A man who cut off his own penis in a drunken bet had his organ stitched back on Thursday by Latvian doctors, the first such operation in the country’s history, Latvian public television reported. The 30-year-old man made a bet with his friend for 1 000 lats ($1 800) that he would cut off his penis.
India has arrested three men in connection with last week’s Mumbai bombings that killed more than 180 people, and urged Pakistan on Friday to hand over a top Kashmiri militant as a gesture of its determination to fight terrorism. The three men, all Indian Muslims, were arrested on suspicion of being involved in the July 11 attacks.
The death of veteran journalist Barry Streek had robbed news writing in South Africa of one of its most committed exponents, colleagues said in tribute on Friday. A long-time committee member and former vice-chairperson of the Cape Town Press Club, Streek died earlier in the day after a long struggle with cancer. He was 58.
The death of veteran journalist Barry Streek had robbed news writing in South Africa of one of its most committed exponents, colleagues said in tribute on Friday. A long-time committee member and former vice-chairperson of the Cape Town Press Club, Streek died earlier in the day after a long struggle with cancer. He was 58.
The National Union of Mineworkers (NUM) said in a statement on Friday that the chief magistrate of Thabazimbi had found platinum miner Northam Platinum guilty of negligence. "This came at the conclusion of an inquest looking into the death of nine mineworkers at the mine," NUM said.
Soweto pupils planned a march to the Gauteng premier’s office in Johannesburg on Friday afternoon in protest against a lack of school buses, the Congress of South African students (Cosas) said. ”Since this term began, many students have been left stranded due to the lack of transport and the Department of Education is to blame,” Cosas provincial chairperson Percy Ntsolo said.
Prison authorities asked the Law Society of the Northern Province on Friday to help some awaiting-trail prisoners and those eligible for parole to be released in an attempt to ease overcrowding in prisons. Speaking at a conference of the society, Johan Wilkens, acting regional head of corrections in Gauteng, said prisons in the province were 171% full.
An appeal to uphold sexual harassment findings against former ambassador Norman Mashabane will probably only be heard in September, the Public Servants’ Association of South Africa (PSA) said on Friday. Mashabane was to have appeared in the Pretoria High Court on Friday, said the PSA’s Johan Blommestein.
Google’s second-quarter profit seems likely to erase any lingering doubts about which internet company rules the web. While rivals eBay and Yahoo! merely matched analysts’ earnings expectations, Google on Thursday soared well beyond Wall Street’s financial hurdle — just like the online search engine leader has done in all but one quarter since it went public nearly two years ago.
Naspers division Media24 has merged its digital arm with MWeb Studios, the division responsible for the development of web-based services, to create the continent’s biggest online business, <i>24.com</i>, which aims to dominate the digital arena in Africa by offering visitors the best online content and services.