Yearly Archives: 2013
Great Barrier Reef bombed by US
Two US fighter jets last week dropped four bombs onto the Great Barrier Reef, off the coast of Australia, in a training exercise that...
Earthquakes devastate Gansu province
Two earthquakes hit China’s western Gansu province this week, leaving at least 100 dead and over 800 severely injured, while 9,000 buildings were completely...
Al-Qaeda claims prison breakout of 500
Al-Qaeda has said it was responsible for two simultaneous prison breakouts in Iraq on Monday 22 July, claiming that as many as 500 inmates...
Aregbesola inaugurates governing councils of Osun tertiary institutions
Governor Rauf Aregbesola of Osun on Monday in Osogbo inaugurated the new governing councils of the state’s tertiary institutions with a pledge to turn...
Toots’ withdrawal leads festival promoter to Scratch
To some he is a genius, to others a madman or an eccentric. Perhaps he is all of the above, but there are few...
Stars launch Florida boycott following Trayvon verdict
Stevie Wonder heads a list of musicians that are staging a boycott against Trayvon Martin's home state of Florida, in protest against the acquittal...
Lee turns to fans to fund next movie
Independent film director Spike Lee is appealing directly to his fans to fund his next movie, in a move inspired by the successes of...
Election workers freed
Gunmen have freed four election workers and a deputy mayor a day after they were kidnapped in the remote north Mali town of Tessalit,...
Government object to new “pirate” TV station
The Zimbabwe government has announced that it will protest to South Africa over a new television station that is expected to start broadcasting from...
Army officer arrested for corpse desecration
A lieutenant in the Democratic Republic of Congo army has been detained for desecrating the corpses of rebel fighters, officials have said.
His arrest last...
