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Four Christians in Iran will get 80 lashes each for drinking wine during a communion service and possessing a satellite antenna. The charges come as a United Nations report criticised…
Argentine scientists tap cow burps for natural gas
BUENOS AIRES – Argentine scientists have found a way to transform the gas created by the bovine digestive system into fuel, an innovation that could curb greenhouse gases that cause…
Italian police bust ring of corrupt morticians
ROME – Italian police arrested five morticians on Wednesday on charges of making tens of thousands of euros a month in bribes from funeral homes and profiting from grieving families…
BAZ invites applications for radio
Herald Reporter The Broadcasting Authority of Zimbabwe is inviting applications for the provision of local commercial radio broadcasting services in 25 areas. The invitation is consistent with Government’s recently pronounced…
Woman dead for months as daughter goes frolicking
An elderly Australian woman lay dead for months in her home undetected as her adult daughter, believed to be her primary carer, fraudulently accessed her bank accounts, police said yesterday.…
US student kills teacher with box cutter
Cape Town – A Massachusetts high school maths teacher was killed on Tuesday with a box cutter by a student described by classmates as “quiet and normal.” CNN reports that…
Ease housing shortages, Africa told
Locadia Matsvaire Herald Correspondent African governments have been urged to come up with interventions to cope with increasing housing demand in urban areas. The board of the African Union for…
Children ‘fear being bullied more than ghosts’
A new survey, released ahead of Halloween, has discovered the top ten fears of parents and their children, and reveals Britons still believe in superstition Children fear being bullied at…
Made fears for seed maize
Agriculture Reporter The Grain Marketing Board should quickly move 10 000 tonnes of maize to hunger-stricken areas before people start consuming seed given to them for planting, the Minister of…
‘Promote property rights’
Peter Matambanadzo Senior Reporter Zimbabwe should come up with a favourable macro-economic policy environment, clear and transparent property rights as well as proper pricing policies for the country to industrially…