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South African Police Seize 10 Rhino Horns, Arrest Vietnamese Man

Police in Gauteng, South Africa have arrested a Vietnamese man suspected of being in illegal possession of 10 rhino horns, one elephant tusk and cash with a total value of nearly R25m, an official said on Wednesday. South Africa, home to the most rhinos in the world, has been losing almost two of the threatened [...]

Egypt’s Islamist-dominated parliament is set to introduce a law allowing husbands to have sex with their dead wives up to six hours after death. Critics fear it highlights a trend of increasingly anti-female legislation since the Arab Spring. The “farewell Intercourse” bill was inspired by a Fatwa issued by a Moroccan cleric last year. Zamzami [...]

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South African President Jacob Zuma will marry his fourth wife next weekend, his spokesman confirmed on Sunday. Zuma will tie the knot at his family homestead in Nkandla in KwaZulu-Natal province, said presidential spokesman Mac Maharaj. “I can confirm that President Zuma will formalise his relationship with his fiancee, Ms Bongi Ngema, in a private traditional ceremony at Nkandla this weekend,” Maharaj [...]

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An Australian teenager has agreed to cut his afro, after he was expelled from an Australian private college over his hair-do. In April last year, the Australian Islamic College in Sydney reportedly ordered, Billal Zraika, to kicked off of his courses because he had breached the school’s haircut policy. Family of the 14-year-old allegedly agreed [...]

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Two California men pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor charge of public indecency and lewd conduct in a court in Dominica on Thursday. John Robert Hart, 41, and Dennis Jay Mayer, 43, both of Palm Springs, paid a fine of about $900. They were arrested on Wednesday, after reports that someone saw them having sex on [...]

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Fresh allegations of animal abuse and the consumption of cats and dogs by Chinese immigrants in Zimbabwe have resurfaced as the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (SPCA) revealed this week it is investigating some cases involving two Harare up-market restaurants and a Chinese national over the practice. The two restaurants in the [...]

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Terrell Owens has been fumbling with his real estate portfolio for some time, but now it looks like he’s really dropped the ball. Owens reportedly faces foreclosure on not one, but two Dallas condominiums. The football star’s ritziest Dallas condo,which Owens once listed for $2.25 million, along with a more modest unit located less than three miles [...]

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Allen Iverson has reportedly gone from 11-time NBA all-star to financial deadbeat. The Philadelphia 76ers icon was recently ordered to pay over $860,000 to a jeweler, and he couldn’t cut a check. A Georgia judge has ordered the seizing of Iverson’s bank account, so the relatively little money he has left will be garnished, reports [...]

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In a service last weekend at New Birth Missionary Baptist Church, the embattled and controversial Bishop Eddie Long received a new title: king. In a video that appeared on YouTube earlier this week, Long was proclaimed to be royalty by a visiting speaker.

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Whitney Houston is allegedly months away from bankruptcy, after reportedly blowing through her fortune, sources close to the star have claimed. The 48-year-old singer, who is a confessed drug addict, is said to be destitute and ‘broke as a joke,’, according to one gossip website who say sources have confirmed her bleak financial state.

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Zimbabwe’s Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai has chickened out of his ‘marriage’ only 14 days after paying lobola (a dowry). The prime minister blames the “media” and “state security agents” for “ruining” his relationship with Ms Lorcadia Karimatsenga.

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