Yearly Archives: 2013
Estranged husband shoots stepdaughter, kills himself
A teenager is fighting for her life after her stepfather shot her in the head last week.
Fernando Joas was in violation of a protection...
Denials as Islam ban rumour gains wings
The government of Angola has reacted angrily to reports that it had outlawed the practice of Islam and begun to destroy the country's mosques.
Reports...
Ex-pat doctor rages over property seizure
A naturalised Australian cardiologist acquitted of murdering his wife in Uganda is claiming he is the victim of a conspiracy to deprive him of...
40 and counting found in drug cartel ‘graveyard’
More than 40 bodies, many of them bound and gagged, have been found in clandestine graves in western Mexico as investigators continue to uncover...
Stats paint bleak picture for unemployed migrants
Statistics released this week appear to show that Sweden is the worst country in the EU when it comes to closing the long-term unemployment...
Life for wealthy parents who slit daughter’s throat
After five years of legal wrangling and public conjecture, a wealthy Delhi couple have been jailed for life for murdering their teenage daughter and...
Students, you’re welcome – PM
Prime Minister David Cameron has attempted to allay fears in non-EU countries that overseas students are no longer welcome in Britain by announcing that...
Harper laments conveying ‘graduates can stay’ message poorly
Immigration minister Mark Harper has told a House of Lords committee that the Government has failed to communicate the 'very good arrangements' allowing international...
No to military training for Corpers
For various reasons, Nigerians have advocated for one-year military training to be included in the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) Programme. But this...
Goodluck presents budget at last
The President and Commander-in- Chief of Nigeria’s Armed Forces, Goodluck Jonathan will, today, present the 2014 budget estimates of N4.77 trillion before the...
