Lebanon clerics denounce arrests, ‘abuse’ of Sunnis

SUNNI clerics yesterday denounced the arrest and alleged abuse of Sunni detainees after a deadly battle between troops and supporters of radical Sheikh Ahmad al-Assir in south Lebanon. A rights watchdog said there must be an independent investigation into claims the army is committing abuses against people suspected of links to the weekend clashes

Monsters University funny, thoughtful

EVER since a childhood school field trip to the Monsters, Inc. factory, Michael “Mike” Wazowski has dreamt of becoming a scarer. Thanks to his hard work and lots of studying, Mike is accepted

Kerry shuttle presses Mideast peace bid

US Secretary of State John Kerry shuttled between Jerusalem and Amman yesterday as he tried to revive moribund Middle East peace negotiations, holding lengthy separate meetings with Israeli and Palestinian leaders. Kerry, who is trying to break a protracted deadlock, met Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in Jerusalem before and after

Central Nigeria ethnic violence kills at least 48

RAIDS by gunmen in ethnically divided central Nigeria and gun battles between soldiers and attackers have killed at least 48 people and left dozens of homes burnt, the military said yesterday. The attacks appeared to have been reprisals linked to cattle theft, often the source of friction in the Middle Belt region dividing the mainly Muslim north and

Youths and their hairstyles

Chiedza V. Matenga
Swag, style and surprises are what today’s youth are embracing. You can see that teenagers of this generation have these dazzling and mesmerising hairstyles from Mohawk to deep wave, surely what you see is what you get. Amazingly, it’s not

Entrepreneurship for beginners

Glen Dhliwayo

“Study hard and get good grades and you will find a high-paying job with great benefits.” You all have probably come across a version of this statement from the book “Rich Dad Poor Dad” by Robert Kiyosaki. The book challenges the conventional

SK Moyo weds

Rugare Maranga Herald Reporter
ZANU-PF national chairman and former Zimbabwe Ambassador to South Africa Cde Simon Khaya Moyo tied the knot with Ms Margaret Mhambi at a private wedding ceremony in Greystone Park, Harare, last month. Details of the wedding were hard to come by as the couple chose to be tight-lipped, but a close friend said the garden wedding, that was

Why do boys have beards?

Are you starting to get a little fuzz above your lip and on your chin? Or maybe your beard is already showing up on the rest of your face. There is a question that always comes in our Cool Inbox and we saw it necessary to answer it anyway

Miley Cyrus gives dad ultimatum

Miley Cyrus sent Billy Ray Cyrus — who has split from her mother Tish — a cryptic tweet with an ultimatum demanding he “tell the truth’’. The “We Can’t Stop” singer sent her father — who has split from her mother Tish — an angry tweet threatening him with an

Child HIV infections drop in SA

South Africa showed a 63 percent decline in new HIV infections among children in 2012, UNAids said recently South Africa has shown tremendous progress in reducing the numbers of children and women acquiring HIV infection and

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