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Pressure mounts on Venezuela's President Nicolas Maduro

Opposition parties stage marches in effort to step up campaign to topple President Nicolas Maduro via recall referendum.

According to one recent opinion poll almost 70 percent of Venezuelans want Maduro stripped of the presidency [The Associated Press]

Riot police have fired tear gas at stone-throwing protesters in Venezuela's capital amid opposition demonstrations to pressure electoral authorities into allowing a recall referendum against President Nicolas Maduro. Protesters and National Guard members clashed on a highway in Caracas on Wednesday where thousands of demonstrators chanted "freedom" and waved copies of the constitution. A video showed an officer appearing to use pepper spray against Henrique Capriles, the two-time presidential candidate, during the protest. Capriles later said on Twitter that he was fine. In the western opposition stronghold of Tachira, protesters brandished signs reading "We don't want to do die of hunger", while some masked youths blocked streets with rubbish and prepared Molotov cocktails. The Democratic Unity coalition has stepped up its campaign to topple Maduro amid a worsening economic crisis, but says the government-leaning electoral body is intentionally delaying the verification of signatures in favour of the referendum. The opposition submitted roughly 1.85 million signatures on May 2 in favour of the referendum. If they are validated, the opposition must then request another petition drive and gather around four million signatures to trigger a referendum. If the opposition succeeds this year in winning a recall referendum to oust Maduro, whose term ends in 2019, new elections would be held. INTERACTIVE: South America's left - Troubled times But if a successful recall referendum is held next year, the presidency would fall to the vice president, a post currently held by Aristobulo Isturiz, a loyalist of the governing United Socialist Party. The opposition says Maduro, elected in 2013, is pushing the oil-producing country towards economic catastrophe. One recent opinion poll showed that almost 70 percent of Venezuelans want Maduro stripped of presidency this year. Source: Al Jazeera

Thailand students caught in high-tech cheating scam

University calls for laws to prosecute students and criminals who use gadgets such as smartwatches to cheat in exams.

A leading private university in Thailand is calling for a change in the law to prosecute students who cheat and the criminals who help them.

The call comes after the discovery of unusual high-tech cheating methods used by three female medical students.

Bangkok's Rangsit University cancelled its examinations on Saturday and Sunday for admission to its medical and dental faculties after the discovery of the methods, such as embedded cameras and smartwatches with stored information.

While cheating has long been a problem in Thai schools and colleges, the use of high-tech gear has taken the practice to a new level.

The cameras were used to take pictures of the test sheet and the smartwatches to receive answers from someone outside.

A a set of glasses with a hidden camera used by students caught cheating in exams [Pakarat Jumpanoi/Rangsit University via AP]

Three students were caught by university staff overseeing the exam on Saturday. The next day three more were caught, but they were not trying to get into the university.

Officials said the students were part of a group that is charging students thousands of dollars for exam answers.

Thailand does not have a law to prosecute students who cheat - something Rangsit University wants changed.

"Exam cheating is not a minor offence. It's the start of other criminal offences," university administrator Kittisak Tripipatpornchai told Al Jazeera.

"If we don't have law or tough measures to deal with this, our education system will never be competitive with other countries."

Educators say cheating has flourished because of an education system that makes exam scores the only criterion for assessing a student's ability and granting admission into places of higher learning.

A smartwatch used by students caught cheating in exams [Pakarat Jumpanoi/Rangsit University via AP]

mfuko wa Rihanna kulipia karo wanafunzi

Rihanna

Nyota wa muziki Rihanna amejitolea kufadhili elimu ya wanafunzi kupitia wakfu wake.

Hatua hiyo inaamanisha kwamba watu kutoka jamii zisizojiweza watapata msaada wa kulipa ada ya shule.

Wakfu huo wa Clara Lionel umekuwa ukifanya kazi tangu 2012 ambapo hutoa ruzuku kwa shule huko Barbados mbali na kuwasaidia wagonjwa wa saratani.

Bibiye Rihana alifariki kutokana na ugonjwa wa saratani mwaka huo huo na hivyobasi kumfanya yeye kuanza kusaidia sekta ya matibabu.

Kwa sasa shirika hilo limepanuka na kutoa ufadhili wa elimu hadi kufikia dola 50,000 kwa wanafunzi waliopo Barbados,Brazil,Cuba,Haiti,Guyana,Jamaica na Marekani.

''Sidhani kwamba ni haki kwa watoto kubeba mzigo wa kifedha katika miaka walio nayo'',alisema Rihanna.

MSIMAMO WA LIGI  EPL 

Nambari	Klabu	Mechi	Mabao	Alama
1	Leicester	37	32	80
2	Tottenham	37	38	70
3	Arsenal	37	25	68
4	Man City	37	30	65
5	Man Utd	37	12	63
6	West Ham	37	15	62
7	Southampton	37	15	60
8	Liverpool	37	13	59
9	Chelsea	37	6	49
10	Stoke	37	-15	48
11	Swansea	37	-10	46
12	Everton	37	1	44
13	Watford	37	-10	44
14	Crystal Palace	37	-9	42
15	West Brom	37	-14	42
16	Bournemouth	37	-20	42
17	Sunderland	37	-14	38
18	Newcastle	37	-25	34
19	Norwich	37	-25	34
20	Aston Villa	37	-45	17

Hatua za kuzuia mali kufichwa Uingereza

Mkutano wa kupambana na rushwa unaendelea London

Waziri mkuu wa Uingereza David Cameron anatarajiwa kutangaza katika mkutano wa kupinga ufisadi kwamba makampuni ya ng'ambo yanayomiliki mali London yatalazimishwa kujisajili wazi wamilki mali hiyo.

Hatua hiyo imeundwa imeidhinishwa kuzuia wafisadi na nchi dhidi ya kuhamisha, na kuficha fedha kupitia soko la London. Nchi kadhaa nyengine huenda pia zikaahidi kuidhinihsa usajili wa wamilki asili wa makampuni.

Kuna takriban kampuni 100,000 England pamoja na Wales zinazomilikiwa na makampuni ya nje nyingi zikiwa mjini London.

Zina thamani ya mamilioni ya pauni na nyingi hutumiwa kuficha fedha ambazo zimepatikana kwa njia za kifisadi.

Katika siku zijazo kampuni yoyote itakayo taka kununua au kumiliki mali ni lazima ijisajili.

Baadhi ya maenoe ya Ukngereza na milki zake zitajiunga nchi nyingine 33 katika kukubali kudhirisha usajili wa wamilki kampuni, taarifa zinazopaswa kuwa wazi kwa polisi .

Kutakuwa na kituo cha ushirikiano cha kukabiliana na ufisadi London na hatua kubwa zitachukuliwa dhidi ya wakuu wanaoshindwa kuzuia udanganyifu au ulanguzi wa fedha katika kampuni zao.

Mtihani wa mpango wa waziri mkuu Cameron utakuwa ni nchi ngapi nyingine zitakazofuata mfano huo.

Kwa mfano Virgin Islands haihudhirii mkutano huo na haijakubali kutoa taarifa zozote kuhusu kampuni zilizoko huko.

Dilma Rousseff mashakani

Rais Dilma Rousseff

Bunge la Seneti Brazil hivi punde limepiga kura kuamua kuidhinisha kura ya kutokuwa na imani dhidi ya kiongzi wa taifa hilo Dilma Rousseff.

Atasimamishwa kazi ya urais kwa siku zisizozidi 180 wakati bunge hilo la Seneti litakagua tuhuma zinazomkabili.

Bi Rousseff anatuhumiwa kubadili kinyume cha sheria fedha za serikali kuficha nakisi inayoongezeka ya umma kufuatia kuchaguliwa kwake tena mnamo 2014, tuhuma anazozikana.

Masenata 55 waliunga kuidhinishwa kura hiyo ya kutokuwana imani dhidi ya 22 bungeni katika kikao cha zaidi ya saa 20.

Makamu wa rais Michel Temer sasa ndio atashikilia madaraka wakati kesi dhidi ya Bi Rousseff inaendelea.

Rousseff alichukua hatua ya mwisho kujiokoa kwa kukataa rufaa katika mahakama ya juu zaidi nchini humo kusitisha kura hiyo, lakini hatua hiyo ilipingwa.

YOWERI MUSEVENI AAPISWA:
Yoweri Museveni leo ametawazwa rasmi kuwa Rais mpya wa Uganda kwa muhula wa tano mfululizo.Tayari Rais Museveni amekwisha tawala miaka 30. Kutawazwa kwake leo, ambako kunashuhudiwa na viongozi wa mataifa 14 kutoka Afrika na wageni wengine mashuhuri, kuna fuata ushindi uliojaa ubishani katika uchaguzi wa Februari 18.

13.17pm:Miongoni mwa marais wanaohudhuria sherehe hiyo ni pamoja na rais wa Sudan Omar el Bashir anayeswaka na mahakama ya uhailifu wa kivita katika eneo la Darfur na rais wa Afrika Kusini Jacob Zuma.

13.13pm:Jeshi la Uhanda latoa heshima zao kwa rais Museveni hivi sasa.

13.09pm:Wimbo wa taifa unaimbwa

12.56pm:Ni wakati ambapo ndege za jeshi zinatoa heshima zao kwa rais Museveni.Ndege hizo zinaonyesha uwezo wake wa kulilinda taifa la Uganda chini ya uongozi wa rais Museveni.

12.38pm:Museveni amekabidhiwa vifaa muhimu vya madaraka ikiwemo katiba,ngao ya mamlaka,bendera na upanga ambao ni ishara ya jeshi.

Na sasa ni zamu ya jeshi la taifa hilo kumpatia heshima rais huyo.

Jeshi la Uganda

12.15pm:Rais Museveni alikagua gwaride la jeshi baada ya kuapishwa rasmi

12.10pm:Rais Yoweri Museveni aapishwa rasmi na jaji mkuu

12.05pm:leo rasmi imetangazwa kuwa siku ya mapumziko ili watu watokeze kwa wingi kwa sherehe hizo. Ingawaje bado kuna hali ya wasiwasi kwa vile chama cha upinzani na FDC na mgombea urais wa zamani Dk Kizza Besigye bado wanakana ushindi wa Museveni.

12.00pm:Rais Yoweri Museveni kuapishwa kuwa rais kwa muhula wa saba mfululizo nchini Uganda

Museveni kumkabidhi madaraka Museveni si jipya kwa Waganda. nani Rais ambaye alilaumu mwaka 1986, viongozi wa Afrika kukaa madarakani kwa muda mrefu sana.

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Prince Saw Doctor Day Before Death

Prince was treated by a doctor and prescribed unspecified medications twice during the month before his sudden death in April. Kevin Mazur/Getty

 Prince visited a Minnesota doctor, who prescribed him "medications and prescriptions," twice before his death in April, including the day before, The Associated Press reports.

 Dr. Michael Todd Schulenberg treated Prince on April 7th and April 20th, according to a search warrant filed in Hennepin County. The warrant, however, did not not specify what medications Prince was given, or whether he took them. Themusician died April 21st at his Paisley Park home in suburban Minneapolis. He was 57.

Investigators interviewed Schulenberg and searched a hospital near Minneapolis where he worked. A spokesperson for the North Memorial Medical Center said that Schulenberg worked as a primary care physician at the Minnetonka clinic, but no longer worked for the health care system.

Authorities also returned to Paisley Park park tonight, May 10th. Officials did not specify what they were looking for, though the Carver County Sheriff's Chief Deputy Jason Kamerud told the AP that investigators were "being thorough."

Prince's initial autopsy to determine cause of death was inconclusive and the Midwest Medical Examiners Office continues to await the return of toxicology tests. But investigators have focused on the musician's alleged addiction to painkillers, stemming from chronic hip pain he suffered over the past few years. Both the U.S. Attorney's Office and the Drug Enforcement Administration have joined the investigation.

Prince was reportedly in possession of painkillers at the time of his death, while days before, his private plane was forced to make an emergency landing for medical reasons and he was reportedly given a shot of Narcan, an opioid antidote. Per a report from the Star Tribune last week, Prince was scheduled to meet with an addiction specialist the day he died.

Watch Kanye West Joy Ride With Desiigner in Raw 'Panda' Video

New York rapper Desiigner joy rides with Kanye West in the gritty, raw video for his breakout single, "Panda."

Budding New York MC Desiigner has delivered a gritty, frantic video for his breakout single, "Panda," which boasts a cameo from the rapper's biggest co-signer, Kanye West.

The clip premiered at a special event for Tidal members at Jay Z's 40/40 Club, and will be available exclusively on the streaming service for the next seven days (though both subscribers and non-subscribers can watch).

The "Panda" video opens with various shots of New York City at night, the camera movements growing increasingly unstable until Desiigner finally steals an unsuspecting man's car at gunpoint. The rest of the clip finds the MC speeding and prowling around the city while fights break out in the streets and cops bust down doors. West appears near the end, jumping behind the wheel of the white BMW the song's title refers to.

West notably inked Desiigner to a G.O.O.D. Music deal and prominently sampled "Panda" on The Life of Pablo's, "Father Stretch My Hands, Pt. 2." At the end of April, "Panda" reached Number One on the Billboard Hot 100, making it the first New York rap song to do so since Jay Z's "Empire State of Mind" in 2009.

Desiigner will make his late-night TV debut on The Late Show With Stephen Colbert tomorrow, April 11th.

           Coach Hall to quit Azam

Azam head coach Stewart Hall will quit his role in charge of the ice cream makers at the end of this season.

The British tactician, who is at the Tanzanian side for this third spell, skipped training last Thursday after handing in a resignation letter but was convinced by club management to stay on until the Federation Cup final against newly crowned league champions Yanga.

Hall told supersport.com in an exclusive interview that, “I will not be in charge of Azam FC next season. My last game is the Federation Cup final against Yanga.”

Close sources revealed that, “It is not a secret that Hall has been frustrated by the continuous match fixing in Tanzania, something he feels has sabotaged his attempt to march the big guns in Yanga and Simba especially in trying to win the league title.”

Hall has failed to win the Vodacom Premier League title in all his three tenures at the helm of Azam including the 2010-2012 spell before he was replaced by Serbian Boris Bunjak for a few months.

Hall took over again in 2012 before leaving at the end of the 2012/2013 season with Cameroonian Joseph Omog taking over the icecream makers guiding them to the 2013/2014 league title.

Hall replaced Omog in 2015 and guided Azam to their first regional title after defeating Kenyan side Gor Mahia 2-0 to lift the Cecafa Senior Challenge Cup titlebefore inspiring them to the round of 16 in the Caf Confederation Cup last month.

Azam defeated Esperance 2-1 in Dar es Salaam but fell to the North African giants 3-0 in Tunis in the absence of key players including Kipre Tche Tche, Serge Wawa, Shomari Kapombe and Jean Baptiste Mugiraneza with most critics deeming this as a failure for the club that has invested a lot of money in buying foreign players.

Azam will represent Tanzania in the 2017 Caf Confederation Cup with or without victory against Yanga in the Federation Cup later this month.

Hall’s side is second placed on the VPL table standings with 60 points from 28 games, eight points behind champions Yanga who have a game in hand and have 68 points.

Yanga were crowned the 2016 league champions with three games to spare following Azam’s 2-2 draw with JKT Ruvulast Wednesday and Simba’s shock loss to Mwadui FC on Sunday. Simba sit in third with 58 points from 27 games.