Former family doctor Harold Shipman, sentenced to life imprisonment for 15 murders, in fact killed nearly 300 of his patients, according to an official inquiry whose results may be published this week, press reports said on Monday.
A man was arrested at an abattoir in Krugersdorp on Wednesday, after a man’s head was cut off with a knife and offered for sale for R10 000 for muti purposes.
The family of the Egyptian gunman, who went on a shooting spree at the LA airport’s El Al ticketing counter, said Saturday they believed he was motivated by financial problems with the Israeli airline.
The Ruling Lesotho Congress for Democracy (LCD) swept the board at the Lesotho general election after winning 77 of the 78 constituencies contested.
A man wanted for questioning about a murder in which the victim’s body parts were found strewn around a housing project has fled to New York.
DUTCH far-right leader Pim Fortuyn, said to have been assassinated by a disgruntled animal rights activist, is to be buried in Italy.
An Egyptian government newspaper predicts that the UN call for Israel to withdraw from reoccupied Palestinian areas will remain a dead letter.
Bill Gates introduced Microsoft’s newest multimedia software in Hollywood, promoting his company’s bid to make its technology central to tomorrow’s digital home entertainment centre.
Bankrupt telecommunications firm WorldCom Inc. said it uncovered another ,3-billion in bogus accounting, adding to the ,85-billion fraud it revealed in June.
Russian President Vladimir Putin may openly profess his pride in his KGB past, but his wife Lyudmila recently disclosed a less-publicised aspect of his personality. According to the First Lady, her husband is a bona fide male chauvinist.