Provides the latest RSS feeds for World News. For more headlines on Breaking, National, Business, Finance, Sports and World News, visit our home page Zimbabwe Star.com http://www.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/10/id/2411cd3571b4f088/ en-us Fri, 21 Nov 2008 02:11:53 -0500 Fri, 21 Nov 2008 02:11:53 -0500 30 It has been announced that US troops have killed a leader of al-Qaeda in Iraq. http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/432696/cs/1/ Thu, 20 Nov 2008 18:26:24 -0500 Zimbabwe Star.com http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/432696/cs/1/ President George W. Bush will meet Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert on Monday to review Middle East peace efforts. http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/432695/cs/1/ Thu, 20 Nov 2008 18:25:35 -0500 Zimbabwe Star.com http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/432695/cs/1/ Jordan's King Abdullah has warned Israel not to put further constraints on Palestinians. http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/432694/cs/1/ Thu, 20 Nov 2008 18:24:22 -0500 Zimbabwe Star.com http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/432694/cs/1/ A US federal judge has ordered the release of five Algerian detainees from Guantanamo Bay prison in Cuba. http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/432693/cs/1/ Thu, 20 Nov 2008 18:22:28 -0500 Zimbabwe Star.com http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/432693/cs/1/ The Australian lawyer of a convicted supporter of terrorism has said his client can finally move on after the dropping of a control order. http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/432692/cs/1/ Thu, 20 Nov 2008 18:21:25 -0500 Zimbabwe Star.com http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/432692/cs/1/ The Greek Justice Ministry has announced plans to free around half of the country's 12,000 inmates within the next few months. http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/432691/cs/1/ Thu, 20 Nov 2008 18:19:05 -0500 Zimbabwe Star.com http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/432691/cs/1/ Pop legend Michael Jackson will give evidence in person at London's High Court to defend allegations that he owes $7 million to an Arab sheikh. http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/432690/cs/1/ Thu, 20 Nov 2008 18:17:26 -0500 Zimbabwe Star.com http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/432690/cs/1/ Police in Lucknow, India, claim to have solved the murder of a seven-year-old boy whose body was found in a suitcase on a train. http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/432689/cs/1/ Thu, 20 Nov 2008 18:16:32 -0500 Zimbabwe Star.com http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/432689/cs/1/ A new report has been released to say the world still faces a serious risk of nuclear explosion, with weapons-making materials falling into wrong hands. http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/432385/cs/1/ Thu, 20 Nov 2008 03:46:04 -0500 Zimbabwe Star.com http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/432385/cs/1/ NATO commanders meeting in Brussels have been assured by Pakistan's army chief, General Ashfaq Parvez Kayani, that supply lines will remain open to alliance troops in Afghanistan, even with attacks occurring along the Afghan-Pakistani border. http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/432380/cs/1/ Thu, 20 Nov 2008 03:33:44 -0500 Zimbabwe Star.com http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/432380/cs/1/ A flight attendant aboard an Air Canada passenger jet helped to land the aircraft in Ireland after its co-pilot suffered a mental breakdown. http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/432384/cs/1/ Thu, 20 Nov 2008 03:43:30 -0500 Zimbabwe Star.com http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/432384/cs/1/ The International Maritime Organisation (IMO) has urged the UN Security Council to act fast with firm determination to 'rid the world of this modern scourge' of increasing armed robbery and piracy off the coast of Somalia. http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/432748/cs/1/ Fri, 21 Nov 2008 01:02:23 -0500 Zimbabwe Star.com http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/432748/cs/1/ The Toronto Stock Exchange (TSX) sank more than nine percent Thursday, partly due to plunging energy and financial sectors. http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/432742/cs/1/ Fri, 21 Nov 2008 01:02:00 -0500 Zimbabwe Star.com http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/432742/cs/1/ It has been hailed as historic. A five-metre-high Ashoka Pillar now stands at a monastery located midway between Sydney and Canberra, in a celebration of the spread of Buddhism from India to Australia. http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/432737/cs/1/ Fri, 21 Nov 2008 01:01:37 -0500 Zimbabwe Star.com http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/432737/cs/1/ Tokyo stocks extended losses Friday after Wall Street plunged overnight and the global slowdown deepened. http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/432726/cs/1/ Fri, 21 Nov 2008 00:00:29 -0500 Zimbabwe Star.com http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/432726/cs/1/ Rio De Janerio, Nov 21 (Xinhua) Brazil has rejected possible US interference in the South American Defence Council which will be formed next year. http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/432719/cs/1/ Thu, 20 Nov 2008 23:00:16 -0500 Zimbabwe Star.com http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/432719/cs/1/ US stocks plunged Thursday, with the broadbased Standard & Poor's 500 Index losing 6.7 percent to close at its lowest point since 1997 and economic indicators signalling a recession. http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/432716/cs/1/ Thu, 20 Nov 2008 22:00:32 -0500 Zimbabwe Star.com http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/432716/cs/1/ They drive flashy cars, throw extravagant parties in their massive houses, use the latest mobile phones and marry only the most beautiful young women. This may seem like a description of any number of bling-bling rap artists, but it also applies to Somali pirates, who are swiftly becoming the Horn of Africa nation's nouveau riche. http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/432714/cs/1/ Thu, 20 Nov 2008 22:00:10 -0500 Zimbabwe Star.com http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/432714/cs/1/ Astronauts from the space shuttle Endeavour Thursday completed a second spacewalk on their construction mission to the International Space Station, which was marking its 10th anniversary. http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/432713/cs/1/ Thu, 20 Nov 2008 22:00:02 -0500 Zimbabwe Star.com http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/432713/cs/1/ Congressional leaders Thursday charged the three ailing US automakers to present a detailed 'path to viability' plan before the companies can get their hands on a $25-billion emergency loan from the government. http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/432711/cs/1/ Thu, 20 Nov 2008 20:01:33 -0500 Zimbabwe Star.com http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/432711/cs/1/ Bangladesh's former prime minister Khaleda Zia Thursday night announced that her party and allies would join the December election if the poll was deferred by 10 days. http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/432710/cs/1/ Thu, 20 Nov 2008 20:01:27 -0500 Zimbabwe Star.com http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/432710/cs/1/ US President George W. Bush will hold talks with Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert Monday, the first meeting between the two leaders since the White House acknowledged that a peace deal by the end of the year is unreachable. http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/432709/cs/1/ Thu, 20 Nov 2008 20:01:16 -0500 Zimbabwe Star.com http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/432709/cs/1/ Citing the continued lack of security in Somalia as a threat to international peace and security, the UN Security Council Thursday imposed a travel ban and a freeze of financial assets on some individuals considered obstacles to the peace process. http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/432708/cs/1/ Thu, 20 Nov 2008 20:01:11 -0500 Zimbabwe Star.com http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/432708/cs/1/ Austrian steelmaker voestalpine AG announced Thursday it would throttle production by three to five percent and was considering layoffs, in an effort to cut costs in the current global financial and economic crises. http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/432707/cs/1/ Thu, 20 Nov 2008 20:01:07 -0500 Zimbabwe Star.com http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/432707/cs/1/ The US Congress agreed Thursday to extend unemployment benefits, a small portion of the massive fiscal stimulus sought by some Democrats, as the government said jobless claims hit a 16-year high last week. http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/432704/cs/1/ Thu, 20 Nov 2008 20:00:45 -0500 Zimbabwe Star.com http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/432704/cs/1/ A Royal New Zealand Air Force plane resumed a search Friday for 29 missing Taiwanese fishermen after their burned-out boat was found floating in the South Pacific. http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/432703/cs/1/ Thu, 20 Nov 2008 20:00:36 -0500 Zimbabwe Star.com http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/432703/cs/1/ A US federal judge Thursday ordered the release of five Algerians at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, ruling the men cannot be held indefinitely without being charged. http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/432702/cs/1/ Thu, 20 Nov 2008 20:00:25 -0500 Zimbabwe Star.com http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/432702/cs/1/ The European Parliament (EP) Thursday gave its support to the European Union's 'Blue Card' scheme to attract highly-skilled workers from non-EU countries to take jobs in the 27-member bloc. http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/432673/cs/1/ Thu, 20 Nov 2008 13:00:21 -0500 Zimbabwe Star.com http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/432673/cs/1/ Legendary leg-spinner Abdul Qadir was Thursday appointed the new chief selector of Pakistan. http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/432666/cs/1/ Thu, 20 Nov 2008 11:01:35 -0500 Zimbabwe Star.com http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/432666/cs/1/ India's Joshna Chinappa, the top seed, entered the final of the NSC Super Satellite No.4 squash tournament defeating Siti Munirah Jusoh of Malaysia in four games at the National Squash Centre, Bukit Jalil, here Thursday. http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/432664/cs/1/ Thu, 20 Nov 2008 11:01:31 -0500 Zimbabwe Star.com http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/432664/cs/1/ Islamabad, Nov 20 (Xinhua) At least five people were killed Thursday in a blast in Bajaur, a tribal town in northwest Pakistan, Geo TV channel reported. http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/432663/cs/1/ Thu, 20 Nov 2008 11:01:29 -0500 Zimbabwe Star.com http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/432663/cs/1/ Indian-American Sonal Shah, who heads Google.org's global development efforts, has been included in a three-member panel that will craft the hi-tech policy priorities of US president-elect Barack Obama's administration. http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/432662/cs/1/ Thu, 20 Nov 2008 11:01:24 -0500 Zimbabwe Star.com http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/432662/cs/1/ Somali pirates have demanded $25 million for the release of a Saudi-owned supertanker seized at the weekend, reports said Thursday. http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/432655/cs/1/ Thu, 20 Nov 2008 11:00:52 -0500 Zimbabwe Star.com http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/432655/cs/1/ Socialite heiress Paris Hilton has ended her 10-month romance with guitarist-boyfriend Benji Madden. http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/432649/cs/1/ Thu, 20 Nov 2008 11:00:40 -0500 Zimbabwe Star.com http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/432649/cs/1/ Two years after the breakdown of her brief marriage to Kevin Federline, pop star Britney Spears has admitted she wed for the 'wrong reasons'. http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/432641/cs/1/ Thu, 20 Nov 2008 11:00:16 -0500 Zimbabwe Star.com http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/432641/cs/1/ Top British screen actress Joanna Lumley Thursday said she will renounce her British citizenship and apply for Indian nationality if her country refuses to treat Gurkha veterans at par with other soldiers. http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/432636/cs/1/ Thu, 20 Nov 2008 10:03:15 -0500 Zimbabwe Star.com http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/432636/cs/1/ The Indian Navy action to sink a pirate ship in the Gulf of Aden has elicited words of praise and calls for joint action by the international community in the pirate-infested waters off the Somali coast. http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/432633/cs/1/ Thu, 20 Nov 2008 10:03:08 -0500 Zimbabwe Star.com http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/432633/cs/1/ Indian golfer Rahil Gangjee, desperately needing a good finish to secure his 2009 Asian Tour card, opened with a two-under 68 that placed him at tied 16th on the first day of the UBS Hong Kong Open here Thursday. http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/432618/cs/1/ Thu, 20 Nov 2008 10:01:40 -0500 Zimbabwe Star.com http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/432618/cs/1/ Pakistan Thursday summoned the US ambassador to Islamabad to protest the American drone attacks in the troubled parts of the country and Prime Minister Syed Yousuf Raza Gilani said the government has warned the US against such attacks. http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/432590/cs/1/ Thu, 20 Nov 2008 09:02:13 -0500 Zimbabwe Star.com http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/432590/cs/1/ Vladivostok, Nov 20 (RIA Novosti) Russia and India will conduct joint naval exercises in the Indian Ocean in January, a spokesman for Russia's Pacific Fleet said Thursday. http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/432587/cs/1/ Thu, 20 Nov 2008 09:02:01 -0500 Zimbabwe Star.com http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/432587/cs/1/ Peeved at being labelled selfish, Australia captain Ricky Ponting Thursday hit back at India, saying that slow-over rate was a problem typical to the country. http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/432580/cs/1/ Thu, 20 Nov 2008 09:01:48 -0500 Zimbabwe Star.com http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/432580/cs/1/ Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin said Thursday that the nation would rely on its massive reserve funds to emerge from the financial crisis, halt inflation and a fall in the rouble. http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/432567/cs/1/ Thu, 20 Nov 2008 09:00:52 -0500 Zimbabwe Star.com http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/432567/cs/1/ Manila, Nov 20 (Xinhua) The Asian Development Bank (ADB) on Thursday said it is helping upgrade India's capability to prevent severe flooding in one of its poorest states. http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/432529/cs/1/ Thu, 20 Nov 2008 07:02:13 -0500 Zimbabwe Star.com http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/432529/cs/1/ India Thursday formally handed over to the international Red Cross nearly 1,700 tonnes of relief material meant for civilians displaced by war in Sri Lanka's north, but a top government official insisted that Colombo alone would distribute the aid. http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/432525/cs/1/ Thu, 20 Nov 2008 07:01:56 -0500 Zimbabwe Star.com http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/432525/cs/1/ Aero-engine maker Rolls-Royce said Thursday it would cut up to 2,000 jobs worldwide as a result of the current economic 'uncertainties.' http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/432493/cs/1/ Thu, 20 Nov 2008 06:01:10 -0500 Zimbabwe Star.com http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/432493/cs/1/ Britain’s secret service wants more black and Asian spies. But wannabe 007s needn’t apply. http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/432478/cs/1/ Thu, 20 Nov 2008 06:00:32 -0500 Zimbabwe Star.com http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/432478/cs/1/ Harare/Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe's regime has banned a visit planned by a distinguished group of international 'Elders' to assess Zimbabwe's humanitarian crisis, state media reported Thursday. http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/432476/cs/1/ Thu, 20 Nov 2008 06:00:21 -0500 Zimbabwe Star.com http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/432476/cs/1/ The United Arab Emirates (UAE) has called on global powers to redouble their efforts to rebuild war-ravaged Afghanistan where the humanitarian situation some seven years after the Taliban regime was ousted is still appalling. http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/432474/cs/1/ Thu, 20 Nov 2008 06:00:13 -0500 Zimbabwe Star.com http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/432474/cs/1/ Foreign envoys have lent support to a call by Bangladesh's caretaker government, endorsed by most political parties, urging former prime minister Khaleda Zia and her Islamist allies to participate in the Dec 18 parliamentary poll. http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/432472/cs/1/ Thu, 20 Nov 2008 06:00:04 -0500 Zimbabwe Star.com http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/432472/cs/1/ Up to four children die each week in England from abuse or neglect, according to an official report. http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/432447/cs/1/ Thu, 20 Nov 2008 05:01:10 -0500 Zimbabwe Star.com http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/432447/cs/1/ Researchers have made electronics that can bend, stretch and now twist as well, considered the ultimate in the subject. http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/432443/cs/1/ Thu, 20 Nov 2008 05:01:06 -0500 Zimbabwe Star.com http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/432443/cs/1/ Beijing, Nov 20 (Xinhua) China Thursday described the country's employment situation as grim, warning that the global financial crisis and economic slowdown could make it even worse. http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/432439/cs/1/ Thu, 20 Nov 2008 05:00:56 -0500 Zimbabwe Star.com http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/432439/cs/1/ Your mobile phone will help you maintain your exercise routine and keep the pounds off over winter months. http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/432433/cs/1/ Thu, 20 Nov 2008 05:00:36 -0500 Zimbabwe Star.com http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/432433/cs/1/ Bollywood star Shah Rukh Khan will not be able to receive his Datukship, the traditional Malaysian title akin to British knighthood, Nov 29 due to his busy schedule. http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/432425/cs/1/ Thu, 20 Nov 2008 05:00:04 -0500 Zimbabwe Star.com http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/432425/cs/1/ Over the last decade the e-mail has grown from a novelty into a necessity. But how do people respond to e-mails? Do they respond to the most important first, making sure the process is efficient? http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/432408/cs/1/ Thu, 20 Nov 2008 04:00:29 -0500 Zimbabwe Star.com http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/432408/cs/1/ UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon has welcomed the decision of India and other countries to cooperate with Somalia to fight piracy in its waters, an issue that has gained immediacy with Somali sea bandits attempting 95 hijackings this year alone. http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/432404/cs/1/ Thu, 20 Nov 2008 04:00:24 -0500 Zimbabwe Star.com http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/432404/cs/1/ A new class of compounds called phosphaplatins can effectively kill ovarian, testicular, head and neck cancer cells with less toxic effects than existing drugs, according to a new study. http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/432395/cs/1/ Thu, 20 Nov 2008 04:00:08 -0500 Zimbabwe Star.com http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/432395/cs/1/ Highly specialised worker ants represent the pinnacle of social organisation in the insect world. http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/432393/cs/1/ Thu, 20 Nov 2008 04:00:06 -0500 Zimbabwe Star.com http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/432393/cs/1/ The count is out. And a total of 1,323,218 books were read by children between the ages of three and 14 in the course of a two-week campaign in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) aimed at helping the education of children in developing nations. http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/432360/cs/1/ Thu, 20 Nov 2008 03:01:12 -0500 Zimbabwe Star.com http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/432360/cs/1/ Diego Maradona's journey as the Argentine coach started with a low-key 1-0 victory over Scotland in an international friendly in Glasgow. http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/432354/cs/1/ Thu, 20 Nov 2008 03:01:02 -0500 Zimbabwe Star.com http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/432354/cs/1/ Stung by the curb imposed by Nepal's prison authorities on visitors for Charles Sobhraj, the celebrity prisoner's team of lawyers has asked Nepal's government to respect the law of the land that ensures prisoners' access to lawyers with the protection of confidentiality. http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/432350/cs/1/ Thu, 20 Nov 2008 03:00:56 -0500 Zimbabwe Star.com http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/432350/cs/1/ Rapper Ludacris is all praise for the singers Lil Wayne and Eminem and calls them his favourites. http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/432347/cs/1/ Thu, 20 Nov 2008 03:00:51 -0500 Zimbabwe Star.com http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/432347/cs/1/ Japan posted a trade deficit of 63.9 billion yen ($661 million) in October as exports fell with the global financial crisis and the yen's continued strength against other currencies, the finance ministry said. http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/432339/cs/1/ Thu, 20 Nov 2008 03:00:28 -0500 Zimbabwe Star.com http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/432339/cs/1/ The bell tolls for the British high street retail industry as it launches a desperate discount war for a piece of the shrinking pre-Christmas sales even as one of the biggest retailers is said to be on the brink of selling its 800-store business for a paltry sum of one pound ($1.5). http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/432336/cs/1/ Thu, 20 Nov 2008 03:00:22 -0500 Zimbabwe Star.com http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/432336/cs/1/ The Kathmandu valley shut down Thursday over the murder of two young men blamed on Nepal's former Maoist guerrillas as protestors intensified their demand for a judicial probe, an apology from the prime minister and the resignation of the home minister. http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/432332/cs/1/ Thu, 20 Nov 2008 03:00:02 -0500 Zimbabwe Star.com http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/432332/cs/1/ Scientists have sequenced the genome of the woolly mammoth of the Ice Age, bringing to reality the possibility of an Ice Age park in the lines of the fictional Jurassic Park of Michael Crichton. http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/432330/cs/1/ Thu, 20 Nov 2008 02:01:50 -0500 Zimbabwe Star.com http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/432330/cs/1/ The Aga Khan, the spiritual head of Shia Ismaili Muslims, is on a eight-day official visit to Canada to meet his followers and the country's leaders to discuss collaboration for work in developing countries. http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/432326/cs/1/ Thu, 20 Nov 2008 02:01:42 -0500 Zimbabwe Star.com http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/432326/cs/1/ Ban on fast food TV ads could reduce obesity among children by 18 percent, according to a new study. http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/432323/cs/1/ Thu, 20 Nov 2008 02:01:32 -0500 Zimbabwe Star.com http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/432323/cs/1/ 'Desperate Housewives' star Eva Longoria Parker has decided to abstain from eating meat in a bid to lose weight and get healthy. http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/432320/cs/1/ Thu, 20 Nov 2008 02:01:13 -0500 Zimbabwe Star.com http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/432320/cs/1/ The United Nations Security Council is considering the deployment of an additional 3,000 military and police personnel to the Democratic Republic of Congo, diplomats said. http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/432318/cs/1/ Thu, 20 Nov 2008 02:01:00 -0500 Zimbabwe Star.com http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/432318/cs/1/ Actress Lindsay Lohan was spotted crying in the street here after a fight with her lover Samantha Ronson. http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/432309/cs/1/ Thu, 20 Nov 2008 02:00:29 -0500 Zimbabwe Star.com http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/432309/cs/1/ An anti-government protester has been killed in a Bangkok bomb explosion. http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/432383/cs/1/ Thu, 20 Nov 2008 03:41:20 -0500 Zimbabwe Star.com http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/432383/cs/1/ Nine people, including three children, have been killed in heavy rains during a storm in central Vietnam. http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/432381/cs/1/ Thu, 20 Nov 2008 03:35:24 -0500 Zimbabwe Star.com http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/432381/cs/1/ Australian man, David Hicks, who was convicted of terrorism offences in the US, has broken his self-imposed silence and called on police to relax stringent controls over his freedom. http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/432382/cs/1/ Thu, 20 Nov 2008 03:39:23 -0500 Zimbabwe Star.com http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/432382/cs/1/ Asian stock markets took heavy losses Thursday, reflecting widespread gloom about US economic troubles and another bad day on Wall Street. http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/432557/cs/1/ Thu, 20 Nov 2008 08:00:42 -0500 Zimbabwe Star.com http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/432557/cs/1/ A file photo of Arizona governor Janet Napolitano and Barack Obama. The Democratic Arizona governor is rumoured to be a pick for the top job at Homeland Security. http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/19732235/ Fri, 21 Nov 2008 00:52:06 -0500 National Post http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/19732235/ Conrad Black is requesting that George W. Bush commute the former press baron's 6 1/2 year jail sentence before the U.S president's tenure in the White House ends in January.A spokeswoman with the Off... http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/19732228/ Fri, 21 Nov 2008 00:52:21 -0500 National Post http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/19732228/ A housewife who created a phoney MySpace account to send hostile emails to a neighbour's 13-year-old daughter appeared in court yesterday charged with "cyber-bullying" that prompted the gi... http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/19732183/ Fri, 21 Nov 2008 00:52:47 -0500 Belfast Telegraph http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/19732183/ By Melissa Leong, National PostThe patriarch of a suburban Toronto family was behind yesterday’s tragedy in which he murdered his wife, two adult children and the family dog before committing suicid... http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/19732230/ Fri, 21 Nov 2008 00:52:16 -0500 National Post http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/19732230/ In this image released by the Avery Fisher Artist Program, conductor Gustavo Dudamel, left, presents 2008 Avery Fisher Prize to friend and colleague violinist Gil Shaham during a PBS broadcast perform... http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/19732216/ Fri, 21 Nov 2008 01:07:12 -0500 The Miami Herald http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/19732216/ The RCMP will not pursue charges against the Canadian Human Rights Commission over allegations that its investigators hacked an Ottawa woman's wireless internet account to conceal their identity on we... http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/19732229/ Fri, 21 Nov 2008 00:52:15 -0500 National Post http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/19732229/ MONTREAL -- About 100 police officers launched a massive operation across Canada Thursday morning to dismantle a cocaine trafficking ring.So far, police have arrested 46 people in raids in Montreal, a... http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/19732245/ Fri, 21 Nov 2008 00:51:46 -0500 National Post http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/19732245/ Beijing: More than 19,000 people were killed during China's may earthquake, an official said on Friday, giving the first government estimate after nearly six months. Many children were buried under cl... http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/19732250/ Fri, 21 Nov 2008 00:37:07 -0500 Gulf News http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/19732250/ EDMONTON, Alberta -- Jiri Hudler scored two goals, and Chris Osgood made 30 saves to help the Detroit Red Wings beat the Edmonton Oilers 4-3 on Thursday night.Pavel Datsyuk and Tomas Kopecky added po... http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/19732214/ Fri, 21 Nov 2008 01:07:19 -0500 The Miami Herald http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/19732214/ A lavish A-list three-day party for more than 2,000 guests kicked off in Dubai tonight with a performance by Kylie Minogue. The pop princess's pay cheque at the grand opening of the flagship r... http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/19731850/ Fri, 21 Nov 2008 00:52:52 -0500 Belfast Telegraph http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/19731850/ TELSTRA workers are voting on whether to take urgent industrial action over pay claims, as the company's annual general meeting (AGM) of shareholders is held in Melbourne. http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/19731525/ Fri, 21 Nov 2008 00:30:33 -0500 The Australian http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/19731525/ CHICAGO (Reuters) - U.S. President-elect Barack Obama is on track to nominate his former rival, New York Democratic Sen. Hillary Clinton as secretary of state after the November 27 Thanksgiving holida... http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/19732248/ Fri, 21 Nov 2008 00:46:51 -0500 Reuters http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/19732248/ Photo: A group of alleged Somali pirates stand trial in Kenya. (Joseph Okanga/Reuters) WHO ARE THE PIRATES?Young men usually in their 20s and 30s. Since agriculture is often at a subsistence level, an... http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/19732223/ Fri, 21 Nov 2008 00:52:28 -0500 National Post http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/19732223/ THE juries in the two murder trials of convicted killer Bruce Burrell were never told police had found a near-empty bottle of cholorform at his rural home or that he boasted of being able to hide a bo... http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/19731527/ Fri, 21 Nov 2008 00:30:27 -0500 The Australian http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/19731527/ The chutzpa of his campaign launch was breathtaking. The way Liberal MP Bob Rae argues it, his spectacular botching of economic policy as Ontario’s premier during the 1990s recession is an asset in... http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/19732222/ Fri, 21 Nov 2008 00:52:30 -0500 National Post http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/19732222/ Australia is lobbying hard to secure at least two of the 20 large-scale commercial carbon capture and storage demonstration projects the Group of Eight leading nations want operating globally by 2020.... http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/19731522/ Fri, 21 Nov 2008 00:30:35 -0500 The Australian http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/19731522/ I've been pretty good about avoiding Guns N' Roses' Chinese Democracy over the past few years. Yeah, I've heard snippets and songs here and there, but, as far as I can tell, except for... http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/19732240/ Fri, 21 Nov 2008 00:51:58 -0500 National Post http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/19732240/ WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Democratic congressional leaders, seeking to salvage a bailout of the Big Three automakers, demanded executives provide a business survival plan in exchange for their support of... http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/19732247/ Fri, 21 Nov 2008 00:46:54 -0500 Reuters http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/19732247/ WASHINGTON : Age and seniority gave way in Congress on Thursday, a transformational shift for an institution where tremendous power has traditionally been built on sheer longevity, accumulated and sav... http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/19731500/ Fri, 21 Nov 2008 00:48:04 -0500 International Herald Tribune http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/19731500/ A 19-year-old man has committed suicide on live TV encouraged by others who were watching, according to reports. The teenager, named as Abraham K Biggs, from Broward County, Florida, took an over... http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/19732205/ Fri, 21 Nov 2008 01:16:33 -0500 Times Online http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/19732205/ OTTAWA -- Even though Barack Obama says he will close the U.S. military prison at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, Canada's new foreign affairs minister said Thursday the government is content to let Omar Khadr ... http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/19732233/ Fri, 21 Nov 2008 00:52:11 -0500 National Post http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/19732233/ OTTAWA -- The French government's case that Ottawa university professor Hassan Naim Diab bombed a Paris synagogue in 1980 relies on extensive help from intelligence services to link him to the trail t... http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/19732231/ Fri, 21 Nov 2008 00:52:19 -0500 National Post http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/19732231/ MOGADISHU -- The United Nations should send peacekeepers to Somalia urgently to stop the strife that is fuelling piracy and is being aggravated by feuding politicians, the African Union's top diplomat... http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/19732239/ Fri, 21 Nov 2008 00:51:55 -0500 National Post http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/19732239/ WASHINGTON - When Barack Obama was looking for an entree into Chicago’s elite business community, he had the perfect door-opener: Penny S. Pritzker, a billionaire from one of the city’s dynasties. http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/19731492/ Fri, 21 Nov 2008 00:53:18 -0500 MSNBC http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/19731492/ For her 14th birthday, Megan Meier begged her mother for permission to open a MySpace account so she could converse online with friends she had met at her new middle school in suburban Missouri.Tina M... http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/19732244/ Fri, 21 Nov 2008 00:51:49 -0500 National Post http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/19732244/