adminChicken ‘before egg’ at Sri Lanka farm
A hen has produced a live chick in a freak birth at a poultry farm in central Sri Lanka, according to a veterinary surgeon.The vet in charge of the town of Welimada, PR Yapa, said the egg appeared to have incubated inside the hen for 21 days.
The hen died when it gave birth to the chick. “I had only heard about such aberrations, but I was able to see it for myself
Woman gives birth at Beitbridge border post
Beitbridge Bureau
Business came to a standstill at Beitbridge Border Post when a woman went into labour while standing in the arrivals queue around mid-morning yesterday. The woman who stays in Dulibadzimu was coming from Musina, South Africa where she had
Mom donates kidney to boss ‘fired after woman got what she wanted’
A mother who donated her kidney to her ailing boss has allegedly been fired after the woman ‘got what she wanted’. Debbie Stevens (47) from Long Island, New York, offered her organ to her boss Jackie Brucia (61) after she said she was struggling to find a donor. Stevens has now filed a legal complaint at the Human Rights commission in New York claiming thatActor hangs self while re-enacting death of Judas Iscariot
An actor in Brazil has died 17-days after being strangled by his own safety equipment during an Easter play. Tiago Klimeck (27) hung himself while re-enacting the death of Judas Iscariot during the performance. He had been playing the part of Judas in a Passion of Christ theatrical performance in the town of Itarare, in the state of Sao Paulo, Brazil. While acting the scene in whichWoman wins US$1m lottery twice in 1 day
A woman matched the winning numbers on two lottery tickets she bought on the same day earning her US$1 million for each.Virginia Fike (44) of Clarke County, Virginia, had purchased two Powerball tickets on April 7 that were the winners of US$1 million prizes each. After she bought the tickets at the OldeStone Truck Stop & Restaurant, Ms Fike learned that both of them
Boy (4) kills dad for not buying playstation
An angry four-year-old boy shot his father dead after he refused to buy him a playstation. The Saudi Arabian youngster, from the southern Jizan area, grabbed his father’s pistol and gunned him down. The child had reportedly asked his father to buy him a playstation and the shooting took place after the man returned home without the desired object. As he was undressing,Boy crushed by tractor lives to tell the tale
A boy of five had a miracle escape after he was crushed under the wheel of a tractor but escaped without breaking a single bone. Leo Cope was out for a ride on his scooter, with his father following closely behind, but the fun came to an end as Leo tried to cross the road just as a tractor drove by. His father Tony could only watch in horror as the boy was dragged under theThirteen horses in Castle Tankard race
Takudzwa Chitsiga Sports ReporterTHIRTEEN horses entered the final acceptance event of this year’s edition of the Castle Tankard race set for May 5 at Borrowdale. Lisa Harris stable will, as usual, have the biggest entries in the big race with a US$50 000 purse. The stable has
Another rugby fiesta in Zimbabwe
Paul Munyuki Sports Reporter
ZIMBABWE is set top host the Junior Africa Cup for the second time in a row. Local organising committee chairman Aaron Jani believes this is a seal of approval by the organisers on the way they staged the tourney last year. Having hosted the
Local golf dead
Takudzwa Chitsiga Sports Reporter
THE Golden Pilsener Zimbabwe Open came and went with seven local golfers making it to the last two rounds of the tournament but, as has become the case of late, it turned into a playground for the South Africans. The premier golf