Weekly Southern African Report
From Jan Lamprecht
Southern Africa in Crisis
www.AfricanCrisis.co.za
Sunday, 11th January 2009From 1994-Present over 3,000 Farmers have been murdered in S.Africa.
Many thousands of their farm workers have also been murdered too.
Click here for Photos & Updates - WARNING: Very Graphic & GruesomeWWII: The Rommel & Patton Plan - An American & German Alliance to crush the Soviet Union & prevent the Cold War
Monday 05-Jan-2009: I want to point out some very important facts about World War II which are generally forgotten. Much is made of the NAZIs and how evil they were, but we forget that even Churchill also hated the commu (By Jan)...The Best Black African definition of Communism ever...
Monday 05-Jan-2009: I heard the following from a South African Military Intelligence Officer who fought in Angola. During the war there, at one point, in a firefight, they captured a FAPLA (Angolan Army) soldier. The (By Jan)...A Rhodesian laments: We Rhodesians made a BIG MISTAKE to stand by Britain - We should have stood by the Boers...
Monday 05-Jan-2009: [I received this note from a Rhodesian who was in the Police Special Branch. He laments Rhodesia standing by the British Empire during the Anglo-Boer war, and also standing by Britain during two World (By Jan)...Moscow rushes to help Tehran finish its Nuclear program
Tuesday 06-Jan-2009: First interior view of Iran's Russian-built reactor at Bushehr DEBKAfile's Iranian and Moscow sources report that Atomstroiexport, the Russian firm under contract to build and activate Iran's nucle (By JanOlifant)...WWIII: War Is Not Far from Us and Is the Midwife of the Chinese Century
Monday 05-Jan-2009: [Dear AC Supporters. This is a very long article but well worth reading. Gairk] Leading CCP official argues for exterminating U.S. population. The following is a transcript of a speech believed (By Gairk)...USA: Charity homes built by Hollywood celebrities and Jimmy Carter start falling apart
Tuesday 06-Jan-2009: Residents of a model housing estate bankrolled by Hollywood celebrities and hand-built by Jimmy Carter, the former US president, are complaining that it is falling apart. Fairway Oaks was built on (By Gairk)...S.Africa: Rewriting History to suit the Politics...
Wednesday 07-Jan-2009: A strange occurrence is taking place in South Africa – history is being rewritten to give credit to those who don’t deserve it and discredit those who built the country to what it was before 1994. Whe (By The Centurion)...From Australia: Ex-pat S.African who read Government by Deception - If only we had this when fighting the ANC & now Jacob Zuma...
Tuesday 06-Jan-2009: A South African expat, who was a junior officer in the SADF in past years, sent me these comments after reading a part of Government by Deception on the plane going back to Australia. He said: (By Jan)...Israel - Gaza: Eye-witness reports on how Hamas plays dirty to get civilians deliberately killed and Israel blamed
Tuesday 06-Jan-2009: [Well here we have it. Respected journalist Sam Kiley describes how Hamas launches rockets from right next to schoolchildren playing, in the expectation that Israel will retaliate and kill the childre (By A Different Perspective)...Zimbabwe: The War against Mugabe - How YOU can safely join the MDC Army...
Monday 05-Jan-2009: (By Jan)...Gen. George S. Patton was assassinated with the connivance of US leaders, according to a new book
Monday 05-Jan-2009: [When I look at the basic story told below, some elements of it strike me as bizarre and possibly fake. The idea that the accident was staged. I find that far fetched. But the idea that General Patton (By Jan)...What lies ahead for Africa in 2009?
Tuesday 06-Jan-2009: [Maybe the BBC are somewhat optimistic with some of their predictions about Africa? The BBC are super-liberal after all, and they don't know Africa like white Africans do. Gairk] After Ghana's clif (By Gairk)...News - South Africa: Did you know...
Sunday 11-Jan-2009: As political parties go head-to-head to secure votes ahead of the hotly-contested 2009 election, Congress of the People (COPE) president Mosiuoa "Terror" Lekota on Saturday urged his members to remove (By Jan)...Zimbabwe: "Kick Mugabe and Tsvangirai Out, Get a New Team"
Saturday 10-Jan-2009: The world is now fully aware of the catastrophic situation in Zimbabwe. The economic crisis has led to the highest inflation rate in the world with most of the population not able to buy even the m (By Gairk)...Middle East: Hamas in the Crosshairs
Tuesday 06-Jan-2009: On Saturday, Israel began its much-anticipated ground offensive in Gaza amid a climate of uncertainty. By Sunday afternoon, less than 24 hours into the invasion, there was evidence that the mission wa (By Gairk)...Wanted: Savior for Europe
Thursday 08-Jan-2009: Weak leaders become discouraged and overwhelmed in crisis. Strong, ambitious leaders become motivated and see opportunity in crisis. Pope Benedict xvi falls into the latter category. Islamic terro (By JanOlifant)...News - South Africa: 'Brave' crime fighter needs a helping hand
Friday 09-Jan-2009: By Gugu Mbonambi A pair of old sandals, a worn-out bulletproof vest, a registered gun, a pair of sturdy handcuffs and an old shirt and trousers. This is all Vikayiphi Henry Ngcobo uses to fight cri (By Jan)...Hamas has only one grievance: Israel's very existence
Friday 09-Jan-2009: Late Saturday, thousands of Gazans received Arabic-language cell-phone messages from the Israeli military, urging them to leave homes where militants might have stashed weapons. -- Associated Press, D (By JanOlifant)...UK:How the BNP see the crisis in Gaza
Wednesday 07-Jan-2009: [This issue is really polarizing as people usually are divided between pro-Israel and pro-Palestine. One problem for nationalist parties in Europe is that too many still see them as anti-semitic and (By Giuseppe)...News - World: 'Majority of Israelis behind offensive'
Monday 05-Jan-2009: By Ofira Koopmans Tel Aviv - Most Israelis strongly support their country's deadly and destructive offensive against Hamas in Gaza. The Israeli campaign against the radical Islamic movement ruli (By Jan)...Global: The Crisis of Common Sense: Is It So Difficult To Understand The Financial Crisis?
Wednesday 07-Jan-2009: Submitted by Spiculum: by Matthias Chang Jan 1, 2009 Thinking & Common Sense God gave us a brain to think, to think naturally and in simple terms, and not in a complicated way. When we t (By JoAn)...What lies ahead for Africa in 2009
Wednesday 07-Jan-2009: Submitted by Pierre: By Patrick Smith Editor, Africa Confidential After Ghana's cliff-hanger presidential vote, Africa's election watchers will quickly shift their attention to southern Afri (By JoAn)...Zimbabwe: RBZ bankrolls Grace's Malaysia jaunt. Mugabe afraid of going on holiday and finding his job taken by someone else?
Thursday 08-Jan-2009: Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe's second wife has gone on a luxury family holiday in Asia while the country is suffering from a severe currency shortage. Old Bob has however remained home claimi (By Gairk)...News - South Africa: 'Don't expect dramatic food price decrease'
Sunday 11-Jan-2009: By Craig McKune While consumers spent about 23 percent more for a basket of basic foods over Christmas, the South African National Consumer Union hopes to see "meaningful" price decreases in coming (By Jan)...News - South Africa: Albert Park councillor locked up
Friday 09-Jan-2009: By Ntokozo Mfusi Police say Albert Park ward councillor Vusi Khoza was arrested, apparently in connection with the robbery and assault of a man who lives in the area. He was arrested after it wa (By Jan)...New US-led naval force to battle Somali pirates
Friday 09-Jan-2009: [Eeben Barlow of Executive Outcomes fought and defeated pirates in Asia cheaply and easily. I doubt the US Navy will be as effective. Jan] DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) - A new international nav (By Jan)...News - South Africa: Hackers blow whistle on banks
Wednesday 07-Jan-2009: Hackers have blown the whistle on banking fees - in a report banks hoped to keep buried. The Competition Commission, the authors of the 590-page report, had originally blacked out certain sections, (By Jan)...Middle East: Venezuela expels Israeli ambassador, Israel weighs response to Chavez
Thursday 08-Jan-2009: Israel is weighing its response to Venezuela's expulsion of its ambassador in Caracas, with the options ranging from kicking Venezuela's envoy out of the country to cutting off diplomatic relations wi (By Gairk)...News - aaUnclassified: Can't we just burn them to death quietly?
Monday 05-Jan-2009: The Leviticus challenge has come up again. The challenge is all the more interesting because of the growing gulf between Muslims and Christians. The various Judeo-Christian religions perceive in th (By Jan)...The immigrant invasion of London, Britons flee
Wednesday 07-Jan-2009: The figures underline the huge flux within the population from not just international migration, but also British people moving around the country. According to the Halifax, the country's largest (By JanOlifant)...UK Times: Obama will be the first US President to manage an Empire in decline...
Monday 05-Jan-2009: [Yep! I agree. And I will add this: If Obama is not careful, then he may actually help to speed up the decline of the USA. Jan] Rusty superpower in need of careful driver Obama built his campaig (By Jan)...UK: MI5 chief warns of security threat from global recession - Could balance of power shift away from West?
Thursday 08-Jan-2009: [A Rhodesian sent me this. I too am curious to see just how bad the economic meltdown is and how much it will change the world. Prior to WWII there was the Great Depression. This is the ideal moment f (By Jan)...USA: President Obama's ridiculous clean energy plan...
Friday 09-Jan-2009: I listen to Obama's plan to save America with skepticism. One point I'd like to make is his whole idea about "clean energy". That is all fine for the tree huggers. It sounds all cute and sweet. How (By Jan)...Zimbabwe: The MDC's biggest mistake in 2008
Thursday 08-Jan-2009: 2008 was a brilliant year for the MDC, make no mistake. It was the year when the MDC pulled more than one fast move over Mugabe's ZANU. It was really the year when the MDC finally got itself in a supe (By Jan)...UK: Politically Correct Marxism
Friday 09-Jan-2009: Submitted by Spiculum: Politically Correct Marxism By Richard Wood December 5, 2008 Since the police force has become highly infected by Politically Correct Marxist propaganda, especially (By JoAn)...Brilliant Editorial from the London Daily Mail on Obama's Presidential Victory...
Monday 05-Jan-2009: [This is brilliantly said. I concur with the comments about Hollywood. But the core of it is this: (By Jan)...USA: Obama says economy 'getting worse'
Tuesday 06-Jan-2009: President-elect Barack Obama describes the economy as "bad and getting worse." He's been on Capitol Hill today, meeting with House and Senate leaders to talk about an economic stimulus plan. Bef (By Gairk)...Global: EU 2009 - Year of the Beast?
Thursday 08-Jan-2009: Submitted by Spiculum: January 5, 2009 This year may see the Lisbon Treaty ratified. If it does, fearful consequences will spring into perspective! Time as calculated by the Gregorian calend (By JoAn)...BBC - What lies ahead for Africa in 2009?
Thursday 08-Jan-2009: Submitted by Pierre: By Patrick Smith Editor, Africa Confidential After Ghana's cliff-hanger presidential vote, Africa's election watchers will quickly shift their attention to southern Afri (By JoAn)...News - World: Israeli tactics mostly a hit and miss in Gaza
Thursday 08-Jan-2009: By Karin Laub Jerusalam - The rising civilian death toll in Israel's campaign in Gaza highlights the pitfalls of Israel's powerful army using lethal force against often invisible Hamas guerrillas t (By Jan)...Chronology of MUSLIM Terrorist attacks in India
Wednesday 07-Jan-2009: Major recent attacks by Islamic terrorists in India: March 12, 1993: 257 killed and more than 1,000 injured in 15 co-ordinated bomb attacks in Bombay. The blasts were orchestrated by an Islamic gro (By JanOlifant)...News - South Africa: ANC to make big promises
Friday 09-Jan-2009: By Political Bureau Military veterans will receive subsidised housing, companies that fail to create "decent jobs" must forget about government tenders, and a tough new law will be introduced to de (By Jan)...South Africa: Suid-Afrikaanse Bosoorlog Veterane (Afrikaans)
Monday 05-Jan-2009: Geagte SABOV Lid Ons vertrou dat u ‘n feestelike kersseisoen saam u geliefdes geniet het en wil u graag ‘n geseënde en voorspoedige 2009 toewens. Indien ons u nog nie persoonlik telefonies gekon (By JanOlifant)...News - Africa: Where is Mugabe?
Monday 05-Jan-2009: Harare - Zimbabwe's President Robert Mugabe has taken a month's leave and is to spend part of it on holiday outside the country, according to the state-owned Sunday Mail. The report quoted Mugabe's (By Jan)...News - Africa: Tsvangirai appeals directly to Motlanthe
Wednesday 07-Jan-2009: Zimbabwean opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai has urged President Kgalema Motlanthe to arrange and mediate a confidential meeting between Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe and himself to try to clin (By Jan)...UK: Orwell’s Nightmare Comes True: All Private Calls, Texts and Internet Use to be Logged
Friday 09-Jan-2009: Submitted by Spiculum: Orwell’s Nightmare Comes True: All Private Calls, Texts and Internet Use to be Logged December 31, 2008 In what has been described as a “hellhouse of personal data” (By JoAn)...News - World: Leaders split on whether to up Gaza war
Thursday 08-Jan-2009: Jerusalem - The Israeli leadership is divided about whether to enlarge its war in the Gaza Strip amid increased international pressure to end its deadly offensive, officials said on Thursday. The d (By Jan)...News - South Africa: 'Remove VAT from basic foodstuffs'
Monday 05-Jan-2009: By Ella Smook South Africa is far off track from the real distribution of the country's wealth and resources, says Imraahn Mukaddam, the man popping into news pages with increasing regularity as a (By Jan)...News - World: Israel battles Hamas into third week
Saturday 10-Jan-2009: Gaza City - Israeli troops battled Hamas fighters in Gaza into a third week on Saturday as both sides ignored a UN Security Council demand to end the fighting that has killed more than 800 people. (By Jan)...Free Strategy/Tactical Games
Monday 05-Jan-2009: These day's games that come out are usually fantasy based or deeply un-realistic, and the reason is because our children are really living in a fantasy world. They go thru live playing games instead o (By JanOlifant)...News - Africa: MDC leader moves to salvage Harare deal
Friday 09-Jan-2009: By Nelson Banya Harare - Zimbabwe's opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai has requested a meeting with President Robert Mugabe in a last-ditch effort to salvage a power-sharing deal, an opposition sp (By Jan)...News - South Africa: Xenophobic attacks: cops ready for arrests
Thursday 08-Jan-2009: By Vivian Attwood Police said they had made significant headway in their investigation of the vicious attacks against several foreign nationals at the weekend and arrests were imminent. SAPS sp (By Jan)...News - South Africa: 'Blue light' scandal being investigated
Wednesday 07-Jan-2009: The SA Police Service's VIP Protection Unit is to come under the spotlight during the next few weeks as investigators from the Independent Complaints Directorate begin a probe into its bullying tactic (By Jan)...News - South Africa: ANC must deliver with manifesto
Wednesday 07-Jan-2009: By Moshoeshoe Monare ANC President Jacob Zuma's "public engagement programme" indicates that he is in court in Bloemfontein on Friday, and thereafter flying directly to the ANC's manifesto conferen (By Jan)...Media Release from TLU SA / TAU SA
Thursday 08-Jan-2009: Wednesday, January 07, 2009 4:24 PM Media Verklaring Statement Woensdag 7Januarie 2009 Kommer oor korrupte polisie TLU SA het enersyds waardering vir die Minister van Veiligheid en Sekuriteit (By JoAn)...News - World: 48 die in Israeli strike on UN-run schools
Wednesday 07-Jan-2009: Gaza City - Israeli troops kept up their assault on Hamas fighters in Gaza on Wednesday as diplomats sought to persuade Israel to end an onslaught that has killed at least 660 Palestinians. An air (By Jan)...News - Africa: They're not terrorists... Scout's honour!
Thursday 08-Jan-2009: By Special Correspondent Zimbabwe police have arrested three white men, who do adventure training for Boy Scouts, on suspicion that they are instead training terrorists to topple President Robert M (By Jan)...News - South Africa: No economic shifts expected if ANC wins
Wednesday 07-Jan-2009: The South African Institute of Race Relations has predicted a major post-election fallout between the ANC and its left-wing allies over macro- economic policy direction. The ruling party's top four (By Jan)...News - South Africa: Food price cap idea runs into opposition
Friday 09-Jan-2009: By Arthi Sanpath and Rivonia Naidu KwaZulu-Natal agriculture MEC Mtholephi Mthimkhulu's calls for lower food prices and a cap on basic items has been labelled as both "political interference" and " (By Jan)...News - World: War toll passes 515
Monday 05-Jan-2009: Gaza City - Israeli troops and Hamas fighters battled in Gaza on Monday amid tank, artillery and air strikes, as Israel pressed on with its assault on Hamas and world leaders stepped up efforts to end (By Jan)...News - World: 'Soldiers, militants killed in Pakistan'
Sunday 11-Jan-2009: Peshawar, Pakistan - Hundreds of foreign militants attacked Pakistani forces near the border with Afghanistan, sparking clashes that left six soldiers and 40 militants dead, the military said on Sunda (By Jan)...News - South Africa: Detoxing - or flushing out your wallet?
Monday 05-Jan-2009: 'Do you look tired, old and fat?" Well, yes, since you ask. It's early January, and I have to admit I've looked and felt better. And when I opened my TV listings magazine in search of small screen (By Jan)...News - South Africa: It's Jacob Zuma or nothing, says ANC
Saturday 10-Jan-2009: By Christelle Terreblanche, Moshoeshoe Monare and Karyn Maughan This weekend marks another dramatic watershed in South African politics. As the ANC prepares to launch its election manifesto in E (By Jan)...News - Africa: Abducted activists beaten, tortured in jail
Monday 05-Jan-2009: Horror stories are emerging from Chikuribi maximum security prison in Zimbabwe, where at least 16 human rights activists are being held. In a shocking revelation, human rights activists report tha (By Jan)...News - South Africa: Affirmative action to stay - ANC
Friday 09-Jan-2009: By Sibisiso Ngalwa and Murray Williams Affirmative action is here to stay for at least another decade, the ANC has announced. This stance was unequivocally confirmed by Deputy President Baleka M (By Jan)...News - South Africa: Xenophobia: Cops deny being slow to react
Thursday 08-Jan-2009: Police say they have made significant headway in their investigation of the vicious attacks against several foreign nationals in Durban at the weekend and arrests are imminent. Police spokesperson (By Jan)...USA: President Obama wants to spend his way out of the Economic Meltdown - 2.4 million jobs lost so far...
Friday 09-Jan-2009: [I don't see anything particularly new or better in Obama's plans. Driving the economy through Govt spending is an old Keynesian economics idea. I'm not particularly convinced that its a great idea. O (By Jan)...News - South Africa: 'Cops stood by during xenophobic violence'
Thursday 08-Jan-2009: By Vivian Attwood, Slindile Maluleka and Dasen Thathiah Members of the Broad Street SA Police Services in Durban stood by while three terrified people fell to their deaths in Sunday night's xenopho (By Jan)...News - South Africa: Xenophobia fear as election looms
Thursday 08-Jan-2009: By Ntokozo Mfusi and Wendy Jasson Da Costa There were fears that South Africa could be heading for another round of xenophobic attacks on the same scale as last year's, or even larger, because of t (By Jan)...News - South Africa: Child sex killer alert
Sunday 11-Jan-2009: By Helen Bamford and Nwabisa Msutwana-Stemela The body of a partially clothed 10-year-old boy has been found in bushes near Atlantis, believed to be the latest of a series of boys to be sexually mo (By Jan)...News - Africa: Somali pirates release crew of Sirius Star
Friday 09-Jan-2009: By Ali Musa Abdi Nairobi - Somali pirates said on Friday that they had freed a Saudi-owned supertanker, whose capture nearly two months ago wreaked panic in international shipping and spurred the w (By Jan)...News - Africa: 'Mugabe's wife raids bank vaults'
Saturday 10-Jan-2009: Robert Mugabe's wife Grace has allegedly drawn a large sum of foreign exchange from the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe to bankroll her family holiday in the Far East, despite her country's crippling economi (By Jan)...News - World: Editor's murder sparks anger
Friday 09-Jan-2009: By C. Bryson Hull Colombo - Anger about the killing of an outspoken Sri Lankan newspaper editor grew on Friday with the opposition forcing parliament to close early in protest over the killing. (By Jan)...News - South Africa: Create jobs or lose out
Sunday 11-Jan-2009: By Christelle Terreblanche, Sibusiso Ngalwa, Moshoeshoe Monare and Deon de Lange The ANC intends to use the government's multibillion-rand state tenders to force companies to create jobs. It als (By Jan)...War – The error of Self-Restraint
Tuesday 06-Jan-2009: It is good to see this coming from a Professor, although, one can only fear a backlash by the University and a probability that this heroic man can lose his job. Once again, fact is stated, but reject (By JanOlifant)...South Africa: DA's Zille blasts COPE - My Analysis: The Future is COPE & the Super-Afrikaners of Africa
Saturday 10-Jan-2009: [What Helen Zille is saying now is what I said even before COPE was formed. Here on AfricanCrisis we were discussing all this before COPE even came into existence. I'm quite surprised by Helen Zil (By Jan)...South Africa: SABC receives the footage confiscated by the police
Thursday 08-Jan-2009: Media Statement Johannesburg, January, 08, 2009: The SABC would like to announce that the footage that was confiscated by the VIP Security police, after the accident involving the President’s motor (By Gairk)...News - South Africa: Why the ANC wants you to vote for it...
Saturday 10-Jan-2009: The African National Congress on Saturday launched its campaign in an election that could see the party of the anti-apartheid struggle face a serious challenge from a breakaway group. Jacob Zuma, t (By Jan)...News - South Africa: Cops tighten security at pay points
Sunday 11-Jan-2009: By Nwabisa Msutwana-Stemela Security at pension and social welfare pay points in the city has been beefed up following the attempted heist at a pay point in Mitchells Plain last week in which six p (By Jan)...News - South Africa: The police are corrupt, says minister
Monday 05-Jan-2009: South Africa's Security Minister Nathi Mthethwa said Monday that the public's perception of police corruption was correct and vowed to crack down on graft in the force. "I am aware that some senio (By Jan)...News - South Africa: Xenophobia victim's brother in suicide bid
Friday 09-Jan-2009: By Vivian Attwood Police on Thursday thwarted an attempted suicide by the brother of a victim of Sunday night's xenophobic attack. He had blamed himself for bringing his younger brother to South Af (By Jan)...News - South Africa: 'I saw people jumping from the windows'
Tuesday 06-Jan-2009: By Ntokozo Mfusi and Jeff Wicks Three foreigners were attacked by an armed mob thought to be South Africans in Durban at the weekend. A Malawian national died and two others were seriously inju (By Jan)...News - South Africa: 'It was a war zone'
Tuesday 06-Jan-2009: By Devin Hermanus It was "an absolute war zone" at a pension and disability paypoint in Tafelsig early on Monday after an attempted armed robbery left a 73-year-old woman in a serious condition in (By Jan)...News - South Africa: Who's who in SA politics?
Wednesday 07-Jan-2009: By Ella Smook The distinguishing factor between political parties will not - in the minds of voters in the coming elections - be their respective policies but rather their ability to implement and (By Jan)...Israel/Palestine: RAYYANS "Express"
Friday 09-Jan-2009: Submitted by Aubrey: No tears for Hamas leader in Ramallah Jan. 1, 2009 Jerusalem Post Khaled Abu Toameh , THE JERUSALEM POST Nizar Rayyan, the Hamas military commander who was killed in (By JoAn)...S Africa: Black racism: Farmer called a 'white dog', told: 'all White dogs will be killed'
Thursday 08-Jan-2009: Submitted by J van Rensburg: Tom de Wet Welkom - An elderly farmer was allegedly called a "white dog" by police officers, and told that "all white dogs in South Africa will be killed". For s (By JoAn)...News - South Africa: The VIP unit from hell
Thursday 08-Jan-2009: During the past four years, 111 members of the police's elite VIP Protection Unit - responsible for protecting the president, among others - have been charged with crimes such as murder, attempted mur (By Jan)...News - South Africa: Two killed in mob violence
Monday 05-Jan-2009: Two people were killed as Free State police clashed with a crowd of vigilantes in Harrismith at the weekend. Superintendent Motantsi Makhele said residents killed a man believed to be linked to the (By Jan)...News - South Africa: Children flee Zim to uncertain future
Sunday 11-Jan-2009: Prince Jelom has sold eggs, carried bags and pushed trolleys to survive life as a 13-year-old on the run from Zimbabwe's spectacular collapse. He knows the best spots to sleep in a bus shelter, how (By Jan)...News - South Africa: Bail denied to 'blatantly lying' maid
Friday 09-Jan-2009: After catching the accused "blatantly lying" to the court and having witnessed the anger of the Laudium community towards her, a magistrate denied bail to a domestic worker charged with murdering her (By Jan)...News - Africa: Ebola kills two more in DRC
Wednesday 07-Jan-2009: Nairobi - Two more people died of Ebola in the central Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), bringing to 13 the number of deaths since the highly contagious virus was first detected in September, Medeci (By Jan)...News - World: 'Two men stoned to death in Iran'
Sunday 11-Jan-2009: Tehran - Two men have been stoned to death for adultery at a cemetery in the northeastern city of Mashhad while a third escaped with his life, the Iranian newspaper Etemad Melli reported on Sunday. (By Jan)...USA: Mainstream Media’s Moral Meltdown
Friday 09-Jan-2009: Submitted by:Winston Even John Ashcroft worried about history's judgment of the Bush Administration when he and other rulers authorized torture. Yet this concern apparently doesn’t trouble editors (By JoAn)...News - World: Inside the Mumbai killers' minds
Thursday 08-Jan-2009: By Sam Dolnick New Delhi - "We have three foreigners, including women," the gunman said into the phone. The response was brutally simple: "Kill them." Gunshots then rang out inside the Mumbai ho (By Jan)...News - South Africa: Is it drug related?
Saturday 10-Jan-2009: Drug-related crime is on the increase in Knysna, where the murder of yet another young woman has shaken the idyllic coastal town. Police statistics show that drug-related crime has doubled since 20 (By Jan)...News - Africa: Six pirates drown leaving freed supertanker
Saturday 10-Jan-2009: Nairobi - Six Somalian pirates drowned on leaving freed Saudi-owned supertanker Sirius Star nearly two months after it was captured off the east African coast, their leader said on Saturday. "Six o (By Jan)...
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