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Did Tobacco Giant BAT Give Mugabe Up to $500,000 to Release Their Private Spies in 2012? – Leaked Documents

According to documents seen by the BBC program 'Panorama', British American Tobacco's (BAT) private spies were caught spying on Savanna Tobacco's factory, in Zimbabwe in 2012. After paying for talks with high-ranking Zanu PF members, about a donation of up to half a million dollars, the 3 spies were released. BAT is the manufacturer of Lucky Strike cigarettes and is one of the largest companies in the UK, where the multinational tobacco monopoly is headquartered in London. (more…)

WATCH: SA doctor singing to young patients in Ireland goes viral

A South African doctor has become bit of an online sensation in the United Kingdom since a video of him singing to a sick boy went viral.

According to UTV in Northern Ireland, Dr Ryan Coetzee, who works in the Causeway Hospital in Coleraine, can regularly be heard using the hospital’s children’s ward as his “stage”.

Coetzee reportedly became an online hit when he was filmed singing to a young patient. In the video, Coetzee sings in a loud, baritone voice: “Homegrown alligator, see you later, gotta hit the road, gotta hit the road…”

The song “Shotgun”, originally by English singer-songwriter George Ezra, reportedly woke a young boy, Oscar McLaughlin, much to his joy.

“In my head I was hearing someone singing George Ezra, then when I woke up it was actually Ryan,” the 8-year-old Oscar told UTV.

Oscar was admitted on Saturday and was reportedly quite ill, but felt better after…