envoys-present-credentials-to-president-banda/" style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;" target="_blank">Zambia, Finland envoys present credentials to President Banda</a><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.nyasatimes.com/malawi/2012/07/16/court-lifts-mhc-boss-mondiwas-suspension/" target="_blank">Court lifts MHC boss Mondiwa’s suspension</a>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.nyasatimes.com/malawi/2012/07/17/ngos-stocktaking-malawi-president-joyce-bandas-first-100-days-in-office/" target="_blank">NGO’s stocktaking Malawi President Joyce Banda’s first 100 days in office</a></span><br />
<a href="http://www.nyasatimes.com/malawi/2012/07/17/malawi-nominated-in-best-african-tourism-board-category-2012-safari-awards/" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Malawi nominated in best African tourism board category: 2012 Safari awards</span></a><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.nyasatimes.com/malawi/2012/07/17/npl-raises-k11-6m-for-charity-fun-run-contribution-to-health-sector/" target="_blank">NPL raises K11.6m for charity fun run, contribution to health sector</a></span><br />
<a href="http://www.malawivoice.com/2012/07/16/dpp-cries-foul-on-louis-ngalandes-arrest-we-hope-justice-will-prevail-wakuda-67210/" style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;" target="_blank">DPP decries the arrest of its Youth Director</a><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.malawivoice.com/2012/07/17/jbs-100-days-a-mixed-bag-improved-donor-relations-vengeful-and-cruel-firing-of-people-72342/" target="_blank">JB's 100 days a mixed bag</a>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.malawivoice.com/2012/07/16/pp-denies-spending-mk104-million-on-jbs-100-days-commemorations-we-spent-about-mk-6-million-from-well-wishers-malani-mtonga-63955/" target="_blank">PP dies blowing K104 million on 100 Days celebrations</a>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.malawivoice.com/2012/07/16/pp-takes-tripartite-elections-matter-into-septembers-parliamentary-sitting-dpp-created-electoral-legal-mess-phoya-12876/" target="_blank">DPP created electoral mess, says Phoya</a>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.nyasatimes.com/malawi/2012/07/16/police-arrest-dpp-panga-wielding-youth-leader/" target="_blank">Police arrest DPP ‘panga wielding’ youth leader</a>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.nyasatimes.com/malawi/2012/07/17/chasowas-killers-arrested-dpps-masangwi-implicated/" target="_blank">Chasowa’s killers arrested, DPP’s Masangwi implicated</a>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.nyasatimes.com/malawi/2012/07/17/malawi-human-rights-commission-prominent-lawyer-resigns-in-protest/" target="_blank">Malawi Human Rights Commission prominent lawyer resigns in protest</a>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.nyasatimes.com/malawi/2012/07/17/tembo-says-questions-to-be-directed-to-former-dpp-regime/" target="_blank">Tembo says questions to be directed to former DPP regime</a>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.zodiakmalawi.com/zbs%20malawi/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=5349:sulaimanas-accomplice-goes-missing&catid=44:news-top&Itemid=123" target="_blank">Sulaimana's accomplish in Electoral Commission fraud case goes missing</a>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.zodiakmalawi.com/zbs%20malawi/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=5343:cotton-growers-worried-over-low-prices&catid=44:news-top&Itemid=123" target="_blank">Cotton Growers Worried Over Low Prices</a>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://maravipost.com/malawi-news/political/1316-i-will-not-attack-personalities-peter-mutharika.html" target="_blank">Peter Mutharika says he won't attack personalities</a>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://maravipost.com/scope/muckracking-sunday/1310-100-pres-joyce-bandadays-first-report-card.html" target="_blank">The Muckraker puts JB's 100 days in office under scrutiny</a></span>Daniso's Warped Mindhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02939114489476671814noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9091850305891583983.post-35949927562523201272012-07-16T04:48:00.001+02:002012-07-17T08:14:42.007+02:00Zakumudzi - Links to news about Malawi --- 16 July 2012<div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">
<a href="http://zodiakmalawi.com/zbs%20malawi/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=5342%3Abushiri-lies-to-congregation-threatens-to-make-zodiak-reporter-blind&catid=42%3Abanner-stories&Itemid=102" target="_blank">Bushiri threatens to make a Zodiak reporter go blind</a><br />
<a href="http://www.capitalradiomalawi.com/index.php/local-news/465-bunda-college-students-demonstrating-to-force-the-college-s-principle-to-resign" target="_blank">Bunda students demonstrate to force out college Principal</a><br />
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<a href="http://www.malawivoice.com/2012/07/15/joyce-bandas-pp-clueless-on-security-tells-malawians-osamayenda-usiku-47373/" target="_blank">The President is clueless on security</a><br />
<a href="http://www.nyasatimes.com/malawi/2012/07/16/peter-mutharika-takes-thyolo-by-storm-declares-2014-ambition/" target="_blank">Peter Mutharika takes Thyolo by storm, declares 2014 ambition</a><br />
<a href="http://www.malawivoice.com/2012/07/16/peter-mutharika-declares-himself-dpp-presidential-aspirant-open-convention-doors-dpp-will-win-in-2014/" target="_blank">Peter Mutharika delacres his 2014 candidacy</a><br />
<a href="http://www.malawivoice.com/2012/07/16/dpp-laments-jbs-first-100-days-they-are-celebrating-100-days-of-armed-robberies-killings-rape-wakuda-10567/" target="_blank">PP celebrating 100 days of armed robberies, killings and rapes, says DPP</a></div>
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<a href="http://www.malawivoice.com/2012/07/15/jb-says-robbers-want-to-make-her-a-failure-come-to-sanjika-and-fight-my-boys-55697/" target="_blank">JB Says Robbers Want to Make Her A Failure-”Come To Sanjika And Fight My Boys”</a>
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<a href="http://www.malawivoice.com/2012/07/15/govt-spent-k104million-for-joyce-bandas-100-days-in-office-celebrations-why-holding-string-of-six-functions-wakuda-kamanga-99033/" target="_blank">Wakuda Kamanga says government spent K104 million on JB's 100 Days in Offfice 6 celebrations</a>
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<a href="http://www.nyasatimes.com/malawi/2012/07/16/university-lecture-macra-official-dead-in-7-vehicle-crash/" target="_blank">University lecture, MACRA official dead in 7-vehicle crash</a>
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<a href="http://www.malawidemocrat.com/politics/mulli-under-probe-over-k227-5-m-in-national-bus-service/" target="_blank">Mulli under probe for drawing K228 million from National Bus Service illegally</a>
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<br />Daniso's Warped Mindhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02939114489476671814noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9091850305891583983.post-27249011467276068062012-07-16T04:35:00.001+02:002012-07-17T09:01:58.877+02:00Links to international news --- 16 July 2012<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-18859453" target="_blank">Syria unrest: Second day of fierce Damascus clashes</a></span><br />
<a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-18857605" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Egypt's ex-President Mubarak ordered back to prison</span></a><br />
<a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-18853597" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Aspirin a 'no brainer' against cancer after screening</span></a><br />
<a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-18851907" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">£9bn railway investment announced by coalition</span></a><br />
<a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-18829131" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">TV habits 'can predict kids' waist size and fitness'</span></a><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2012/07/16/opinion/krugman-policy-and-the-personal.html?_r=1&smid=FB-nytimes&WT.mc_id=OP-E-FB-SM-LIN-PAT-071612-NYT-NA&WT.mc_ev=click" target="_blank">Policy and the Personal</a></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-18854396" target="_blank">Global recovery still under threat, says IMF outlook</a></span><br />
<a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-18846210" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">A woman heads the AU at last as Nkosana Dlamini-Zuma replaces Ping</span></a><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-18851703" target="_blank">North Korea military head Ri Yong-ho 'relieved of post'</a>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-18848564" target="_blank">Veterans of 1950s Mau Mau uprising in Kenya seek UK damages</a>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-18848987" target="_blank">Rwanda and DRC 'agree on international border force'</a></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://edition.cnn.com/2012/07/15/world/africa/egypt-clinton/index.html?hpt=hp_t1" target="_blank">Tomatoes, shoes, shouts of 'Monica' hurled at Clinton</a>
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<a href="http://edition.cnn.com/2012/07/15/world/meast/syria-unrest/index.html?hpt=hp_t2" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Report: Heavy fighting in capital</span></a><br />
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<br />Daniso's Warped Mindhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02939114489476671814noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9091850305891583983.post-21434735471292366212012-07-15T10:38:00.001+02:002018-05-26T12:04:24.471+02:00The politics of insults<br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 13.5pt;">Instead of Malawian political
leaders competing in the policy arena, they strive for dishonors in the
cesspits of insults.</span><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 13.5pt;">The ruling PP
led by example at its Ndirande rally by hurling insults at DPP's leader, poking
fun at how he speaks and what not. Not to be outdone in their own territory,
DPP clad in 100% Bingu t-shirts sung insults and threats of violence aimed at
the President.</span><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 13.5pt;">Shame!</span><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 13.5pt;">When will parties learn that
there should be no place for the Kachimbwindas and Kamphulusas in politics?
When will they understand that it turns off neutral voters. When will they
learn that as long as they indulge in gutter politics, Malawi will forever remain
a divided country; divided by tribe, region and politics.<br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 13.5pt;">Leaders have to tell their
followers that insults and intimidation have to stop and stop now.<br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 13.5pt;">Or else I'll wish that their
pubic areas be afflicted by fleas of a thousand camels and their arms be too
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Daniso's Warped Mindhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02939114489476671814noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9091850305891583983.post-76307342387265107182012-07-15T07:40:00.003+02:002012-07-16T04:40:22.130+02:00Zakumudzi - Links to news about Malawi --- 15 July 2012<a href="http://www.zodiakmalawi.com/zbs%20malawi/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=5338%3Aprofessor-mutharika-speaks-out-on-coup-plot&catid=42%3Abanner-stories&Itemid=102" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Professor Mutharika speaks out on alleged coup </span></a><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.malawitoday.com/news/125958-dpps-peter-mutharika-denies-coup-plot-his-first-interview" target="_blank">Peter Mutharika denies coup plot</a>
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<a href="http://www.nyasatimes.com/malawi/2012/07/15/mia-apologises-to-president-banda-for-bad-dream/" style="background-color: white;" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Mia apologises to President Banda for ‘bad dream’</span></a><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.maravipost.com/malawi-news/political/1307-fired-graft-busting-boss-nampota-%E2%80%98snubbed%E2%80%99-pres-banda.html" target="_blank">ACB boss snubbed to President</a>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.nyasatimes.com/malawi/2012/07/15/police-nab-4th-suspect-charged-with-manslaughter/" target="_blank">Police 4th suspect in Lake Malawi tragedy case</a>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.nyasatimes.com/malawi/2012/07/15/malawian-men-urged-to-get-complete-circumcision-i-tech/" target="_blank">Get circumcised, men urged</a>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.nyasatimes.com/malawi/2012/07/15/vp-meets-malawians-in-ethiopia-assures-sound-economic-path/" target="_blank"> Featured » National VP meets Malawians in Ethiopia</a>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.nyasatimes.com/malawi/2012/07/14/quest-for-first-class-political-leadership-for-a-better-malawi/" target="_blank">Quest for first-class political leadership for a better Malawi</a>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.nyasatimes.com/malawi/2012/07/15/malawi-catholic-priests-urged-to-be-true-shepherds/" target="_blank">Malawi Catholic priests urged to be true shepherds</a>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.capitalradiomalawi.com/index.php/news-flash/464-bunda-college-students-petition-president-banda-over-degrees-issuance-authority-row" target="_blank">Bunda college students petition President Banda over degrees’ issuance authority row</a>
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<a href="http://www.zodiakmalawi.com/zbs%20malawi/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=5334:civil-society-to-hold-720-protests-commemoration&catid=42:banner-stories&Itemid=102" style="background-color: white;" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Civil Society to hold July protests commemoration</span></a><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.malawivoice.com/2012/07/13/atupele-muluzi-ponders-on-ditching-joyce-bandas-government-he-is-only-there-to-gain-experience-17986/" target="_blank">Atupele Muluzi in PP to gain experience</a>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.malawivoice.com/2012/07/14/teachers-bemoan-poor-salaries-lack-of-promotion-20467/" target="_blank">Teachers bemoan poor salaries and lack of promotion</a>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.maravipost.com/business-news/economy/1304-who-wants-tobacco-business-dead-in-africa.html" target="_blank">Who wants to kill Africa's tobacco business?</a>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.nyasatimes.com/malawi/2012/07/14/mzimbas-health-centre-goes-3-years-without-water/" target="_blank">Mzimba’s health centre goes 3 years without water</a>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.zodiakmalawi.com/zbs%20malawi/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=5325:no-probe-on-wrongly-pardoned-prisoners&catid=1:latest-news&Itemid=109" target="_blank">No probe on Zomba prison saga</a>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://bnltimes.com/index.php/malawi-news/headlines/comment/10954-jbs-opportunity-to-set-standards" target="_blank">JB's opportunity to set standards</a>
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<a href="http://bnltimes.com/index.php/malawi-news/headlines/comment/7052-govt-should-be-cautious-when-firing-top-officers" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Govt should be cautious when firing top officers</span></a>Daniso's Warped Mindhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02939114489476671814noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9091850305891583983.post-56009347845455928522012-07-15T07:16:00.002+02:002012-07-16T04:26:19.583+02:00Links to international news --- 15 July 2012<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2012/jul/15/iraq-war-briton-us-military" target="_blank">Iraq war will haunt west, says Briton who advised US military</a>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-18847658" target="_blank">France's National Front to sue Madonna over Le Pen swastika</a>
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