News Headlines - 14 December 2013
▽allAfrica.com: South Africa: Mandela's Body Arrives in Qunu
The cortege of the late former President Nelson Mandela has arrived at his residence in Qunu, where he will be laid to rest on Sunday. The entourage, led by the South African National Defence Force (SANDF), arrived just after 4pm.
▽S. African interpreter says he never murdered, raped anyone
The sign language interpreter accused of being a fraud at Nelson Mandela's memorial service denied allegations of rape and murder during an interview Saturday with USA TODAY Network.
Shares in British insurer RSA fell by 7.2 per cent in London yesterday after the company said it had provided another ￡135 million (€160 million) in capital to its Irish subsidiary to keep its regulatory reserve ratios above 200 per cent. This brings to ￡235 million the amount injected into RSA Ireland in the past five weeks. RSA also announced yesterday that chief executive Simon Lee had left with immediate effect, following its third profit warning in six weeks.
Brits are the world's biggest online shoppers, according to new research. People in the UK now spend a whopping ￡1,017 a year online, up by almost ￡150 from 2012. Research from Ofcom shows that three-quarters of Brits buy stuff on the Internet once a month, while 24 per cent make purchases every single week. Some 58 per cent of people said that shopping online was simply "easier" than going to the shops.
▽Egypt Sees First Snow Storm In Years
A winter storm has brought snow to Cairo for the first time in decades and has blanketed parts of the Middle East.
