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Thirty flee during Mexican prison riot

Posted on Wed, 22 Feb, 2012
Violence left 44 dead
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MONTERREY NAMPA/AFP

Authorities investigating one of Mexico's deadliest prison riots in recent years said on Monday that 30 inmates had escaped during the violence. Read more »

European Union lifts Zim Visa ban

Posted on Wed, 22 Feb, 2012
Author: 
STAFF REPORTER - BRUSSELS

The political situation in Zimbabwe has improved sufficiently for the European Union to lift the visa ban and asset freeze on certain entities and individuals. Read more »

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Greece’s ‘dangerous flashpoint’

Posted on Tue, 21 Feb, 2012
ITALY PLEADS FOR EU INTERVENTION
Author: 
NAMPA/AFP - MILAN

The European Union must act quickly to find a solution to the "dangerous flash point" in Greece, Italian Prime Minister Mario Monti said Monday, as negotiations on a new Greek debt rescue continued. Read more »

NAMPA/AP

South Korea defies northern neighbour

Posted on Tue, 21 Feb, 2012
CARRIES OUT MILITARY DRILL DESPITE THREATS FROM NORTH KOREA
Author: 
CNN - SEOUL

South Korea fired live artillery on Monday in a military drill near the country's heavily armed border with North Korea, which has described the exercise as a provocation. Read more »

AP

Dozens killed in prison melee

Posted on Tue, 21 Feb, 2012
Author: 
CNN - MONTERREY

At least 44 people died during a prison riot in northern Mexico on Sunday that could have been a cover for a breakout, a security official said. Read more »

AP

‘Down-to-earth’ Santorum wins fans

Posted on Tue, 21 Feb, 2012
Author: 
NAMPA/REUTERS - COLUMBUS

Sporting his signature sweater vest and telling stories of his coal miner grandfather, Republican presidential hopeful Rick Santorum has struck a chord in the US Rust Belt that is helping propel his o Read more »

Farewell beloved Whitney

Posted on Mon, 20 Feb, 2012
HOUSTON’S VOICE SOARS AT HOMETOWN FUNERAL
Author: 
NAMPA/AP - NEWARK

After all the testimonials from relatives and friends, the songs from legends and pop stars, the preaching and even laughter, the raw emotion of Whitney Houston's funeral came down to just one moment: Read more »

NAMPA/REUTERS

German govt in talks on new president

Posted on Mon, 20 Feb, 2012
Author: 
NAMPA/AFP - Berlin

The parties in Chancellor Angela Merkel's coalition government met Saturday to find a candidate to replace German president Christian Wulff, the day after he resigned over a corruption probe. Read more »

Honduras prison disaster

Posted on Fri, 17 Feb, 2012
MOST FIRE VICTIMS AWAITED TRIAL
Author: 
NAMPA/AP - COMAYAGUA

The prisoners whose scorched bodies were carried out piece by piece Thursday morning from a charred Honduran prison had been locked inside an overcrowded penitentiary where most inmates had never been Read more »

NAMPA/AP

‘Let’s Join Hands’feeds thousands

Posted on Thu, 16 Feb, 2012
Author: 
Staff Reporter - Windhoek

The Let’s Join Hands organisation has for the past nine years fed the less privileged of their community and in December reached out to 3 500 people. Read more »

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