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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/c1ab2109a5bf37ec/ 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/c1ab2109a5bf37ec/id/203278082/cs/1/ Mon, 06 Feb 2012 13:49:56 -0500 Zimbabwe Star.com http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c1ab2109a5bf37ec/id/203278082/cs/1/ Schoolgirl Nomasonto Masango giggles as she lists the things she and her friends want boyfriends to buy them. http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c1ab2109a5bf37ec/id/203291165/cs/1/ Mon, 06 Feb 2012 23:47:23 -0500 Kerry Cullinan - Africa Renewal http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c1ab2109a5bf37ec/id/203291165/cs/1/ England has joined South Africa by becoming only the second team in the last 105 years to lose a Test after bowling the opposition out for less than 100 in the first innings of the game. http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c1ab2109a5bf37ec/id/203293393/cs/1/ Tue, 07 Feb 2012 02:00:41 -0500 ANI http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c1ab2109a5bf37ec/id/203293393/cs/1/ South Africa is eyeing the No 1 spot in the ICC Test rankings after Pakistan's unexpected series victory over current number one side England in the United Arab Emirates. http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c1ab2109a5bf37ec/id/203292336/cs/1/ Tue, 07 Feb 2012 01:40:09 -0500 ANI http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c1ab2109a5bf37ec/id/203292336/cs/1/ A new United Nations report shows that almost 2,000 communities across Africa abandoned female genital mutilation/cutting (FGM/C) last year, prompting calls for a renewed global push to end this harmf http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c1ab2109a5bf37ec/id/203286218/cs/1/ Mon, 06 Feb 2012 20:17:09 -0500 U.N. - Women, Children, and Population http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c1ab2109a5bf37ec/id/203286218/cs/1/ Prime Minister of Mauritius, Navinchandra Ramgoolam today arrived in New Delhi on a six-day visit to the country. http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c1ab2109a5bf37ec/id/203275591/cs/1/ Mon, 06 Feb 2012 11:40:10 -0500 ANI http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c1ab2109a5bf37ec/id/203275591/cs/1/ Al-Qaeda operatives in North Africa have reportedly helped to transform Boko Haram into a terrorist group capable of killing hundreds in sophisticated attacks. http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c1ab2109a5bf37ec/id/203269788/cs/1/ Mon, 06 Feb 2012 07:50:15 -0500 ANI http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c1ab2109a5bf37ec/id/203269788/cs/1/ Former South African bowling coach Vincent Barnes has cautioned them about New Zealand's possible devious tactics. http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c1ab2109a5bf37ec/id/203265733/cs/1/ Mon, 06 Feb 2012 05:00:17 -0500 ANI http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c1ab2109a5bf37ec/id/203265733/cs/1/ New Zealand cruised to a 141-run victory over Zimbabwe after amassing 372 for 6 at the Cobham Oval here in the second one-day international , and took an unassailable 2-0 lead in the series. http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c1ab2109a5bf37ec/id/203265705/cs/1/ Mon, 06 Feb 2012 04:01:05 -0500 ANI http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c1ab2109a5bf37ec/id/203265705/cs/1/ BEIJING (AP) — State media say the body of a Chinese worker who went missing during a rebel attack on a work site in Sudan has been found and that 29 others abducted in the assault would be ... http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c1ab2109a5bf37ec/id/203292242/ Tue, 07 Feb 2012 01:06:43 -0500 WHP CBS 21 http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c1ab2109a5bf37ec/id/203292242/ U.S. President Barack Obama’s step grandmother, Sarah, suffered bruises and a shock after a car accident in Kenya, HuffingtonPost reported. Sarah Obama, 91, was riding in a car on Saturday ... http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c1ab2109a5bf37ec/id/203292241/ Tue, 07 Feb 2012 00:21:32 -0500 RIA Novosti http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c1ab2109a5bf37ec/id/203292241/ President Obama ’s 91-year-old step-grandmother suffered bruises and shock after a car she was traveling in rolled over, a relative and a hospital official said Monday. The relative said Sarah ... http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c1ab2109a5bf37ec/id/203291421/ Tue, 07 Feb 2012 00:04:21 -0500 New York Times http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c1ab2109a5bf37ec/id/203291421/ Over the years there have been countless reports by international lobby groups such as Global Witness and Human Rights Watch that questioned how Angola's vast oil revenues had been managed. ... http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c1ab2109a5bf37ec/id/203292232/ Mon, 06 Feb 2012 23:31:41 -0500 Mail & Guardian http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c1ab2109a5bf37ec/id/203292232/ "He wanted to turn Libyans on each other, to divide and rule," said Barra, one of thousands of displaced black Libyans who have suffered revenge attacks from victorious anti-Gaddafi forces ... http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c1ab2109a5bf37ec/id/203292234/ Mon, 06 Feb 2012 23:30:31 -0500 Mail & Guardian http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c1ab2109a5bf37ec/id/203292234/ Two priests kidnapped in Sudan on Jan. 15 have been released after two weeks in captivity."The two priests were released yesterday, January 30, around 4 p.m. local time and today will arrive ... http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c1ab2109a5bf37ec/id/203292237/ Mon, 06 Feb 2012 23:26:18 -0500 EWTN http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c1ab2109a5bf37ec/id/203292237/ Boko Haram has claimed a series of recent attacks in Africa's most populous nation and top oil producer, including coordinated gun and bomb assaults on January 20 in Kano. (File: Getty) ... http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c1ab2109a5bf37ec/id/203287571/ Mon, 06 Feb 2012 20:41:19 -0500 SBS http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c1ab2109a5bf37ec/id/203287571/ ???? (ANHRI/IFEX) - 5 February 2012 - The Arabic Network for Human Rights Information (ANHRI) condemns the arrest of 27-year-old Tunisian rapper Anis Al-Marabty, also known as ... http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c1ab2109a5bf37ec/id/203287336/ Mon, 06 Feb 2012 20:26:33 -0500 IFEX http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c1ab2109a5bf37ec/id/203287336/ ALGIERS -- Fifteen people were jailed Monday for between three and 12 years in connection with bombings that killed 11 in Algeria in 2008, including workers at SNC-Lavalin, a judicial source ... http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c1ab2109a5bf37ec/id/203287567/ Mon, 06 Feb 2012 19:57:50 -0500 Canada.com http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c1ab2109a5bf37ec/id/203287567/ Accra - Four members of Ghana's political elite were charged with corruption on Monday, threatening to further tarnish the ruling party's reputation in election year following the ... http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c1ab2109a5bf37ec/id/203287569/ Mon, 06 Feb 2012 19:48:21 -0500 IOL http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c1ab2109a5bf37ec/id/203287569/ YAOUNDE, Cameroon (AP) — Cameroon state radio says that Mount Cameroon, a volcano in the country's southwest region, sent ashes and flames into the air in a brief explosion. Cameroon ... http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c1ab2109a5bf37ec/id/203287006/ Mon, 06 Feb 2012 19:35:52 -0500 Sun-Sentinel http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c1ab2109a5bf37ec/id/203287006/ Libya n government's Supreme Security Committee, guarded the embassy from about 50 protesters who waved Syrian opposition flags and had managed to break windows and spray graffiti on the ... http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c1ab2109a5bf37ec/id/203287579/ Mon, 06 Feb 2012 19:33:19 -0500 IBTimes http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c1ab2109a5bf37ec/id/203287579/ Despite the ongoing extensive anti-HIV/AIDS campaigns, the total number of people living with HIV in Ghana is projected to increase to 317,872 by 2015 from 272,780 in 2010, states the Ghana AIDS ... http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c1ab2109a5bf37ec/id/203287565/ Mon, 06 Feb 2012 19:16:01 -0500 All Africa http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c1ab2109a5bf37ec/id/203287565/ At 72 years, Hon Anna Margareth Abdallah has an enormous of experience as a Member of Parliament (MP). She has had eight terms of five years each in Tanzania's Parliament and is still a member ... http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c1ab2109a5bf37ec/id/203287566/ Mon, 06 Feb 2012 19:15:56 -0500 All Africa http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c1ab2109a5bf37ec/id/203287566/ Washington - The World Health Organization (WHO) is intensifying efforts to prevent, control and eliminate neglected tropical diseases, ailments that plague the developing world. The new WHO ... http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c1ab2109a5bf37ec/id/203287576/ Mon, 06 Feb 2012 19:15:51 -0500 AllAfrica.com http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c1ab2109a5bf37ec/id/203287576/ The Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria is the most important and effective financial facility addressing AIDS. It has saved and prolonged millions of lives. Yet at this precise ... http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c1ab2109a5bf37ec/id/203287577/ Mon, 06 Feb 2012 19:15:49 -0500 AllAfrica.com http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c1ab2109a5bf37ec/id/203287577/ Ambassador Gillian Milovanovic was appointed chair of the Kimberley Process in January 2012. She is first woman to lead the Kimberley Process, and this is the first time the United States has held ... http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c1ab2109a5bf37ec/id/203287575/ Mon, 06 Feb 2012 19:15:46 -0500 AllAfrica.com http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c1ab2109a5bf37ec/id/203287575/ The Ghana Trades Union Congress (TUC) has rejected measures taken by government to cushion the plight of worker as a result of the increase in the prices of fuel as ineffective, calling for a ... http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c1ab2109a5bf37ec/id/203287573/ Mon, 06 Feb 2012 19:15:46 -0500 All Africa http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c1ab2109a5bf37ec/id/203287573/ Washington - Fourteen Americans with roots in East Africa went to the White House January 30 to accept honors as "Champions of Change." The Obama administration said the men and women ... http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c1ab2109a5bf37ec/id/203287574/ Mon, 06 Feb 2012 19:15:43 -0500 AllAfrica.com http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c1ab2109a5bf37ec/id/203287574/ -; Infectious disease has joined poaching and habitat loss as a major threat to the survival of African great apes as they have become restricted to ever-smaller populations. Despite the work of ... http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c1ab2109a5bf37ec/id/203287570/ Mon, 06 Feb 2012 19:08:53 -0500 Science Daily http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c1ab2109a5bf37ec/id/203287570/ Abu Dhabi, 6 Feb. 2012 (WAM) - Etihad Airways today announced the launch of flights to Lagos, the airline's first destination in West Africa, from July 1, subject to regulatory approvals. ... http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c1ab2109a5bf37ec/id/203286681/ Mon, 06 Feb 2012 18:55:34 -0500 WAM http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c1ab2109a5bf37ec/id/203286681/ PASCAGOULA, MS (WLOX) - A unique group of entertainers are bringing their international tour to Pascagoula. More than two dozen children from Uganda make up the African Children's Choir, ... http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c1ab2109a5bf37ec/id/203282311/ Mon, 06 Feb 2012 16:57:19 -0500 WLOX http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c1ab2109a5bf37ec/id/203282311/ Ibrahim Japone, 18, and his 3-month-old daughter, Silvie Mate, are using the new semi-intensive care facilities at the Bangui Paediatric Hospital in Bangui, Central African ... http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c1ab2109a5bf37ec/id/203282310/ Mon, 06 Feb 2012 16:54:32 -0500 UNICEF http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c1ab2109a5bf37ec/id/203282310/ Abuja, Feb 6 (Prensa Latina) The military forces operating in the Nigerian oil region of the Niger Delta, today confirmed an attack on an oil pipeline by a guerrilla group. The pipeline belongs to ... http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c1ab2109a5bf37ec/id/203281680/ Mon, 06 Feb 2012 16:44:06 -0500 Prensa Latina http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c1ab2109a5bf37ec/id/203281680/ - Tigray Resources (TSX-V: TIG) hit more broad copper-polymetallic mineralization near a notable drilling result that it announced hitting late last year from its Terakimti prospect, part of its ... http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c1ab2109a5bf37ec/id/203281624/ Mon, 06 Feb 2012 16:39:12 -0500 Mine Web http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c1ab2109a5bf37ec/id/203281624/ There were no surprises as Africa’s first round of qualifying for the FIFA U-17 Women’s World Cup Azerbaijan 2012 came to a conclusion on Sunday, with six sides now left to fight it out ... http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c1ab2109a5bf37ec/id/203282306/ Mon, 06 Feb 2012 16:28:18 -0500 FIFA http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c1ab2109a5bf37ec/id/203282306/ While Russia and China vetoed a UN resolution calling for Syrian leader Bashar al-Assad to step down, South Africa voted for the measure. But it voices qualms on foreign ... http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c1ab2109a5bf37ec/id/203282312/ Mon, 06 Feb 2012 16:21:51 -0500 Christian Science Monitor http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c1ab2109a5bf37ec/id/203282312/ PORT HARCOURT, Nigeria (Reuters) - Nigeria's military has named seven people it says were behind an attack on an oil pipeline belonging to Italy's Eni on Saturday, and denied a claim that ... http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c1ab2109a5bf37ec/id/203282303/ Mon, 06 Feb 2012 15:47:38 -0500 Reuters http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c1ab2109a5bf37ec/id/203282303/ - The African National Congress (ANC), South Africa's governing party, upheld the suspension issued to Julius Malema, president of the ANC's Youth League (ANCYL), on Saturday. The ... http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c1ab2109a5bf37ec/id/203282320/ Mon, 06 Feb 2012 15:39:06 -0500 Impunity Watch http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c1ab2109a5bf37ec/id/203282320/ The Ivorians are yet to concede a goal in the finals, but have been forced to defend their conservative approach. "We know if we keep a clean sheet that with the players we've got up ... http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c1ab2109a5bf37ec/id/203282302/ Mon, 06 Feb 2012 15:28:33 -0500 BBC http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c1ab2109a5bf37ec/id/203282302/ The Democratic Republic of Congo faces so many challenges battling diseases such as malaria, AIDS and cholera that cancer has been pushed off the radar. Yet it is affecting a growing number of ... http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c1ab2109a5bf37ec/id/203282077/ Mon, 06 Feb 2012 15:28:30 -0500 BBC http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c1ab2109a5bf37ec/id/203282077/ LAGOS, Nigeria: The burning inferno of what used to be a Chevron Corp. natural gas rig still stains the night's sky orange more than two weeks after the rig caught fire, and no one can say when ... http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c1ab2109a5bf37ec/id/203282322/ Mon, 06 Feb 2012 15:20:43 -0500 Arab News http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c1ab2109a5bf37ec/id/203282322/ The Hague - The International Criminal Court has rejected Aisha Gaddafi's request to submit information about her brother Saif al-Islam, stating it was "misplaced" and contrary to ... http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c1ab2109a5bf37ec/id/203282299/ Mon, 06 Feb 2012 15:20:11 -0500 All Africa http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c1ab2109a5bf37ec/id/203282299/ Mogadishu - The president of Somalia's Transitional Federal government TFG Sheik Sharif Sheik Ahmed has announced on Monday that his government is planning to open at least 100 schools with ... http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c1ab2109a5bf37ec/id/203282300/ Mon, 06 Feb 2012 15:20:08 -0500 All Africa http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c1ab2109a5bf37ec/id/203282300/ The President of Ghana HE John Atta Mills is pleased to announce that the 10th Africa Investment Forum will be held in Accra on 3rd-4th April 2012, in partnership with the Economic Community of West ... http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c1ab2109a5bf37ec/id/203282319/ Mon, 06 Feb 2012 15:20:02 -0500 AllAfrica.com http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c1ab2109a5bf37ec/id/203282319/ sub-Saharan Africa has achieved in building democracy over the past generation is coming undone. After two decades of significant gains, the continent has experienced a steady decline in democracy ... http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c1ab2109a5bf37ec/id/203282305/ Mon, 06 Feb 2012 15:01:11 -0500 Christian Science Monitor http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c1ab2109a5bf37ec/id/203282305/ The woman had a daughter now aged 11 after she was assaulted a second time by the same cousin. Cekiso's world as a lesbian living in South Africa's gritty townships is far removed from ... http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c1ab2109a5bf37ec/id/203282315/ Mon, 06 Feb 2012 14:58:38 -0500 Breitbart http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c1ab2109a5bf37ec/id/203282315/ Monrovia (NTB-AFP): En av fjorårets vinnere av Nobels fredspris, Leymah Gbowee, har startet en ny organisasjon som skal hjelpe unge jenter i hjemlandet ... http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c1ab2109a5bf37ec/id/203282301/ Mon, 06 Feb 2012 14:55:39 -0500 Nettavisen http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c1ab2109a5bf37ec/id/203282301/ KHARTOUM, Feb. 1 (Xinhua) -- The Sudanese government on Wednesday downplayed the announcement by South Sudan that it intends to close its joint border with Sudan. "This announcement is just a ... http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c1ab2109a5bf37ec/id/203282317/ Mon, 06 Feb 2012 14:51:03 -0500 SINA http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c1ab2109a5bf37ec/id/203282317/ KHARTOUM, Feb. 1 (Xinhua) -- At least three members of Darfur rebel Justice and Equality Movement (JEM) were killed when they attacked an area in Sudan's East Darfur State and clashed with ... http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c1ab2109a5bf37ec/id/203282316/ Mon, 06 Feb 2012 14:51:02 -0500 SINA http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c1ab2109a5bf37ec/id/203282316/ KANO, Nigeria Jan. 21 (Xinhua) -- Officials of northern Nigeria 's Kano State government said on Saturday that about 150 persons lost their lives in Friday's terrorist attacks which rocked ... http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c1ab2109a5bf37ec/id/203282318/ Mon, 06 Feb 2012 14:50:35 -0500 SINA http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c1ab2109a5bf37ec/id/203282318/ More than six months after the secession of South Sudan, thousands of South Sudanese are still trying to make the journey southward. The United Nations estimates that nearly 700,000 people of South ... http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c1ab2109a5bf37ec/id/203277082/ Mon, 06 Feb 2012 13:05:30 -0500 UNICEF http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c1ab2109a5bf37ec/id/203277082/ The international group that brings together the United Nations and its diplomatic partners in support of efforts to restore peace and stability in Somalia insisted today that the ... http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c1ab2109a5bf37ec/id/203277093/ Mon, 06 Feb 2012 13:05:07 -0500 UN News Centre http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c1ab2109a5bf37ec/id/203277093/ Africa-focused oil firm Afren announced Monday that the operator of the Nunya-1X exploration well on the Keta block, offshore Ghana, has begun drilling. The Nunya-1X (formerly called ... http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c1ab2109a5bf37ec/id/203277097/ Mon, 06 Feb 2012 12:57:38 -0500 Rigzone http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c1ab2109a5bf37ec/id/203277097/ Abuja, Feb 6 (Prensa Latina) Immigration Services in Nigeria have arrested more than 100 alleged members of the Islamic sect Boko Haram in the state of Benue, so far this year, local television ... http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c1ab2109a5bf37ec/id/203277090/ Mon, 06 Feb 2012 12:55:55 -0500 Prensa Latina http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c1ab2109a5bf37ec/id/203277090/ More than 1 500 Malians fleeing a Tuareg rebellion in the north and reprisal attacks in Bamako have found refuge in neighbouring Burkina Faso, a security official said on ... http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c1ab2109a5bf37ec/id/203277079/ Mon, 06 Feb 2012 12:49:39 -0500 Mail & Guardian http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c1ab2109a5bf37ec/id/203277079/ Testimony before an inquest into a Zimbabwean power broker's fiery death ended on Monday, leaving the last hours of General Solomon Mujuru's life shrouded in suspicion he was murdered by ... http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c1ab2109a5bf37ec/id/203277080/ Mon, 06 Feb 2012 12:49:37 -0500 Mail & Guardian http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c1ab2109a5bf37ec/id/203277080/ Two-phase rate boost follows similar hikes planned by CMA CGM, Emirates Shipping Mediterranean Shipping will raise rates on shipments from India to ports in East Africa, as part of what it calls a ... http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c1ab2109a5bf37ec/id/203277106/ Mon, 06 Feb 2012 12:45:40 -0500 Journal of Commerce http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c1ab2109a5bf37ec/id/203277106/ Randgold Resources is pointing to Congo as the next area to fuel growth for the gold sector, eyeing prospects similar to those of booming West Africa as the miner nears production for Kibali, ... http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c1ab2109a5bf37ec/id/203277108/ Mon, 06 Feb 2012 12:44:53 -0500 IOL http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c1ab2109a5bf37ec/id/203277108/ Press TV February 6, 2012 President of the Somali Red Crescent Society has expressed gratitude to Iran for Tehran's significant contribution of humanitarian aid to the famine-stricken African ... http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c1ab2109a5bf37ec/id/203277113/ Mon, 06 Feb 2012 12:44:07 -0500 Infowars.com http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c1ab2109a5bf37ec/id/203277113/ The Sunday Times, Newspaper Mail and Guardian, Newspaper Business Day, Newspaper The Zimbabwean, Newspaper (MISA/IFEX) - 3 February 2012 - The Zimbabwe Media Commission (ZMC) has reportedly ... http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c1ab2109a5bf37ec/id/203277086/ Mon, 06 Feb 2012 12:43:24 -0500 IFEX http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c1ab2109a5bf37ec/id/203277086/ The current events in Libya, including reports of ethnic cleansing, the use of torture by the current government, and most recently the decision by the NGO Doctors Without Borders to suspend ... http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c1ab2109a5bf37ec/id/203277110/ Mon, 06 Feb 2012 12:42:15 -0500 Global Times http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c1ab2109a5bf37ec/id/203277110/ Sudanese rebels said yesterday they would "soon" free 29 Chinese workers taken by them in South Kordofan State more than a week ago. The news was confirmed by a Khartoum source who has ... http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c1ab2109a5bf37ec/id/203277111/ Mon, 06 Feb 2012 12:40:54 -0500 Global Times http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c1ab2109a5bf37ec/id/203277111/ There are some days when one-day cricket can be a bit of a drag. Take yesterday's debut ODI for Cobham Oval, and Northland Cricket. At halftime, New Zealand had rattled up their third highest ODI ... http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c1ab2109a5bf37ec/id/203277085/ Mon, 06 Feb 2012 12:30:20 -0500 New Zealand Herald http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c1ab2109a5bf37ec/id/203277085/ By SaharaReporters, New York The Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta (MEND) has responded to statements credited to the Joint Task Force spokesperson and the South African government in ... http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c1ab2109a5bf37ec/id/203277114/ Mon, 06 Feb 2012 12:22:13 -0500 Sahara Reporters http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c1ab2109a5bf37ec/id/203277114/ FREETOWN, Sierra Leone (AP) -- Political parties in Sierra Leone say a top U.N. representative to the nation is leaving as polls approach later this ... http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c1ab2109a5bf37ec/id/203277089/ Mon, 06 Feb 2012 12:03:47 -0500 Associated Press http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c1ab2109a5bf37ec/id/203277089/ BLANTYRE, Malawi (AP) -- Police in Malawi say they have fired tear gas to disperse stone-throwing vendors resisting orders they move off the streets to designated flea ... http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c1ab2109a5bf37ec/id/203276330/ Mon, 06 Feb 2012 12:03:45 -0500 Associated Press http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c1ab2109a5bf37ec/id/203276330/ Somalia has started a major operation to remove tens of thousands of people who have been squatting in government buildings in the capital. Mogadishu's mayor told the BBC that alternative ... http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c1ab2109a5bf37ec/id/203277072/ Mon, 06 Feb 2012 11:43:40 -0500 BBC http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c1ab2109a5bf37ec/id/203277072/ A South African man who claims to be a famous dead singer is in custody until DNA tests determine his identity, police say. The man says he is Khulekani "Mgqumeni" Khumalo - an ... http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c1ab2109a5bf37ec/id/203276677/ Mon, 06 Feb 2012 11:43:37 -0500 BBC http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c1ab2109a5bf37ec/id/203276677/ Ghana have admitted they are lucky to have reached the Africa Cup of Nations semi-finals, after being gifted a quarter-final winner by Tunisia. The teams were level in extra-time on Sunday when ... http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c1ab2109a5bf37ec/id/203277073/ Mon, 06 Feb 2012 11:43:34 -0500 BBC http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c1ab2109a5bf37ec/id/203277073/ Mali captain Cedric Kante says the Eagles deserved to win their quarter-final against co-hosts Gabon because of their "fantastic spirit". The match finished 1-1 after extra-time and ... http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c1ab2109a5bf37ec/id/203277074/ Mon, 06 Feb 2012 11:43:30 -0500 BBC http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c1ab2109a5bf37ec/id/203277074/ Gabon coach Gernot Rohr says he is "proud" of his players despite their defeat against Mali in the quarter-fnals of the Africa Cup of Nations. The ... http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c1ab2109a5bf37ec/id/203277075/ Mon, 06 Feb 2012 11:43:28 -0500 BBC http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c1ab2109a5bf37ec/id/203277075/ The effects of football are felt on many different levels - cultural, social, economic and political. Gabon's National Institute of Youth and Sport and the French Institute in Libreville ... http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c1ab2109a5bf37ec/id/203277076/ Mon, 06 Feb 2012 11:43:22 -0500 BBC http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c1ab2109a5bf37ec/id/203277076/ Guinea winger Ibrahima Traore has backed coach Michel Dussuyer to remain in charge, despite their early Africa Cup of Nations exit. Guinea winger Ibrahima Traore has backed coach Michel Dussuyer ... http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c1ab2109a5bf37ec/id/203277081/ Mon, 06 Feb 2012 11:36:47 -0500 soccerway http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c1ab2109a5bf37ec/id/203277081/ An ANC report on the mining industry rejects nationalisation of the sector, but nevertheless proposes fundamental changes, City Press reported on Sunday. Nationalisation would be unaffordable, as ... http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c1ab2109a5bf37ec/id/203275882/ Mon, 06 Feb 2012 11:34:56 -0500 All Africa http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c1ab2109a5bf37ec/id/203275882/ Countries presently suffering from food shortages - especially those in Africa - need to start producing more food. And they already have the capability to do so. According to Dr Dirk Bezemer, ... http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c1ab2109a5bf37ec/id/203277098/ Mon, 06 Feb 2012 11:34:55 -0500 AllAfrica.com http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c1ab2109a5bf37ec/id/203277098/ Nigeria's ability to meet its quota at the Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) is now in doubt as militants in the Niger Delta region have resumed hostility. They attacked an ... http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c1ab2109a5bf37ec/id/203277094/ Mon, 06 Feb 2012 11:34:53 -0500 All Africa http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c1ab2109a5bf37ec/id/203277094/ Pretoria - Australian minerals and resource companies have more projects in Africa than in any other region of the world with total current and projected investment estimated to be well over US$50 ... http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c1ab2109a5bf37ec/id/203277099/ Mon, 06 Feb 2012 11:34:52 -0500 AllAfrica.com http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c1ab2109a5bf37ec/id/203277099/ Mali yesterday sent co-hosts Gabon out of the African Cup of Nations after beating them 5-4 on penalties in their quarter final clash in Libreville. They will face Cote d'Ivoire on Wednesday ... http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c1ab2109a5bf37ec/id/203277100/ Mon, 06 Feb 2012 11:34:50 -0500 AllAfrica.com http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c1ab2109a5bf37ec/id/203277100/ Dar es Salaam - The leather industry in Tanzania has faced severe difficulties for a long time. More recently, however, there have been signs that the sub-sector is headed for serious downfall. ... http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c1ab2109a5bf37ec/id/203277095/ Mon, 06 Feb 2012 11:34:50 -0500 All Africa http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c1ab2109a5bf37ec/id/203277095/ The Grand old Party-(GOP) otherwise known and famously called The Republican Party never seizes to amaze me. The party- a motley collection of disparate ideological potentates but united under a ... http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c1ab2109a5bf37ec/id/203277101/ Mon, 06 Feb 2012 11:34:47 -0500 AllAfrica.com http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c1ab2109a5bf37ec/id/203277101/ The year 2012 has started on a bad note for federal civil servants in the country for one clear reason: their salaries for the first month of the year has not been paid, four days into the second ... http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c1ab2109a5bf37ec/id/203277096/ Mon, 06 Feb 2012 11:34:47 -0500 All Africa http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c1ab2109a5bf37ec/id/203277096/ The country's foreign reserves rose from $32.98 billion (N5.11trillion) in December, 2011, to $34.67 billion (about N5.37 trillion) on Feb. 1. The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) as saying that ... http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c1ab2109a5bf37ec/id/203276434/ Mon, 06 Feb 2012 11:34:44 -0500 All Africa http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c1ab2109a5bf37ec/id/203276434/ CHELSEA will be going into today's encounter against Manchester United at Stamford Bridge with somewhat depleted squad, as some of its key players will be missing in action. The first meeting ... http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c1ab2109a5bf37ec/id/203277102/ Mon, 06 Feb 2012 11:34:44 -0500 AllAfrica.com http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c1ab2109a5bf37ec/id/203277102/ On the heels of the 18th African Union (AU) Summit, the African Union Commission (AUC) and the World Bank (WB) held High-Level Consultations at the AU Headquarters in Addis Ababa, on January 31, ... http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c1ab2109a5bf37ec/id/203277104/ Mon, 06 Feb 2012 11:34:38 -0500 AllAfrica.com http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c1ab2109a5bf37ec/id/203277104/ Scientists digging in a Namibian national park have uncovered sponge-like fossils they say are the first animals, a discovery that would push the emergence of animal life back millions of years. ... http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c1ab2109a5bf37ec/id/203275888/ Mon, 06 Feb 2012 11:15:11 -0500 Breitbart http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c1ab2109a5bf37ec/id/203275888/ ... http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c1ab2109a5bf37ec/id/203277105/ Mon, 06 Feb 2012 09:50:12 -0500 Voice Of America http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c1ab2109a5bf37ec/id/203277105/ Exiled former Madagascar President Marc Ravalomanana could be pardoned, the island nation's Prime Minister said on return from crisis talks held in South Africa. The country's ... http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c1ab2109a5bf37ec/id/203271761/ Mon, 06 Feb 2012 09:29:52 -0500 Daily Nation http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c1ab2109a5bf37ec/id/203271761/ "The government has approved the re-categorisation and restructuring of the Kenya Civil Aviation Authority as the first step towards attaining category one status," Transport minister, ... http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c1ab2109a5bf37ec/id/203271698/ Mon, 06 Feb 2012 09:29:45 -0500 Daily Nation http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c1ab2109a5bf37ec/id/203271698/ "Young people tweeting from mobile devices are driving the growth of Twitter in Africa," reads the survey that was launched in Nairobi on ... http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c1ab2109a5bf37ec/id/203271697/ Mon, 06 Feb 2012 09:29:42 -0500 Daily Nation http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c1ab2109a5bf37ec/id/203271697/ Fifty years on, France remains divided over how to mark the Algerian war, a bitter conflict which ended 132 years of colonial rule in the North African territory while very nearly tearing French ... http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c1ab2109a5bf37ec/id/203271696/ Mon, 06 Feb 2012 09:27:56 -0500 Mail & Guardian http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c1ab2109a5bf37ec/id/203271696/ MOSCOW, February 5 (Itar-Tass) -- Libya’s official authorities have apologized for an attack on the Russian embassy in Tripoli and vowed to have this incident thoroughly investigated, the ... http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c1ab2109a5bf37ec/id/203271694/ Mon, 06 Feb 2012 09:24:49 -0500 Itar Tass http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c1ab2109a5bf37ec/id/203271694/ The state security service officer was ';sitting outside his house with some friends this evening when two gun came through the back street in Jeri district of the town and opened fire on him ... http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c1ab2109a5bf37ec/id/203270756/ Mon, 06 Feb 2012 09:24:08 -0500 IOL http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c1ab2109a5bf37ec/id/203270756/ During that trip, Hui Li saw the devastating effect that HIV/AIDS was having on the children of the country and decided that Buddhist teaching were the solution to the misery he saw. "The ... http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c1ab2109a5bf37ec/id/203271689/ Mon, 06 Feb 2012 09:11:40 -0500 Buddhist Channel http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c1ab2109a5bf37ec/id/203271689/ JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - South Africa's ruling ANC has delayed final sentencing for suspended Youth League leader Julius Malema, who lost an appeal this weekend against charges of bringing the ... http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c1ab2109a5bf37ec/id/203271764/ Mon, 06 Feb 2012 08:48:14 -0500 Reuters http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c1ab2109a5bf37ec/id/203271764/