Calgary | Thursday A NEW Canadian study has found that viewing pornography is harmful to the viewer and society. In a meta-analysis (a statistical integration of all existing scientific data), researchers have found that using pornographic materials leads to several behavioural, psychological and social problems. One of the most common psychological problems is a deviant […]
Bethlehem, Monday HELICOPTER gunships fired nearly 20 missiles early on Monday into a West Bank refugee camp on the western edge of the city of Jenin, witnesses said. The attack came after troops used loudspeakers to warn militants about the attack and urge them to surrender, wire services quoted witnesses as saying. Workers at a […]
Johannesburg, Monday THREE men allegedly involved in a right-wing plot to topple the government and help some high-profile prisoners escape, appeared briefly in the Pretoria Regional Court on Monday. Michael Peshant du Toit (43) of Krugersdorp, Andrew Tibert du Toit (32) of Warmbaths, and Jacobus Christoffel du Plessis (43) from Brits, face charges under the […]
Pretoria | Thursday THE Department of Agriculture’s Crop Estimates Committee (CEC) on Wednesday unveiled a new advanced information system for crop forecasting. Lauded as state-of-the-art, the R3,5-million system is expected to improve the accuracy of crop estimation. ”Timely, accurate, unbiased and reliable crop statistics supplied by CEC are important to prevent the spreading of rumours […]
Oslo | Friday MEMBERS of the panel that selects the recipients of the Nobel Peace Prize said on Friday they regretted bestowing the prestigious honour on Israeli Foreign Minister Shimon Peres and would now revoke it from him if it were possible. ”Yes, I wish it was possible that we could recall the prize,” said […]
Seoul | Friday NORTH KOREA’S supremo Kim Jong-Il held ”cordial” talks with an envoy from South Korea, the North’s official media said on Friday after what could be a breakthrough in negotiations between the two rivals. South Korean presidential envoy Lim Dong-Won met and dined with Kim Jong-Il in Pyongyang late on Thursday and handed […]
Luanda | Friday SOME 40 000 Angolans took to the streets of Luanda on Friday to celebrate a historic ceasefire deal signed one day earlier by the army and rebels. The crowd, dressed in white and carrying lit torches, first gathered in a stadium before marching down the capital’s main avenues and then gathering at […]
Lahore | Friday THE trial of 11 people accused of kidnapping and murdering US reporter Daniel Pearl began behind closed doors on Friday at a prison in this southern Pakistani port city, officials said.br> Only close relatives of the accused were permitted to enter the makeshift courtroom in Karachi’s Central Prison and journalists were kept […]
East London | Saturday CONVICTED bird killer Francina Minnie will spend the weekend behind bars after she was re-arrested on Friday for failing to report for community service at the East London aquarium last month. The teenager was the only person convicted after the gruesome killing of nine penguins, two pelicans and two gannets at […]
Harare | Thursday ZIMBABWE’S main opposition party said on Wednesday that one of its officials died after torture, in a report that would take the death toll to at least 10 since last month’s disputed presidential election. The opposition Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) said that polling agent Fanuel White had succumbed to injuries sustained […]