Central African Republic rebels block highways

Bangui - Seleka rebels in Central African Republic blocked two highways through the capital Bangui on Thursday and exchanged gunfire with UN peacekeepers, witnesses said, in a further bout of the violent disorder plaguing the country.

The fighters, based at Camp Beal in Bangui since their leader ceded power to a transitional government in January, were protesting at a plan to relocate some of their ranks to a southern province to improve security in the capital.

Liberia lifts Ebola emergency

Liberia lifts Ebola emergencyGeneva - Liberia lifted its state of emergency on Thursday, announcing huge gains in the fight with Ebola as Africa pinned its hopes on trials for a "miracle drug" to be tested on patients in Guinea.

The end of a raft of tough restrictions - the clearest sign yet that authorities in Monrovia believe they are beating the epidemic - follows a dramatic recent drop in new cases.

"I have informed the leadership of the national legislature that I will not seek an extension of the state of emergency," President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf announced on state-owned radio network ELBC.

Mormon church admits founder Joseph Smith had 40 wives

 

Washington - The Mormon Church has admitted that founder Joseph Smith married about 40 women including a 14-year-old and others who were already the wives of his followers, having maintained for nearly 200 years that he was monogamous.

The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints has tried to gloss over aspects of its history, including the polygamy practiced by Smith and Brigham Young, who helped found Salt Lake City, Utah, the headquarters of the Mormon church.

Protesters furious over deaths of 43 missing students

Chilpancingo - Mexican protesters angry at the presumed massacre of 43 students torched the ruling party's Guerrero state headquarters on Tuesday as demonstrations rocked President Enrique Pena Nieto's government.

Riot police clashed with protesters in running street battles as black smoke billowed from the white two-story building of the Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI) in the southern state's capital, Chilpancingo.

Kim Kardashian West shows off her ass(ets) on the cover of Paper magazine

Cape Town – Kim Kardashian West has gone from a classy Vogue magazine cover to being named the sexiest woman by GQ Magazine to balancing a champagne glass on her ass?

Posing on the cover of Paper Magazine, Kim opted for a more revealing shot, baring all ass and no class!