A naked stranger stunned the family of a dead woman saying a gang of nine ghosts had beat her until she agreed to come to the house of the woman who had recently died.She said the ghosts wanted her to reclaim all the dead woman’s possessions!Yoliswa Mthumeni, 42, died on 10 February at a hospital in King William’s Town and was buried on 23 February.On 1 March, the stranger arrived at the

On Monday a man stole a car parked outside a shop in Changchun, in Jilin province, and headed to the motorway, BBC reported.Jilin police say when the thief, Zhou Xijun, realised that there was a baby on the back seat he strangled the two-month-old and buried him in the snow.He gave himself up on Tuesday after a manhunt involving more than 3,500 policemen and media appeals.The death of the baby wa

ABUJA - Royal Dutch Shell may be forced to shut down "completely" its 150 000 barrel per day (bpd) Nembe Creek oil pipeline in Nigeria due to persistent thefts, the company's local unit said yesterday.The Nembe trunkline is one of the most important production routes for Africa's top crude oil exporter, feeding the benchmark Bonny Light export terminal.The pipeline was replaced in 2010 at a cost o

Marco McMillian, Mississippi, US mayoral candidate's body body was found beaten and burned.A person with direct knowledge of the investigation confirmed to The Associated Press that McMillian had some bruises and there were burns on at least one area of his body. The person wasn’t authorized to publicly comment and spoke on condition of anonymity.The cause of death has not been released. An aut

Serial armed robber, Nqobile Victor Mpofu from Bulawayo, Zimbabwe, has been sentenced to 84 years in prison.He committed a spate of robberies and stole seven vehicles and various other properties in the town between 2004 and 2009.30 years of the sentence conditionally set aside leaving Mpofu to serve an effective 54 years imprisonment.Mpofu, was initially arrested in 2006 by CID Vehicle Theft Squa

Rosie the labrador had a lucky escape after being impaled on a 30cm stick poking out of the ground.The dog was out for a walk with owners Eileen Brown and Pete Emerton when she ran off after a ball.Ms Brown said: ‘Rosie had lost sight of a ball we had thrown for her. She then noticed a long stick, which was stuck in the ground at a 45-degree angle, and pounced on it.‘I quickly realised she was

The Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez has been confirmed dead after suffering from a severe infection following cancer surgery. The flamboyant 58-year-old had undergone four operations in Cuba for a cancer that was first detected in his pelvic region in mid-2011. Supporters of the president, who had been fighting the disease for two years, claimed he had been infected by 'imperialist enemies'.The

Metsa Tissue, the Finnish company behind the Lambi brand, has removed Biblical quotes from a line of loo rolls after complaints from church leaders. It was intended to feature "witty quotes and philosophical messages" but accidentally included a number of Biblical quotes, reports Christian Post.This caught the attention of Norwegian church leaders, who objected to the use of scripture verses."This

A mother-of-two has died after being involved in a road rage attack following a row over a parking space at a pub.The woman, named locally as Christie Marriott McHugh, 33, is believed to have got into an argument over a parking space at the Lord Kitchener pub in Barnet, north London.She was then carried along on the bonnet of another woman's car before she died, police revealed.It is believed Mrs

A 45-year-old mentally challenged man cut off his penis in full public view on Sunday near Barfani Dham area in India. The incident happened in the evening when a 45-year-old Shahid Hussain, resident of Madina Nagar went into a road-side barber's shop. He took off razor from the counter and cut-off his private part. The eye-witnesses immediately called ambulance and rushed the patient to Maharaja

The world's oldest woman, Japan's Misao Okawa, had her 115th birthday Tuesday in her native Osaka, one week after she obtained official recognition by Guinness World Records for her longevity.Okawa was given a bouquet of flowers, a fruitcake and a scarf by employees at the home where she lives, and was served her favorite meal, mackerel sushi and noodle soup, the Kyodo news agency said.The elderl

Pretoria - The couple convicted of murdering their 2-month-old baby were sentenced to 10 and 13 years in prison respectively by the North Gauteng High Court on Tuesday.Judge Cynthia Pretorius sentenced Nolan Schoeman to 13 years and his former girlfriend Marissa Rudman to 10 years' imprisonment for the April 2009 murder of their baby son Wade.Rudman, 36, screamed and swore at Schoeman, 32, while

A Six-year-old girl in Nigeria has been tortured by her own 42-year-old father after a church prophetess told him she was a witch.The minor was beaten by her father and locked up in a room with her hands, mouth and face bound for four days before she was rescued by neighbours.It was learnt that Edet Etok-Akpan started beating her on February 19 after an unidentified prophetess in their church tol

A 72-year-old Kenyan woman collapsed and died while queuing to vote at a polling station in Murang'a County, Kenya on Monday.The woman identified as "Mrs Wanjiku Maina" fell at the Kaganda Primary School polling centre in Kiharu constituency and died on the way to Muriranjas sub-District Hospital.Kahuro district commissioner Fredrick Muli said she collapsed at around 9am.

Kamogetswe Sefularo, 17, was apparently killed in a gruesome Satanic ritual in South Africa.Her own friends allegedly first cut her throat for sacrifice and then they sucked her blood before leaving her for dead.Just before she died, Kamogetswe managed to tell her mother who her attackers were.Kamogetswe had been stabbed in the heart before being left in the bushes last Friday.Her mother, Julia,