Copyright (c) 2010 Yahoo! Inc. All rights reserved. http://news.yahoo.com/i/2176 world World - Africa en-us Tue, 09 Feb 2010 22:33:00 GMT 5 142 18 http://news.yahoo.com/i/2176 http://l.yimg.com/a/i/us/nws/th/main_142c.gif http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/africa/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20100209/wl_nm/us_nigeria_president nm/20100209/us_nigeria_president Reuters world Tue, 09 Feb 2010 22:33:00 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/africa/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20100209/wl_nm/us_nigeria_president"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/rids/20100209/i/r116723937.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=ikXwZScYNbpTAoIYnHloKQ--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="Nigeria's Vice President Jonathan Goodluck attends the plenary session of the Africa-South America Summit in Margarita Island September 27, 2009. REUTERS/Carlos Garcia Rawlins" border="0" /></a>Reuters - Nigerian Vice President Goodluck Jonathan assumed office as acting president on Tuesday to fill a power vacuum more than two months after President Umaru Yar'Adua left for medical treatment in Saudi Arabia.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/africa/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20100209/wl_nm/us_nigeria_president"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/rids/20100209/i/r116723937.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=ikXwZScYNbpTAoIYnHloKQ--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="photo" title="Nigeria's Vice President Jonathan Goodluck attends the plenary session of the Africa-South America Summit in Margarita Island September 27, 2009. REUTERS/Carlos Garcia Rawlins" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (Reuters) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/africa/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100209/ap_on_re_af/af_nigeria_president ap/20100209/af_nigeria_president AP world Tue, 09 Feb 2010 22:17:52 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/africa/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100209/ap_on_re_af/af_nigeria_president"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20100209/capt.522628ef730a4d8a97bd5ca883a5ce13.nigeria_president_nin101.jpg?x=130&y=84&q=85&sig=zL.PMN_sUXwZAuZNUoSnvA--" align="left" height="84" width="130" alt="FILE - In this May 29, 2007 file photo, Nigeria's President Umaru Yar'Adua, right, stands with Nigeria's former President Olusegun Obasanjo, left, and Nigeria's vice President Goodluck Jonathan, center, after they were sworn in at Abuja, Nigeria. Parliament empowered Vice President Goodluck Jonathan on Tuesday Feb. 9, 2010 to take over for the ill president of oil-rich Nigeria, whose absence has stoked unrest in Africa's most populous country. Both the House of Representatives and the Senate passed measures calling on Jonathan to act as president and commander in chief until President Umaru Yar'Adua returns from Saudi Arabia, where he has been receiving medical treatment for a heart condition since November. (AP Photo/George Osodi, File)" border="0" /></a>AP - Nigeria's parliament empowered Vice President Goodluck Jonathan to run Africa's most populous nation Tuesday in place of an ill and absent president, striving for a political end to a crisis that ground the government to a virtual halt and triggered the resumption of an insurgency in the vital oil sector.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/africa/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100209/ap_on_re_af/af_nigeria_president"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20100209/capt.522628ef730a4d8a97bd5ca883a5ce13.nigeria_president_nin101.jpg?x=130&y=84&q=85&sig=zL.PMN_sUXwZAuZNUoSnvA--" align="left" height="84" width="130" alt="photo" title="FILE - In this May 29, 2007 file photo, Nigeria's President Umaru Yar'Adua, right, stands with Nigeria's former President Olusegun Obasanjo, left, and Nigeria's vice President Goodluck Jonathan, center, after they were sworn in at Abuja, Nigeria. Parliament empowered Vice President Goodluck Jonathan on Tuesday Feb. 9, 2010 to take over for the ill president of oil-rich Nigeria, whose absence has stoked unrest in Africa's most populous country. Both the House of Representatives and the Senate passed measures calling on Jonathan to act as president and commander in chief until President Umaru Yar'Adua returns from Saudi Arabia, where he has been receiving medical treatment for a heart condition since November. (AP Photo/George Osodi, File)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/africa/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100209/wl_africa_afp/nigeriapoliticspresident afp/20100209/nigeriapoliticspresident AFP world Tue, 09 Feb 2010 21:57:49 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/africa/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100209/wl_africa_afp/nigeriapoliticspresident"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20100209/capt.photo_1265750199744-3-0.jpg?x=99&y=130&q=85&sig=IGAbK9ggwJcP5hCeSHZM1w--" align="left" height="130" width="99" alt="Nigeria's Vice President Goodluck Jonathan, pictured in 2009, on Tuesday accepted the post of acting president while the country's head of state, President Umaru Yar'Adua, receives treatment abroad for a heart problem.(AFP/File/Wole Emmanuel)" border="0" /></a>AFP - Nigeria's Vice President Goodluck Jonathan took office as acting head-of-state on Tuesday after parliament voted to force ailing President Umaru Yar'Adua to hand over until he is well enough to return.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/africa/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100209/wl_africa_afp/nigeriapoliticspresident"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20100209/capt.photo_1265750199744-3-0.jpg?x=99&y=130&q=85&sig=IGAbK9ggwJcP5hCeSHZM1w--" align="left" height="130" width="99" alt="photo" title="Nigeria's Vice President Goodluck Jonathan, pictured in 2009, on Tuesday accepted the post of acting president while the country's head of state, President Umaru Yar'Adua, receives treatment abroad for a heart problem.(AFP/File/Wole Emmanuel)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AFP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/africa/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100209/wl_africa_afp/nigeriapoliticspresidentaccept afp/20100209/nigeriapoliticspresidentaccept AFP world Tue, 09 Feb 2010 21:21:17 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/africa/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100209/wl_africa_afp/nigeriapoliticspresidentaccept"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20100209/capt.photo_1265750199744-3-0.jpg?x=99&y=130&q=85&sig=IGAbK9ggwJcP5hCeSHZM1w--" align="left" height="130" width="99" alt="Nigeria's Vice President Goodluck Jonathan, pictured in 2009, on Tuesday accepted the post of acting president while the country's head of state, President Umaru Yar'Adua, receives treatment abroad for a heart problem.(AFP/File/Wole Emmanuel)" border="0" /></a>AFP - Nigeria's Vice President Goodluck Jonathan on Tuesday accepted the post of acting president while the country's head of state, President Umaru Yar'Adua, receives treatment abroad for a heart problem.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/africa/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100209/wl_africa_afp/nigeriapoliticspresidentaccept"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20100209/capt.photo_1265750199744-3-0.jpg?x=99&y=130&q=85&sig=IGAbK9ggwJcP5hCeSHZM1w--" align="left" height="130" width="99" alt="photo" title="Nigeria's Vice President Goodluck Jonathan, pictured in 2009, on Tuesday accepted the post of acting president while the country's head of state, President Umaru Yar'Adua, receives treatment abroad for a heart problem.(AFP/File/Wole Emmanuel)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AFP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/africa/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100209/wl_africa_afp/sudanconflictdarfurchad afp/20100209/sudanconflictdarfurchad AFP world Tue, 09 Feb 2010 20:27:21 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/africa/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100209/wl_africa_afp/sudanconflictdarfurchad"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20100209/capt.photo_1265737390101-2-0.jpg?x=130&y=83&q=85&sig=Y_3DQpihemEXW5os3YGJKQ--" align="left" height="83" width="130" alt="Sudanese President Omar al-Beshir speaks during a press conference following a meeting with members of the Chadian community in Khartoum. Beshir said on Tuesday that Sudan has "completely turned the page" in its conflict with Chad and was ready to fully normalise relations with its neighbour.(AFP/Ashraf Shazly)" border="0" /></a>AFP - Sudan's President Omar al-Beshir said Tuesday the country has "completely turned the page" in its conflict with Chad and was ready to fully normalise relations with its neighbour.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/africa/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100209/wl_africa_afp/sudanconflictdarfurchad"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20100209/capt.photo_1265737390101-2-0.jpg?x=130&y=83&q=85&sig=Y_3DQpihemEXW5os3YGJKQ--" align="left" height="83" width="130" alt="photo" title="Sudanese President Omar al-Beshir speaks during a press conference following a meeting with members of the Chadian community in Khartoum. Beshir said on Tuesday that Sudan has "completely turned the page" in its conflict with Chad and was ready to fully normalise relations with its neighbour.(AFP/Ashraf Shazly)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AFP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/africa/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100209/wl_africa_afp/sudanfrancedarfurredcrosskidnap afp/20100209/sudanfrancedarfurredcrosskidnap AFP world Tue, 09 Feb 2010 18:51:34 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/africa/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100209/wl_africa_afp/sudanfrancedarfurredcrosskidnap"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20100209/capt.photo_1265741447221-1-0.jpg?x=84&y=130&q=85&sig=85xAwIFmfuMCTeBKejfbAg--" align="left" height="130" width="84" alt="Red Cross president Jacob Kellenberger, pictured in 2008, met Beshir in Khartoum "to discuss efforts to secure the prompt release of ICRC staff member Gauthier Lefevre, who has been held hostage in Darfur for 110 days," the organisation said.(AFP/File/Peter Muhly)" border="0" /></a>AFP - The Red Cross said on Tuesday it had requested Sudan President Omar al-Beshir's help in obtaining the swift release of a French employee kidnapped in the Darfur region last year.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/africa/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100209/wl_africa_afp/sudanfrancedarfurredcrosskidnap"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20100209/capt.photo_1265741447221-1-0.jpg?x=84&y=130&q=85&sig=85xAwIFmfuMCTeBKejfbAg--" align="left" height="130" width="84" alt="photo" title="Red Cross president Jacob Kellenberger, pictured in 2008, met Beshir in Khartoum "to discuss efforts to secure the prompt release of ICRC staff member Gauthier Lefevre, who has been held hostage in Darfur for 110 days," the organisation said.(AFP/File/Peter Muhly)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AFP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/africa/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100209/wl_africa_afp/rwandauskenyagenocidetribunalkabuga afp/20100209/rwandauskenyagenocidetribunalkabuga AFP world Tue, 09 Feb 2010 18:48:20 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/africa/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100209/wl_africa_afp/rwandauskenyagenocidetribunalkabuga"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20100209/capt.photo_1265741271754-1-0.jpg?x=84&y=130&q=85&sig=R9ilbJWtWL17HiN9MCQfoA--" align="left" height="130" width="84" alt="The alleged financier of the Rwandan genocide, Felicien Kabuga, is still in Kenya, notwithstanding government declarations to the contrary, US diplomat Stephen Rapp, pictured in 2009, said Tuesday on a visit to Arusha.(AFP/POOL/File)" border="0" /></a>AFP - The alleged financier of the Rwandan genocide, Felicien Kabuga, is still in Kenya, notwithstanding government declarations to the contrary, US diplomat Stephen Rapp said Tuesday on a visit to Arusha.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/africa/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100209/wl_africa_afp/rwandauskenyagenocidetribunalkabuga"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20100209/capt.photo_1265741271754-1-0.jpg?x=84&y=130&q=85&sig=R9ilbJWtWL17HiN9MCQfoA--" align="left" height="130" width="84" alt="photo" title="The alleged financier of the Rwandan genocide, Felicien Kabuga, is still in Kenya, notwithstanding government declarations to the contrary, US diplomat Stephen Rapp, pictured in 2009, said Tuesday on a visit to Arusha.(AFP/POOL/File)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AFP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/africa/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100209/pl_afp/nigeriapoliticsus afp/20100209/nigeriapoliticsus AFP politics Tue, 09 Feb 2010 18:10:50 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/africa/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100209/pl_afp/nigeriapoliticsus"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20100209/capt.photo_1265732290011-2-0.jpg?x=130&y=90&q=85&sig=O8iZCCr5Bnn.oOpS9RIJRg--" align="left" height="90" width="130" alt="US assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs Johnnie Carson (L), seen here with Nigerian Vice President Goodluck Jonathan in Abuja, highlighted the "uncertainty" in Nigeria where political turmoil has mounted while the country's ailing president is treated abroad.(AFP/Wole Emmanuel)" border="0" /></a>AFP - A top US envoy on Tuesday highlighted the "uncertainty" in Nigeria where political turmoil has mounted while the country's ailing president is treated abroad.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/africa/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100209/pl_afp/nigeriapoliticsus"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20100209/capt.photo_1265732290011-2-0.jpg?x=130&y=90&q=85&sig=O8iZCCr5Bnn.oOpS9RIJRg--" align="left" height="90" width="130" alt="photo" title="US assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs Johnnie Carson (L), seen here with Nigerian Vice President Goodluck Jonathan in Abuja, highlighted the "uncertainty" in Nigeria where political turmoil has mounted while the country's ailing president is treated abroad.(AFP/Wole Emmanuel)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AFP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/africa/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100209/wl_africa_afp/safricafirechild afp/20100209/safricafirechild AFP world Tue, 09 Feb 2010 17:40:22 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/africa/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100209/wl_africa_afp/safricafirechild"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20100209/capt.photo_1265737147885-1-0.jpg?x=130&y=87&q=85&sig=YZAXUwW0Rnrt5TJURqXZYQ--" align="left" height="87" width="130" alt="A general view of the burnt orphanage "Hope in Christ" on the outskirts of Newcastle, Kwa Zulu Natal, South Africa. Emergency workers pored through the charred debris of a South African orphanage, searching for the remains of young children killed in a fire Tuesday that left 15 dead, officials said.(AFP/Tanya Dos Santos)" border="0" /></a>AFP - Emergency workers pored through the charred debris of a South African orphanage, searching for the remains of young children killed in a fire Tuesday that left 15 dead, officials said.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/africa/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100209/wl_africa_afp/safricafirechild"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20100209/capt.photo_1265737147885-1-0.jpg?x=130&y=87&q=85&sig=YZAXUwW0Rnrt5TJURqXZYQ--" align="left" height="87" width="130" alt="photo" title="A general view of the burnt orphanage "Hope in Christ" on the outskirts of Newcastle, Kwa Zulu Natal, South Africa. Emergency workers pored through the charred debris of a South African orphanage, searching for the remains of young children killed in a fire Tuesday that left 15 dead, officials said.(AFP/Tanya Dos Santos)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AFP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/africa/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100209/ap_on_re_af/af_nigeria_violence ap/20100209/af_nigeria_violence AP world Tue, 09 Feb 2010 17:09:52 GMT AP - An international news channel is showing chilling footage of men in uniforms shooting unarmed men after they purportedly were arrested during clashes last year with Muslim militants in northern Nigeria. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/africa/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20100209/india_nm/india460299 nm/20100209/india460299 Reuters world Tue, 09 Feb 2010 16:58:52 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/africa/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20100209/india_nm/india460299"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/rids/20100209/i/ra174369366.jpg?x=130&y=97&q=85&sig=SoFy5bs.HCTXDaR0vCMsQg--" align="left" height="97" width="130" alt="South Africa's captain Graeme Smith reacts during awards ceremony after winning their first test cricket match against India in Nagpur February 9, 2010. REUTERS/Arko Datta" border="0" /></a>Reuters - South Africa captain Graeme Smith hailed the maturity shown by his team in adverse circumstances after they won the opening test against top-ranked India on Tuesday.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/africa/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20100209/india_nm/india460299"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/rids/20100209/i/ra174369366.jpg?x=130&y=97&q=85&sig=SoFy5bs.HCTXDaR0vCMsQg--" align="left" height="97" width="130" alt="photo" title="South Africa's captain Graeme Smith reacts during awards ceremony after winning their first test cricket match against India in Nagpur February 9, 2010. REUTERS/Arko Datta" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (Reuters) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/africa/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20100209/india_nm/india460232 nm/20100209/india460232 Reuters world Tue, 09 Feb 2010 16:58:49 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/africa/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20100209/india_nm/india460232"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/rids/20100209/i/ra2659254373.jpg?x=113&y=130&q=85&sig=5w9ee..wpn6ezS8QuzVn2Q--" align="left" height="130" width="113" alt="South Africa's Dale Steyn (C) celebrates with team mates after taking the wicket of Amit Mishra (R) on the fourth day of their first test cricket match in Nagpur February 9, 2010. South Africa beat India by an innings and six runs on the fourth day of the first test at the VCA Stadium on Tuesday. REUTERS/Arko Datta" border="0" /></a>Reuters - India found their number one ranking under threat after South Africa orchestrated their first defeat on home soil in almost two years on Tuesday.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/africa/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20100209/india_nm/india460232"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/rids/20100209/i/ra2659254373.jpg?x=113&y=130&q=85&sig=5w9ee..wpn6ezS8QuzVn2Q--" align="left" height="130" width="113" alt="photo" title="South Africa's Dale Steyn (C) celebrates with team mates after taking the wicket of Amit Mishra (R) on the fourth day of their first test cricket match in Nagpur February 9, 2010. South Africa beat India by an innings and six runs on the fourth day of the first test at the VCA Stadium on Tuesday. REUTERS/Arko Datta" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (Reuters) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/africa/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100209/ap_on_re_af/af_south_africa_protest ap/20100209/af_south_africa_protest AP world Tue, 09 Feb 2010 16:28:46 GMT AP - Protesters have torched a library in an impoverished area of South Africa in what began as a march to call for more jobs. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/africa/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100209/wl_africa_afp/ethiopialebanonplanecrashprobe afp/20100209/ethiopialebanonplanecrashprobe AFP world Tue, 09 Feb 2010 15:55:02 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/africa/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100209/wl_africa_afp/ethiopialebanonplanecrashprobe"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20100209/capt.photo_1265730812619-2-0.jpg?x=130&y=90&q=85&sig=ReVkS3tF9uE7XbZF9Z6DSw--" align="left" height="90" width="130" alt="Civil defence workers carry parts from the Ethiopian airliner, January 29, that crashed off Lebanon's coast in the southern Beirut coastal suburb of Khaldeh four deays earlier. The jet exploded after take-off, Lebanon's health minister said on Tuesday in the first such official comment since the mysterious crash.(AFP/File/Joseph Eid)" border="0" /></a>AFP - An Ethiopian jet which crashed off Lebanon's coast last month exploded after take-off, Lebanon's health minister said on Tuesday in the first such official comment since the mysterious crash.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/africa/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100209/wl_africa_afp/ethiopialebanonplanecrashprobe"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20100209/capt.photo_1265730812619-2-0.jpg?x=130&y=90&q=85&sig=ReVkS3tF9uE7XbZF9Z6DSw--" align="left" height="90" width="130" alt="photo" title="Civil defence workers carry parts from the Ethiopian airliner, January 29, that crashed off Lebanon's coast in the southern Beirut coastal suburb of Khaldeh four deays earlier. The jet exploded after take-off, Lebanon's health minister said on Tuesday in the first such official comment since the mysterious crash.(AFP/File/Joseph Eid)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AFP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/africa/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100209/ap_on_re_af/af_south_africa_orphanage_fire ap/20100209/af_south_africa_orphanage_fire AP world Tue, 09 Feb 2010 13:53:21 GMT AP - A South African official says 13 children are dead after a fire tore through an orphanage early Tuesday. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/africa/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100209/wl_sthasia_afp/cricketindrsa afp/20100209/cricketindrsa AFP world Tue, 09 Feb 2010 12:56:05 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/africa/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100209/wl_sthasia_afp/cricketindrsa"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20100209/capt.photo_1265719570140-1-0.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=4OPAfB_qGX0srTBXiD9tzg--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="South African spinner Paul Harris celebrates the dismissal of Indian batsman Sachin Tendulkar in Nagpur on February 9. South Africa thumped India by an innings and six runs despite a fighting century by Sachin Tendulkar on the fourth day of the first Test on Tuesday to go 1-0 up in the two-match series.(AFP/Pal Pillai)" border="0" /></a>AFP - South Africa thumped India by an innings and six runs despite a fighting century by Sachin Tendulkar on the fourth day of the first Test on Tuesday to go 1-0 up in the two-match series.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/africa/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100209/wl_sthasia_afp/cricketindrsa"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20100209/capt.photo_1265719570140-1-0.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=4OPAfB_qGX0srTBXiD9tzg--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="photo" title="South African spinner Paul Harris celebrates the dismissal of Indian batsman Sachin Tendulkar in Nagpur on February 9. South Africa thumped India by an innings and six runs despite a fighting century by Sachin Tendulkar on the fourth day of the first Test on Tuesday to go 1-0 up in the two-match series.(AFP/Pal Pillai)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AFP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/africa/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100209/ap_on_re_af/af_zimbabwe_business_takeovers ap/20100209/af_zimbabwe_business_takeovers AP world Tue, 09 Feb 2010 12:22:33 GMT AP - White businesspeople in Zimbabwe who don't cede control of their companies to black partners could face jail under a law going into effect next month. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/africa/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100209/wl_africa_afp/zimbabwepoliticsstrike afp/20100209/zimbabwepoliticsstrike AFP world Tue, 09 Feb 2010 11:32:09 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/africa/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100209/wl_africa_afp/zimbabwepoliticsstrike"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20100209/capt.photo_1265372559348-1-0.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=SeBr7u.xX3OUYLuaQc70NA--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="Doctors and nurses demonstrate against poor working conditions and unavailability of drugs in Harare in December 2008. Most of Zimbabwe's 230,000 civil servants have heeded a strike call, their union said Tuesday, vowing to intensify the protest if the government fails to meet their demand for a five-fold pay hike.(AFP/File/Desmond Kwande)" border="0" /></a>AFP - Most of Zimbabwe's 230,000 civil servants have heeded a strike call, their union said Tuesday, vowing to intensify the protest if the government fails to meet their demand for a five-fold pay hike.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/africa/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100209/wl_africa_afp/zimbabwepoliticsstrike"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20100209/capt.photo_1265372559348-1-0.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=SeBr7u.xX3OUYLuaQc70NA--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="photo" title="Doctors and nurses demonstrate against poor working conditions and unavailability of drugs in Harare in December 2008. Most of Zimbabwe's 230,000 civil servants have heeded a strike call, their union said Tuesday, vowing to intensify the protest if the government fails to meet their demand for a five-fold pay hike.(AFP/File/Desmond Kwande)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AFP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/africa/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20100209/india_nm/india460212 nm/20100209/india460212 Reuters world Tue, 09 Feb 2010 10:20:13 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/africa/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20100209/india_nm/india460212"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/rids/20100209/i/ra2813492370.jpg?x=130&y=101&q=85&sig=JYxVGJLwNdHl981FJ1xghQ--" align="left" height="101" width="130" alt="India's Sachin Tendulkar celebrates after scoring a century on the fourth day of their first test cricket match against South Africa in Nagpur February 9, 2010. REUTERS/Arko Datta" border="0" /></a>Reuters - Left-arm spinner Paul Harris grabbed three wickets to help South Africa close in on an opening test victory after breaking Sachin Tendulkar's resistance following his 46th test century.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/africa/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20100209/india_nm/india460212"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/rids/20100209/i/ra2813492370.jpg?x=130&y=101&q=85&sig=JYxVGJLwNdHl981FJ1xghQ--" align="left" height="101" width="130" alt="photo" title="India's Sachin Tendulkar celebrates after scoring a century on the fourth day of their first test cricket match against South Africa in Nagpur February 9, 2010. REUTERS/Arko Datta" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (Reuters) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/africa/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20100209/india_nm/india460206 nm/20100209/india460206 Reuters world Tue, 09 Feb 2010 10:00:58 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/africa/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20100209/india_nm/india460206"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/rids/20100209/i/ra2020197691.jpg?x=130&y=89&q=85&sig=iPK_FimYDDKoJkdYj9u1wg--" align="left" height="89" width="130" alt="Nelson Mandela appears in a previously taped video during the Mandela Day concert at Radio City Music Hall in New York July 18, 2009. REUTERS/Brendan McDermid/Files" border="0" /></a>Reuters - Two decades after a walk to freedom that captivated South Africa and the world, Nelson Mandela remains revered the world over but is rarely seen in public.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/africa/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20100209/india_nm/india460206"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/rids/20100209/i/ra2020197691.jpg?x=130&y=89&q=85&sig=iPK_FimYDDKoJkdYj9u1wg--" align="left" height="89" width="130" alt="photo" title="Nelson Mandela appears in a previously taped video during the Mandela Day concert at Radio City Music Hall in New York July 18, 2009. REUTERS/Brendan McDermid/Files" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (Reuters)