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Capacity Development Specialist International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI) Full-time Staff - Kenya, Africa Apply by: 28th February 2013 POSITION ANNOUNCEMENT INTERNATIONAL LIVESTOCK RESEARCH INSTITUTE CAPACITY DEVELOPMENT SPECIALIST POSITION REF: CDS/CRP/01/13 Base salary dependent on experience - starting from USD 45,000-55,000 per annum Total salary & international benefits package circa USD 84,000-93,000per annum (tax free*) The International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI) works at the crossroads of livestock and poverty, bringing high-quality livestock science, communications and capacity development to bear on poverty reduction and sustainable development. ILRI is one of 15 centres supported by the CGIAR. ILRI has campuses in Kenya (headquarters) and Ethiopia, with other offices located in other regions of Africa (Mali, Mozambique, and Nigeria) as well as in South Asia (India, Sri Lanka), Southeast Asia (Laos, Thailand, and Vietnam) and East Asia (China)...

BBC The US Congress has voted to extend the nation's borrowing limit until the middle of May. The Senate's 64-34 vote gave final approval to a bill that must now be signed by President Barack Obama. The Republican-controlled House of Representatives passed it last week by 285-144. The Treasury had warned it would reach its $16.4tn (£10.3tn) debt limit in late February or March, and Congress must authorise it to borrow more money. Experts say the passage of the bill would allow the government to borrow about $450bn to pay interest on its debt, and meet obligations such as Social Security and government salaries. Some Republicans had previously threatened not to pass an increase in the debt limit unless it was paired with spending cuts. The White House signalled last week it approved of the short-term measure that would avoid the prospect of default. The debt limit extension comes one day after figures showed the US economy unexpectedly shrank at ...

BBC   At least 65 planes abandoned at airports across Nigeria will be dismantled to help improve air safety, an official has said. Airport operations Director Henry Omeogu said the planes had been left to rot by insolvent companies. Workers at the international airport in Lagos are currently dismantling planes abandoned in an area called the "graveyard", AP news agency reports. Disused planes range from small jets to a Boeing 747, Mr Omeogu said. The Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) ordered the destruction after companies repeatedly ignored appeals to remove the planes, he said.   "None of them is serviceable because most of their owners have closed shop," Mr Omeogu was quoted by Nigeria's Punch newspaper as saying. "Unfortunately, such owners don't want to evacuate them for reasons best known to them." The Terminal Manager at Lagos's Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Olutayo Oginnie, said ...

(BBC) - Doctors have revealed how they are going to repair a missing area of the skull of Pakistani schoolgirl activist Malala Yousafzai. Surgeons at Birmingham's Queen Elizabeth Hospital have been giving details about two procedures due to be carried out on the 15-year-old. Malala was discharged from the hospital earlier this month after being shot in the head by the Taliban in October. The hospital said the surgery would take place in the next 10 days. The first procedure will involve drilling into her skull and inserting a custom-made metal plate. Doctors said Malala had been left completely deaf in her left ear when she was shot at point-blank range. 'Remarkable recovery' The shockwave destroyed her eardrum and the bones for hearing. The second procedure will involve fitting a small electronic device that provides a sense of sound to someone who is profoundly deaf or severely hard of hearing. Advertisement Prosthetist St...

By Leo Kelion Technology reporter, BBC   The boss of Electronic Arts (EA) has denied there is any link between video game content and "actual violence". John Riccitiello spoke out on the subject during a conference call with bank analysts following his firm's latest earnings forecast. But he acknowledged that his industry did face a "perception issue". The topic has become the focus of political debate in the US following shootings in a Connecticut school and a Colorado cinema. After the incidents, the National Rifle Association (NRA) - which itself had been accused of culpability - said the video game industry sowed "violence against its own people". Republican congresswoman Diane Franklin subsequently proposed a sales tax on violent titles, saying the money should be used to "finance mental health programs and law enforcement measures to prevent mass shootings". Former Green Party presidential candidate Ral...