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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 Thu, 02 Jul 2009 21:44:34 -0400 Thu, 02 Jul 2009 21:44:34 -0400 30 It has been suggested that Michael Jackson's memorial service might be held at the Staples Centre in downtown Los Angeles, if Jackson's family approves of the venue. http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/514507/cs/1/ Thu, 02 Jul 2009 20:23:51 -0400 Zimbabwe Star.com http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/514507/cs/1/ A US Marine has been captured by Taliban militants in Afghanistan’s Helmand province. http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/514506/cs/1/ Thu, 02 Jul 2009 20:21:16 -0400 Zimbabwe Star.com http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/514506/cs/1/ In Iran, legal action may be taken against opposition leader Mir Hossein Mousavi. http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/514505/cs/1/ Thu, 02 Jul 2009 20:20:01 -0400 Zimbabwe Star.com http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/514505/cs/1/ Latest opinion polls on Barack Obama suggest he is still popular with the American public. http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/514504/cs/1/ Thu, 02 Jul 2009 20:18:44 -0400 Zimbabwe Star.com http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/514504/cs/1/ Declassified US security records have shown that former Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein told US federal agents, after his capture in 2004, that he wanted the world to believe he had weapons of mass destruction so he would not appear weak to Iran. http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/514503/cs/1/ Thu, 02 Jul 2009 20:17:06 -0400 Zimbabwe Star.com http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/514503/cs/1/ The President of Lithuania, Valdas Adamkus, has decided to veto a law which would have prohibited discussion of homosexuality. http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/514502/cs/1/ Thu, 02 Jul 2009 20:15:43 -0400 Zimbabwe Star.com http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/514502/cs/1/ Taliban strongholds in southern Afghanistan have been infiltrated by US Marines who are part of a major operation under the imprimatur of President Barack Obama. http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/514267/cs/1/ Thu, 02 Jul 2009 06:27:35 -0400 Zimbabwe Star.com http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/514267/cs/1/ An ultimatum to the new Honduran president to reinstate ousted leader Manuel Zelaya to the presidency has been rejected. http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/514266/cs/1/ Thu, 02 Jul 2009 06:24:01 -0400 Zimbabwe Star.com http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/514266/cs/1/ North Korea has test-fired two short-range missiles. http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/514265/cs/1/ Thu, 02 Jul 2009 06:22:31 -0400 Zimbabwe Star.com http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/514265/cs/1/ Fatah prisoners, detained by Hamas members in the Gaza Strip, have been asked to supply their own food and water. http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/514264/cs/1/ Thu, 02 Jul 2009 06:21:10 -0400 Zimbabwe Star.com http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/514264/cs/1/ Much can be said to explain, or even justify Hamas’ recent political concessions, where its top leaders in Gaza and Damascus agreed in principle with a political settlement on the basis of the two-state solution. http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/514501/cs/1/ Thu, 02 Jul 2009 17:06:21 -0400 Zimbabwe Star.com http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/514501/cs/1/ Pakistani Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gilani Thursday warned against possible infiltration of Afghan militants into Pakistan in the wake of fresh offensives by the US and NATO soldiers in Afghanistan. http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/514496/cs/1/ Thu, 02 Jul 2009 14:50:02 -0400 Zimbabwe Star.com http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/514496/cs/1/ Pakistani Taliban chief Baitullah Mehsud is buying children as young as seven years old to carry out suicide bombing, the Online news agency said citing reports Thursday. http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/514481/cs/1/ Thu, 02 Jul 2009 13:30:04 -0400 Zimbabwe Star.com http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/514481/cs/1/ A leader of the Pakistan Muslim League Nawaz (PML-N) Thursday urged the government to try former Pakistani president Pervez Musharraf in court for using excessive force in the Lal Masjid operation, a media report said. http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/514471/cs/1/ Thu, 02 Jul 2009 12:20:01 -0400 Zimbabwe Star.com http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/514471/cs/1/ North Korea Thursday fired four short-range missiles over the Sea of Japan, according to South Korean reports. http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/514450/cs/1/ Thu, 02 Jul 2009 11:10:03 -0400 Zimbabwe Star.com http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/514450/cs/1/ The Pakistani Police Thursday foiled a plan to blow up the Quetta Express by terrorists, a media report said. http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/514430/cs/1/ Thu, 02 Jul 2009 10:20:10 -0400 Zimbabwe Star.com http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/514430/cs/1/ The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) has imposed a fine of Rs.1 million on bowler Mohammad Asif over his Dubai misadventure. http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/514410/cs/1/ Thu, 02 Jul 2009 09:50:05 -0400 Zimbabwe Star.com http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/514410/cs/1/ The US Thursday launched a massive operation, considered one of the largest since the Vietnam war, against the Taliban in Afghanistan's southern Helmand province as part of a new initiative under President Barack Obama. http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/514404/cs/1/ Thu, 02 Jul 2009 09:50:01 -0400 Zimbabwe Star.com http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/514404/cs/1/ Six people were killed when a suicide bomber blew himself up after ramming his motorcycle into a bus belonging to the A.Q. Khan nuclear research facility here in Pakistan Thursday, Geo TV reported. http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/514398/cs/1/ Thu, 02 Jul 2009 09:30:27 -0400 Zimbabwe Star.com http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/514398/cs/1/ A suicide bomber blew himself up after ramming his motorcycle into a bus in this Pakistani city, killing at least six people and injuring 25. http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/514385/cs/1/ Thu, 02 Jul 2009 09:30:16 -0400 Zimbabwe Star.com http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/514385/cs/1/ At least 51 Taliban militants and two policemen were killed in airstrikes, clashes and a roadside bombing in northwest Pakistan, officials said Thursday. http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/514382/cs/1/ Thu, 02 Jul 2009 09:30:13 -0400 Zimbabwe Star.com http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/514382/cs/1/ The US military Thursday began a large-scale offensive against the Taliban in Helmand province in southern Afghanistan as a local militant commander said the Taliban had captured a US soldier. http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/514375/cs/1/ Thu, 02 Jul 2009 09:30:07 -0400 Zimbabwe Star.com http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/514375/cs/1/ The four-day break could serve as a fresh impetus for the travel-weary Indian cricket team to relaunch their West Indies campaign in the last two one-day internationals slated for Friday and Sunday. http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/514369/cs/1/ Thu, 02 Jul 2009 09:30:02 -0400 Zimbabwe Star.com http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/514369/cs/1/ Six people were killed and 25 injured in a suicide bomb attack that ripped through a crowded marked in Pakistan's Rawalpindi city, media reports said. http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/514353/cs/1/ Thu, 02 Jul 2009 07:40:04 -0400 Zimbabwe Star.com http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/514353/cs/1/ Seven people were seriously injured when a motorist blew himself up after ramming the explosives laden vehicle into a bus that was parked in a crowded market in this Pakistani city, a media report said Thursday. http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/514351/cs/1/ Thu, 02 Jul 2009 07:40:02 -0400 Zimbabwe Star.com http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/514351/cs/1/ Pakistan's Taliban chief Maulana Fazlullah may have been killed during an operation in the restive Swat Valley, a media report said Thursday. http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/514337/cs/1/ Thu, 02 Jul 2009 07:10:12 -0400 Zimbabwe Star.com http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/514337/cs/1/ Nepal's gay community Thursday hailed the landmark ruling by the New Delhi High Court legalising sex between consenting adult homosexuals, calling it a 'liberalisation from British colonialism' and hoping it would lead to similar freedom in Sri Lanka, Bangladesh and Pakistan. http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/514332/cs/1/ Thu, 02 Jul 2009 07:10:10 -0400 Zimbabwe Star.com http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/514332/cs/1/ Three days after Nepal reported its first cases of swine flu, health officials Thursday said the Influenza A (H1N1) virus has also been detected in two more. http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/514283/cs/1/ Thu, 02 Jul 2009 06:30:10 -0400 Zimbabwe Star.com http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/514283/cs/1/ The pursuit of human happiness can be tripped by stress, financial trouble or chronic illness. Now, a researcher is trying to find the happiness gene, which may be partially responsible for a positive outlook. http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/514278/cs/1/ Thu, 02 Jul 2009 06:30:07 -0400 Zimbabwe Star.com http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/514278/cs/1/ An internationally recognised Indian Canadian neurosurgeon is among 60 people honoured with the Order of Canada this year. http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/514246/cs/1/ Thu, 02 Jul 2009 05:50:03 -0400 Zimbabwe Star.com http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/514246/cs/1/ The salamander is a super hero of regeneration, able to replace lost limbs, damaged lungs, sliced spinal cord - even bits of lopped-off brain. http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/514213/cs/1/ Thu, 02 Jul 2009 05:10:12 -0400 Zimbabwe Star.com http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/514213/cs/1/ Humans and animals delay reproduction during food scarcity, so that they may live longer to boost chances of reproduction later, says a new study. http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/514211/cs/1/ Thu, 02 Jul 2009 05:10:11 -0400 Zimbabwe Star.com http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/514211/cs/1/ Tensions exist between India's Muslims and Hindus because the two communities do not know enough about each other, an Indian delegate at the global faith conference here contended Thursday. http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/514210/cs/1/ Thu, 02 Jul 2009 05:10:10 -0400 Zimbabwe Star.com http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/514210/cs/1/ A 50-year-old man on board a US Airways jet en route to Los Angeles has been arrested after he stripped naked and ran around, forcing the plane to divert and land in Albuquerque, according to media reports Thursday. http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/514206/cs/1/ Thu, 02 Jul 2009 05:10:07 -0400 Zimbabwe Star.com http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/514206/cs/1/ Twenty-nine people, including 13 Indians and 12 Nepalis, are feared to have perished in a ship capsize off Doha Port in Qatar after searches for survivors since Tuesday yielded only five bodies. http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/514202/cs/1/ Thu, 02 Jul 2009 05:10:04 -0400 Zimbabwe Star.com http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/514202/cs/1/ The acquisition of the small but well-placed South African software company Cura by Softpro of Hyderabad has presented an opportunity to the Indian firm to become the multinational company that it aspires to be, Softpro chairman Bala Reddy said here. http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/514165/cs/1/ Thu, 02 Jul 2009 03:50:12 -0400 Zimbabwe Star.com http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/514165/cs/1/ The US has frozen the assets of four Pakistani terrorists for their alleged involvement in a series of terrorist activities in India, including the July 2006 train bombing in Mumbai and February 2007 bombing in the Samjhauta Express train that goes to Pakistan. http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/514162/cs/1/ Thu, 02 Jul 2009 03:50:10 -0400 Zimbabwe Star.com http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/514162/cs/1/ Diets high in protein and cholesterol are linked with a higher risk of hospitalization or death due to cirrhosis or liver cancer, while diets high in carbohydrates are associated with a lower risk, according to the latest research. http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/514157/cs/1/ Thu, 02 Jul 2009 03:50:05 -0400 Zimbabwe Star.com http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/514157/cs/1/ Providing intensive dietary advice improved blood sugar control in type 2 diabetics even when they were arguably on the best available medication, according to the latest research. http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/514099/cs/1/ Thu, 02 Jul 2009 03:00:09 -0400 Zimbabwe Star.com http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/514099/cs/1/ Simmering India-Pakistan tensions came to the fore on the concluding day of a global faith meet here Thursday but the blip was taken in its stride. http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/514095/cs/1/ Thu, 02 Jul 2009 03:00:05 -0400 Zimbabwe Star.com http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/514095/cs/1/ Movie characters who smoke while playing good or bad guys do influence teens to follow their example, says the latest research. http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/514093/cs/1/ Thu, 02 Jul 2009 03:00:03 -0400 Zimbabwe Star.com http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/514093/cs/1/ Technologies developed by Hyderabad-based ICSA, which is into energy management and audit, could help South African power utility Eskom significantly reduce its losses, ICSA chairman and managing director Bala Reddy has said here. http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/514092/cs/1/ Thu, 02 Jul 2009 03:00:01 -0400 Zimbabwe Star.com http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/514092/cs/1/ Do you frequent a cyber cafe? If yes, then think twice as shared keyboards in cyber cafes and elsewhere are swarming with deadly germs and are potential sources of infection, according to a recent study. http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/514086/cs/1/ Thu, 02 Jul 2009 02:10:03 -0400 Zimbabwe Star.com http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/514086/cs/1/ Increased physical activity benefits patients with non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD), independently of weight change, according to the latest research. http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/514084/cs/1/ Thu, 02 Jul 2009 02:10:01 -0400 Zimbabwe Star.com http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/514084/cs/1/ Debbie Rowe, the mother of Michael Jackson's two older children, may go to court to seek their custody, said reports here. http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/514083/cs/1/ Thu, 02 Jul 2009 02:00:05 -0400 Zimbabwe Star.com http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/514083/cs/1/ It was the scene of many of his happiest moments but also the site of harrowing allegations of child molestation. http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/514070/cs/1/ Thu, 02 Jul 2009 01:10:08 -0400 Zimbabwe Star.com http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/514070/cs/1/ Fiji's military regime has extended emergency powers, which ban political meetings and criticism of the government, until the end of the year, according to reports from the capital Suva Thursday. http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/514069/cs/1/ Thu, 02 Jul 2009 01:10:07 -0400 Zimbabwe Star.com http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/514069/cs/1/ Iranian claims that the death of a young Iranian woman was staged during the recent demonstrations to tarnish the government's image is 'shocking' and equate to a 'campaign of misinformation', the White House has said. http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/514062/cs/1/ Thu, 02 Jul 2009 00:50:05 -0400 Zimbabwe Star.com http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/514062/cs/1/ Helicopter gunships attacked the hideouts of Islamist militants in Pakistan's tribal region bordering Afghanistan, killing at least 28 rebels in overnight action, security officials said Thursday. http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/514063/cs/1/ Thu, 02 Jul 2009 00:50:05 -0400 Zimbabwe Star.com http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/514063/cs/1/ Hong Kong gamblers sent out a positive note about the state of the city's economy by staking more than $155 million on the last racing day of the season, officials said Thursday. http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/514055/cs/1/ Wed, 01 Jul 2009 23:20:03 -0400 Zimbabwe Star.com http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/514055/cs/1/ Washington, July 2 (Xinhua) The US government has again delayed the release of a full report on the CIA's controversial interrogation programme. http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/514051/cs/1/ Wed, 01 Jul 2009 22:00:09 -0400 Zimbabwe Star.com http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/514051/cs/1/ Late singer Michael Jackson named fellow music great Diana Ross as the backup guardian of his three children in the event that his mother Katherine, 79, was unable to fulfil that role, according to his 2002 will, which was revealed Wednesday. http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/514050/cs/1/ Wed, 01 Jul 2009 22:00:06 -0400 Zimbabwe Star.com http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/514050/cs/1/ Lahore, July 2 : The US Government wants to deport a Pakistani immigrant who helped it in its war on terror by working as an undercover informant in California for the Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE). http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/514327/cs/1/ Thu, 02 Jul 2009 07:10:08 -0400 Zimbabwe Star.com http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/514327/cs/1/ India's Leander Paes and Cara Black of Zimbabwe defeated Brazil's Andre Sa and Ai Sugiyama of Japan 6-3, 6-3 to storm into the semi-finals of Wimbledon mixed doubles here Thursday. http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/514499/cs/1/ Thu, 02 Jul 2009 14:50:05 -0400 Zimbabwe Star.com http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/514499/cs/1/ The sequel to sci-fi movie 'Transformers' has been named as 'the most blooper-laden' film of 2009, as cinemagoers spotted around 40 continuity errors and mistakes in the film. http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/514498/cs/1/ Thu, 02 Jul 2009 14:50:04 -0400 Zimbabwe Star.com http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/514498/cs/1/ British supermodel Kate Moss has been photographed wearing a giant diamond on her ring finger, sparking rumours that she is engaged to her musician boyfriend Jamie Hince. http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/514497/cs/1/ Thu, 02 Jul 2009 14:50:03 -0400 Zimbabwe Star.com http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/514497/cs/1/ Pop legend Michael Jackson has made a posthomous chart history in America by claiming the top nine spots on Billboard's Top Pop Catalog Albums countdown since his sudden death last week. http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/514495/cs/1/ Thu, 02 Jul 2009 13:30:16 -0400 Zimbabwe Star.com http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/514495/cs/1/ Hollywood actor Johnny Depp is finding similarities between himself and his character from his new movie 'Public Enemies' because of the contrasting jobs he has done before becoming an actor. http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/514494/cs/1/ Thu, 02 Jul 2009 13:30:14 -0400 Zimbabwe Star.com http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/514494/cs/1/ King of Pop Michael Jackson's 'This Is It' shows in London were just the beginning of his live comeback, as the star was planning a six-month residency in Las Vegas for the next year. http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/514493/cs/1/ Thu, 02 Jul 2009 13:30:13 -0400 Zimbabwe Star.com http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/514493/cs/1/ Moscow, July 2 (RIA Novosti) Russia is opposed to sanctions against Iran over the recent crackdown on protest rallies following the disputed presidential election, the foreign ministry said Thursday. http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/514486/cs/1/ Thu, 02 Jul 2009 13:30:09 -0400 Zimbabwe Star.com http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/514486/cs/1/ US stocks climbed higher Wednesday on slightly rosier prospects for manufacturing and housing, a day after investors celebrated the best quarter on Wall Street since 2003. http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/514049/cs/1/ Wed, 01 Jul 2009 22:00:05 -0400 Zimbabwe Star.com http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/514049/cs/1/ Dinara Safina is all that stands in the way of a fourth Williams sisters Wimbledon final after second seed Serena Williams held off Russian Elena Dementieva 6-7 (4-7), 7-5, 8-6 in their semi-final Thursday. http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/514467/cs/1/ Thu, 02 Jul 2009 11:50:04 -0400 Zimbabwe Star.com http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/514467/cs/1/ Moscow, July 2 (RIA Novosti) The Russian police have found a child who has been raised by dogs, a media report said Thursday. http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/514454/cs/1/ Thu, 02 Jul 2009 11:10:07 -0400 Zimbabwe Star.com http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/514454/cs/1/ Wimbledon's Millennium media and player complex, unveiled at the start of the new century, is falling apart due to shoddy workmanship, the All England Club says in a 7.5-million-dollar complaint filed in the High Court. http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/514453/cs/1/ Thu, 02 Jul 2009 11:10:05 -0400 Zimbabwe Star.com http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/514453/cs/1/ Japanese diplomat Yukiya Amano was chosen as the next leader of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Thursday, diplomats said. http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/514452/cs/1/ Thu, 02 Jul 2009 11:10:04 -0400 Zimbabwe Star.com http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/514452/cs/1/ European football supremo Michel Platini is annoyed by Real Madrid's summer spending spree but there is no way to stop the Spanish giants from splashing out the money. http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/514426/cs/1/ Thu, 02 Jul 2009 10:20:07 -0400 Zimbabwe Star.com http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/514426/cs/1/ There will be no confusion in the mind of at least one competitor when the crowd cheers for 'Andy' in Friday's Wimbledon semi-final between Scot Andy Murray and two-time finalist Andy Roddick. http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/514423/cs/1/ Thu, 02 Jul 2009 10:20:05 -0400 Zimbabwe Star.com http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/514423/cs/1/ Former 'Friends' star Jennifer Aniston has wowed friends with her culinary skills and they are now encouraging her to open an eatery. http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/514419/cs/1/ Thu, 02 Jul 2009 10:20:02 -0400 Zimbabwe Star.com http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/514419/cs/1/ British Prime Minister Gordon Brown Thursday garlanded a recently installed statue of Mahatma Gandhi in the city of Leicester. http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/514386/cs/1/ Thu, 02 Jul 2009 09:30:17 -0400 Zimbabwe Star.com http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/514386/cs/1/ British schools were Thursday urged to look out for signs of forced marriages ahead of school holidays. http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/514287/cs/1/ Thu, 02 Jul 2009 06:30:12 -0400 Zimbabwe Star.com http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/514287/cs/1/ Authorities in the British city of Birmingham are considering applying for European Union protection of 'Balti' dishes - a popular form of curry with obscure origins. http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/514247/cs/1/ Thu, 02 Jul 2009 05:50:05 -0400 Zimbabwe Star.com http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/514247/cs/1/ France star Franck Ribery is set to leave Bayern Munich, but only for Real Madrid. http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/514245/cs/1/ Thu, 02 Jul 2009 05:50:03 -0400 Zimbabwe Star.com http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/514245/cs/1/ David Silva is the next target for profligate Real Madrid president Florentino Perez, according to sports papers Marca and AS Thursday. http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/514242/cs/1/ Thu, 02 Jul 2009 05:40:03 -0400 Zimbabwe Star.com http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/514242/cs/1/ Wigan Athletic manager Roberto Martinez made his first signing for the club Thursday, landing midfielder Hendry Thomas, subject to international clearance. http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/514218/cs/1/ Thu, 02 Jul 2009 05:20:04 -0400 Zimbabwe Star.com http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/514218/cs/1/ The only known survivor from the crash of a Yemenia Airbus A310 near the Comoros islands, 12-year-old Bahiya Bakary, arrived at Le Bourget airport near Paris Thursday. http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/514217/cs/1/ Thu, 02 Jul 2009 05:20:02 -0400 Zimbabwe Star.com http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/514217/cs/1/ Whatever the third Congress of Leaders of World and Traditional Religions held in Kazakhstan might have achieved, it did prove that when it comes to religious leadership, women are yet to break through the glass ceiling. http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/514209/cs/1/ Thu, 02 Jul 2009 05:10:09 -0400 Zimbabwe Star.com http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/514209/cs/1/ A local councillor in a British city has been suspended for calling an Indian-origin rival 'coconut' - a racial slur. http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/514166/cs/1/ Thu, 02 Jul 2009 04:00:01 -0400 Zimbabwe Star.com http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/514166/cs/1/ Michael Jackson's family might go for a traditional Islamic burial rituals for the late pop legend. http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/514097/cs/1/ Thu, 02 Jul 2009 03:00:07 -0400 Zimbabwe Star.com http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/514097/cs/1/ Singer-actress Lindsay Lohan was paid a staggering $70,000 to host her own birthday bash. http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/514096/cs/1/ Thu, 02 Jul 2009 03:00:07 -0400 Zimbabwe Star.com http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/514096/cs/1/ The managing director of a Sri Lankan Tamil newspaper has alleged that a 'shadowy group' has ordered his employees to quit their jobs or get killed, BBC reported Thursday. http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/514089/cs/1/ Thu, 02 Jul 2009 02:10:07 -0400 Zimbabwe Star.com http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/514089/cs/1/ Eighteen years ago, Kazakhstan became the last of the former Soviet republics to reluctantly part ways with Russia after the collapse of the Soviet Union. Now the strategically located Central Asian nation is preparing to head a key European-led security grouping as it asserts the right to fashion its own foreign policy initiatives. http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/514059/cs/1/ Wed, 01 Jul 2009 23:50:04 -0400 Zimbabwe Star.com http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/514059/cs/1/ Dish Network, a leader in international programming, Thursday introduced TV9 Telugu, a 24-hour news channel focused on enlightening and entertaining the Telugu speaking community, in the US. http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/514057/cs/1/ Wed, 01 Jul 2009 23:50:01 -0400 Zimbabwe Star.com http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/514057/cs/1/ The International Monetary Fund (IMF) said Wednesday it will issue bonds for the first time in its 60-year history in an effort to win contributions from emerging economies like China, Brazil and Russia. http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/514052/cs/1/ Wed, 01 Jul 2009 22:20:02 -0400 Zimbabwe Star.com http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/514052/cs/1/ Thousands of US Marines stormed into the Helmand river valley under cover of night yesterday, the opening phase of Barack Obama’s new high-risk strategy in Afghanistan. In Operation Khanj... http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/25831005/ Thu, 02 Jul 2009 21:11:50 -0400 Times Online http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/25831005/ CHICAGO -- Air traffic controllers who direct planes in and out of Chicago's O'Hare International Airport have too little time off between shifts, a factor that contributes to fatigue and could be a ... http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/25830309/ Thu, 02 Jul 2009 21:03:04 -0400 The Miami Herald http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/25830309/ Lieutenant Colonel Rupert Thorneloe, 40, died with another British soldier when a bomb exploded under his armoured vehicle in a convoy near Lashkar Gah in Afghanistan One of the most senior British ... http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/25831026/ Thu, 02 Jul 2009 20:48:10 -0400 One News http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/25831026/ As of Thursday, July 2, 2009, at least 4,322 members of the U.S. military had died in the Iraq war since it began in March 2003, according to an Associated Press count.The figure includes nine militar... http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/25830927/ Thu, 02 Jul 2009 21:02:51 -0400 The Miami Herald http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/25830927/ LOS OLIVOS, Calif. -- The gates to Michael Jackson's fabled Neverland Ranch swung open Thursday to reveal a shell of the fantasyland the boy-man had created in his heyday.Gone was the zoo with its el... http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/25830224/ Thu, 02 Jul 2009 21:02:35 -0400 The Miami Herald http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/25830224/ LOS ANGELES -- Concert promoter AEG Live's chief executive says insurance will help cover any losses on the now-canceled Michael Jackson concert series if the pop star died accidentally, including of... http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/25830452/ Thu, 02 Jul 2009 21:03:01 -0400 The Miami Herald http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/25830452/ WASHINGTON - The Obama administration on Thursday authorized the seizure of assets belonging to an extremist organization in Iraq and an Iranian backer of insurgents, saying both are responsible for d... http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/25830988/ Thu, 02 Jul 2009 20:44:46 -0400 MSNBC http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/25830988/ But the president as global oracle is about to meet his stony match -- in the vast and barren place that proved a graveyard for Napoleon and that has an ingrained suspicion of foreigners as an abiding... http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/25830103/ Thu, 02 Jul 2009 20:43:09 -0400 CNN http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/25830103/ SADDAM Hussein told American interrogators he let the world believe he had weapons of mass destruction because he worried about the need to deter an attack from Iran, newly declassified FBI documents ... http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/25830101/ Thu, 02 Jul 2009 20:36:54 -0400 The Scotsman http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/25830101/ GLENDALE, Ariz. -- The Phoenix Coyotes have signed left wing Stefan Meyer to a one-year contract.The 23-year-old Meyer was acquired on June 19 from the Florida Panthers for the rights to center Steve... http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/25830976/ Thu, 02 Jul 2009 21:03:07 -0400 The Miami Herald http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/25830976/ Interim government in Honduras digs in despite criticism Carla Bruni is thought to have inspired Sarkozy’s charm offensive, writes LARA MARLOWE in Paris PRESIDENT NICOLAS Sarkozy has embarked ... http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/25831019/ Thu, 02 Jul 2009 21:00:51 -0400 Irish Times http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/25831019/ Algerian star accused of kidnap and trying to force abortion on ex-partner Profits at Gordon Ramsay’s UK restaurants plunged almost 90 per cent in a “turbulent” year in which the cel... http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/25831009/ Thu, 02 Jul 2009 21:00:59 -0400 Irish Times http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/25831009/ DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. -- Greg Biffle and Sam Hornish Jr. wrecked during practice for Saturday night's NASCAR race at Daytona International Speedway.Neither driver was injured.Biffle and Hornish got tog... http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/25830970/ Thu, 02 Jul 2009 21:03:13 -0400 The Miami Herald http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/25830970/ OLYMPIA, Wash. -- It's been a busy year for former Nirvana bassist turned politico Krist Novoselic (noh-voh-SEL'-ich).He released a new record in May, had a short-lived protest candidacy for clerk of... http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/25830986/ Thu, 02 Jul 2009 21:02:32 -0400 The Miami Herald http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/25830986/ Diprivan renders the patient unconscious for as long as doctors deem necessary FDA has not approved it for treating sleep disorders The drug has the effect of making the patient feel well-rested upon ... http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/25830106/ Thu, 02 Jul 2009 20:43:18 -0400 CNN http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/25830106/ Michael Jackson has finally moved to end uncertainty about his memorial fully a week after his death by firming up plans for commemorative event in downtown Los Angeles next Tuesday.The Hollywood Repo... http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/25830968/ Thu, 02 Jul 2009 20:57:39 -0400 The Guardian http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/25830968/ It's easy to see how things could spiral out of control: the two sides are braced for combat. At Ergneti on Georgia's border with South Ossetia, Georgian military police stand guard behind high barric... http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/25830046/ Thu, 02 Jul 2009 20:59:50 -0400 The Independent http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/25830046/