Woman passes 950th driving test    A South Korean woman is celebrating after passing the written exam for a driving licence - on her 950th attempt.

Mystery of SA 'Robin Hood thief'   South African police say they are baffled by a modern-day "Robin Hood" who handed out money he stole from a mansion to servants who worked there.

Somali adulterer stoned to death    Islamists in southern Somalia have stoned a man to death for adultery but spared his pregnant girlfriend until she gives birth.

Zimbabwe's MDC calls off boycott    Zimbabwean Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai has called off his party's boycott of the unity government with President Robert Mugabe.

Yar’Adua won't budge on petroleum industry deregulation   President Umaru Musa Yar’Adua said yesterday that there was no going back on the planned deregulation of the downstream sector of the petroleum industry.