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SierraLeoneTimes.com Thursday 11th March 2010 Volume 070/2010
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"I believe the United States Congress owes the American people a final vote on healthcare reform. I ask Congress to finish its work, and I look forward to signing this reform into law."
Barack Obama
The U.S. president was speaking at the White House.

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Giant African Snails Smuggled Into Florida For Use In Religious Ritual, Authorities Say
New Maps Guide African Truckers To Aids Clinics
African Markets - Factors To Watch On March 11
Slpp Storm The Heart Of Bombali
Urgent Need For A Robust Outreach Program As Sierra Leoneans Give Mixed Reactions To Charles Taylor’s Trial
Analysis: African Cocoa Grinders Counting On Global Upturn
Saudi Arabia: Sierra Leonean Joins 500 in Scientific Conference

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Tourists enjoy paragliding in Solang Nala
New Delhi hosts first invitational archery contest before Commonwealth Games
Outsourcing Life Advocate Launches New "virtual Business Lifestyle" Website
Body Plans Lifestyle Audits
Granite Hills Diver Is Flying High In Sport

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Cheryl Cole may take back Ashley, says body language expert
Jeff Bridges regrets not encouraging kids for Hollywood
Lady Gaga's weird outfit causes blood clot
Winehouse to remarry ex-hubby in Vegas
Pattinson uses new film roles as therapy

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African Leaders Support Agribusiness Plan At Un-backed Conference
High-level representatives from 44 African countries wrapped up a United Nations-backed conference in Nigeria today with the approval of an ambitious plan to generate employment, income and food...

Key African Regulators Will Share Investment Opportunities At Large Scale Farming Conference In Cairo
Key regulators from Kenya, Ethiopia, Ghana and Egypt including His Excellency Amin Abaza, Egypt's Minister of Agriculture & Land Reclamation, will highlight farmland and agri-investment...
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SOUTHFIELD, MI, March 11, 2010 /24-7PressRelease/ -- Southfield-based Reforma Group produces a line of all natural hand and body lotions with an emphasis on the key ingredient African Shea butter....
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International News
Ahmadinejad and Gates accuse each other of interferenceAhmadinejad and Gates accuse each other of interference
With official visits overlapping in Afghanistan, Iran's outspoken president and the US defence secretary have accused each other of interfering in local...

Some US schools closed down after threat receivedSome US schools closed down after threat received
A number of schools in the US were closed down on Wednesday after posted on a social networking...
Extension on US unemployment benefits to get reading Extension on US unemployment benefits to get reading
The US Senate has adopted a draft bill to increase unemployment...
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Business News
Sri Lanka doing massive deals with ChinaSri Lanka doing massive deals with China
Sri Lanka will soon build a second international airport on the south of the island, with much of the money coming from...

BA strike to go ahead after talks failureBA strike to go ahead after talks failure
There has been no agreement reached between British Airways and the Unite...
Defects unable to stop Toyota sales in USDefects unable to stop Toyota sales in US
The US sales of Toyota vehicles declined nearly 9 percent in...
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bullet Geoffrey Fletcher is first African American screenwriter to win an Oscar corner

Geoffrey Fletcher, the screenwriter of "Precious: Based on the Novel Push by Sapphire", has become the first African American screenwriter to take home an Academy Award.

Fletcher, 39, an adjunct professor of film at Columbia University and NYU, surprised some by beating favourite Jason Reitman, writer/director of "Up in the Air".

"I don't know what to say," the New York Daily News quoted Fletcher as saying during his acceptance speech.

This was the Connecticut-born writer's first produced screenplay, for which he was also awarded an Independent Spirit Award. (ANI)


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