adminThree dead, seven wounded in Swiss factory shooting
GENEVA — A 42-year-old employee killed two workmates and wounded seven when he opened fire in a Swiss factory yesterday, rocking the small community where the plant is located. Police said the gunman, who also died, hadTemptation singer Harris dies
OTIS “DAMON” HARRIS, who as first tenor of the Motown ensemble The Temptations and sang on such 1970s hits as “Papa Was a Rollin’ Stone,” has died at the age of 62, US news media reported. Prostate cancer was theJada Pinkett Smith spoils son Jaden
LOS ANGELES. — Having already starred in a number of hit movies and with a music career in the works, Jaden Smith is no ordinary 14-year-old.And on Monday, his actress mother Jada Pinkett Smith took him shopping for an
MDC-T hijacks funeral
Takunda Maodza in HEADLANDSMDC-T has hijacked the funeral of Christpower Maisiri (12) of Headlands, who died in an inferno last Saturday night amid calls by Cabinet for law enforcers to get to the bottom of the fatal incident. Preliminary police investigations
Nigeria police confirm release of 6 hostages
YENAGOA. — Six foreigners abducted by pirates off Nigeria’s southern coast of Bayelsa State were on Tuesday freed unhurt, local police authorities have said. Kingsley Omire, commissioner of police in Bayelsa State, said theBobby Brown jailed for drunken driving
CALIFORNIA. — The ex-husband of the late Whitney Houston, Bobby Brown was sentenced to 55 days in prison on Tuesday, according to TMZ.The 44-year-old was handed down the sentence after being arrested for drinking and
Dr Zobha to grace Miss Valentine Marondera
Entertainment ReporterPower FM prankster Dr Zobha will be the guest of honour at the Maronderas chapter of Miss Valentine slated for March 1 at Red Rat Outdoor Leisure Spot. About 40 top models drawn from Marondera and its environs
Peter Turkson favourite to replace Pope Benedict
LONDON — Ghana’s Peter Turkson is the Irish bookmakers’ favourite to replace Pope Benedict, putting a non-European in pole position to lead the 12 billion-member Roman Catholic Church for the first time in more than a millennium. Irish bookmaker PaddyVimbai to co-host AfricaMagic viewers’ choice awards
Entertainment ReporterWith the highly-anticipated AfricaMagic Viewers’ Choice Awards (AMVCAs) on March 9 just a week away, organisers are hard at work creating a brilliant night of African film and TV glamour to celebrate the sensational talents of the
Pope bids farewell
VATICAN CITY — Pope Benedict XVI yesterday admitted “stormy waters” during his papacy as he gave his farewell speech in St Peter’s Square before tens of thousands of pilgrims on the eve of his momentous resignation. A smiling