South News

Bangkok - A policeman's wife was shot dead and then set on fire in front of terrified shoppers at a busy market in Thailand's violence-ridden deep south, officials said Monday, in an apparent revenge attack.

Karachi - The Pakistani Taliban claimed responsibility on Saturday for a deadly attack on a private television channel in the southern city of Karachi and threatened further violence against media outlets.

Terrorist bomb attacks, shootings and beheadings – no this isn’t London, this is the restive south of Thailand, but it isn’t all that bad. To a large degree life carries on as normal.

Mobile - Violent storms raged through much of the southern portion of the United States Christmas day, leaving a path of destruction and at least 5 dead.

Rotherham - The English Defence League marched through Rotherham to highlight the politically correct cover up by authorities of crimes against young, white girls by offenders of a non-English background.

Princess Anne, the Princess Royal, is on a lightning three-day visit to South Africa during which she has visited an eye hospital and attended a Thanksgiving service. Digital Journal was there.

Toronto - The production of Caroline, or Change currently running in Toronto made me wonder why Tony Kushner’s work isn’t produced more often in Canada.

Birmingham - Racial dominance still plays a role all across the South. This time, things are different, because the South is winning.

Juba - The peace agreement ending the near 40-year-long civil war in Sudan has culminated in a successful referendum and independence for South Sudan as Africa’s fifty-fourth country, but the undeveloped new nation faces huge challenges.

Durban - South African media have been aflutter over their “own” princess and her husband Prince Albert II of Monaco since their arrival here Tuesday, July 5, 2001 only days after their wedding in Monte Carlo.