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YENAGOA — Pirates stormed a cargo ship off Nigeria’s oil-producing southern coast, kidnapping five foreign sailors and stealing cash, a watchdog and a security source said yesterday.Karzai confirms receiving CIA funding
KABUL — Afghan President Hamid Karzai confirmed yesterday that his office has received money from the US Central Intelligence Agency over the past decade, with wads of cash reportedly handed over in suitcases and backpacks.Gunmen keep Libya’s foreign ministry under siege
TRIPOLI — Dozens of gunmen kept Libya’s foreign ministry under siege for a second straight day yesterday demanding it sack officials from the previous regime of Muammar Gaddafi, an AFP correspondent said.
Powerful explosion injures 40 in Prague
PRAGUE — A powerful blast ripped through a multi-storey building in Prague’s historic centre yesterday, leaving about 40 people injured and possibly up to four dead trapped in the rubble, rescuers said.
Syrian PM survives assassination attempt
DAMASCUS — Syrian Prime Minister Wael al-Halqi escaped an assassination bid yesterday, surviving a blast against his convoy in Damascus, in the latest attack on top members of President Bashar al-Assad’s government.
Girls High School at Cottco
Mbachi Mutukula-Maregere Sports Reporter
DEFENDING champions Girls High School began their quest at this year’s Cottco Schools Rugby Festival on a high note when they thumped Eaglesvale 32-5 in their first match yesterday at Prince Edward.
Prince Edward hammer Mutare Boys
Mbachi Mutukula-Maregere Sports ReporterHOSTS Prince Edward’s second team proved too powerful for Mutare Boys High School as they powered to a comprehensive 39-0 victory on the opening day of the Cottco Rugby Festival yesterday.
Cottco aims for high refereeing standards
Mbachi Mutukula-Maregere Sports ReporterTHE Rugby Referee Society secretary, Dave Matthew, says the COTTCO Rugby School Festival should showcase the highest possible standards of match officiating as they have roped in officials from outside the country to help during the week-long fiesta.
US, France in Mali to grab resources, not because of Al Qaeda
Bruce Dixon
On March 15, former General and Africom commander Carter F Ham testified before the House Armed Services Committee that the situation in the West African republic of Mali is, along with that in Nigeria and Somalia, “a direct threat to the national security of the United States.”Australia’s boom is anything but for its Aboriginal people
John Pilger
ELEVEN miles by ferry from Perth is Western Australia’s “premier tourist destination”.This is Rottnest Island, whose scabrous wild beauty and isolation evoked, for me, Robben Island in South Africa.