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A group of nuns in a Chicago suburb have accused their own mayor of threatening them over their efforts to stop a strip club from opening next to their convent. The sisters of Saint Charles Borromeo-Scalabrians convent in Stone Park, Illinois, have been rallying, signing petitions and taking legal action to block the club, called “Get It,” which is expected to open later thisFriend killed over goldfish
A man murdered his best friend because he thought he killed his pet goldfish, it has been claimed. Philip Emery (55) was found dead with a cracked skull in a water tank on Tuesday in the city of Le Mans, 136 miles south-west of Paris. His neighbour, named only as Mario P, was held by French police on Wednesday on suspicion of killing him in revenge. Le Parisien
Chinyama blow for DeMbare
Augustine Hwata Sports Reporter
CALLISTO PASUWA was last night cursing his team’s misfortune after their bold mission to try and remain in the Champions League was rocked by the withdrawal of chief striker Takesure Chinyama from tomorrow’s showdown at Rufaro. Such is the
Zika preparations kick in
Ellina Mhlanga Sports Reporter
THE Zimbabwe Kickboxing Association are set to start their preparations for the WAKO African Championships scheduled for next month in Madagascar. The championships will run from June 27 to 30 with participants from across the continent expected
Harare to host bowling Masters
Mbachi Mutukula-Maregere Sports Reporter
HARARE will host this years’ Masters bowling tournament at Highlands Sports Club. The three-day tournament, which has attracted the country’s top 10 singles’ bowlers, is pencilled in for May 25-27. Each player is expected to play nine games. On
Old men talking, young men dying
Mabasa Sasa
“War is old men talking and young men dying,” is one of the more memorable quotes from the 2004 movie “Troy”, which is based on Homer’s Iliad. The exact origins of that quote are not really known, though some historians have said it is a
Zimbabwe U-14 cricket coach happy with side
Mbachi Mutukula-Maregere Sports Reporter
ZIMBABWE Cricket Under-14 squad has intensified their training in preparation for the Easterns Junior Cricket Club Association festival to be held in South Africa. The festival, which has attracted young cricketers from Namibia, Botswana, Swaziland,
Virgin (70) ready for man
A 70-year-old virgin said yesterday she is finally ready to have sex. Pam Shaw was always too busy with her cabaret singing career to find herself a man. And, as she is against sex before marriage, a casual fling was out of the question. It’s all a world away from her onstage person as The Sexational Pam, with her daring outfits having turned many a head during her years on‘It’s time to position Zim’
The United Nations World Tourism Organisation has sent its technical executive director Dr Harsha Varma (HV) to help Zimbabwe establish Satelite Accounting Systems and a tourism masterplan ahead of the 2013 UNWTO general assembly. Our Features Editor Isdore Guvamombe (IG) talks to him about this and other issues