A troubled soul. A troubled life. A troubled ending. Malcolm Shabazz, 29, succumbed in hospital to multiple injuries he suffered on Thursday. Mexico’s attorney general’s office said an investigation into the incident was under way. The US state department said that it was in contact with the family and offering appropriate assistance. Shabazz was discovered […]
Dying to play: broke and busted after football
12 May 2013 by
Who should bear the costs of retired NFL players’ medical bills? After 24 knee operations, the National Football League’s former Man of the Year leans heavily on a crutch. When Reggie Williams pulls up his pants leg, what’s underneath looks like the trimmings from a butcher shop. His right leg is so ravaged that […]
Kofi Annan: Africa plundered by secret mining deals
10 May 2013 by
Africa plundered. Tax avoidance, secret mining deals and financial transfers are depriving Africa of the benefits of its resources boom, ex-UN chief Kofi Annan has said. Source: BBC News
Zambian men charged with “engaging in homosexual acts”
10 May 2013 by
James Mwape and Philip Mubiana, both 22, have been charged with four counts of committing “unnatural” sexual acts. Zambia is a socially conservative country and homosexual acts carry a jail sentence of up to 14 years. The government has resisted pressure from campaign groups and Western governments to scrap the law. Amnesty International called for […]
Bangladesh Jamaat leader, Mohammad Kamaruzzaman, sentenced to death
9 May 2013 by
Bangladesh Jamaat leader sentenced to death – Central & South Asia – Al Jazeera English.
Willie Manning granted a stay of execution
9 May 2013 by
A Mississippi man scheduled to be put to death on Tuesday was granted a stay of execution by the State Supreme Court, after the United States Department of Justice sent lawyers and officials involved in the case several letters disavowing the degree of certainty expressed by F.B.I. forensic experts at the man’s trial. About 2 […]
Indictment for killing unarmed Black teen may be thrown out
8 May 2013 by
Prosecutors may have improperly told jurors they did not have to consider what other officers told Haste. BRONX SUPREME COURT — A judge may throw out the indictment of the NYPD officer who shot and killed Ramarley Graham, based on a concern about the way the grand jury was instructed by the Bronx District Attorney’s […]