2015-03-28 South Africa Health

Reuters   

In swansong, FDA chief defends drug approval process   
Reuters
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - In her final speech after six years as commissioner of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, Dr. Margaret Hamburg defended the agency's drug approval standards against critics seeking weaker regulatory standards. "The great ...

2015-03-28 South Africa Science

The Indian Express   

Earth Hour 2015 celebrations at Sindh Assembly   
Daily Times
KARACHI: WWF-Pakistan will celebrate one of its world's largest symbolic environmental movements, Earth Hour, today (Saturday), with a candles lighting ceremony at Sindh Assembly. Pakistan will join 172 countries and territories, and more than 7,000 ...

2015-03-28 South Africa Sports

SkySports   

Cricket World Cup - AB de Villiers and Mitchell Starc among best players   
SkySports
We've picked our top five players from the Cricket World Cup. Does our star-studded list match yours? Sky Bet. Cricket Betting · Bet £5 Get £20 Free. AB de Villiers. 482 runs in seven inns; Ave 96.40; HS 162no; SR 144.31; 100s x 1; 50s x 4. South Africa ...

2015-03-28 South Africa Entertainment

Times LIVE   

The EFF Sends Revolutionary Condolences On the Passing of the Legendary ...   
AllAfrica.com
The Economic Freedom Fighters sends revolutionary condolences to the family, friends and fans of the legendary Senyaka Kenana who died after a battle with pneumonia this week. South Africa has indeed been robbed with a great local artist whose work ...

2015-03-28 South Africa Technology

News Nation   

Fitness wearables vulnerable to data exfiltration   
SC Magazine UK
The significant volumes of personal data generated by wearable fitness trackers is rarely considered by its owners, but as the volumes and variety of data grow in next generation devices, vulnerability of sensitive medical data to leakage could become a ...

2015-03-28 South Africa Business

BDlive   

Petrol price for 95 octane to rise by R1.62/l on April 1   
BDlive
THE Central Energy Fund on Friday announced that the price of 95 octane petrol in Gauteng will rise by R1.62 per litre on April 1. The rise in 93 octane petrol in Gauteng will be R1.56/l. The wholesale price of diesel in Gauteng is set to rise by between R1.22/l ...

2015-03-28 South Africa South Africa

Independent Online   

KZN oil factory blaze probed   
Independent Online
Durban - A “possible electrical fire” may have been the cause of the blaze that raged for hours at a Mobeni Heights oil manufacturing plant on Thursday. This was recorded by Department of Labour inspectors in a preliminary report. No further details were ...

2015-03-28 South Africa Africa

The Guardian Nigeria   

Presidential Poll: Variables That May Affect Exercise   
The Guardian Nigeria
AS Nigerians go to the polls today to elect their president and members of the National Assembly for the next four years, certain variables may make or mar the elections, considering the tensed political atmosphere in the country. Despite assurances by ...

2015-03-28 South Africa World

Huffington Post   

Iran Nuclear Talks Need Action: US   
Huffington Post
... * Sides inching closer but issues remain * End-March deadline for preliminary deal * Full deal would follow by end of June (Adds Britain's Hammond saying he is increasingly hopeful of a deal) By Louis Charbonneau and John Irish LAUSANNE, Switzerland ...