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Former Malian Prime Minister Ibrahim Boubacar Keita holds a comfortable lead and could win an outright first-round victory in the West African nation’s presidential election, according to preliminary results released…
Meshoe slams Tutu over ‘homophobic God’
Cape Town – ACDP leader Rev Kenneth Meshoe has slammed Archbishop Emeritus Desmond Tutu for his “homophobic God” statement, The Cape Times reported yesterday.
Pretoria woman guilty of bestiality
Johannesburg – A woman has been convicted of bestiality by the Pretoria Regional Court, Beeld reported on Tuesday.
Iranians protest Syria ‘shrine desecration’
Thousands of protesters have gathered in a central Tehran square on the anniversary of the death of the first Shia Imam to demonstrate against damage to a gravesite in Damascus…
Over 10 dead as heatwave hits Shanghai
Shangai – More than 10 people have died in China’s commercial hub Shanghai, a local health official said yesterday as the city swelters in its highest temperatures for at least…
Kuwaiti emir pardons those who insulted him
Kuwait’s ruler has used the opportunity of Ramadan – the month of fasting associated with forgiveness – to pardon all those convicted of offending him.
UN details rise in Afghan civilian casualties
Violence against civilians is on the rise in Afghanistan as international forces hand over security to Afghans, the UN has said. The organisation put the mid-year toll of civilians killed…
Syrian army strips rebels of ‘revolution capital’
DAMASCUS – The Syrian army took 20 days of fighting to strip the western-backed rebels of a strategic central district regarded by the rebels as the capital of their revolution…
Finger lickin’ tortoise denied boarding
Beijing – A tortoise was denied boarding at an airport in China after its owner’s attempt to sneak it through security checks in a KFC burger failed, state media said…
Russia receives no substantial extradition request on Snowden from US: lawyer
MOSCOW – Russia has not received from the United States a substantial and legally correct document for fugitive former CIA contractor Edward Snowden’s extradition, a lawyer assisting the whistleblower said…