admin‘Terre’Blanche killers meant to castrate him’
JOHANNESBURG — The alleged killers of South African white supremacist Eugene Terre’Blanche planned to castrate him but decided against it, a policeman testified as the murder trial resumed yesterday.Lesotho general elections set for 26 May
MASERU — The King of Lesotho has set 26 May as the date for the eagerly awaited general elections following a successful dialogue that ended the deadlock among the main political players.Cameraman killing under probe
BEIRUT — The Lebanese leaders condemned Monday’s shooting that targeted a team of AlJadeed TV on the Lebanese-Syrian border and killed cameraman Ali Shaaban, stressing the urgent need to investigate the incident. Lebanese President Michel Suleiman condemned the shooting and expressed sincere condolences and complete solidarity with the family and colleagues of the killed cameraman.Brazil’s nuclear plants may endure natural disasters
RIO DE JANEIRO Brazil’s nuclear power plants are now even more resilient than Japan’s Fukushima plant, which was damaged by a tsunami last year, the official news agency Agencia Brasil said Monday.UK terror suspects to be extradited to US
The European Court of Human Rights has ruled that five UK terror suspects should be extradited from the UK to the US.The Strasbourg court held there would be no violation of human rights for those facing life or solitary confinement in certain prison conditions.
Abu Hamza, a radical preacher, and Babar Ahmad, an alleged fund-raiser for “terrorists” who has been in prison since 2004, will now be extradicted to the US along with Seyla Talha Ahsan, Adel Abdul Bary and Khaled Al-Fawwaz.
Guardiola continues to write off Barcelona title chances
MADRID — Seeing Real Madrid’s lead slashed from 10 points to four in the space of three weeks has failed to convince Barcelona coach Pep Guardiola that his side can overhaul Jose Mourinho’s to win La Liga.Orlando Pirates in pole position
Johannesburg — Rudolf Bester scored in injury-time to secure a 2-1 win over bottom-side Jomo Cosmos and send Orlando Pirates three points clear at the top of the Premier Soccer League on Monday.European stock markets slip on growth fears
European stocks fell in early trading as investors were given their first chance after the Easter break to react to Friday’s disappointing US jobs data.France’s Cac 40 index fell 1.5 percent, while the UK’s FTSE 100 and Germany’s Dax lost about one percent.
Facebook buys Instagram photo sharing network for $1bn
Facebook has announced it is to buy Instagram — the popular photo-sharing smartphone app.Facebook is paying $1bn (£629m) in cash and stock for the takeover.