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FILL IN THE MISSING WORD 1. I went to meet my friend, but she didn’t turn _ _ . (2 letters) 2. He is _ _ debt to the bank.…
Are you a mobile addict?
Chiedza Matenga For some time now, we have known drugs to be the only addiction that most teens suffer from. But is it the only addition that we can fall…
China president to promote allies in sweeping reshuffle: sources
CHINESE President Xi Jinping plans to promote a string of allies in coming months as part of a sweeping reshuffle of the Communist Party, the government and the military, three…
Kenya evicts UK diplomats from hotel amid ICC row
THREE UK diplomats have been evicted from a hotel meeting in Eldoret in Kenya’s Rift Valley by a local politician for “violating protocol”. They were also suspected of interfering in…
SA media defy ban over photos of Zuma’s house
JOHANNESBURG — South African media yesterday defied government threats and published pictures of President Jacob Zuma’s private home, which was controversially revamped using $20 million (14,6 million euros) of taxpayers’…
Afghanistan rejects US call for quick security deal
THE future of US troops in Afghanistan remained in doubt yesterday after a spokesman for President Hamid Karzai rejected a US call to sign a security pact by the end…
Sata fires minister convicted of having fake education papers
LUSAKA — Zambian President Michael Sata has fired a minister who was jailed for one year with hard labour after being convicted on a charge of possessing a forged diploma…
Lightning kills 8 workers in SA
EIGHT construction workers were killed in South Africa when lightning struck their tent northeast of Johannesburg, police said yesterday. “There were 14 people in a tent when the lighting struck.…
22 killed in China pipeline explosion
AN oil pipeline exploded yesterday in the Chinese coastal city of Qingdao, killing 22 people, authorities said, in the latest deadly industrial accident in the country.
Anti-Aussie protests in Indonesia
PROTESTERS hurled eggs at the Australian embassy in Jakarta yesterday, as Indonesia’s former spy chief dismissed official anger at espionage allegations as an overreaction and said tapping leaders’ phones was…