Zanu-PF linked businessman loses $300m HSBC lawsuit

LONDON, United Kingdom - A Zimbabwean businessman with links to Robert Mugabe's Zanu-PF has failed in a US$300 million lawsuit against a British bank which reported his request to transfer nearly US$28 million to his other account in France to authorities.Jayesh Shah sued HSBC in 2006 after the bank reported his requested transfer as "suspicious" to the Serious Organised Crime Agency (SOCA), which had the effect of temporarily freezing his account.Shah and his wife argued at the Court of Appeal in London that as a consequence of HSBC's decisio...Read more

Bush, Blair convicted of war crimes

2012 May 17 | 846 Views
A tribunal formed by Malaysia's former leader has convicted former US President, George W Bush and Britain's ex-prime minister, Tony Blair at a symbolic trial for "crimes against peace" in Iraq...

by Staff reporter

Man bitten by snake at a Walmart supermarket

2012 May 16 | 2037 Views
When Mica Craig reached down to brush what he thought was a stick off some mulch in the garden section of a Walmart store, it turned around and sank its fangs into his hand.The Friday encounter with ...

by Reuters

Man caught on camera driving with 4 kids in the open car boot: Video

2012 May 16 | 1597 Views
A Romanian father has been fined after bizarre footage emerged of him carrying four children in the open boot of his car on a motorway.The driver, from Cluj Napoca, Romania, was filmed by another ho...

by Moyo Roy

Man viciously beats girlfriend's son (13) for not flushing the toilet

2012 May 16 | 1476 Views
A US man viciously beat his girlfriend's son with a belt and a drumstick because he failed to flush the toilet, South Carolina police said.Authorities in Rock Hill were called to the 13-year-old boy's...

by Staff reporter

56 percent of Americans think Obama will win 2012 presidential election

2012 May 16 | 483 Views
Fifty-six percent of Americans think President Barack Obama will win the 2012 presidential election, compared with 36 percent who think Republican challenger Mitt Romney will win, according to the US...

by Staff reporter

Kiwi journalist tells of horror Zim jail

2012 May 13 | 1010 Views
London - A photojournalist from New Zealand who was arrested in Zimbabwe has been released and spoken of the "hell" of spending 25 days in the country's jails, Britain's Sunday Times newspaper reporte...

by Sapa

Air strikes kill 25 militants in Yemen

2012 May 13 | 283 Views
Sana'a - Air strikes from US drones and attacks by Yemeni government ground forces killed at least 25 fighters linked to the terrorist network al-Qaeda in Yemen, according to the military in Sana'a.Dr...

by Staff reporter

70 year old virgin finally ready to lose virginity

2012 May 12 | 4157 Views
The 2005 film "The 40-Year-Old Virgin," grossed nearly $200 million worldwide based on the premise of a man who went without sex into midlife. But one real-life woman has managed to stay a virgin up t...

by Staff reporter

Chinese students use IV drips for exams

2012 May 11 | 1024 Views
Beijing - Students in central China have resorted to classroom intravenous drips as a study aid to prepare for the nation's notoriously difficult college entrance exams, state press said yesterday.Pho...

by Sapa

Russian plane crash in Indonesia kills all people on board

2012 May 10 | 998 Views
A rescue team found no survivors but several bodies on Thursday when it arrived at the wreckage of a Russian plane that crashed into an Indonesian mountain during an exhibition flight with 45 people...

by Staff reporter

Smuggler caught with pills filled with powdered dead baby flesh

2012 May 09 | 1908 Views
More than 17,000 capsules filled with powdered dead babies have been seized by customs officials in South Korea after a smuggling attempt. You wont believe this gruesome — but true — story!Thousa...

by Staff reporter

Pakistan textbook says 9-11 terror attack happened last year

2012 May 09 | 635 Views
ISLAMABAD: Shocking Pakistan's Khyber Pakhtunkhwa lawmakers with its factual errors, a Pashto textbook for Class 5 students says the 9/11 terror attack happened in 2011 and the general elections will...

by Staff reporter

US state bans gay marriage

2012 May 09 | 787 Views
Raleigh - North Carolina voters on Tuesday approved a state constitutional amendment that bans same-sex marriage and civil unions, major media projected, dealing a blow to efforts across the United St...

by Reuters

Dumped dentist pulls out all her ex boyfriend's teeth

2012 May 08 | 2170 Views
A Polish dentist pulled out all of her ex-boyfriend's teeth after he dumped her for another woman, who later left him because he is toothless. Anna Mackowiak, 34, could face three years in prison aft...

by Staff reporter

Zimbabwean asylum seeker to be released from UK detention center

2012 May 08 | 1024 Views
DETAINED Zimbabwean asylum seeker Trevor Chanetsa facing removal from the United Kingdom has had a last minute reprieve after lawyers strenuously fought for his release, The ZimDiaspora reported.He wa...

by Staff reporter

Underwear Plane Bomb Plot Foiled By US

2012 May 08 | 1087 Views
An al Qaeda plot to blow up a US-bound aircraft using an underwear bomb has been foiled, the SkyNews reported yesterday.The plan, around the first anniversary of Osama bin Laden's killing by US force...

by Moyo Roy

Couple caught on camera having sex on a clock tower in broad daylight

2012 May 08 | 4336 Views
Shocking pictures have emerged of a naked couple having sex on a clock tower in the middle of a busy shopping centre in the heart of Sydney Australia.The couple were snapped after startled onlookers ...

by Moyo Roy

French president Sarkozy ousted from power

2012 May 07 | 883 Views
Francois Hollande scored a narrow victory in the French presidential election last night and now has seven weeks to persuade the world that it can live with the new, Socialist face of France.President...

by Staff reporter

Anti-Corruption Commission Shelves Plans To Arrest Attorney General

2012 May 06 | 952 Views
Zimbabwe's Anti-Corruption Commission has ditched plans to arrest Attorney General (AG) Johannes Tomana following a fall-out involving the arrest of lawmakers over the alleged abuse of the Constituenc...

by Staff reporter

Indigenisation and empowerment drive expected to create over 5 million jobs

2012 May 06 | 602 Views
The country's indigenisation and empowerment drive is expected to create more than five million jobs, reduce the unemployment rate to single-digit levels and improve the lives of rural communities.Mr ...

by Staff reporter

Yemeni air strikes kill five militants

2012 May 06 | 318 Views
Sanaa - Yemeni air strikes killed five militants in the south on Saturday as the country's president vowed to intensify his campaign against al-Qaeda militants.Government troops have been waging an of...

by Staff reporter

Peru drug rehab centre burns killing 14 people

2012 May 06 | 464 Views
Lima - Fire swept through a drug rehabilitation centre early on Saturday, killing 14 people who were unable to escape the inferno because windows were barred and doors were locked, firefighters said.O...

by Moyo Roy

6-year-old boy suspended from school for sexual harassment

2012 May 05 | 2233 Views
AURORA, Colo - A 6-year-old boy has been suspended from his suburban Denver school for three days for sexual harassment after quoting a line from a popular LMFAO song. School officials say the first-...

by Moyo Roy

Zim man to be deported from the UK

2012 May 04 | 1450 Views
NOTTINGHAM, United Kingdom - A Zimbabwean man, Trevor Chanetsa is due to be deported from the United Kingdom.Chanetsa, aged 31, came to the UK in September 2002 and claimed asylum on political basis 2...

by Staff reporter

17 HIV positive women arrested in brothels

2012 May 03 | 2348 Views
Greek authorities announced the arrest of 17 HIV-positive women who allegedly worked illegally as prostitutes, accusing them of intentionally causing serious bodily harm.The names and photographs of ...

by Sapa-AFP

Man suing BMW for a 2 year erection

2012 May 01 | 4009 Views
San Francisco - A San Francisco man is suing vehicle manufacturer BMW, alleging that one of the company's motorbikes left him with a two year erection.The Huffington Post reported on Monday that Henr...

by Staff reporter

Man dies after his testicles got squeezed while fighting for a parking space

2012 May 01 | 3640 Views
A man is reported to have died in China after having his testicles squeezed during a fight over a parking space.According to the Australian Telegraph, an argument arose between the shopkeeper victim a...

by Staff reporter

Woman faces death penalty by beheading for casting a spell on girl (13)

2012 April 29 | 2508 Views
A Sri Lankan woman could face the death penalty by beheading after she was arrested on suspicion of casting a spell on a 13-year-old girl during a family shopping trip, a police spokesman said. The da...

by Staff reporter

Right hammers Obama for playing politics with anniversary of bin Laden's death

2012 April 29 | 1697 Views
As the US President Barack Obama embraces the killing of Osama bin Laden as a campaign theme, the right is hammering him for playing politics with the approaching one-year anniversary of the terrorist...

by Moyo Roy

Mother of triplets set to give birth to 9 babies

2012 April 28 | 2959 Views
A PREGNANT Mexican woman is set to make medical history - when she gives birth to NINE babies less than a year after becoming mum to triplets. Doctors have told her she is carrying six girls and thre...

by Staff reporter

KFC ordered to pay $8.3m to poisoned Australian girl

2012 April 27 | 1889 Views
Fast food giant Kentucky Fried Chicken (KFC) was Friday ordered to pay Aus$8 million to the family of an Australian girl who suffered severe brain damage and was paralysed after eating a chicken wrap....

by Moyo Roy

Charles Taylor verdict sends a 'powerful message' to war criminals

2012 April 27 | 1424 Views
Washington - The conviction of Liberian ex-president Charles Taylor on Thursday sends a "powerful message" to all war criminals, the United States said, hailing the "enormous" historical milestone.Tay...

by AFP

Man who had a bullet in his head for 94 year, dies at 103

2012 April 27 | 1869 Views
Turlock - The man who held the Guinness World Record for living the longest with a bullet in his head has died at age 103.The Modesto Bee newspaper reports that William Lawlis Pace died in his sleep a...

by AP

British surgeons successfully remove a huge back mole a six-year-old

2012 April 26 | 2219 Views
A Colombian six-year-old boy nicknamed 'Turtle Boy' because of a shell-like birthmark on his back can finally lead a normal life after surgery by a British surgeons at Great Ormond Street.Didier Mont...

by Moyo Roy

Charles Taylor found guilty of aiding war crimes

2012 April 26 | 1962 Views
The former president of Liberia, Charles Taylor (64) has been found guilty of aiding and abetting war crimes during the Sierra Leone civil war, at his trial in The Hague.After four years of hearings...

by Moyo Roy

Man (20) with body of a 160 year old

2012 April 25 | 2941 Views
Europe's oldest sufferer of a rare ageing disease has told how in just 20 years his body has become that of a 160-year-old.Dean Andrews' body has aged eight times faster than normal due to a rare con...

by Staff reporter

Naked motorbike passenger booked for not wearing a helmet

2012 April 24 | 8391 Views
Police in Romania pulled over a woman who was riding motorcycle in her birth suit - and booked her for failing to wear a helmet.The woman was not wearing any clothes but the traffic officer said it wa...

by Orange

Brain dead mom on a respirator gives birth to twins

2012 April 24 | 3157 Views
DETROIT - A pregnant US woman, Christine Bolden, 26, who was already brain dead from aneurysms, but doctors kept her on a respirator for a month to allow for the development of babies, gave birth to ...

by Moyo Roy

Woman (47) fired after donating kidney to ailing boss

2012 April 24 | 3515 Views
A 47-year-old mother of two who donated her kidney help save her ailing boss's life has allegedly been fired after the woman 'got what she wanted'.Debbie Stevens from Long Island, New York, offered h...

by Moyo Roy

Funeral insurance scheme launched for Zimbabweans

2012 April 23 | 1128 Views
Planning for a funeral might be a thought far removed from one's mind when all is well, but it can be a cause for concern when death visits suddenly, as it often does. To address the unparalleled fina...

by Henry Makiwa

France president, Sarkozy, loses first round

2012 April 23 | 1356 Views
PARIS. - Socialist challenger Francois Hollande won the first round of the French presidential vote yesterday, setting himself up for a May 6 run-off with right-wing incumbent Nicolas Sarkozy. Estim...

by AFP

Pakistan plane crash, no hope of survivors official says

2012 April 20 | 2075 Views
A commercial airplane carrying at least 121 people crashed Friday in Rawalpindi just before it was to land at an airport in Islamabad. The Pakistan Civil Aviation Authorities and rescuers said there i...

by Staff reporter

TB Joshua predicts the death of another old national leader

2012 April 20 | 16840 Views
Barely two weeks after Nigerian flamboyant prophet TB Joshua prophesied the death of Malawian President Bingu wa Mutharika, he once again dropped a bombshell on Sunday saying an Argentina leader woul...

by Staff reporter

Baby born with six legs, extra limbs removed successfully

2012 April 20 | 4583 Views
KARACHI - Doctors at the National Institute of Child Health (NICH) in Pakistan have successfully operated on a baby boy born with six legs.The operation which lasted more than two hours, ended succe...

by Sana

Woman to get workplace compensation for injury she got while having sex on a work trip

2012 April 20 | 5021 Views
An Australian civil servant on Thursday won compensation after she was injured while having sex on a work trip.The HR worker needed hospital treatment after a glass light fitting fell and hit her i...

by Moyo Roy

Obama compared to Adolf Hitler

2012 April 20 | 1771 Views
Peoria - An Illinois Roman Catholic diocese whose bishop compared President Barack Obama's health care policies to actions taken by Adolf Hitler said on Thursday that the comments, which prompted out...

by AFP

World's first pregnant man splits from wife of nine years

2012 April 20 | 5104 Views
Thomas Beatie (38), the world's first pregnant man who gave birth to three children, has separated from his wife of nine years."Like all marriages, we have our ups and downs, and we're going through ...

by Moyo Roy

World's fastest man on 4 legs

2012 April 19 | 1819 Views
In the suburbs of Tokyo lives Kenichi Ito, the world's fastest man on four legs.For nearly a decade, the 29-year-old Ito, long a fan of simians, has been perfecting a running style based on the wiry P...

by Reuters

Shocking video show Swedish Minister of Culture celebrating with 'Golliwogg cake'

2012 April 18 | 2657 Views
A macabre scene with racist undertones took place on Saturday when Swedish minister of culture Lena Adelsohn Liljeroth attended a tax funded party for the Stockholm cultural elite. The self-proclaim...

by Staff reporter

British court jails former governor of Nigeria

2012 April 17 | 1834 Views
LONDON (AP) – A British court has jailed a former governor of Nigeria's oil-rich Delta state for 13 years for fraud and money-laundering.James Ibori pleaded guilty in a London court in February to ...