Rooney reflects on a decade at the top

Gms: Fifa.com, (PA) 20 August 2012

Wayne Rooney is aiming to have as much fun in his second decade as a Premier League player as he did in his first. It is amazing to think ten years have passed since Rooney made his top-flight bow as a raw 16-year-old for Everton against Tottenham.

That Rooney should be heading back to Goodison Park to mark the occasion seems somehow fitting, even if the reception he gets from the supporters he has always considered [...]

Names of Plane Crash Martyrs

Gms: Khartoum, Aug. 20 (SUNA)

President of the Republic, Field Marshal Omer Al-Bashir, has expressed his condolences to the Sudanese people on martyrdom of the federal Minister of Guidance and Endowments, Engineer Ghazi Al-Sadiq, and others in crash of the plane carrying them to Talodi town, South Kordofan State, when they were en route to congratulate the town’s citizens on Eid Al-Fitr.
Hereunder, Sudan News Agency (SUNA) published names of the martyrs on board the plane:
1/ Engineer Ghazi Al-Sadiq – [...]

Science: Earth Absorbs More of Our CO2 Emissions

Gms: SV, AFP, 20 August
Even as Man’s output of Earth-warming CO2 has risen, so has the capacity of plants and the oceans to absorb it, scientists said Wednesday, but warned this may not last forever.
Carbon storage by land and sea, known as carbon sinks, has more than doubled in the past 50 years from about 2.4 billion tonnes in 1960 to some five billion tonnes in 2010, said a study in Nature.
At the same time, fossil-fuel CO2 [...]

Congratulations for Sudanese People and all Muslims on Eid Al-Fitr

Gms: Khartoum, Aug. 20 (SUNA)

President of the Republic, Field marshal Omer Al-Bashir, has congratulated the Sudanese people and the Islamic nation in General on Eid Al-Fitr.
In an address he directed on the occasion, President Al-Bashir hoped that the Sudanese people will achieve peace, security, stability and progress.
President Al-Bashir said that the current stage necessitates sticking to unity and solidarity between the Muslims all over the world to confront the common challenges.

Zenawi supporting the Africa Union mediating panel

Gms: (ADDIS ABABA), (ST), August 20, By Tesfa-Alem Tekle

According to AU officials, Zenawi has – from his sick bed – been supporting the Africa Union mediating panel during the latest round of Khartoum-Juba negotiating talks that saw a break-through in reaching deal on oil transit fees between the two former rival neighboring countries.

Ethiopia is seen as honest broker by both Sudan and South Sudan and has been a host nation for number of post-secession negotiation meetings over a number of [...]

Food shortage hits refugees in Ezo

Gms: Radio Miraya, 20 August

More than three thousand (3,000) refugees who were displaced by the Ugandan Lord’s Resistance Army rebel group – the LRA – are facing a severe food shortage in Ezo County – Western Equatoria State of Southern Sudan.

The refugees who fled from the rebel fighting in the Democratic Republic of Congo and the Central African Republic are depending on small food supplies provided by the Ezo county administration.

Speaking to Radio Miraya, Ezo County Commissioner Mathew Alselmo, said [...]

Armed Forces, Police contain situations in Maleet locality

Gms: El-Fashir, August 16 (SUNA)

The Armed Forces and the Police forces Thursday have managed to contain the security violations that took place in the city of Maleet, North Darfur State, in the last week claiming the lives of 6 persons and left 12 causalities.
In this regard, the Commissioner of Maleet, Mohamed Osman Ibrahim, said in a statement to SUNA that the city’s market and the surrounding areas which were a scene of armed clashes following exchange of accusations for [...]

Minister of Guidance and Endowments and others martyred

Gms: Khartoum, Aug. 20 (SUNA)

The Presidency of the Republic has eulogized the federal Minister of Guidance and Endowments, Engineer Ghazi Al-Sadiq, and others who martyred Sunday morning in a plane crash near Talodi town, South Kordofan State.
The late Ghazi Al-Sadiq and his companions were en route to Talodi to perform the Eid prayer and to congratulate the citizens there on Eid Al-Fitr occasion.
The plane has crashed on Hajar Al-Nar Mountain due to the bad weather conditions.

Grain bids cancelled over weak tenders

Gms: Radio Miraya, 20 August

The Ministry of Commerce and Investment in South SUdan has cancelled bids to transport 30,000 metric tons of maize grain from Zambia.

Minister Garang Diing Akuong says the Ministry will instead hand select a company to transport the grain because the companies that applied for the tender did not meet the required standards.

The Zambian government pledged to donate 15,000 metric tons of maize grain shortly after Independence.

The South Sudan government further requested Zambia to avail an additional [...]