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World mourns death of Dr Myles Munroe
The world woke up to the news of the death of Dr Myles Munroe who was travelling in a private jet that struck a construction crane while landing.
Storms swirl in Atlantic, deadly floods hit Haiti
Heavy rains flooded parts of Haiti with head-high water on Tuesday and sent walls of mud down the hillsides, killing at least 25 people.
Investing pioneer dies in Bahamas
John Templeton, an investor and mutual-fund pioneer who dedicated much of his fortune to promoting religion and reconciling it with science, has died.
Birds die in Bahamas as Swiss confirm bird flu
Experts on Wednesday probed the unusual deaths of 14 birds in the southern Bahamas amid fears the deadly H5N1 bird-flu virus strain had reached the Americas. In Europe,…
Mbeki defends R10m donation to Haiti
President Thabo Mbeki said it was proper that South Africa had donated R10-million to help with Haiti’s 200th anniversary of independence celebrations, and he said those who…
Aaliyah died by drugged, drunk pilot’s hand
The pilot of the small plane that crashed in the Bahamas last year – killing 22-year-old US singer and actress Aaliyah, and seven others had traces of cocaine and alcohol in his…