Sunday, January 25, 2015

Oklahoma police release video of cop fatally shooting armed, fleeing man

Warning: Some readers might not want to watch the video released by law enforcement because of its graphic content.
Oklahoma police released a video Friday from the body camera of a cop who fatally shot a suspect earlier this month.
Muskogee Officer Chansey McMillin, responding to a domestic abuse complaint, approached 21-year-old Terrance Walker outside the Old Agency Baptist Church on Jan. 17, according to local media.

Uchaguzi wa Rais Zambia

Mgombea wa chama tawala cha Patriotic Front, Edgar Lungu ameshinda uchaguzi wa urais nchini Zambia.
Kwa mujibu wa Tume ya uchaguzi nchini humo imesema kuwa Lungu ambaye alikuwa Waziri wa ulinzi wa nchi hiyo amepata asilimia 48 ya kura zilizopigwa na alikabiliwa na upinzani mkali kutoka kwa mgombea wa upinzani Hakainde Hichilema.Uchaguzi huo uliandaliwa kufuatia kifo cha rais Michael Sata ambaye alifariki dunia mwezi Oktoba mwaka jana na nafasi hiyo kushikiliwa na Guy Scott.

Nigeria repels suspected Boko Haram attack on major city Maiduguri

    spected Boko Haram militants on Borno state capital Maiduguri in the northeast of the country, security sources said on Sunday.

Tanzania's energy minister quits over graft scandal, denies wrongdoing


     
DAR ES SALAAM (Reuters) - Tanzania's Energy and Minerals Minister Sospeter Muhongo resigned on Saturday amid a graft scandal that has rocked the gas-rich country and led Western donors to delay aid, though he called himself "incorruptible" and denied wrongdoing.
   Muhongo became the third cabinet member, after the attorney general and the minister for land, to lose his job over the scandal, which involves the transfer of at least $122 million.
  

Ronaldo apologises for moment of madness


 Real Madrid's Portuguese forward Cristiano Ronaldo (C) kicks the leg of Cordoba's Brazilian defender Edimar Fraga, earning him a red card during their Spanish league football match on January 24, 2015 in Cordoba (AFP Photo/Cristina Quicler)

Madrid (AFP) - Three-time World Player of the Year Cristiano Ronaldo has apologised to Cordoba defender Edimar for the kick that saw the Portuguese sent-off for the ninth time in his career in Real Madrid's 2-1 win on Saturday.

"I apologise to everyone and especially to Edimar for my rash act in the game today," Ronaldo wrote on his official Twitter account.

Arsenal to buy Villarreal's Gabriel Paulista

BARCELONA (Reuters) - Villarreal have agreed to sell Brazilian defender Gabriel Paulista to Arsenal with Costa Rican striker Joel Campbell going the other way on loan until the end of the season, the Spanish club said on Saturday.
The 24-year-old centre back will undergo a medical with the London club on Monday before signing a deal.

US Muslims threatened after 'American Sniper'



Hosts Chris Pine and Cheryl Boone announce the movie 'American Sniper' as one of the Oscar nominees for Best Picture in Beverly Hills, California on January 15, 2015 (AFP Photo/Mark Ralston)
Washington (AFP) - Muslims are facing increased threats in the United States after the release of the movie "American Sniper," an American-Arab organization said in letters to director Clint Eastwood and star Bradley Cooper.

Obama, Modi cite breakthrough on India civil nuclear program



NEW DELHI — President Barack Obama and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi say they have achieved a breakthrough understanding to free up U.S. investment in nuclear energy development in India.