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Four days after scoring five times in a Champions League record, Lionel Messi added two more goals to reach 50 for the second straight season and lead Barcelona to a 2-0 win at Racing Santander in the Spanish league on Sunday.Grenade attacks: 4 suspects arrested
NAIROBI. — Kenyan police said yesterday they arrested four people over weekend grenade attacks in Nairobi that killed six people and which Kenya blames on supporters of Somali Islamist insurgents.“On the Al-Shebab threats and attacks at the Machakos bus terminus, four highly suspected criminals
Minister’s hubby charged with corruption
KUALA LUMPUR. — A Malaysian court charged a cabinet minister’s husband with corruption yesterday, a day after the minister announced plans to resign in a scandal that has embarrassed the government. Women’s affairs minister Shahrizat Jalil announced on Sunday that she would step downIsraeli air strikes kill two Gaza militants
GAZA. — Israeli air strikes killed two Palestinian militants and wounded 25 civilians in the Gaza Strip yesterday, medical sources said, as cross-border hostilities continued into a fourth day. The latest violence has followed a familiar pattern in which militants launch numerous rocket attacks and Israel
Studio 263 eyes tourism market
Lovemore Meya Arts Correspondent
ZIMBABWE’S longest running soap opera, Studio 263, is negotiating with the original cast to regroup and shoot 30 episodes to promote the country’s tourist destinations. This is in preparation for the
Ngwerume ‘takes justice’ to ICC
Jairos Saunyama Arts Correspondent
Versatile sculptor and lawyer David Ngwerume, who made the headlines in 2010 after donating trapezium sculptures currently displayed at entrances to both the Harare and Bulawayo High Courts is
The unsung hero of Chimurenga beat
Fred Zindi Music
Music critics often argue that Thomas Mapfumo would not have been what he is today without Jonah Sithole’s staccato guitar prowess. They say that it is that guitar which imitated the mbira sound that
Wedding bells chime again for Halle Berry
LOS ANGELES. — French actor Olivier Martinez has confirmed that he and Oscar winner Halle Berry are engaged to be married, the Miami Herald reported. “Yes, of course it’s true,” Martinez told the newspaper in an article posted online on Saturday, referring to engagement rumours that have been
Kristina Brown still hears Whitney’s voice
LOS ANGELES. — Whitney Houston’s daughter on Sunday said she still hears her mom encouraging her “Keep moving, keep going”, and the pop star’s sister-in-law revealed new details of the day Houston died in their first public interviews since the singer’s death. Bobbi Kristina Brown (19) told talk show host
O-Access brings stars into your living room
Jonathan Mbiriyamveka TVThe previous week I mentioned how load shedding is affecting our prime time viewing. Often in my neighbourhood we get cut off just before 6.00 pm and wait until 10.30pm or thereabouts before