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HILLA. — A suicide bomber killed 34 people, including two state television employees, at a checkpoint near Baghdad yesterday, after Iraq’s premier accused Riyadh and Doha of fuelling bloodshed in…
Father rapes 2- month-old daughter
Court Reporter A 39-YEAR-OLD Harare man allegedly raped his two-month-old daughter twice when his wife left the child alone with him. The haulage truck driver was not formally charged with…
Man offers US$30 for child’s upkeep
Court Reporter A Harare lawyer representing a China-based woman in a maintenance case at the Harare Civil Courts was on Friday accused of forging court papers. Mr Ray Tsvakwi of…
Homosexuality as collateral for ‘dead aid’
Stephen Mpofu Enter memory lane to the days of Lot, Abraham’s nephew in Sodom — a name from which the English word “sodomy” is derived. If you are lost, let…
Gun-toting taxi driver jailed
Beitbridge Bureau A 25-YEAR-OLD taxi driver who was thoroughly beaten by a passenger he tried to rob has been jailed for 12 years by a Beitbridge magistrate. Forget Mlambo of…
Chiutsa settles at Rhinos
Augustine Hwata Senior Sports Reporter FORMER Monomotapa midfielder Charles Chiutsa has found a new home at army side Black Rhinos where he has been officially unveiled as one of the…
Peacekeepers in Somalia recapture strategic towns
MOGADISHU. — African peacekeepers in Somalia operating with government forces have recaptured several strategic towns in the southwest from the Al-Qaeda-linked Shebab militia, officials said yesterday. The African Union’s AMISOM…
BREAKING NEWS: Phiri retains PSL chairmanship
Twine Phiri was retained as the Premier Soccer League chairman after beating his contender Kenny Ndebele during the clubs’ general meeting this in Harare today. Phiri of CAPS United polled…
Colombians vote in watershed election
BOGOTA – Colombians went to the polls Sunday to elect new legislators, in a vote seen as a referendum on peace talks with leftist guerrillas and a bellwether for May’s…
Family of SA hostage in Yemen pleads for his release
CAPE TOWN – The family of a South African man held hostage in Yemen by Al-Qaeda militants made a plea on Sunday for his release, a month after a deadline…