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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 Tue, 07 Feb 2012 05:04:33 -0500 Tue, 07 Feb 2012 05:04:33 -0500 30 CAIRO - Egypt has decided to advance the election of a new president, giving in to the demands of increasingly violent protesters and raising hopes of a civilian government taking over the task of fra http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203278082/cs/1/ Mon, 06 Feb 2012 13:49:56 -0500 Zimbabwe Star.com http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203278082/cs/1/ MOSCOW- Prime Minister Vladimir Putin has stressed need for Russia to adopt new democratic mechanisms to move forward and to be able to react swiftly to the interests and desires of large groups in so http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203277461/cs/1/ Mon, 06 Feb 2012 13:41:47 -0500 Zimbabwe Star.com http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203277461/cs/1/ DAMASCUS - The West voiced its ire over Russia and China's veto of the UN Security Council resolution on Syria even as more clashes and deaths were reported in the violence-wracked country. http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203276650/cs/1/ Mon, 06 Feb 2012 13:29:51 -0500 Zimbabwe Star.com http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203276650/cs/1/ LONDON - Heavy snowfall and intense cold this winter, one of the most severe in decades, has taken its toll across Europe, with many rural areas badly affected and several deaths reported. http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203276071/cs/1/ Mon, 06 Feb 2012 13:24:41 -0500 Zimbabwe Star.com http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203276071/cs/1/ NEW YORK - Citigroup's Chinese subsidiary has been granted permission to offer its credit cards in China, becoming the first US based bank and the second foreign bank to receive the nod. http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203280818/cs/1/ Mon, 06 Feb 2012 14:59:05 -0500 Zimbabwe Star.com http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203280818/cs/1/ Scientists have, for the very first time, recorded live yet detailed images of the nerve cells in the brain of a mouse. http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203295569/cs/1/ Tue, 07 Feb 2012 04:30:06 -0500 IANS http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203295569/cs/1/ Smoking may be a risk factor for dementia among the elderly that erodes their problem-solving capacity and self-control and makes them see things which are not there. http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203295565/cs/1/ Tue, 07 Feb 2012 04:30:02 -0500 IANS http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203295565/cs/1/ Italian football giants AC Milan will see their striker Zlatan Ibrahimovic sidelined in the clash against league leaders Juventus Feb 25 as the Swedish international has been handed a three-match ban. http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203295562/cs/1/ Tue, 07 Feb 2012 04:20:02 -0500 IANS http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203295562/cs/1/ Despite freezing weather, many fans waited and shouted alongside the red carpet as winners of the 2012 Laureus World Sports Awards were unveiled here Monday. http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203295558/cs/1/ Tue, 07 Feb 2012 04:10:05 -0500 IANS http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203295558/cs/1/ Spanish La Liga football club Sevilla has sacked coach Marcelino Garcia after the team's poor run which has seen them slip from contenders for a place in Europe to a struggling outfit in the league. http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203295549/cs/1/ Tue, 07 Feb 2012 03:40:07 -0500 IANS http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203295549/cs/1/ Maldivian President Mohamed Nasheed, elected only four years ago, resigned Tuesday following overnight protests, authorities and media reports said. http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203295544/cs/1/ Tue, 07 Feb 2012 03:40:02 -0500 IANS http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203295544/cs/1/ The Japanese government carried out five rounds of interventions into the foreign exchange market in the last three months of 2011, spending about 9.09 trillion yen (about $118.7 billion), data from t http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203295543/cs/1/ Tue, 07 Feb 2012 03:30:02 -0500 IANS http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203295543/cs/1/ The main business revenue of the China's telecommunication sector reached 988 billion yuan ($157 billion) in 2011, up 10 percent year-on-year, authorities said Tuesday. http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203295518/cs/1/ Tue, 07 Feb 2012 03:10:08 -0500 IANS http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203295518/cs/1/ An employee experiencing the stress of intense workdays might develop stomach ache or headache, compelling him to take leave of absence. http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203295513/cs/1/ Tue, 07 Feb 2012 03:10:04 -0500 IANS http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203295513/cs/1/ The employment scenario in South Kore continues to improve, but other economic indicators have weakened amid persistent inflation, the finance ministry said Tuesday. http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203295511/cs/1/ Tue, 07 Feb 2012 03:10:02 -0500 IANS http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203295511/cs/1/ China will roll out more policies tailored to boosting the development of small and micro-sized firms, an official said Tuesday. http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203295183/cs/1/ Tue, 07 Feb 2012 03:01:19 -0500 IANS http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203295183/cs/1/ Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper left Monday on a five-day official visit to China to enhance strategic partnership between the two countries. http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203295181/cs/1/ Tue, 07 Feb 2012 03:01:12 -0500 IANS http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203295181/cs/1/ The Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) announced Tuesday its decision to leave the cash rate unchanged at 4.25 percent following its February board meeting. http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203295179/cs/1/ Tue, 07 Feb 2012 03:00:57 -0500 IANS http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203295179/cs/1/ Actress Hilary Duff says she had an amazing time with family and friends at her baby shower, organised by her sister Haylie and mother Susan at her home here. http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203295174/cs/1/ Tue, 07 Feb 2012 03:00:47 -0500 IANS http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203295174/cs/1/ Is Zac Efron dating Lily Collins? They have been seen together at a restaurant here. http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203295172/cs/1/ Tue, 07 Feb 2012 03:00:40 -0500 IANS http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203295172/cs/1/ The Maldives army and police have taken control of the government Tuesday following protests, Xinhua quoted media sources as saying. http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203295167/cs/1/ Tue, 07 Feb 2012 03:00:21 -0500 IANS http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203295167/cs/1/ The Australian cricket body has ordered the removal of a boundary-rope advertisement of an Indian mouthwash in Hindi after health authorities launched a probe over its similarity with a chewing tobacc http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203293703/cs/1/ Tue, 07 Feb 2012 02:10:02 -0500 IANS http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203293703/cs/1/ A British school has launched a week-long programme in which students will be taught how to learn from failure, no matter whether they come across it during exams or on the sports field. http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203292758/cs/1/ Tue, 07 Feb 2012 01:50:16 -0500 IANS http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203292758/cs/1/ Pakistan Railways have decided to act against government departments which have encroached upon railway land in Rawalpindi. http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203292757/cs/1/ Tue, 07 Feb 2012 01:50:13 -0500 IANS http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203292757/cs/1/ Exercise brings down body weight because it draws on fat reserves that muscle can burn as fuel. But the heart also plays a similar role. http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203292751/cs/1/ Tue, 07 Feb 2012 01:50:08 -0500 IANS http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203292751/cs/1/ Positive parenting during the child's formative years could help prevent obesity among them. http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203291891/cs/1/ Tue, 07 Feb 2012 01:30:02 -0500 IANS http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203291891/cs/1/ Pakistan and Qatar have agreed to collaborate in energy, trade, agriculture and infrastructure development during Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani's three-day trip that began Monday. http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203291430/cs/1/ Tue, 07 Feb 2012 01:20:06 -0500 IANS http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203291430/cs/1/ Pakistan's cricket team has been lauded for its historic win against England in the three-match Test series played at Dubai. http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203291427/cs/1/ Tue, 07 Feb 2012 01:20:02 -0500 IANS http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203291427/cs/1/ Amazon, the world's largest online retailer, is planning to open a retail store in America's Seattle city as a pilot test to see if a chain of stores would be profitable, a media report said. http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203291181/cs/1/ Tue, 07 Feb 2012 00:50:02 -0500 IANS http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203291181/cs/1/ With the losses due to corruption in Pakistan being pegged at a staggering Rs.8,500 billion, a Pakistani daily described it as "plunder" in a country where people still yearn for the most basic needs. http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203291180/cs/1/ Tue, 07 Feb 2012 00:40:22 -0500 IANS http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203291180/cs/1/ Corporal punishment makes children more aggressive and can harm them in the long term, says a study. http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203291179/cs/1/ Tue, 07 Feb 2012 00:40:18 -0500 IANS http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203291179/cs/1/ Spanish artist Antoni Tapies, who wielded a strong influence on 20th century painting, died Monday, said sources in the Barcelona city government. He was 88. http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203291178/cs/1/ Tue, 07 Feb 2012 00:40:15 -0500 IANS http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203291178/cs/1/ A former militiaman was sentenced to 24 years in prison for his role in the murder of journalist Alvaro Alonso Escobar, who was gunned down a decade ago in a coastal town in northern Colombia, authori http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203291176/cs/1/ Tue, 07 Feb 2012 00:40:12 -0500 IANS http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203291176/cs/1/ Ricky Martin, who is in New York these days getting ready for his return to the Broadway stage, will play a Spanish teacher in a popular television series "Glee". http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203291174/cs/1/ Tue, 07 Feb 2012 00:40:01 -0500 IANS http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203291174/cs/1/ President Barack Obama is preferred by 52 percent of Americans compared with 43 percent who favour Mitt Romney, the front-runner for the Republican presidential nomination, a Washington Post-ABC News http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203291169/cs/1/ Tue, 07 Feb 2012 00:00:05 -0500 IANS http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203291169/cs/1/ Spanish cyclist Alberto Contador will lose his 2010 Tour de France title and be excluded from this year's Tour as well as the 2012 Olympics, the Court of Arbitration for Sport said Monday in its decis http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203291168/cs/1/ Tue, 07 Feb 2012 00:00:03 -0500 IANS http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203291168/cs/1/ Three people who abducted and later released Mexican Ambassador Carlos Pujalte and his wife Jan 29 in Venezuela have been arrested, a minister said. http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203291164/cs/1/ Mon, 06 Feb 2012 23:40:21 -0500 IANS http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203291164/cs/1/ It may come as a rude shock, but Facebook users should not feel surprised if tomorrow they come across their photos existing in the web world despite having deleted them personally long ago. http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203291162/cs/1/ Mon, 06 Feb 2012 23:40:07 -0500 IANS http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203291162/cs/1/ In one year alone, over 4,500 children in the US were hospitalised due to child abuse, and 300 of them died of their injuries, a new study has said. http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203291161/cs/1/ Mon, 06 Feb 2012 23:40:01 -0500 IANS http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203291161/cs/1/ There will be no portraits of Russian Prime Minister and presidential frontrunner Vladimir Putin on campaign posters ahead of the March 4 polls, as he was quite "well known", an official has said. http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203290226/cs/1/ Mon, 06 Feb 2012 22:30:02 -0500 IANS http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203290226/cs/1/ The director of a training centre lost her job for refusing to ensure her employees' attendance at a rally in support of Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin. http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203289893/cs/1/ Mon, 06 Feb 2012 22:20:03 -0500 IANS http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203289893/cs/1/ British Foreign Secretary William Hague has said the country's ambassador in Syria has been recalled for consultation, following America's move to withdraw all diplomats from Damascus. http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203288080/cs/1/ Mon, 06 Feb 2012 21:40:02 -0500 IANS http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203288080/cs/1/ Actor Russell Crowe has thanked former "Baywatch" star David Hasselhoff for taking time out of his busy schedule to visit a children's hospital in Sydney. http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203286220/cs/1/ Mon, 06 Feb 2012 21:00:02 -0500 IANS http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203286220/cs/1/ Eight Turkish nationals have been charged with causing the deaths of five Russian tourists, who died after drinking poisoned bootleg whiskey. http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203286215/cs/1/ Mon, 06 Feb 2012 20:10:03 -0500 IANS http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203286215/cs/1/ US President Barack Obama has ordered the freezing of Iran's property under American jurisdiction, including that of the country's central bank, the White House said. http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203286214/cs/1/ Mon, 06 Feb 2012 20:10:01 -0500 IANS http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203286214/cs/1/ Anders Breivik, the Norwegian extremist who killed 77 people in twin attacks in July last year, has asked an Oslo court to release him immediately. http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203285905/cs/1/ Mon, 06 Feb 2012 18:40:05 -0500 IANS http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203285905/cs/1/ Johnny Depp has reportedly split from long-time girlfriend Vanessa Paradis as she was "absolutely convinced" the actor slept with Angelina Jolie. http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203285903/cs/1/ Mon, 06 Feb 2012 18:40:01 -0500 IANS http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203285903/cs/1/ A number of local people "secretly" working for the BBC Farsi-language service have been arrested in Iran, the Mehr news agency reported. http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203283174/cs/1/ Mon, 06 Feb 2012 17:40:01 -0500 IANS http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203283174/cs/1/ Actor George Clooney has been challenged for a wrestling match by Muppet character Miss Piggy at the British Academy of Film and Telivision Arts (BAFTA) Awards 2012. http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203281243/cs/1/ Mon, 06 Feb 2012 17:10:03 -0500 IANS http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203281243/cs/1/ Russia and India Monday started preparations for the joint INDRA-2012 military exercises scheduled to be held in Russia this summer, a Russian official said. http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203281241/cs/1/ Mon, 06 Feb 2012 17:10:02 -0500 IANS http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203281241/cs/1/ Rapper Jay Z has ended a legal battle over allegations that he failed to pay for his flights on a private jet. http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203280820/cs/1/ Mon, 06 Feb 2012 16:20:02 -0500 IANS http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203280820/cs/1/ At least 11 factory workers, most of them women, were killed when a three-storeyed building collapsed due to a factory blast in Pakistan's Lahore city, said rescue teams and health officials. http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203280817/cs/1/ Mon, 06 Feb 2012 14:50:01 -0500 IANS http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203280817/cs/1/ Iraqi ambassador to the United Arab Emirates (UAE) Arshad Ismail Al-Musalli visited the UAE Attorney General Counsellor Salem Saeed Kubaish at his office Monday. http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203279903/cs/1/ Mon, 06 Feb 2012 14:20:02 -0500 IANS http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203279903/cs/1/ Hollywood couple Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie's son Maddox is taking pilot lessons. http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203278091/cs/1/ Mon, 06 Feb 2012 13:50:02 -0500 IANS http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203278091/cs/1/ A Mysore-born Indian public affairs specialist has been charged with revitalising the Muslim Public Service Network (MPSN) that grooms young American Muslims for public service and to take on civic le http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203275600/cs/1/ Mon, 06 Feb 2012 12:20:02 -0500 IANS http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203275600/cs/1/ Citing poll fraud, the Pakistani Supreme Court Monday suspended 28 MPs and legislators, including two ministers, one of whom is currently with Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani on an official visit to http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203274659/cs/1/ Mon, 06 Feb 2012 10:50:41 -0500 IANS http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203274659/cs/1/ Romanian President Traian Basescu Monday named Catalin Predoiu as the country's acting prime minister after Emil Boc stepped down from the post while announcing his cabinet's resignation. http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203270796/cs/1/ Mon, 06 Feb 2012 10:00:01 -0500 IANS http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203270796/cs/1/ Singer Leann Rimes underwent a minor surgery and the procedure has left her in pain. The 29-year-old had the operation last week, reports showbizspy.com. http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203270033/cs/1/ Mon, 06 Feb 2012 09:40:02 -0500 IANS http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203270033/cs/1/ At least 44 people were killed after an earthquake measuring 6.7 on the Richter scale jolted a central Philippines province Monday, Xinhua quoted a military official as saying. http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203270028/cs/1/ Mon, 06 Feb 2012 09:30:05 -0500 IANS http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203270028/cs/1/ Rapper Snoop Dogg has revealed that he was detained by Norweigian customs officers because his cash smelled of drugs but later they let him go. http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203270024/cs/1/ Mon, 06 Feb 2012 09:30:02 -0500 IANS http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203270024/cs/1/ Italian Fabio Capello's future as the England manager is doubtful after he criticised Football Association (FA) decision to strip Chelsea defender John Terry of national team captaincy. http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203270019/cs/1/ Mon, 06 Feb 2012 09:10:26 -0500 IANS http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203270019/cs/1/ A group of 27 visitors to a Chinese zoo had the shock of their life when their bus was attacked by enraged Bengal tigers. The trauma continued for 20 mintues since the tiger zone's gatekeeper had gone http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203270018/cs/1/ Mon, 06 Feb 2012 09:10:23 -0500 IANS http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203270018/cs/1/ India-Sri Lanka development partnership has come alive through a photographic exhibition titled "India through Sri Lankan Eyes" that opened here Saturday. http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203270012/cs/1/ Mon, 06 Feb 2012 09:10:15 -0500 IANS http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203270012/cs/1/ A man in China stunned many people Monday when he jumped off a Metro station overpass amid rain, following a quarrel with his girlfriend, but soon got up and left the spot. http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203270009/cs/1/ Mon, 06 Feb 2012 09:10:08 -0500 IANS http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203270009/cs/1/ The number of visitors to the famous Shaolin temple in Henan province, home to Shaolin Kung Fu martial arts, recorded a sharp decline during the weeklong spring festival celebrated in the last week of http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203270005/cs/1/ Mon, 06 Feb 2012 09:00:01 -0500 IANS http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203270005/cs/1/ Madonna's 12-minute performance at the Super Bowl left the audience spellbound. http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203270003/cs/1/ Mon, 06 Feb 2012 08:30:08 -0500 IANS http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203270003/cs/1/ Implementation of the India-US civil nuclear deal, sanctions against Iran and the Af-Pak situation are among the host of bilateral and regional issues expected to figure in talks between Indian Foreig http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203269995/cs/1/ Mon, 06 Feb 2012 08:10:02 -0500 IANS http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203269995/cs/1/ Most athletes would swear by the pain-relieving, muscle recovery-promoting benefits of massaging, which has now been validated by scientific evidence. http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203269786/cs/1/ Mon, 06 Feb 2012 07:50:14 -0500 IANS http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203269786/cs/1/ An "alarming" 4,500-plus children subjected to abuse in the US ended up in hospitals and 300 of them died of injuries in a single year, a study reveals. http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203267694/cs/1/ Mon, 06 Feb 2012 07:02:03 -0500 IANS http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203267694/cs/1/ Britain is under the spell of snow, ice and freezing temperatures and the prevailing condition may last through February. http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203267693/cs/1/ Mon, 06 Feb 2012 06:50:04 -0500 IANS http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203267693/cs/1/ The aid from Britain to India must be cancelled immediately, demanded some British parliamentarians after India's finance minister said they don't need it. The row broke out after India favoured a Fre http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203267679/cs/1/ Mon, 06 Feb 2012 06:30:01 -0500 IANS http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203267679/cs/1/ China Monday asked the US to abandon its "Cold War mentality" and cease making groundless accusations against Beijing, a foreign ministry spokesperson said. http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203267669/cs/1/ Mon, 06 Feb 2012 06:00:11 -0500 IANS http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203267669/cs/1/ AC Milan club's vice president Adriano Galliani is sure that Swedish striker Zlatan Ibrahimovic will not be banned for three games and would be able to face Juventus in Italian Serie A. http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203267657/cs/1/ Mon, 06 Feb 2012 05:40:05 -0500 IANS http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203267657/cs/1/ AC Milan head coach Massimiliano Allegri said he was satisfied with his side's goalless draw with Napoli at home in the Italian Serie A league match. http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203267655/cs/1/ Mon, 06 Feb 2012 05:40:03 -0500 IANS http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203267655/cs/1/ Santos star striker Neymar scored his 100th career goal on his 20th birthday but it did not ensure victory for his side. http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203267036/cs/1/ Mon, 06 Feb 2012 05:20:05 -0500 IANS http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203267036/cs/1/ Argentine veteran footballer Javier Zanetti, who has been with Inter Milan for 17 years, apologised to fans for the team's "worst performance of the season" where they were thrashed by Roma 0-4 at the http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203267032/cs/1/ Mon, 06 Feb 2012 05:20:04 -0500 IANS http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203267032/cs/1/ Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani will brief the Qatar leadership about Pakistan's talks with Afghanistan during a three-day official visit to Qatar, a country where the Taliban is to open a political http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203265725/cs/1/ Mon, 06 Feb 2012 05:00:08 -0500 IANS http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203265725/cs/1/ Singer Jennifer Lopez, who is dating dancer Casper Smart, wants to make him a star. http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203265719/cs/1/ Mon, 06 Feb 2012 04:50:01 -0500 IANS http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203265719/cs/1/ Russia will develop by June this year a detailed 30-year plan to strengthen its naval forces, Russian Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Rogozin wrote in his twitter account. http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203265718/cs/1/ Mon, 06 Feb 2012 04:20:02 -0500 IANS http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203265718/cs/1/ Two people were killed when a three-storied building collapsed early Monday in Pakistan's Lahore city. At least 50 others were feared trapped in the rubble of the collapsed structure, a media report s http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203265712/cs/1/ Mon, 06 Feb 2012 04:10:02 -0500 IANS http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203265712/cs/1/ In-form Test bowler Ben Hilfenhaus has replaced Brett Lee in the Australia ODI squad for the ongoing cricket tri-series involving India and Sri Lanka. http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203265701/cs/1/ Mon, 06 Feb 2012 03:40:03 -0500 IANS http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203265701/cs/1/ US President Barack Obama has said he saw no basis for rumours that Iran may be planning an attack on the US. http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203264715/cs/1/ Mon, 06 Feb 2012 03:20:03 -0500 IANS http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203264715/cs/1/ A Cuban sculptor uses tobacco leaves to create wonderful pieces of art, and has made life-size as well as miniature sculptures of Winston Churchill, Che Guevara, John F. Kennedy, Charles Chaplin, Luci http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203263949/cs/1/ Mon, 06 Feb 2012 02:10:10 -0500 IANS http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203263949/cs/1/ A vaccine against heroin addiction that has been patented in Mexico will be ready for human use in around five years. http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203263948/cs/1/ Mon, 06 Feb 2012 02:10:06 -0500 IANS http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203263948/cs/1/ China's airlines are not allowed to pay a charge on carbon emissions imposed by the European Union (EU) nor are they allowed to hike freight or add other fees without government permission, authoritie http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203263946/cs/1/ Mon, 06 Feb 2012 02:10:02 -0500 IANS http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203263946/cs/1/ Russian helicopter maker Rostvertol has partnered with a Chinese firm to set up a plant in northern China, authorities said. http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203263938/cs/1/ Mon, 06 Feb 2012 02:00:04 -0500 IANS http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203263938/cs/1/ Iran is planning to send a new generation of satellites into orbit to mark the 33rd anniversary of the Islamic republic's establishment, Defence Minister Brigadier General Ahmad Vahidi has said. http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203263934/cs/1/ Mon, 06 Feb 2012 01:50:02 -0500 IANS http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203263934/cs/1/ Three people, including two boys, were killed Sunday in an explosion at a home in the north-western US state of Washington. http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203262877/cs/1/ Mon, 06 Feb 2012 01:30:07 -0500 IANS http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203262877/cs/1/ An experimental stent-like device removed blood clots in stroke patients more effectively than standard mechanical treatment, a study reveals. http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203262650/cs/1/ Mon, 06 Feb 2012 01:20:01 -0500 IANS http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203262650/cs/1/ BRISTOL - Hundreds of traders and business establishments have signed up for Bristol's own currency to be launched May 21, with the backing of the Bristol Credit Union, a bank run as a cooperative. http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203279652/cs/1/ Mon, 06 Feb 2012 14:15:43 -0500 Zimbabwe Star.com http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203279652/cs/1/ NEW YORK - The IMF has warned of lower growth in China in view of the economic slump in Europe, and cut its forecast for the world's second largest economy this year to 8.25 per cent from 9 per cent http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203275615/cs/1/ Mon, 06 Feb 2012 13:18:55 -0500 Zimbabwe Star.com http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203275615/cs/1/ ATHENS - Greek Prime Minister Lucas Papademos has said he would continue intense talks with his coalition partners on austerity measures for a 130 billion-euro EU bailout plan second for Greece. http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203275612/cs/1/ Mon, 06 Feb 2012 13:09:56 -0500 Zimbabwe Star.com http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203275612/cs/1/ Diabetic women who become pregnant are four times more likely than other women to deliver babies with birth defects, which include heart disease and spina bifida, a study reveals. http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203269994/cs/1/ Mon, 06 Feb 2012 08:00:02 -0500 IANS http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203269994/cs/1/ Newly-divorced middle-aged women are more vulnerable to contracting HIV and other sexually transmitted diseases, a study reveals. http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203267661/cs/1/ Mon, 06 Feb 2012 05:40:09 -0500 IANS http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203267661/cs/1/ Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas and chief of the Palestinian Islamic Resistance Hamas politbureau Khalid Mashaal signed here Monday the Doha Declaration of the Palestinian reconciliation. http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203275608/cs/1/ Mon, 06 Feb 2012 12:50:39 -0500 IANS http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203275608/cs/1/ Two damaged armoured military vehicles are seen after clashes between President Bashar al-Assad forces and Free Syrian Army (FSA) in Cairo square near Khaldiyeh area in Homs Feb. 4, ... http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203292185/ Tue, 07 Feb 2012 01:02:21 -0500 Globe and Mail http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203292185/ In this citizen journalism image provided by the Local Coordination Committees in Syria, anti-Syrian regime protesters, burn tires and wave Syrian revolution flag during a demonstration in the ... http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203292186/ Tue, 07 Feb 2012 01:02:14 -0500 Globe and Mail http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203292186/ MALE, Maldives -; The Maldives military has fired rubber bullets and clashed with the country's police force, which has defied a presidential order to end a protest against what it perceives ... http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203291703/ Tue, 07 Feb 2012 00:58:31 -0500 San Diego Union-Tribune http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203291703/ BEIJING -; The body of a Chinese worker who went missing during a rebel attack on a work site in Sudan has been found, state media reported Tuesday. The official Xinhua News Agency said China ... http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203292147/ Tue, 07 Feb 2012 00:58:28 -0500 San Diego Union-Tribune http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/203292147/