London, Johannesburg - Former Botswana president Festus Gontebanye Mogae, who received the 5-million dollar Mo Ibrahim African leadership award Monday, is a British-educated economist credited with using his country's mineral wealth to advance the lot of the poor.
He is also a champion of struggle against HIV/AIDS and was the first African leader, in a bid to combat the stigma around the pandemic on the continent, to publicly test for the virus.
Mogae was born on August 21, 1939 in Serowe in eastern Botswana, according to a biography of the statesman in Profiles of People in Power; the World's Government Leaders, published by Europa Publications.
London - A pilot for United Airlines was arrested in his cockpit shortly before take-off from London's Heathrow Airport on Sunday for alleged drunkenness.
London, Oct. 20 : British Homse Secretary Jacqui Smith is reportedly facing strong opposition from her senior officials on the government''s controversial plan to set up a new "Big Brother" national database.
According to a leaked memo, plans by the Government Communications Headquarters (GCHQ) to set up an eavesdropping centre in Cheltenham to monitor all telephone calls, e-mails and internet visits to be retained to help combat terrorism.
According to The Independent, Smith is insisting that no decision has been taken as yet, added that the new database is one of several options under consideration by the Government.
London, Oct 20 : Trying really hard to come up with a good presentation to impress your client tomorrow? Well, in that case, make sure you do it after dinner, for according to a new research, people are at their most creative late at night with 10.04pm the most likely time for a eureka moment.
According to a new survey, brainwaves are least likely to strike in the afternoon.
The least creative time in the day is 4.33pm, with 92 per cent of people admitting to feeling uninspired in the afternoon, the survey found.
The poll of 1,426 people showed that a quarter of us stay up late burning the midnight oil when seeking inspiration, the poll by the Crowne Plaza hotel chain showed.
London, Oct 20 : A leading consumer watchdog has warned that children''s websites are fast becoming advertisers of junk food and toys, aimed at wooing youngsters.
Consumer Focus, the new super-watchdog created by the Government last month, said that web advertisements are not tightly regulated the way TV and print ads are.
Ed Mayo, the chief executive of Consumer Focus, even wrote to the trade body Advertising Association asking it to consider reclassifying all children''s websites as adverts.
According to the rules, a confectionery or junk food company cannot advertise its products during a children''s television programme or on a children''s website, but the rules only apply to the adverts themselves, not the content of the websites.
London, Oct. 20 : British Defence Secretary John Hutton, who is currently on his first visit to Iraq, has said that all British troops could be pulled out of that country by 2009.
Speaking after talks in Baghdad with Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki, the, Hutton said that Britain is likely to undertake a "fundamental change" in its role in Iraq in the first months of 2009.
This included the possibility of the military taking on a training role, The Telegraph quoted Hutton, as saying.
He hailed the "significant progress" that had been made in Iraq in recent months, and welcomed the improvement in the security situation across the country.
London, Oct. 20 : British Homse Secretary Jacqui Smith is reportedly facing strong opposition from her senior officials on the government''s controversial plan to set up a new "Big Brother" national database.
