Robert Mugabe Threatens To Punch Journalist

Story out of Harare, Zimbabwe:

“Do you want me to punch you to the floor to realize I am still there?”

The speaker was not a boxer trash-talking before a fight. It was Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe, who is 92 and known for pugnacious comments.

This one, to an interviewer from state TV, was in response to a question about retirement plans and who would succeed him.

“Why ‘successor’ when I am still there?” Mugabe said in the interview aired Thursday night. “Why do you want a successor?” Cont.

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Dead Stowaway And Money Found On U.S. Cargo Jet

Story out of Harare, Zimbabwe:

Zimbabwean aviation authorities impounded a U.S.-registered cargo jet, a senior official said Monday, after a dead body later believed to be a stowaway and millions of South African rand were found on board.

The Herald, a state-run newspaper, reported that the MD-11 trijet was traveling from Germany to South Africa "with millions of rands." At today's exchange rate, 1 million rand is worth $62,500.

Civil Aviation Authority of Zimbabwe general manager David Chawota said the plane had landed in Harare for refueling. He said the jet, registered with Western Global Airlines, was impounded at Harare International Airport on Sunday. A web site says Western Global Airlines is based in Estero, Florida.

The crew did not know there was someone else on the plane.

It appears from photos on social media that the dead person had sneaked into the plane's landing gear which severed his arm when it contracted, causing blood to splatter onto the fuselage and arousing suspicion of the ground crew when the flight landed here.

Story from - CBS News