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JOHANNESBURG, South Africa — Hopes of the first World Cup in Africa producing the continent’s first winner seem increasingly far-fetched. By the end of the week, Ghana may be Africa’s sole survivor in the competition, […] […]

England were heading for South Africa’s “Windy City” today with the players hoping to salvage their World Cup campaign by blowing Slovenia away. And fans will be hoping that Fabio Capello has put a stop […] […]

A 16-year-old boy who fatally stabbed a former friend over a “loss of face” after they traded insults on Facebook will be sentenced today. The killer, who was 15 at the time, knifed Salum Kombo […] […]

RAPPER Lil Wayne could avoid jail time in Arizona on drug and weapon charges after entering a plea agreement with prosecutors. During a change of plea hearing on Friday in which he appeared via video […] […]

A schoolboy was stabbed in the chest and back after an argument with another youth on a bus in north London. The 14-year-old is in a stable condition in hospital today, following the attack at […] […]

A police constable accused of trying to rape a 22-year-old woman who he offered a ride home, was  on Friday granted bail in the sum of $250,000 when he appeared in the Corporate Area Resident […] […]

A St Ann businesswoman who pleaded guilty to trying to export three pounds of ganja to St Maarten in her underwear, was sentenced to nine months in prison at hard labour when she appeared in […] […]

GARSHA Wilson, a taxi driver accused of abducting, raping and burying a 12-year-old girl alive, was remanded in custody for a preliminary hearing on July 6 when he appeared in the Corporate Area Resident Magistrate’s […] […]

A teenage gunman remained at large last night after evading a massive police manhunt that forced parts of Melbourne into lockdown yesterday. After allegedly leading up to 10 police cars on a high-speed chase along […] […]

(CNN) — South African activists are staging a “Poor People’s World Cup” to protest the exclusion of poor communities from the FIFA tournament. The Cape Town-based Anti-Eviction Campaign (AEC) says it is staging the event […] […]