Los Angeles churches cover up teens sex abuse

LOS ANGELES. — Anyone who rapes teenage boys and girls is a crime, but when priests had sex with teenagers, archbishops tried to cover them up to avoid punishment. That has happened in churches in

Assad lashes out as Israel admits Syria raid

ISRAEL yesterday implicitly confirmed it staged an air strike on Syria last week as President Bashar al-Assad accused the Jewish state of trying to further destabilise his war-torn country.

Carlos Tevez to offloaded

LONDON — Carlos Tevez will be allowed to leave Manchester City as the English soccer champions plan a massive summer clear-out. The Argentine striker has shown no inclination to sign a new deal at the

Gordon Igesund proud of Bafana Bafana

JOHANNESBURG — South Africa coach Gordon Igesund said his team has made “huge strides” during the African Cup of Nations soccer finals and bemoaned the lottery of penalties after their quarter-final

Otters win Mash Junior Championships title

Ellina Mhlanga Sports Reporter
IT’S three out of three for Harare Otters Swimming Club.
Harare Otters won the Mashonaland Junior Championships title for the third time in a row when they

US shares open higher

NEW YORK. – US stocks opened higher last Friday despite downbeat US non-farm payroll data from January. Total non-farm payroll employment increased by 157 000 in January, mainly boosted by job

ZSE stocks record solid run

Martin Kadzere Bulls and Bears

THE Zimbabwe Stock Exchange enjoyed a handsome bull run last month, largely supported by strong foreign buying, mostly in heavily capitalised counters. Some of the stocks that have had a solid run

RBZ wants Royal Bank liquidated

Business Reporter
THE Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe has applied for the liquidation of Royal Bank after the troubled financial institutions’ recapitalisation initiatives failed to materialise. Central bank governor Dr Gideon Gono said

CMED pays US$1m dividend to Treasury

Evelene Taadira Business Reporter
CMED (Private) Limited last week paid US$1 million to Treasury as a dividend from the US$3,4 million profit it made in 2011. The development is part of statutory provisions stipulating that State enterprises

Barclays Bank boss to forego bonus

LONDON. – British bank Barclays, which has been plagued by the Libor rate-rigging scandal, announced on Friday that chief executive Antony Jenkins would forego his 2012 bonus after a “difficult” year at the

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