Africa's illicit money sent to Western banks The Independent | Several African leaders, their relatives and associates used Western banks, including British ones, to move hundreds of millions of dollars out of their countries and into accounts and companies they controlled, according to a US Senate report released late last week. | It says that, in 2007, Pres...
US troops who have died while serving in Afghanistan and the Horn of Africa Star Tribune | Marine Cpl. Jamie R. Lowe | Jamie R. Lowe's parents wanted their son's funeral to be upbeat and patriotic, just like he was, so they asked people to show up in blue jeans and played lively music. | Jeff Milner, who was Lowe's best friend at Cisne H...
Africa's illicit money sent to Western banks The Independent | Several African leaders, their relatives and associates used Western banks, including British ones, to move hundreds of millions of dollars out of their countries and into accounts and companies they controlled, according to a US Senate report rele...
Western front in gay Africa The Times Of India The trial of a young male couple charged with unnatural practices and indecency after announcing their engagement in Malawi was adjourned last week when one of the accused collapsed in court while enduring jeers from the public gallery. Tiwonge Chimb...
Bizarro Premier League, and Fred West The Guardian | Okay, here we are, alt dot nerd dot obsessive. Photograph: Oiram Onitset FASTEN YOUR SEATBELTS FOR THE PERFECT FIVER STORM: FOOTBALL GOES SCI-FI WITH A DC COMICS RIFF | When the FA threw a spanner in the works of Premier League plans for a 39th gam...
Duleep Trophy: Pathan seals record-breaking win for West Zone The Times Of India HYDERABAD: West Zone created a world record in first class cricket by successfully chasing down a mammoth 536-run target to clinch the Duleep Trophy with a dramatic three-wicket victory, riding on Yusuf Pathan's scintillating double century. | Yusuf's phenomenal unbeaten 210, his maiden first class double century, steered West Zone to a sensational...
Africa's illicit money sent to Western banks The Independent | Several African leaders, their relatives and associates used Western banks, including British ones, to move hundreds of millions of dollars out of their countries and into accounts and companies they controlled, according to a US Senate report released late last week. | It says that, in 2007, President Omar Bongo of Gabon brought $1m in shrink-wr...