July 5, 2010
More than 40 thousand children in South Africa are involved in prostitution with 10 thousand in the area of the stadium where the World Cup is being held. According to ESPN, an expected half a million football fans are going to enter the country with a high demand for prostitutes. According to News One for Black America, many of the workers are from all over the world, and have either traveled or have been trafficked to South Africa to tend to nearly 450,000 mostly-male visitors.
June 25, 2010
Jamaican gang leader Christopher "Dudus" Coke was extradited to the U.S. today immediately after a court hearing. After arriving in the U.S., he faced a trial for alleged drug and weapons trafficking in New York. If convicted, he could receive a life sentence.
June 22, 2010
The crude oil from the "Macondo" well, which has been spilling out and damaging the Gulf of Mexico since April, contains around 40 percent methane gas, compared with about 5 percent found in typical oil deposits. This can prove fatal.
June 13, 2010
Nelson Mandela, the first president of the democratic republic of South Africa, who is 91, forewent Friday's World Cup opening ceremony in South Africa after tragedy struck his family. His great-granddaughter was killed in a car crash.
June 13, 2010
A Romanian stowaway clung to the undercarriage of a Dubai royal family jet during a flight at 25,000 feet from Vienna, Austria before tumbling onto the tarmac when the plane landed at London Heathrow Airport in England last Sunday.
June 10, 2010
A bi-racial child in Seattle, Washington was moved from her honors class to a regular class because the child's hair product
allegedly made her teacher ill.
June 10, 2010
Richard Butler was hiking up a North Carolina mountain with girlfriend Bethany Lott - and an engagement ring in his pocket - when lightning struck.
June 6, 2010
A gay couple who were jailed in Malawi have been pardoned by President Bingu wa Mutharika.
June 6, 2010
A woman has filed a sex discrimination suit against Citibank in New York and is seeking damages for loss of earnings and emotional distress because of her sexy appearance.