8 Things You Should Know this Morning

1. Britain France and Germany call for New Iran Sanctions

The foreign ministers of the three countries wrote to EU foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton last week calling for tougher measures as the showdown with Tehran becomes more tense, a European diplomat told AFP on condition of anonymity. They strongly feel that Iran has Nuclear weapons.

2. Total's Low Profit Projects too Much - Bank of America

“Total’s management team has an unhealthy obsession for growth that is leading the company to spend huge sums of money on low-profitability projects,” Matthew Yates, an analyst at Bank of America in London, wrote in a report published today. “Poor execution has the potential to destroy a lot of value.”

3. Lines That Shouldn't be Crossed When it Comes to Self Expression

A deranged individual in California produced a deliberately provocative — and very stupid — film that aimed to ridicule the Prophet Muhammad. Just how far can we take the freedom of speech thing.

4. KTDA to Build Hydropower and Geothermal Stations

KENYA Tea Development Agency has started investing in small hydro power projects with a target to produce a total of 20MW in three years time, the management has said. KTDA whose core business is in tea marketing announced on Tuesday that it is “actively pursuing” 10 sites in various parts of the country to put up small power stations

5. Kenya Sends Ministers to Russia to strengthen Economic Ties

Led by Energy minister Kiraitu Murungi, the delegation follows June’s visit Russia’s second largest city by Prime Minister Raila Odinga where he met with the Russian president Vladimir Putin during this year’s St Petersgburg economic forum.

6. Can Rwanda Really Generate its own Funding?

"Faced with significant budget cuts, the Rwandan government has set up the Agaciro Development Fund (AgDF), the ‘Dignity Development Fund’. The intention is to collect voluntary contributions from Rwandans living at home as well as in the diaspora to offset the loss of aid funding. Over the past month, the fund has collected nearly USD30m, from what I can see in media reports." Andrea Bohnstedt questions Rwanda's ability to raise it's own money.

7. Make Money the Quick Way

"Want to make money fast?" Those are probably always the first words to a scam. Well, this time it isn't. A quick look into the world of Arbitrage and exactly how works.

8. How Your Mobile Phone may be fuelling Congo's Civil War

So who said phones are harmless? some of the parts of your phone could be the difference between life and death for some people in Congo.

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