The News Review:
- Tunisia Senegal and Cameroon arrive to chase ticket to Japan
- French President Sarkozy Presses Senegal ver Air France Crash
- Senegal hoop star tries to give back
- Spain spy chief quits in cash row
- Brazil: Senegal took control of doomed flight
Tunisia Senegal and Cameroon arrive to chase ticket to Japan
Daily Nation
tag –> By CHRIS MUSUMBAPosted Wednesday July 8 2009 at 21:41 Cameroon Tunisia and Senegal arrived in the country on Wednesday to vie for the solitary ticket reserved for Group C in the 2010 women?s volleyball World Championship qualifier. Hosts Kenya are however favourites in the quartet to land the ticket to Japan next year when the three-day tournament starts tomorrow at the Moi International Sports Centre Kasarani. Tunisia coach Hachicha Mohamed said they are in the country to break a decade-long jinx as they seek to secure their first victory over Kenya. n the three occasions the two sides have met Kenya maintained a 100 per cent record winning twice in straight sets and edging out the North Africans 3-2 in Abuja in 2006 during the African Nations Cup tournament. ?We had a one-week residential camp in Cairo before travelling to Nairobi.
French President Sarkozy Presses Senegal ver Air France Crash
EasyBourse.com
FR) plane pointed to problems. "There is a black hole. This is not normal" Sarkozy told a news conference at the Elysee palace. Cooperation Minister Alain Joyandet was headed to Dakar to "see with our Senegalese friends how we can avoid this black hole this void in communications" he said.
Senegal hoop star tries to give back
The Associated Press
Now back home in Africa playing among friends Ndongo Ndiaye is in no hurry to impress anymore. But when a crosscourt pass comes his way time stands still for a moment. The 7-foot-1 Senegalese hoop star snatches the ball from the air and slams it home in one deft motion — just like the old days. Not long ago Ndiaye lived the life of a professional international athlete scoring kudos cash and respect on courts from the U.
Spain spy chief quits in cash row
BBC News
‘Without proof’Mr Saiz was appointed in 2004 shortly after Prime Minister Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero first came to office. ver the past few weeks the Spanish newspaper El Mundo has run a series of articles about Mr Saiz. It has quoted staff at the National Intelligence Centre who allege that Mr Saiz went hunting and fishing at least six times in Mali Morocco Senegal and Mexico – all at taxpayers’ expense. The newspaper also published a front-page photograph apparently showing Mr Saiz hauling a large fish on to a boat off Senegal. The paper went on to allege that intelligence agents had doctored one version of the photograph replacing Mr Saiz’s face with that of a colleague. Mr Saiz has twice appeared before parliament to deny the accusations. He said they were "falsehoods without proof".
Brazil: Senegal took control of doomed flight
The Associated Press
The audio has been posted on the air force Web site after a French official said air traffic controllers in Dakar Senegal never officially took control of the flight. Lead French investigator Alain Bouillard made the accusation during the first public report on the June 1 crash in the Atlantic cean that killed 228 people. But the Brazilian air force said Friday that the audio message proves it informed the Senegalese of the Air France flight’s plan and turned over control of the flight. The cause of the crash has not been determined. Searchers are looking for the plane’s black boxes.
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