A 14-YEAR-OLD boy killed while serving his country was yesterday confirmed as Britain’s youngest known service casualty of the Second World War.

Police in the North are continuing to question two men in connection with a stabbing incident in Belfast.

Zimbabweans began lining up before dawn today for crucial elections where President Robert Mugabe faces the toughest challenge to his 28-year rule and the opposition is urging its supporters to defend their votes against an alleged ballot-rigging plot.

Five more people died from cholera and another 20 were treated for the gastrointestinal disease in a township near the Zimbabwe capital Harare, a state-owned newspaper reported today.