A prominent white Zimbabwean farmer has been murdered at his home west of Harare.

Assailants shot and killed 67-year-old Kobus Joubert, beat up his wife, Mariana, and robbed the couple of cash in an overnight attack Monday.

Mike Clark of the Commercial Farmers’ Union that monitors unrest on Zimbabwe’s white-owned farms, says the motive for the murder is unclear.

A Somali pirate group holding a British couple kidnapped from their yacht one year ago says Paul and Rachel Chandler will not be released until a full ransom is paid.

In an interview with a local radio station in Somalia, a spokesman for the pirate group, identified only as "Qodar," insisted the Chandlers would never be allowed to go free unless the group's ransom demand is met.

Mexican police say gunmen have shot and killed at least 10 recovering addicts at a drug rehabilitation center. The killings happened late Sunday in Tijuana, near the U.S. border. The motive for the attack was not immediately clear.

Mexican security forces have been engaged in a brutal struggle against the country's violent drug cartels since President Felipe Calderon took office in 2006. Nearly 30,000 people have been killed since the campaign began.

Last week, Mexican security forces seized 105 tons of marijuana in Tijuana, the largest Mexican drug bust in recent years.

A bomb blast at a Sufi shrine in Pakistan has killed at least five people and wounded at least 12 others. No group immediately claimed responsibility for the attack.

Pakistani security officials say the bomb was planted at the gate of a famous Sufi shrine in the eastern region of the country.

Regional Police Chief Amjad Javed Saleem spoke to reporters at the scene of the attack.

Saleem says two men riding a motorbike left a container near the gate of the shrine as if they were bringing milk for the worshippers.

Red terrorists Ayers and Dohrn are now Green activists!

I will be writing up their complete comments at the "Green Fest" but in the meantime you can see the three videos I have posted at www.usasurvival.org and YouTube. see below

I also have "up close and personal" photos of Ayers and Dohrn I will be posting as well. Billy has a nice set of ear rings and Dohrn has tatoos on her hands and fingers!

JUST BREAKING. EXCLUSIVE: FIRST AMENDMENT RIGHTS THREATENED BECAUSE OF HOSTILE QUESTIONING DIRECTED AT COMMUNIST TERRORISTS BILL AYERS AND BERNARDINE DOHRN

Turkish press reports said Friday that police detained five men suspected of providing support to al-Qaida militants in Afghanistan.

The five, most of them university students, were being questioned after being taken into custody during raids in several Turkish cities this week.

They are being investigated for sending money to support al-Qaida fighters and developing computer programs to jam NATO aircraft targeting al-Qaida in Afghanistan.

At least 20 people have died in Somalia in a gun battle between al-Shabab militants and pro-government forces.

A military official says the fighting broke out Thursday in Bula Hawo, an area bordering Ethiopia and Kenya. Witnesses said the violence continued early Friday.

Government and African Union troops captured the long-time rebel stronghold earlier this week. The militants were trying to take it back, but government commanders said Friday they had been driven off.

An American man has pleaded guilty to supporting the al-Qaida-linked Somali group al-Shabab, which is designated a terrorist group by the U.S. government.

In a Virginia court Wednesday, 20-year-old Zachary Chesser also pleaded guilty to posting online threats to the creators of the "South Park" television show for their depiction of the Prophet Muhammad.

He faces up to 30 years in prison when he is sentenced next February.

Pakistani officials say a roadside bomb has killed six militants in the country's northwest.

Officials say a militant commander named Hakim Khan was among those killed in Thursday's attack in the Kurram tribal region near the Afghan border.

It was unclear who planted the bomb, but officials say a rival militant group may be responsible.

In southern Pakistan, the port city of Karachi began to return to normal on Thursday following days of political violence that killed at least 56 people.

Schools and businesses reopened in Pakistan's commercial hub following a day of mourning.