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Lured to give kidneys

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Hyderabad: Professor Vasudev Chaturvedi, who claimed to be former vice president, sales and international business of Krishna Institute of Medical Sciences and consultant at Kims at present, and two

Kims kidney seller arrested in Uganda

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Hyderabad: Professor Chaturvedi Vasudev, vice-president, sales and international business of the Krishna Institute of Medical Sciences Hospital was taken into custody by Ugandan law enforcement autho

'Kony 2012' retells kidnap ordeal to US senators

The young kidnap victim at the center of a controversial online video went before a US Senate panel on Tuesday to retell his ordeal at the hands of the Lord's Resistance Army.

"Being someone who was

Kony filmmaker recovering from 'reactive psychosis'

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The co-founder of an online campaign to find Ugandan war criminal Joseph Kony will remain in hospital for several weeks after being found parading naked in the street, his family said Wednesday.

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Mystery 'nodding' disease devastates northern Uganda

Most mornings, Michael Odongkara takes his daughter Nancy Lamwaka outside and ties her ankle to a mango tree.

It's not something he likes to do. But the disease that gives the 12-year-old violent sei

Dad-son talk, celebrity tweets key to Joseph Kony viral video

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The young American boy sums up what his father does for a living: "You stop the bad guys from being mean."

Yes, the father says, but who are the bad guys? The child thinks, then offers a guess: "Star

Activists launch viral video on Africa atrocities

American filmmakers who reported on wartime atrocities in Africa for a 50-minute work called ‘Invisible Children’ drew more attention than they imagined when their project was released in 2005.

They

Boat capsizes on Lake Victoria, 60 aboard: survivor

Around 60 people were aboard a boat that capsized on Lake Victoria in Uganda on late Thursday, according to the sole survivor found so far, a regional police spokesman said on Saturday.

"The survivor

Mystery disease kills 100 in Uganda

A mystery disease has killed over 100 people and infected more than 2,000 in northern Uganda.

The disease, first reported in September 2009, has since been dubbed ‘nodding disease’ as it leaves its v

Ugandan Prez may release rap album

Kampala: President Yoweri Museveni says he might release an album after a rap he performed became a smash hit on Uganda's radio stations and in its nightclubs.

"I was very happy with the reaction of

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I want to begin with a little story that was told to me by a leading executive at Aptech. He was exercising in a gym with a lot of younger people.

Shekhar Kapur’s Bandit Queen didn’t make the cut. Neither did Shaji Karun’s Piravi, which bagged 31 international awards.