Category: Global Crime
South African Police Chief Charged With Murder
WORLD NEWS TOMORROW - SOUTH AFRICA -The Star newspaper said the Independent Police Investigate Directorate (IPID) confirmed that he was facing a murder charge, but would not give more details. ”We finished the investigation. Now it’s on the court roll,” IPID
Two Years of Cablegate and Bradley Manning Still Awaits Trial
WORLD NEWS TOMORROW – Thursday, November 29th, Bradley Manning testified for the first time since his arrest two and a half years ago in Baghdad. Today also marks the two-year anniversary of the first front pages around the world from
Zuma accused of “blackmailing ” prosecuters during 2009 into dropping charges against him
WORLD NEWS TOMORROW - SOUTH AFRICA- South African prosecutors came under intense pressure to drop a criminal case against President Jacob Zuma just weeks ahead of his successful 2009 election run, a national newspaper reported Sunday. According to the Sunday Times, top prosecutors
South Africa shooting: Marikana mine inquiry to begin
WORLD NEWS TOMORROW – The inquiry was set up by South African President Jacob Zuma.The investigation will determine the roles played by the police, the management of the platinum mine, Lonmin, the unions and government. It will also look into
U.S. soldier, civilian, killed in Afghan ‘insider’ attack
WORLD NEWS TOMORROW -KABUL, – Two Americans were killed in the latest attack by a member of the Afghan security forces, as U.S. military deaths reached or neared 2,000 since the start of the war in Afghanistan in 2001.A U.S.
13 journalists die in a month while covering conflicts
WORLD NEWS TOMORROW – It has been a black September for journalists covering dangerous stories around the world, reports the International News Safety Institute (INSI).According to its count, there have been 13 deaths – in Somalia, Syria, Cambodia, Iraq and
Proposal made to remove China’s Bo Xilai from legislature, clearing way for prosecution
WORLD NEWS TOMORROW – BEIJING : Chinese state media say a local legislative committee has stripped disgraced politician Bo Xilai of his qualifications to serve on the national legislature.The expulsion, once confirmed by the national body, will clear the way
Vatican opens doors to butler leaks trial
WORLD NEWS TOMORROW -VATICAN CITY – The Vatican is opening its doors on the most embarrassing scandal of Pope Benedict XVI’s papacy, putting the pope’s butler on trial for allegedly stealing and leaking papal correspondence to a journalist in a
India arrests suspect in 1999 Kandahar hijacking
WORLD NEWS TOMORROW - Police in Kashmir have arrested a militant suspected of involvement in the 1999 hijacking of an Indian passenger plane that was flown to Afghanistan, a government spokesman told AFP on Thursday. Mehrajuddin Dand, alias Javed was
Ivory Coast: Gbabgo official sentenced to 6 months for calling president a liar
WORLD NEWS TOMORROW – BIDJAN, Ivory Coast – An Ivorian prosecutor said a top member of former President Laurent Gbagbo’s political party was sentenced to six months in prison Friday after being found guilty of disturbing public order. Laurent Akoun,
