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Middle East fight divides the world
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- Published on Saturday, 24 November 2012 01:56
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RUNNING out of money to the extent of walking the distance of five miles home instead of riding a bus can be a rewarding experience in disguise.
Train brings sighs of relief but hassles abound
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- Published on Saturday, 17 November 2012 03:30
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I WAS walking from our office by Mandela Road at TAZARA to the bus stop in Buguruni to catch a ride home when I saw it pass.
Pardon of mother for abominable act
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- Published on Sunday, 28 October 2012 00:24
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OBIMO would get as drunk as a thousand Apache. Sometimes they say you are as drunk as ten Indians. Apache is American Indian called red Indians.
Unwise things people do that cause mob justice
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- Published on Saturday, 27 October 2012 03:26
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YOU may have heard of things men do. Isaac Kimbunde did one of them and escaped death by the skin of his teeth. I learned of Kimbunde’s spectacle just moments before noon in a spectacle that explained that most mob justice in the country is of our own making.
Irresponsibility main cause of Dar’s ugly face
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- Published on Saturday, 20 October 2012 03:00
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THERE are many things happening to the city of Dar es Salaam. One of them is its fast growth reported to be 4.39 annually.On account of that development, it is not possible for one to visit all parts of the city no matter how long one may have lived in the city.
More often mobs lynch wrong people
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- Published on Saturday, 13 October 2012 00:00
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THEY did it again in the space of one week - a mob was lynching a suspected thief. But the man, already overwhelmed with blows, still 'refused' to die.
Suspected law breakers should be taken to police
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- Published on Saturday, 06 October 2012 03:12
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LAST Saturday I had a grim encounter with a saddening fate that could happen to man. I may say there are people who are impatient to wait for the law to take its course.
My lack of care ‘killed’ the cat, missed crow
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- Published on Saturday, 22 September 2012 01:45
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THE warning that the war of poison against the Indian house crow should be waged with much care and responsibility should not be taken lightly. Indeed much is necessary particularly after some recent uproar that the poison killed pets and other non-targeted species.
How they make fast money
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- Published on Saturday, 15 September 2012 00:05
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BEING nosey can be dangerous, but it can also be helpful. It sort of paid off to me recently.My path to the house goes outside the fence-wall of a mosque. The wall has two gates; one at the front and the other at the back. The people were standing outside the rear gate.
