Monthly Archives: August 2015

Snoop Dogg cash seized at Italy airport

Rap star Snoop Dogg has been stopped by police in Italy while carrying $422,000 (£270,000) in cash, authorities say. The singer was travelling through an airport in Calabria, southern Italy, where he had been performing. Sums of more than €10,000 (£7,000; $11,000) must be declared by anyone travelling through airports in the European Union. Last week, the American was stopped ...

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Bobbi Kristina Brown funeral: Mourners gather in Georgia

Mourners are gathering in Georgia for the funeral of Bobbi Kristina Brown, the only child of the late singer Whitney Houston. The 22-year-old died in a hospice last Sunday, six months after she was found face down and unresponsive in a bathtub. She is expected to be buried beside her mother at a cemetery in New Jersey. Houston drowned in ...

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Power seek win against wounded Buffaloes

Power Dynamos bid to pick up their third successive win on Sunday when they host Green Buffaloes in Kitwe to stay in close touch with leaders Zesco United. The Kitwe side have picked up maximum six points in their last two games since losing 2-0 at home to Zesco on July 9. Second placed Power are currently just three points ...

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Failure to publish Constitution Amendment Bill 2015 irks Grand Coalition

The Grand Coalition on the demand for a people driven constitution says the failure by the Patriotic Front to publish the Constitution Amendment Bill 2015 and the Constitution of Zambia Bill 2015 makes it very difficult for the people to believe the PF. Justice Minister Ngosa Simbyakula told parliament on Thursday that the Constitution Amendment Bill 2015 and the Constitution ...

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KCM refutes reports of shutting down Nchanga Underground Mine

Konkola Copper Mines (KCM) has dismissed media reports that the mine has decided to close the Nchanga underground mine and or scale down operations at the Nkana Refinery. In a statement availed to Qfm News today KCM Manager Public Relations and Communications Shapi Shachinda says the company’s operations remain open and production is continuing. Mr. Shachinda says no workers have been ...

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Zambia, Malawi will no longer be landlocked countries – Mutharika

Visiting Malawian President Peter Mutharika says Zambia and Malawi will no longer be landlocked counties once the project connecting to the Nacara corridor the two countries are implementing is completed. Professor Mutharika says this project will also help the two countries in terms of exports and imports which he says is good for international trade. Professor Mutharika states that the ...

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One Direction’s surprise new single Drag Me Down tops the charts in 82 countries on first day

ONE Direction‘s surprise new single Drag Me Down has topped the charts in a whopping 82 countries on the first day of its release. Harry Styles, Louis Tomlinson, Liam Payne and Niall Horan celebrated their biggest global success just hours after Zayn Malik signed a new solo record deal. Despite the huge reaction, the boys overlooked the use of any Twitter ...

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The debris was packed into a crate for the flight to Paris

Family members of Osama Bin Laden were on board a plane which crashed in Hampshire, the Saudi Arabian embassy in the UK has said. The private jet crashed near Blackbushe Airport, Yateley, on Friday killing the pilot and all three passengers. In a statement on Twitter, the Saudi ambassador to the UK, Prince Mohammed bin Nawaf Al Saud, offered condolences ...

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MH370 search: Plane debris arrives in Paris

A piece of debris that experts believe could be from missing flight MH370 has arrived in Paris from the French island where it was found on Wednesday. The object, believed to be part of a wing, was flown to the French capital from Reunion in the Indian Ocean. From there it will be transported to a defence ministry laboratory in ...

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CCPC records 500 consumer complaints

The Consumer Competition and Protection Commission (CCPC) has in the first half of 2015 received over 500 consumer complaints. CCPC Public Relations officer Hanford Chaaba says a number of these cases have been resolved while others are still being investigated. Mr. Chaaba says the commission is also trying to conclude the nine mergers received in the first half of 2015. ...

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