Month: September 2011

The personal banker to Zimbabwe’s Robert Mugabe told a former US ambassador that the ageing president had prostate cancer that would kill him by 2013, leaked US embassy cables show. Central bank chief Gideon Gono […] […]

CHINA offered to sell at least $200 million worth of arms to Moamar Ghadafi’s regime in its final weeks, in violation of UN sanctions, documents showed. State arms companies offered a stockpile of weapons including […] […]

A HUGE wildfire fanned by dry winds believed to be spawned by Tropical Depression Lee has damaged or destroyed at least 300 homes in central Texas, officials said today. “It’s catastrophic. It’s a major natural […] […]

A youth suspected of robbing an injured Malaysian student during Britain’s recent riots, in an incident filmed and seen by millions on the internet, will appear in court later today. The 17-year-old was overnight charged […] […]

A TYPHOON that pummeled western Japan left at least 17 people dead and 43 missing Sunday after swollen rivers swept away buildings and landslides crushed houses. One of the victims drowned after floodwaters swept into […] […]

Lawyers for Michael Jackson’s doctor Conrad Murray have filed an emergency 11th-hour appeal seeking to overturn a judge’s refusal to sequester jurors in his trial. They also asked to halt the start of jury selection […] […]

TROPICAL storm Lee is lurching toward the US Gulf Coast, dumping heavy rain on Louisiana and threatening extensive flooding that will put the New Orleans levee system to the test. Oil companies evacuated workers from […] […]

NATO and Afghan forces have killed a former Guantanamo detainee who returned to Afghanistan to become a key al-Qa’ida ally. The militant’s death was a reminder of the risks of trying to end a controversial […] […]

BRITAIN’S security service MI5 asked Muammar Gaddafi’s secret services for regular updates on what terrorist suspects were revealing under interrogation in Libyan prisons, where torture was routine. MI5 also agreed to trade information with Libyan […] […]