MISSING JET UP DATE

PERTH, Australia (AP) -- Aircraft and ships from China headed to the desolate southern Indian Ocean to join the search for Malaysia Airlines Flight 370, now lost for two full weeks, and Australia promised its best efforts to resolve "an extraordinary riddle."

A satellite spotted two large objects in the area earlier this week, raising hopes of finding the Boeing 777 that disappeared March 8 with 239 people on board. Surveillance planes scoured the region - about 2,500 kilometers (1,550 miles) southwest of Perth -for a second day on Friday but came back empty-handed after a 10-hour mission.

Australian officials pledged to continue the effort. even as they tried to tamp down expectations.

"It's about the most inaccessible spot that you could imagine on the face of the Earth, but if there is anything down there, we will find it," Prime Minister Tony Abbott said at a news conference in Papua New Guinea.

"We owe it to the families and the friends and the loved ones of the almost 240 people on Flight MH370 to do everything we can to try to resolve what is as yet an extraordinary riddle," he added.

Two Chinese aircraft are expected to arrive in Perth on Saturday to join the search, and two Japanese aircraft will arrive Sunday. A small flotilla of ships from China is still several days away.

Abbott spoke with Chinese President Xi Jinping, describing him as "devastated." The passengers included 154 Chinese.

In Kuala Lumpur, where the plane took off for Beijing, Malaysian Defense Minister Hishammuddin Hussein thanked the more than two dozen countries involved in the overall search that stretches from Kazakhstan in Central Asia to the southern Indian Ocean. He called the whole process "a long haul."

The search area indicated by the satellite images in the southern Indian Ocean is a four-hour round-trip flight from western Australia, leaving planes with only enough fuel to search for about two hours. The images were taken March 16, but the search in the area did not start until Thursday because it took time to analyze them.

Five planes, including three P-3 Orions, made the trip Friday. While search conditions had improved from a day earlier, with much better visibility, the Australian Maritime Safety Authority said there were no sightings of plane debris.

Searchers relied mostly on trained spotters aboard the planes rather than radar, which found nothing Thursday, Australian officials said. The search will focus more on visual sightings because civilian aircraft are being brought in. The military planes will continue to use both radar and spotters.

"Noting that we got no radar detections yesterday, we have replanned the search to be visual. So aircraft flying relatively low, very highly skilled and trained observers looking out of the aircraft windows and looking to see objects," said John Young, manager of the maritime safety authority's emergency response division.

Malaysia asked the U.S. for undersea surveillance equipment to help in the search, said Rear Adm. John Kirby, a Pentagon spokesman. Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel promised to assess the availability of the technology and its usefulness in the search, Kirby said.

The Pentagon says it has spent $2.5 million to operate ships and aircraft in the search and has budgeted another $1.5 million for the efforts.

There is a limited battery life for the beacons in the cockpit-voice and flight-data recorders - about 30 days, said Chuck Schofield, vice president of business development for Dukane Seacom Inc. He said it's "very likely" that his company made the beacons on the missing jet.

The devices work to a depth of 20,000 feet, with a signal range of about two nautical miles, depending on variables like sea conditions. The signals are located using a device operated on the surface of the water or towed to a depth.

Experts say it is impossible to tell if the grainy satellite images of the two objects - one 24 meters (almost 80 feet) long and the other measuring 5 meters (15 feet) - were debris from the plane. But officials have called this the best lead so far in the search that began March 8 after the plane vanished over the Gulf of Thailand on an overnight flight to Beijing.

For relatives of those aboard the plane, hope was slipping away, said Nan Jinyan, sister-in-law of passenger Yan Ling.

"I'm psychologically prepared for the worst and I know the chances of them coming back alive are extremely small," said Nan, one of dozens of relatives gathered at a Beijing hotel awaiting any word about their loved ones.

The Norwegian cargo vessel Hoegh St. Petersburg is also in the area helping with the search. Haakon Svane, a spokesman for the Norwegian Shipowners' Association, said the ship had searched a strip of ocean stretching about 100 nautical miles (115 miles; 185 kilometers).

The Australian Maritime Safety Authority said another commercial ship also was in the area, and an Australian navy vessel was en route. AMSA officials also were checking to see if there was any new satellite imagery that could provide more information.

Aircraft pieces have sometimes been found floating for days after a sea crash. Peter Marosszeky, an aviation expert at the University of New South Wales, said the wing could remain buoyant for weeks if fuel tanks inside it were empty and had not filled with water.

Other experts said that if the aircraft breaks into pieces, normally only items such as seats and luggage would remain floating.

"We seldom see big metal (pieces) floating. You need a lot of (buoyant) material underneath the metal to keep it up," said Lau Kin-tak, an expert in aircraft maintenance and accidents at Hong Kong Polytechnic University.

Flight 370 relatives met Friday with Malaysian officials at the Beijing hotel. Attendees said they had a two-hour briefing about the search but that nothing new was said.

Wang Zhen, son of missing artist Wang Linshi, said there were questions about why Malaysian authorities had provided so much seemingly contradictory information.

Wang said he still has hopes his father can be found alive and is praying that the satellite sightings turn out to be false. He said he and other relatives are suspicious about what they are being told by the Malaysian side but are at a loss as to what to do next.

"We feel they're hiding something from us," said Wang, who is filling his days attending briefings and watching the news for updates.

Malaysian authorities have not ruled out any possible explanation for what happened to the jet but have said the evidence so far suggests it was deliberately turned back across Malaysia to the Strait of Malacca, with its communications systems disabled. They are unsure what happened next.

Police are considering the possibilities of hijacking, sabotage, terrorism or issues related to the mental health of the pilots or anyone else on board.

Something is fishy is the deep blue sea........... someone knows what happened and is keeping quiet about this. These poor families.... what the hell would you do if your family member is missing and what a huge hole in the heart that would leave without closure....... God bless the people and the families..... hope they are somewhere alive but it doesnt seem possible.

FAHAMU HAKI ZA BINADAMU (WHAT ARE HUMAN RIGHTS? )

Human rights are rights inherent to all human beings, whatever our nationality, place of residence, sex, national or ethnic origin, colour, religion, language, or any other status. We are all equally entitled to our human rights without discrimination. These rights are all interrelated, interdependent and indivisible.
Universal human rights are often expressed and guaranteed by law, in the forms of treaties, customary international law , general principles and other sources of international law. International human rights law lays down obligations of Governments to act in certain ways or to refrain from certain acts, in order to promote and protect human rights and fundamental freedoms of individuals or groups.

Universal and inalienable

The principle of universality of human rights is the cornerstone of international human rights law. This principle, as first emphasized in the Universal Declaration on Human Rights in 1948, has been reiterated in numerous international human rights conventions, declarations, and resolutions. The 1993 Vienna World Conference on Human Rights, for example, noted that it is the duty of States to promote and protect all human rights and fundamental freedoms, regardless of their political, economic and cultural systems.

All States have ratified at least one, and 80% of States have ratified four or more, of the core human rights treaties, reflecting consent of States which creates legal obligations for them and giving concrete expression to universality. Some fundamental human rights norms enjoy universal protection by customary international law across all boundaries and civilizations.
Human rights are inalienable. They should not be taken away, except in specific situations and according to due process. For example, the right to liberty may be restricted if a person is found guilty of a crime by a court of law.

Interdependent and indivisible 

All human rights are indivisible, whether they are civil and political rights, such as the right to life, equality before the law and freedom of expression; economic, social and cultural rights, such as the rights to work, social security and education , or collective rights, such as the rights to development and self-determination, are indivisible, interrelated and interdependent. The improvement of one right facilitates advancement of the others. Likewise, the deprivation of one right adversely affects the others.  

Equal and non-discriminatory

Non-discrimination is a cross-cutting principle in international human rights law. The principle is present in all the major human rights treaties and provides the central theme of some of international human rights conventions such as the International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination and the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women.  
The principle applies to everyone in relation to all human rights and freedoms and it prohibits discrimination on the basis of a list of non-exhaustive categories such as sex, race, colour and so on. The principle of non-discrimination is complemented by the principle of equality, as stated in Article 1 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights: “All human beings are born free and equal in dignity and rights.”

Both Rights and Obligations

 Human rights entail both rights and obligations. States assume obligations and duties under international law to respect, to protect and to fulfil human rights. The obligation to respect means that States must refrain from interfering with or curtailing the enjoyment of human rights. The obligation to protect requires States to protect individuals and groups against human rights abuses. The obligation to fulfil means that States must take positive action to facilitate the enjoyment of basic human rights. At the individual level, while we are entitled our human rights, we should also respect the human rights of others.

MWANAMICHEZO NICODEMUS MTEJETA NDANI YA KIPINDI CHA KUTOKA VIWANJANI

Nicodemus Mtejeta na Godwin Henry Lyakurwa ndani ya Huruma Fm

TAARIFA ZA KIMICHEZO LEO

VPL-LIGI KUU VODACOM

RATIBA:

Jumamosi Machi 15

Azam FC v Coastal Union

Mtibwa Sugar v Yanga

Kagera Sugar v Tanzania Prisons

Jumatano Machi 19

Yanga v Azam FC

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TAARIFA KWA VYOMBO VYA HABARI

Machi 14, 2014

Klabu ya Simba itafanya mkutano wa wanachama wake Jumapili (Machi 16 mwaka huu) kwa ajili ya kuifanyia marekebisho Katiba yao.

Nachukua fursa hii kuwatakia kila la kheri katika mkutano huo ambao ni muhimu katika kuhakikisha klabu yao inapiga hatua katika maendeleo ya mpira wa miguu na ustawi wake kwa ujumla.

Hata hivyo, nawakumbusha viongozi na wanachama wa klabu ya Simba kuwa marekebisho hayo ni lazima yafanyike kwa kuzingatia Katiba, Kanuni na maelekezo ya Shirikisho la Kimataifa la Mpira wa Miguu (FIFA), Afrika (CAF) na Tanzania (TFF).

Aidha waraka wa TFF kwa wanachama wake wa Februari 7 mwaka huu uzingatiwe kikamilifu katika marekebisho hayo.

TFF inawatakia wanachama wa Simba mkutano mwema, na inawakumbusha wazingatie umuhimu wa kudumisha amani na maelewano katika klabu yao.

Jamal Malinzi

Rais

Shirikisho la Mpira wa Miguu Tanzania (TFF)

SEMINA YA WAAMUZI YAANZA DAR

Semina ya siku mbili kwa waamuzi wenye beji za Shirikisho la Kimataifa la Mpira wa Miguu (FIFA) na wale wa ngazi ya juu nchini (elite) kwa robo ya kwanza ya mwaka huu inaanza kesho (Machi 15 mwaka huu) kwenye Uwanja wa Taifa, Dar es Salaam.

Waamuzi na waamuzi wasaidizi 22 kutoka Tanzania Bara na Zanzibar wanashiriki katika semina hiyo ambayo pia itahusisha mtihani wa utimamu wa mwili (physical fitness test), na itamalizika keshokutwa (Machi 16 mwaka huu).

Baadhi ya waamuzi hao ni Charles Simon kutoka Dodoma, Dalila Jafari (Zanzibar), Ferdinand Chacha (Mwanza), Hamis Chang’walu (Dar es Salaam), Helen Mduma (Dar es Salaam), Israel Mujuni (Dar es Salaam), Issa Vuai (Zanzibar), Janeth Balama (Iringa) na Jesse Erasmo (Morogoro).

John Kanyenye (Mbeya), Jonesia Rukyaa (Bukoba), Josephat Bulali (Zanzibar), Lulu Mushi (Dar es Salaam), Martin Saanya (Morogoro), Mfaume Nassoro (Zanzibar), Mohamed Mkono (Tanga), Mwanahija Makame (Zanzibar), Ngaza Kinduli (Zanzibar), Ramadhan Ibada (Zanzibar) na Waziri Sheha (Zanzibar).

YANGA KUIVAA MTIBWA SUGAR VPL

Ligi Kuu ya Vodacom (VPL) inaendelea kesho (Machi 15 mwaka huu) kwa mechi tatu ambapo mabingwa watetezi Yanga wataumana na Mtibwa Sugar kwenye Uwanja wa Jamhuri mjini Morogoro.

Nao vinara wa ligi hiyo, Azam wanaikaribisha Coastal Union ya Tanga katika mechi itakayofanyika Uwanja wa Azam Complex uliopo Chamazi jijini Dar es Salaam.

Mechi nyingine itachezwa Uwanja wa Kaitaba mjini Bukoba kwa kuwakutanisha wenyeji Kagera Sugar dhidi ya maafande wa Tanzania Prisons kutoka jijini Mbeya.

WATANZANIA WATANO WAKWAA UKAMISHNA CAF

Watanzania watano wameteuliwa kuingia kwenye jopo la makamishna watakaosimamia mechi mbalimbali za Shirikisho la Mpira wa Miguu Afrika (CAF) kwa mwaka 2014 hadi 2016.

Kwa mujibu wa orodha iliyotumwa na CAF kwa Shirikisho la Mpira wa Miguu Tanzania (TFF), Watanzania hao ni Alfred Kishongole Rwiza wa Mwanza na Hafidh Ali Tahir wa Zanzibar ambao wamerejeshwa tena kwenye jopo hilo.

Rwiza na Tahir ambao ni waamuzi wastaafu wa Shirikisho la Kimataifa la Mpira wa Miguu (FIFA) na wakufunzi wa uamuzi walikuwepo kwenye jopo lililopita la 2012 hadi 2014.

Makamishna wapya kwa upande wa wanawake ni Elizabeth Mwanguku Kalinga wa Mbeya na Isabellah Hussein Kapera wa Dar es Salaam. Kamishna mwingine mpya kwa upande wa wanaume ni Muhsin Ali Rajab kutoka Zanzibar.

Wakati huo huo, CAF imeandaa semina kwa makamishna wanaume itakayofanyika jijini Cairo, Misri kuanzia Aprili 3 hadi 4 mwaka huu.

Watoa mada kwenye semina hiyo ya siku mbili ni Katibu Mkuu wa CAF, Hicham El Amrani, Mkurugenzi wa Mashindano wa CAF, Shereen Arafa na Naibu Mkurugenzi wa Mashindano wa CAF, Khaled Nassar.

Wengine ni Meneja wa Waamuzi wa CAF, Eddy Maillet, Mkurugenzi wa Habari wa CAF, Junior Binyam, Mkurugenzi wa Teknolojia ya Mawasiliano wa CAF, Tarek el Deeb na Mkurugenzi wa Masoko na Televisheni wa CAF, Amr Shaheen.

Boniface Wambura Mgoyo

Media and Communications Officer

Tanzania Football Federation (TFF)

ARSÈNE WENGER AOMBA REFA AWE WA HAKI!

>>’NATEGEMEA TUTAPATA NAFASI YA KUCHEZA 11 DHIDI YA 11!’

UEFA CHAMPIONZ LIGI

Raundi ya Mtoano ya Timu 16

MARUDIANO

[Kwenye Mabano Matokeo Mechi ya Kwanza]

Jumanne Machi 11

[Saa za Bongo]

22:45 Bayern Munich v Arsenal FC [2-0]

22:45 Atletico de Madrid v AC Milan [1-0]

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Meneja wa Arsenal Arsène Wenger

Akiongea kabla ya Mechi yao ya Marudiano ya UEFA CHAMPIONZ LIGI,UCL, ya Usiku huu huko Allianz Arena, Munich dhidi ya Mabingwa wa Ulaya Bayern Munich, Arsène Wenger ametaka kuwepo na haki kutoka kwa Refa.

Refa wa Mechi hii ya Leo kati ya Arsenal na Bayern ni Svein Oddvar Moen, mwenye Miaka 35, na anaetoka Norway.

Wenger alikumbushia walivyokuwa wakionewa na Marefa kwenye Mechi zao za nyuma za UCL.

Meneja huyo awa Arsenal alikumbushia jinsi Kipa wake Wojciech Szczesny apolitolewa nje kwa Kadi Nyekundu walipofungwa 2-0 huko Emirates  katika Mechi ya kwanza na Bayern Wiki 3 zilizopita na pia kuyataja matukio ya nyuma kwenye UCL ambapo Mwaka 2006 kwenye Fainali na Barcelona Kipa wao Jens Lehmann alitolewa nje kwa Kadi Nyekundu na pia Mwaka 2011 huko Nou Camp na Barcelona jinsi Robin van Persie alivyopewa Kadi ya Njano ya Pili  kwa kucheza Mpira baada Filimbi kulia na kutolewa kwa Kadi Nyekundu.

Wenger amesema: “Tumecheza mara kadhaa Ulaya tukiwa Mtu 10! Safari hii natumaini haki itatendeka na tutacheza 11 dhidi ya 11 mpaka mwisho!”

Kwenye Mechi ya Leo, Wenger amesema Kieran Gibbs atakuwa nje akiwa na maumivu ya Enka na atalazimika kumchezesha Thomas Vermaelen kwenye Nafasi ya Fulbeki wa Kushoto kwa vile Nacho Monreal nae pia ni Majeruhi.

Hata hivyo, Wenger ametamka kuwa wanao uwezo wa kuwafunga Bayern Munich kwao Allianz Arena baada ya kufanya hivyo Msimu uliopita kwenye hatua kama hii ya UCL walipofungwa 3-1 Emirates na kuichapa Bayern 2-0 katika Marudiano na kutolewa kwa Magoli ya Ugenini.

Amesema: “Tumeshawahi kushinda hapa kabla hivyo tunajua tunaweza kufanya tena. Ingawa Takwimu zinatupinga lakini tulifanya Mwaka 2003 tulipoishinda Inter Milan 5-1 San Siro!”

UEFA CHAMPIONZ LIGI

Raundi ya Mtoano ya Timu 16

MARUDIANO

[Kwenye Mabano Matokeo Mechi ya Kwanza]

[Saa za Bongo]

Jumatano Machi 12

22:45 FC Barcelona v Manchester City [2-0]

22:45 Paris Saint-Germain v Bayer 04 Leverkusen [4-0]

Jumanne Machi 18

22:45 Chelsea FC v Galatasaray Spor Kulübü [1-1]

22:45 Real Madrid CF v Schalke 04 [1-6]

Jumatano Machi 19

22:45 BV Borussia Dortmund v Zenit St. Petersburg [4-2]

22:45 Manchester United v Olympiacos CFP [0-2]