I personally have remained silent until the General spoke this morning at Chatham House on Prospects for Democratic Consolidation in Africa: Nigeria's Transition, but I knew more about the other
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Pistorius Sentencing Hearing Gets Under Way
October 15, 2014 Comment Off 37 ViewsOscarPistorius is back in court for the third day of his sentencing hearing after being found guilty of culpable homicide.The 27-year-old was convicted last month over the shooting dead of his
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Oscar Pistorius Cleared Of Reeva Murder
September 11, 2014 Comment Off 33 ViewsJudge Thokozile Masipa has told the Oscar Pistorius trial "there are not enough facts" to support the prosecution case that the athlete intended to kill his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp. She
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Meet the stylish 10-year-old who is CEO of his own business
August 19, 2014 Comment Off 76 ViewsCOOKIE MONSTER: 10-year-old business man Cory Nieves A TEN-year-old boy with a keen eye for both style and business, is taking the baking world by storm with his cookie company. Cory
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Typhoon Rammasun Kills 38 in Philippines, Heads for China
July 17, 2014 Comment Off 41 ViewsTyphoon Rammasun is headed for China after battering the northern Philippines, where it killed at least 38 people. Philippine officials say eight people are also missing after the storm cut a
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Former Chinese Mining Tycoon Gets Death Sentence
May 23, 2014 Comment Off 52 ViewsSHANGHAI--A Chinese court Friday sentenced to death mining tycoon Liu Han on charges he headed a murderous criminal gang, a verdict that illustrates the seriousness of an anticorruption shake-up that
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Obama to host Dalai Lama for White House meeting over objections from China
February 21, 2014 Comment Off 47 ViewsU.S. President Barack Obama is hosting the Dalai Lama at the White House over the stern objection of China, which warned the meeting would “inflict grave damages” on the U.S. relationship
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Indonesia’s Mt Kelud volcano erupts: Tens of thousands flee, airports closed
February 15, 2014 Comment Off 25 ViewsGallery: Chaos as Indonesian volcano Mount Kelud erupts in Java Around 200,000 Indonesians have been ordered to leave their villages after a volcano on the main island of Java erupted,
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Obama leads world tributes to man who ‘bent history towards justice’
December 6, 2013 Comment Off 122 Views"Through his fierce dignity and unbending will to sacrifice his own freedom for the freedom of others, Madiba transformed South Africa and moved all of us," Mr Obama said. "His journey from a
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World’s oldest person dies : Former Japanese postman was the last living man to …
June 12, 2013 Comment Off 44 ViewsJiroemon Kimura, who was born in 1897, was the oldest ever living man He died in his hospital bed after undergoing treatment for pneumonia His death follows that of a Chinese woman who
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