President Bachelet was arrested and forced into exile after the death of her father

Two retired Chilean colonels have been jailed for repeatedly torturing the father of President Michelle Bachelet in 1973.

General Alberto Bachelet was arrested and tortured for opposing the military coup led by Gen Augusto Pinochet.
He died in 1974 of a heart attack caused by the torture inflicted on him.
The former air force colonels - Ramon Caceres Jorqueda and Edgar Cevallos Jones - were given three and two years in prison respectively.
They "repeatedly committed the crime of applying torture" to their former superior, judge Mario Carroza said in the Chilean capital, Santiago.
More than 3,000 people were killed and up to 40,000 killed during General Pinochet's 17-year rule.
'Solitary confinement' The two retired colonels had been charged in July 2012, after the conclusion of a forensic report into the death in prison of Gen Bachelet.

President Salvador Allende died inside the Palace of La Moneda on 11 September 1973

Investigators said that Gen Bachelet had died of heart problems aggravated by torture sessions after his arrest.
He had remained loyal to socialist President Salvador Allende, who was deposed in a military coup in 1973.
Gen Bachelet was held in a military academy for six months and tortured by members of the same air force he had led before the coup.
"I was detained in solitary confinement for 26 days," he later wrote to his family. "I was subjected to torture for 30 hours. They broke me inside."
Gen Bachelet died on 12 March 1974, aged 50, after a night of interrogation. He was serving a sentence for treason in the capital, Santiago.
His wife, Angela Jeria, and his daughter Michelle were also held and tortured before fleeing to Australia and East Germany.
Ms Bachelet became Chile's first woman president in 2006.
As the Chilean constitution bans re-election, she stood down at the end of her term in 2010. She was then elected head of the UN women's agency before returning to Chilean politics.
Last year, Ms Bachelet ran for president again and was elected to a new four-year term.
She and her family have been seeking justice for her father's death for some time, said the BBC's Gideon Long in Santiago.

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Ukraine crisis

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• From revolution to conflict
• Crisis mapped
• Chaos and courage

US Vice President Joe Biden has warned that Russia faces "rising costs and greater isolation" if it fails to respect peace deals in Ukraine.

Mr Biden, on a visit to Ukraine, said Russia continued to violate ceasefires.
He was speaking after holding talks with President Petro Poroshenko.
Some 4,300 people are thought to have died in eastern Ukraine's conflict since April. Russia is regularly accused of arming separatist rebels, but its officials deny the allegations.
Mr Biden is in Kiev on the first anniversary of the start of mass protests that culminated in President Viktor Yanukovych relinquishing power.

The tweet that started a revolution: Patrick Jackson, BBC News

Mustafa Nayyem's tweet from 21 November 2013

An appeal on social media is credited by many with starting the wave of protests one year ago which ended in the overthrow of President Viktor Yanukovych.
Mustafa Nayyem, a Ukrainian investigative journalist of Afghan origin, asked people on Twitter and Facebook to spread his call to meet that night on Independence Square - the space at the heart of the Ukrainian capital affectionately known as the Maidan ("square" in Ukrainian).

Riot police found themselves struggling to control the protesters on the Maidan (image from 22 November 2013)

"We're meeting at 22:30 by the Independence Monument," he wrote in Russian. "Dress up warm. Bring umbrellas, coffee, tea and friends." Turn out they did and the Maidan quickly became the focus of protests against Mr Yanukovych's political turn towards Russia.
A year later, the Yanukovych administration is gone and pro-Western revolutionaries have consolidated their hold on Kiev through elections.
Mr Nayyem himself, to the consternation of many former allies, went into mainstream politics and is now an MP for the party of the new President, Petro Poroshenko. But in a recent BBC interview, he said he wanted to pave the way for a new kind of transparent, honest politics. "I want to be honest and I want to be free," he said.
Media on Kiev protests one year on

Restore control After stressing the danger posed to Ukraine by Russian aggression, the US vice president said there was a "different path for Russia and her proxies".
He said Russia should respect the ceasefire, restore Ukrainian control over its own borders and remove "illegal military formations, military equipment and militants".
He said Russian President Vladimir Putin had agreed to carry out all of those actions, but none had occurred.
In the run-up to Mr Biden's visit, Russian officials warned the US against selling arms to the government in Kiev.
American officials told the Reuters news agency that Mr Biden would announce an increase in supplies including radars and vehicles, but would not supply arms.

Mr Biden's visit comes as fighting continues in the east of Ukraine

Mr Biden is in the Ukrainian capital on the first anniversary of protests that culminated in the overthrow of President Viktor Yanukovych

Tensions between Russia and the US grew following the downing of the MH17 flight in July

Figures released by the UN human rights office on Thursday showed that an average of 13 people have been killed daily in eastern Ukraine since the 5 September ceasefire came into place.
A report by the UN described a total breakdown of law and order in the rebel-held Donetsk and Luhansk regions. It also highlighted allegations of abuses by government forces.

Human cost of conflict in east Ukraine

Mourners at the funeral on 7 November of two schoolboys killed by shelling in Donetsk, Andrei Yeliseyev (18) and Daniil Kuznetsov (14)

4,317 deaths since April, 957 of them since the 5 September ceasefire, and 9,921 people wounded
466,829 internally displaced persons within Ukraine
454,339 refugees living abroad, 387,355 of them in Russia
UN data from 18 November
Ukraine's year of chaotic events

The anniversary of the start of protests that removed President Yanukovych is being celebrated in Kiev.
But President Putin told an audience in Moscow that popular uprisings in Ukraine, Georgia and Kyrgyzstan had yielded "tragic consequences".
Conflict broke out in eastern Ukraine when the government in Kiev launched an operation to recapture areas seized by pro-Russian rebels, weeks after Russia had annexed Ukraine's Crimea region.
By early August, Ukrainian forces looked to have captured much of the territory held by the rebels.
But the rebels made a dramatic turnaround, apparently with direct help from Russia, pushing Ukrainian troops out of their territory.
On 5 September, the sides agreed a ceasefire and promised to pull military forces out of the area.

A 'lake-effect' snowstorm from Lake Erie heads to Buffalo

A massive snowstorm has wreaked havoc in the north-eastern US and left seven people dead, six in upstate New York.

After sweeping across the Great Lakes, the storm dumped 5ft (1.5m) of snow in the Buffalo area, with more forecast.
The storm caused five deaths in that area - one in a car crash, one trapped in a car and three from heart attacks.
Freezing temperatures were recorded across all 50 US states, including Florida and Hawaii, and there were more deaths elsewhere in the country.
"We have tried to get out of our house, and we are lucky to be able to shovel so we can open the door," said Linda Oakley, a resident of Buffalo.
"We're just thinking that in case of an emergency we can at least get out the door," she added. "We can't go any further."
Residents were reported trapped in their homes and cars, and strong winds and icy roads caused motorway accidents and forced school closures in parts of the US.

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More than 100 vehicles were reported trapped along a New York state roadway on Wednesday.
New York Governor Andrew Cuomo deployed more than 100 National Guard members to assist in clearing roads and removing abandoned vehicles.
"This is an historic event," he said. "When all is said and done, this snowstorm will break all sorts of records, and that's saying something in Buffalo."
The National Weather Service said some places could top the record for a single-day of snowfall, which is 6ft 4ins (1.93m).

Snowfall in Buffalo could break records, forecasters predict

Dozens of cars were reported stranded along New York motorways

Snow covers a street at daybreak in Buffalo

The snow blowers were out in force in Lancaster, New York

Grand Rapids, Michigan, was covered

A busy night for firefighters in Depew, New York

Elsewhere:

• a women's basketball team from Niagara University was left stranded on a roadway for nearly 30 hours before being picked up by authorities
• a woman had to give birth in a Buffalo fire station after attempts to travel to a hospital failed
• the Buffalo Bills have offered money and tickets to people willing to help shovel snow from the stands of the US football arena before Sunday's scheduled game
• in Corpus Christi, Texas, experts were caring for more than 100 turtles stranded on Gulf Coast beaches due to cold weather

Train service in parts of New York state was suspended on Wednesday, while long stretches of highway near Buffalo were shuttered.
As well as the fatalities in New York, there were two other weather-related deaths reported in New Hampshire and Michigan.
About 20 people have died across the US since Saturday.

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"We are talking about a very dangerous storm"

Three firefighters in Indiana were also injured when a trailer struck a fire truck on a snow-covered roadway.
Amid the weather, the State University of New York Buffalo announced it planned to go ahead with a nationally televised football game on Wednesday evening, although all pre-game activities were cancelled.

The outbreak of the Ebola virus has devastated Liberia and had a major effect on the country's econom

The outbreak of the Ebola virus has devastated Liberia and had a major effect on the country's econom

Nearly half of all Liberians who were employed when the Ebola outbreak began are no longer working, a survey by the World Bank has found.

It said many workers have been told to stay at home or have lost their jobs, while markets have been forced to shut.

Earlier, a World Bank economist said the Ebola outbreak was expected to cost the region about $3-4bn (£1.9-2.5bn).
Ebola has infected about 14,000 people in West Africa, killing more than 5,000 - with about 2,800 deaths in Liberia.

Ana Revenga, a senior World Bank official, said even those living areas of Liberia that have not been hit by Ebola "are suffering the economic side effects of this terrible disease".
"Relief efforts must focus not only on those directly affected by the virus, but also on those in the poorest communities for whom market access, mobility and food security continue to get worse," she added.

The World Bank said Liberia's agricultural sector was showing the most resilience to the disease, but its survey found that 70% of respondents said they do not have enough money to afford food.
The economic cost of the outbreak will not be as bad as first feared though, according to Francisco Ferreira, the World Bank's chief economist for Africa.
Talking at a lecture in South Africa, he said the total cost was likely to be about one-tenth of the $32bn loss previously estimated as the worst-case scenario in West Africa.

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The outbreak's successful containment in some West African states made the gloomiest forecasts less likely, but there was no room for complacency, he added.
Liberian President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf echoed his comments about complacency but said her country was now winning the fight against Ebola.
"The sustaining of anti-Ebola measures over the last two months has meant that in Liberia we now have the upper hand," she said in a statement.
"But our government remains concerned that progress in this battle will lead to complacency on the part of the international community. We must not interpret gains as an outright victory - nothing could be more dangerous."

Tourism down Mr Ferreira warned that Ebola had ravaged the tourist industry across Africa.
A survey by a specialist travel company in September showed that travel bookings were down by as much as 70%, even for destinations far away from the affected areas.

The virus has killed more than 5,000 people, mainly in Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone.
The World Health Organisation declared the outbreak a global health emergency in August.
Meanwhile, Senegal has reopened its land border with Guinea, where the outbreak was first identified in March, for freight traffic, but not cars or people on foot.
Last week it opened its airports and seaports to traffic from Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone.

With President Obama vowing to proceed on immigration reform by executive order, New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio on Friday signed two bills that would drastically limit the federal government’s ability to deport undocumented Caribbean and other immigrants from New York City.

 Under one of the new laws, the city will, in many cases, refuse to hand over immigrants in the criminal justice system to federal agents, according to the New York Daily News.

In the past, the city sometimes had to turn over people whose cases had been dismissed or who had been arrested on minor charges, the paper said.
Now, it said the city will only cooperate with US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) if the agency has a federal warrant, or if the person has been convicted of a serious crime or is on a terror watch list.

Another bill gets rid of ICE from its offices on Rikers Island jail in Queens, New York.
“We’re signing legislation that will have a really meaningful effect on the lives of immigrants,” said de Blasio, as he signed the bill, flanked by city legislators and Carlos Rodriguez, who was mistakenly arrested for trespassing and detained by federal law enforcement authorities for eight months even though the charges were dropped.

Rodriquez is still fighting deportation to the Dominican Republic, the Daily News said.
“Even though it doesn’t help me right now, I know it helps somebody else out there,” Rodriquez said.
Nearing the end of an Asian trip, Obama, in Myanmar, repeated vows to use executive orders to act on overhauling immigration enforcement.

The president said Republicans “have the ability” to pass a comprehensive immigration bill.
But many conservative Republicans said they would risk forcing another government shutdown in a bid to block Obama from changing deportation practices.

“Unless Congress preempts or blocks the President’s promised executive action, a long-term funding bill is little more than a blank check for amnesty,” said Heritage Action, a Washington-based lobbying group with major influence among conservative Republicans, urging a shutdown threat.
As de Blasio signed the bills on Friday, New York City Council Speaker, Puerto Rican-born Melissa Mark-Viverito, repeated her support for another measure, supported by many immigrant advocacy groups, giving noncitizen immigrants the right to vote in municipal elections.
Mark-Viverito said the bill could be proposed as soon as January next year.

KINGSTON, Jamaica (JIS) — Prime minister of Antigua and Barbuda, Gaston Browne, has called on governments in the Caribbean urgently to band together to advance their own causes.He pointed out that this is necessary, as Caribbean countries are being increasingly marginalised in the global community.

KINGSTON, Jamaica (JIS) — Prime minister of Antigua and Barbuda, Gaston Browne, has called on governments in the Caribbean urgently to band together to advance their own causes.He pointed out that this is necessary, as Caribbean countries are being increasingly marginalised in the global community.

The prime minister was delivering the keynote address at the 33rd annual graduation ceremony of the Caribbean Maritime Institute (CMI), in Kingston, Jamaica last week.
“We are not permanent members of the United Nations (UN) Security Council…we are denied the ability to represent ourselves on the decision making bodies of the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank… we have no place in the Group of 20 – the big powers of the world who create policies that affect us – without even giving us a hearing,” Browne said.
He emphasised that, in order to advance their own agenda, the countries of the region must demonstrate that “we have something to contribute” and possess value that can be added to the worth of global transactions.

DESCRIPTION
African Barrick Gold’s seeks to employ an experienced Cost Engineer based at Bulyanhulu Gold Mine in Tanzania. This role reports to the Capital Projects Manager and the role holder will be responsible to ensure effective execution of capital projects by controlling cost, capital estimate, cash flow forecasting and claims adjudication. In addition, the incumbent will calculate earned value versus spent, manage change management, forecast cost at completion and apply financial governance. 

COST ENGINEER
The work roster is six weeks on and three weeks off.
KEY RESULT AREAS/ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS
• To manage cost in accordance with the cost management plan
• To predict cost trends, measure and report via CPI
• To implement and perform formal change management and trending
• Cash flow forecasting
• Financial governance
• Calculate earned value
• Financial modeling
• Create and maintain the Work Breakdown Structure (WBS)

PROFESSIONAL SKILLS
Education Requirements:
• A Financial Degree will be preferred
• Project Management (PM Bok or similar) Certificate
• Certificate in Earned Value Management
• Certificate in Financial Modeling
• Any safety training and/or first aid certificate will be an advantage

Experience Requirements:
• At least 5 years cost engineering experience
• A good understanding of cost estimation and quantity surveying
• Sound financial background
• 2 years mining projects experience, working on multiple major construction projects
• Estimating software knowledge
 Cost Control
Primary Location
Tanzania-Shinyanga Region-Bulyanhulu Gold Mine
Unposting Date
 Nov 29, 2014, 12:59:00 AM

Description
African Barrick Gold’s Bulyanhulu Mine in Tanzania seeks to appoint a Project Planner. This role reports to the Capital Projects Manager and is accountable to ensure effective execution of capital projects to finish on time, measure and report progress and perform critical path tracking to prevent schedule over-runs. The work roster is six weeks on and three weeks off. 

 PROJECT PLANNER
KEY RESULT AREAS/ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS
• To manage schedules in accordance with the management plan
• To ensure the team is aware of critical path activities and implement mitigating plans
• To develop and train local talent for the longer term
• Progress measurement
• Progress reporting
• Long lead item management
• Prevention of costly delays and over-runs

PROFESSIONAL SKILLS
Education Requirements:

• A formal planning qualification from a reputable institution
• A safety training and/or first aid certificate will be an advantage

Experience Requirements:

• 8 years working within a project planning environment
• A project execution background
• Operational/maintenance planning experience will be an advantage
• Able to transfer knowledge and skills to others
Primary Location
Tanzania-Shinyanga Region-Bulyanhulu Gold Mine
Unposting Date
 Nov 29, 2014, 12:59:00 AM

POSITION; PLANT MANAGER-TUKUYU (MBEYA)
REPORTING TO; Technical Director
The job holder holder will be responsible for the overall management of company operations in Mbeya, this includes ensuring that all plants and machineries for both Ilenge, Ikama and Kyejo are running effective. This include includes effective management of Human Resources, Financial resources, Plant, Machineries and Vehicles and ensuring all deliveries and dispatches are done on timely manner and in accordance with applicable local and international standards.
MAIN RESPONSIBILITIES
•    Ensure defined production targets are met as per approved budget. This will include supervising production line operations of both CO2 recovery plants in accordance with plant parameters and procedures
•    Performing plant daily production calculations and ensuring that all plants and documents are kept safe
•    Ensuring that transport and distribution procedures are implemented including Fueling procedures, Dispatch procedures, Bulk CO2 deliveries documentations, Weighing & Measures, truck general maintenance procedures and ensuring minimum CO2 stock losses during transfer.
•    Ensure compliance with SHE (Safety, Health and Environments) standards and procedures. This includes compliance in PPE (Personal Protective Equipment) procedures, sanitation & hygiene policies, minimizing CO2 and refrigerant leaks, so as to ensure a clean and safe work area
•    Any other duties as may be assigned by Management
Requirement of the position
Education, Qualification and Experience
•    Electrical Engineering Degree from a recognizable institution and MUST be registered with Engineers registration Board of Tanzania
•    Over 10 years working experience in a manufacturing carbon dioxide production environment 5 of which is at managerial level
•    Fluency in both written and spoken English and Swahili and Advance computer skills
All interested parties should submit their CVs and supporting documents before 30th November 2014, to
Director, Human Resources and Administration
TOL GASES LIMITED
P.O.BOX 991
DAR ES SALAAM
Source: Daily News 19th Nov 2014.
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TOL GASES LIMITED
JOB OPPORTUNITIES
POSITION; ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICER- TUKUYU (MBEYA)
REPORTING TO; Plant Manager Tukuyu (MBEYA)
The job holder holder will be responsible for effective implementation of day to day financial, accounting, administrative, logistics, store keeping, human resource and community liaison services to all the company operations in Mbeya
MAIN RESPONSIBILITIES
•    Effective implementation of all transport and distribution procedures such as  Fueling procedures, Dispatch procedures, Bulk CO2 deliveries documentations procedures and ensuring that all documentation
•    Ensure good relations with communities around the company by keeping abreast with all the CSR activities that are scheduled for implementation and representing the company in the events that requires company participation.
•    Effective management of cash floats assigned to the branch and ensuring that proper accounting is done according to accounting standards
•    Ensuring proper management of inventories as per required stores operations procedures
•    Any other duties as may be assigned by Management
Requirement of the position
Education, Qualification and Experience
•    Accounting/ Finance/ Business Administration Degree from a recognizable institution
•    Over 2 years working experience in a manufacturing environment. Experience in Carbon Dioxide production environment will be an added advantage
•    Fluency in both written and spoken English and Swahili and Advance computer skills
•    Experience in Navision Accounting System will be an added advantage
All interested parties should submit their CVs and supporting documents before 30th November 2014, to
Director, Human Resources and Administration
TOL GASES LIMITED
P.O.BOX 991
DAR ES SALAAM
SOURCE; DAILY NEWS 19TH NOVEMBER 2014.
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TOL GASES LIMITED
JOB OPPORTUNITIES
POSITION; QUALITY CONTROL TECHNICIAN- TUKUYU- MBEYA
REPORTING TO; Plant Manager Tukuyu (MBEYA)
The job holder will be responsible for effective implementation of quality control procedures at all plants so as to ensure all quality checks are done as required and raise alarm in case of any discrepancies
MAIN RESPONSIBILITIES
•    Effective monitoring of all critical control points that could affect product quality
•    Ensuring that calibration program of all measuring equipments is done on time.
•    Implementation of times quality measurement to ensure that the ultimate product is of the required quality standards
•    Any other duties as may be assigned by Management
Requirement of the position
Education, Qualification and Experience
•    Diploma in Laboratory Technology from a recognizable institution
•    Over 1 year working experience in a Manufacturing Industry, experience on Industrial Gases Production environment will be an added advantage
•    Fluency in both written and spoken English and Swahili and Advance computer skills
All interested parties should submit their CVs and supporting documents before 30th November 2014, to
Director, Human Resources and Administration
TOL GASES LIMITED
P.O.BOX 991
DAR ES SALAAM
Source: Daily News 19th Nov 2014.

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TOL GASES LIMITED
JOB OPPORTUNITIES
POSITION; SHEQ COORDINATOR – DAR ES SALAAM
REPORTING TO: Director – Human Resource and Administration
The job holder will be responsible for the overall coordination of all safety, Health, Environment and Quality activities for the company. This includes ensuring that the laid down policies and procedures related to SHEQ are effectively implemented as required by both local legislations and internationals standards.
MAIN RESPONSIBILITIES
•    Ensuring that the company is complying with all the statutory legislation related to SHEQ and defined international standards that relates to the company operations
•    In charge of the Safety Committee of the Head Office, Mbeya and Mwanza Branches and ensure that all the committees work according to the laid down procedures
•    Custodian of the company SHEQ policies and ensuring that the stated objectives are effectively achieved as per the timeliness established
•    Any other duties as may be assigned by Management
Requirement of the position
Education, Qualification and Experience
•    Environmental Management Degree from a recognizable institution
•    Certification in Quality Management System is an added advantage
•    Over 2 years working experience in a manufacturing environment in similar position
•    Fluency in both written and spoken English and Swahili and Advance computer skills
All interested parties should submit their CVs and supporting documents before 30th November 2014, to
Director, Human Resources and Administration
TOL GASES LIMITED
P.O.BOX 991
DAR ES SALAAMTS