Man shot dead in DelhiSeptember 17th, 2009 NEW DELHI - A 23-year-old man was shot dead by motorcycle borne assailants in the capital Thursday, police said. "Vikas Kumar was shot at by motorcycle borne assailants in Kapashera area in west Delhi," a police officer said.
Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister YSR is deadSeptember 2nd, 2009 HYDERABAD - Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Y.S. Rajasekhara Reddy has been killed, official sources confirmed Thursday, more than 24 hours after his helicopter went missing in a densely forested area of the state.
Hillary Clinton to visit Africa next weekJuly 31st, 2009 PRETORIA - US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton will visit South Africa next week as part of her seven-nation tour of Africa, BuaNews Reported. Clinton will begin her tour Aug 5 when she arrives in Nairobi, the Kenyan capital, to attend the 8th US-Sub-Saharan Africa Trade and Economic Cooperation Forum (AGOA Forum).
Roof of mine shaft collapses in South Africa, killing 9 workersJuly 21st, 2009 SAfrica: 9 workers die in mining accidentJOHANNESBURG — A company says nine of its workers have died when the roof of the mine shaft they were working in collapsed and trapped them about half a mile (1 kilometer) underground in South Africa. Impala Platinum says the accident occurred Monday at 14 Shaft in Rustenburg, a platinum-rich town northwest of Johannesburg.
Haryana man shot dead in DelhiJuly 14th, 2009 NEW DELHI - A 30-year-old man from Haryana was Tuesday shot dead by two motorcycle-borne assailants here, police said. Satpal was shot dead around 11.20 a.m.
Police and witnesses say American man shot dead in Mauritania, West AfricaJune 23rd, 2009 Police: US man shot dead in West African capitalNOUAKCHOTT, Mauritania — Gunmen shot and killed an American man Tuesday as he left his car in the capital of the West African nation of Mauritania, police and witnesses said. Two men had initially tried to kidnap the man, but he resisted and they shot him when they realized they could not overpower him, a police officer said.
American man believed to be professor shot dead in MauritaniaJune 23rd, 2009 American man shot dead in MauritaniaNOUAKCHOTT, Mauritania — Police say an American man has been shot dead as he left his car in the capital of the West African nation of Mauritania. Witness Bilal Ould Mohamed says he saw at least two young men rush up to the middle-aged man and shoot him several times in the head and face.
Greek policeman shot dead in suspected terrorist attackJune 17th, 2009 Greek policeman shot dead in attackATHENS, Greece — Authorities in Greece say a police officer has been shot dead in central Athens in a suspected terrorist attack. The officer serving in the anti-terrorism division was killed by gunfire.
South Africa set India 131-run targetJune 16th, 2009 NOTTINGHAM - India restricted South Africa to 130 for five in the last Super Eight Group E match of the World Twenty20 at Trent Bridge here Tuesday.
Brief Scores: South Africa 130/5 in 20 overs (AB de Villiers 63, Graeme Smith 26; Ravindra Jadeja 1-9).
Mahindra may start assembling in South Africa in 2010June 9th, 2009 JOHANNESBURG - Indian auto major Mahindra and Mahindra will likely start assembling vehicles in South Africa from early next year, according to the new chief executive of Mahindra South Africa, Ashok Thakur. The services of a local manufacturer would be utilised for this purpose, as no South African company has ever produced at 100 percent capacity, Thakur told the Afrikaans daily Beeld here.
Nursing assistant shot dead outside Fla. hospital; detectives don't believe killing was randomJune 8th, 2009 Nursing assistant shot dead outside Fla. hospitalTITUSVILLE, Fla.
More miners found dead in South Africa, toll over 60June 2nd, 2009 JOHANNESBURG - The toll in one of the worst mining accidents in South Africa in recent years rose to 67 Tuesday as more bodies of illegal miners who died at a gold mine in Free State province were brought to the surface. The police said 25 more bodies had been recovered from Harmony Gold Mining Company's Eland mine Tuesday.
Andhra techie's family stunned by his killing in USFebruary 4th, 2009 HYDERABAD - They were looking for a bride for him. But that was not to be.
Yet another Andhra techie shot dead in USFebruary 3rd, 2009 HYDERABAD - Rudraraju Sudheer Kumar, a mechanical engineer from Andhra Pradesh, has been killed in Atlanta in the US, family sources said. This is the third such killing of a techie from the Indian state in the US in less than a month.
Body of Indian techie killed in US brought homeJanuary 19th, 2009 HYDERABAD - The body of Akshay Vishal, a techie who was shot dead in Arkansas last week, was flown in here Tuesday from the United States. The last rites of the 26-year-old were later performed at a crematorium here.