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South Africa president: Mandela is improving

JOHANNESBURG (AP) — Nelson Mandela’s health is improving but the 94-year-old beloved anti-apartheid hero remains in serious condition, South Africa’s president said Thursday. Jacob Zuma paid a visit to Mandela in a Pretoria hospital, where the former president has been treated for six days, according to a statement released by the presidency. “We continue to [...]

Written by: newsacross on June 14, 2013.

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MKO Abiola’s Death: I Won’t Talk For Personal Reasons – Susan Rice

June 13, 2013 No Comment

The outgoing permanent representative of the United States of America to the United Nations (UN), Ambassador Susan Rice, has said that she will not make any comment on what transpired during the last moments of the acclaimed winner of the June 12, 1993, presidential election, Chief MKO Abiola, for personal reasons. Our correspondent had sought [...]

Written by: newsacross on June 13, 2013.

Cab Driver Returns Cash And Diamonds Worth Over N50m

June 13, 2013 No Comment

An Egyptian businessman who left Dh200,000 (N8.7m)in cash and Dh1 million (N43m) worth of diamonds in the trunk of a taxi had nearly given up hope of ever finding it. Luckily for him, he boarded the cab of an honest driver who reunited him with his treasure. Bangladeshi cabbie Abdul Halim, who earns around Dh3,500 [...]

Written by: newsacross on June 13, 2013.

EXCLUSIVE PHOTOS: Michael Jackson’s Chaotic Bedroom

June 13, 2013 No Comment

These are the shocking images which further detail Michael Jackson’s tragic spiral into prescription pill dependency, revealed as his family pursue a lawsuit against his concert promoters. The evidence pictures, released by the Los Angeles Police Department this week, show numerous pill bottles, oxygen tanks and medical supplies littered around the superstar’s bedroom at the [...]

Written by: newsacross on June 13, 2013.

Improving Mandela clocks sixth day in hospital

June 13, 2013 No Comment

Nelson Mandela remained at the Medi-Clinic Heart Hospital in Pretoria for a sixth day on Thursday receiving treatment for a lung infection after South Africa’s president said the revered anti-apartheid icon was improving. A small group of people held a candlelight vigil overnight outside the private clinic in Pretoria where the 94-year-old was admitted almost [...]

Written by: newsacross on June 13, 2013.

I am Better Than Pastors Who Have Private Jets, Many Won’t Make Heaven – Cossy Orjiakor

June 8, 2013 No Comment

Popular entertainer, Cossy Orjiakor, blows hot on several issues in this interview with Ademola Olonilua of Punch Newspaper Do you regard yourself as a musician or an actress? I’m an all round entertainer. I’m an artiste, actress and also an activist. You recently released an album. What is the acceptance level? Yes, I released an [...]

Written by: newsacross on June 8, 2013.

Eddie Murphy’s Daughter To Take Off All Her Clothes For a Magazine

June 8, 2013 No Comment

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Written by: newsacross on June 8, 2013.

Couple Return Home From Cinema To Find A Unclad Man Sleeping With Their 2-Year-Old Daughter (Photos)

May 28, 2013 No Comment

A couple returned home from the cinema to find a unclad man had beaten their grandparents to death and was defiling their two-year-old daughter. Touch Chea, 71, and his wife, Sorn Sreap, 73, were found dead in Anchorage, Alaska, on Saturday night from significant blunt force injuries.Officers arrested Jerry Andrew Active, 24, as he fled [...]

Written by: newsacross on May 28, 2013.

PHOTOS: ”I Lost Both Arms And Legs While Taking Injection For Bigger Bottom”

May 27, 2013 No Comment

A mum of two told last night how her quest for a bigger bottom left her a quadruple amputee – and 24 hours from death. Apryl Michelle Brown had black-market silicone injections which turned out to be BATHROOM SEALANT. It left her in agony and led to her losing her hands and feet, as well [...]

Written by: newsacross on May 27, 2013.

Anti-Muslim actions rise in UK over slain soldier By SYLVIA HUI

May 26, 2013 No Comment

LONDON (AP) — Police, politicians and activists in Britain are warning of rising anti-Muslim sentiment following the slaughter of an off-duty British soldier in a London street, an apparent act of Islamic extremism that has horrified the nation. Metropolitan Police investigating the killing of Lee Rigby, a 25-year-old soldier who was run over by attackers [...]