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Thupeyo Muleya Beitbridge Bureau TEN immigrants, seven South Africans, two Mozambicans and one from Lesotho, were yesterday fined R2,000 each by a Beitbridge magistrate for illegally extending their stay in the…
Jet crash could be turning point for Ukraine crisis
Washington — The downing of a Malaysian airliner over eastern Ukraine could be a turning point for the Ukraine crisis, if it convinces reluctant Europeans to get behind tougher “sectoral”…
Scores of Aids experts killed on Malaysia jet
Scores of leading Aids research experts were among those killed when a Malaysian passenger jet crashed in Ukraine after being allegedly shot down. Among them was Joep Lange, who researched the…
Gaza toll rises as Israel widens invasion
Benjamin Netanyahu has said that Israel is prepared for a “significant expansion” of the ground invasion in Gaza, after overnight bombardments killed dozens of Palestinians. The Israeli prime minister on…
World marks 1st Mandela Day since his death
Johannesburg — People around the world celebrated “Mandela Day” yesterday for the first time since the iconic former president’s death, by doing good deeds on what would have been his…
Iraq Christians told to convert or face death
The Islamic State group has threatened Christians in the Iraqi city of Mosul with death if they do not convert to Islam or pay a tax, Al Jazeera has learned. The…
Ethiopia charges 9 journos with terrorism
Kampala — The Committee to Protect Journalists says Ethiopia’s government has charged nine journalists with terrorism and inciting violence. The watchdog group said the journalists include six bloggers from Zone 9,…
Arson possible in ballot box fire, Malawi says
Blantyre — Malawi’s electoral commission has said arson cannot be ruled out in a warehouse fire that destroyed ballot boxes containing votes from a disputed election just days after a…
Pupil, 9, marries woman, 62, — for second time
Nine-year-old Sanele Masilela has become the world’s youngest groom for the second time after remarrying the 62-year-old woman he tied the knot with last year. Dressed in a silvery tuxedo, baby-faced…
Finnish couple win quirky ‘wife carrying’ race
HELSINKI — A Finnish couple has narrowly won the 19th World Wife Carrying Championships — a quirky competition in which men race to be the fastest while carrying a female…