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German consumer goods company Henkel has pulled a toilet freshener from the eastern European market after Ukrainians complained it looked like the former Soviet republic’s flag. A television advertisement for…
China to phase out use of prisoners’ organs for transplants
CHINA will start phasing out its decades-long practice of using the organs of executed prisoners for transplant operations from November, a senior official said on Thursday, as it pushes to…
Detroit advertised wrong date for upcoming election on billboards
Renting billboards to tout Detroit’s upcoming election was a good idea until the wrong date was put on 14 of them over this past weekend, city officials said. Detroit, which…
Britain’s coalition hands back cash bequest
One of the more unusual political donations in British political history will be paid into the public purse after the two-party coalition government bowed to pressure on Wednesday to return…
New Jersey Powerball winners know how they’ll spend money
The 16 New Jersey workers who won a third of last week’s $448 million Powerball jackpot said on Tuesday that many of them suffered losses during Superstorm Sandy and planned…
Lying about its lion, Chinese zoo closed for going to the dogs
A zoo in central China has been closed after visitors were outraged to discover its lion was really a bushy and barking Tibetan mastiff. The dog was not the only…
Villagers embark on dam desilting project
Takudzwa Magudu Chronicle Reporter VILLAGERS from Nkayi District in Matabeleland North Province have embarked on a project aimed at mitigating water problems in the area by dredging silt from…
Family members nabbed for dumping relative’s body at neighbour’s home
Court Reporter FOUR family members from Rixon in Insiza District, one of them a policeman, have been arrested on allegations of dumping the body of their relative at a neighbour’s…
EMA embarks on clean-up exercise in Victoria Falls
Victoria Falls Reporter THE Environmental Management Agency (EMA) has embarked on a three-day clean up exercise in Victoria Falls as part of preparations for the United Nations World Tourism Organisation…
Teachers warned over extra lessons
Prosper Ndlovu Senior Reporter UNIVERSITY of Zimbabwe (UZ) Vice-Chancellor Professor Levi Nyagura yesterday urged teachers to take up opportunities in the economy and desist from ripping off parents through extra…