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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 Thu, 24 Jul 2008 07:28:55 -0400 Thu, 24 Jul 2008 07:28:55 -0400 30 The militants of the Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta Wednesday threatened to destroy a major crude oil pipeline in the region's Chanomi Creek and other pipelines in the next 30 days. http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c1ab2109a5bf37ec/id/385686/cs/1/ Wed, 23 Jul 2008 16:00:06 -0400 Zimbabwe Star.com http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c1ab2109a5bf37ec/id/385686/cs/1/ New Delhi, July 24 : The Union Cabinet today gave its approval to the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on bilateral cooperation in the field of marine fisheries to be signed between India and Morocco. http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c1ab2109a5bf37ec/id/385931/cs/1/ Thu, 24 Jul 2008 07:02:13 -0400 Zimbabwe Star.com http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c1ab2109a5bf37ec/id/385931/cs/1/ London, July 24 : Team England have decided to take collective responsibility for their defeat in the second Test against South Africa at Headingley, effectively burying controversy over the selection of Northampton fast bowler Darren Pattinson http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c1ab2109a5bf37ec/id/385819/cs/1/ Thu, 24 Jul 2008 05:00:02 -0400 Zimbabwe Star.com http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c1ab2109a5bf37ec/id/385819/cs/1/ Members of the Congress of South African Trade Unions (Cosatu) backed by its alliance partners - the African National Congress (ANC) and South African Communist Party - laid down tools in Gauteng, Eas... http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c1ab2109a5bf37ec/id/16399162/ Thu, 24 Jul 2008 06:01:40 -0400 All Africa http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c1ab2109a5bf37ec/id/16399162/ gotiations on a power-sharing deal in earnest on Thursday, officials said on Wednesday. The rivals opened preliminary talks on Tuesday, South African President Thabo Mbeki's spokesman said, but he dec... http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c1ab2109a5bf37ec/id/16399177/ Thu, 24 Jul 2008 05:36:12 -0400 The China Post http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c1ab2109a5bf37ec/id/16399177/ World Food Program (WFP) country director Pablo Recalde has pledged to work with the Zambian Government to find solutions to the escalating food prices on the world market, according to Times of Zambi... http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c1ab2109a5bf37ec/id/16399174/ Thu, 24 Jul 2008 05:00:31 -0400 People's Daily http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c1ab2109a5bf37ec/id/16399174/ The northern African island nation of Cape Verde, one of the world's poorest states, yesterday became the 153rd member of the World Trade Organization, or WTO. With a population of 400,000, Cape Verde... http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c1ab2109a5bf37ec/id/16399142/ Thu, 24 Jul 2008 04:45:39 -0400 Turkish Daily News http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c1ab2109a5bf37ec/id/16399142/ Millions of East Africans are at risk of starvation due to rocketing food prices, Oxfam has warned. Spiralling costs combined with successive droughts, violent conflict and endemic poverty have left... http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c1ab2109a5bf37ec/id/16399150/ Thu, 24 Jul 2008 06:06:24 -0400 ITN http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c1ab2109a5bf37ec/id/16399150/ Khartoum - Sudanese President Omar Hassan al-Bashir, in a show of defiance, has made his first visit to Darfur since the International Criminal Court prosecutor accused him of genocide and war crimes ... http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c1ab2109a5bf37ec/id/16400292/ Thu, 24 Jul 2008 04:45:31 -0400 IOL http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c1ab2109a5bf37ec/id/16400292/ Road accidents have continued to claim a significant number of Ugandan road users, snatching away the lives of some of the most versatile sections of the population across all age groups. http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c1ab2109a5bf37ec/id/16399172/ Thu, 24 Jul 2008 06:01:35 -0400 All Africa http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c1ab2109a5bf37ec/id/16399172/ Lagos - The main militant group in Nigeria's oil-producing Niger Delta has said it would attack major oil pipelines in the next 30 days to prove it had not received payment from the government to end ... http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c1ab2109a5bf37ec/id/16400174/ Thu, 24 Jul 2008 04:45:27 -0400 IOL http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c1ab2109a5bf37ec/id/16400174/ July 24, 2008 By Ethel Hazelhurst Johannesburg - A breakthrough in Zimbabwe's political stalemate could transform South Africa's economic fortunes, according to Clem Sunter, who chairs Anglo American'... http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c1ab2109a5bf37ec/id/16399176/ Thu, 24 Jul 2008 04:35:55 -0400 Business Report http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c1ab2109a5bf37ec/id/16399176/ Five former African presidents who are members of the Africa Forum are expected to begin arriving in Liberia's capital, Monrovia Thursday. They include Africa Forum chairman and former Mozambican Pr... http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c1ab2109a5bf37ec/id/16402678/ Thu, 24 Jul 2008 04:30:23 -0400 VOA http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c1ab2109a5bf37ec/id/16402678/ AN investigation into seven leading international aid agencies handling multi-billion dollar humanitarian missions worldwide has revealed massive corruption in their dealings. http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c1ab2109a5bf37ec/id/16399169/ Thu, 24 Jul 2008 06:01:39 -0400 All Africa http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c1ab2109a5bf37ec/id/16399169/ 07/24/2008 Missouri native Stuart Symington promised the Senate Foreign Relations Committee Wednesday that he would work to foster a lasting peace in Rwanda and surrounding areas if confirmed as the ... http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c1ab2109a5bf37ec/id/16399173/ Thu, 24 Jul 2008 04:38:29 -0400 St. Louis Post-Dispatch http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c1ab2109a5bf37ec/id/16399173/ Mogadishu - Somalia's new opposition head, Islamist cleric Sheikh Hassan Dahir Aweys, has vowed to protect aid workers in the Horn of Africa nation where insecurity has prevented many groups from work... http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c1ab2109a5bf37ec/id/16400656/ Thu, 24 Jul 2008 04:45:38 -0400 IOL http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c1ab2109a5bf37ec/id/16400656/ WASHINGTON — Senior Canadian intelligence officials warned against allowing Abousfian Abdelrazik, a Canadian citizen, to return home from Sudan because it could upset the Bush administration, cla... http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c1ab2109a5bf37ec/id/16399141/ Thu, 24 Jul 2008 04:17:08 -0400 The Globe and Mail http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c1ab2109a5bf37ec/id/16399141/ A suicide bomber targeting a convey of Algerian government forces Wednesday morning injured at least 13 soldiers, local media reported Wednesday. Eye witnesses said the explosion, which occurred at 6:... http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c1ab2109a5bf37ec/id/16399166/ Thu, 24 Jul 2008 05:00:46 -0400 People's Daily http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c1ab2109a5bf37ec/id/16399166/ NYALA, SUDAN -- Sudan's President made a defiant visit to Darfur just a week after being charged with genocide in the war-ravaged region, vowing not to be intimidated by the indictment and then breaki... http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c1ab2109a5bf37ec/id/16399164/ Thu, 24 Jul 2008 04:17:16 -0400 The Globe and Mail http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c1ab2109a5bf37ec/id/16399164/ It asked for a much smaller force than the previously proposed operation of 26,000 military and civilian personnel, and for proper funding so the force can do a "good job under reasonable circumstance... http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c1ab2109a5bf37ec/id/16399155/ Thu, 24 Jul 2008 05:20:09 -0400 New Kerala http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c1ab2109a5bf37ec/id/16399155/ Africa's biggest generic drug maker, Aspen Pharmacare, has clinched a licensing and distribution deal with pharmaceutical giant GlaxoSmithKline that will see its products enter a host of new markets. http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c1ab2109a5bf37ec/id/16399159/ Thu, 24 Jul 2008 06:01:37 -0400 All Africa http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c1ab2109a5bf37ec/id/16399159/ + ] CAIRO, July 24 (Reuters) - Egypt, irritated with Iran over a film on the assassination of President Anwar Sadat, shut down the Cairo offices of an Iranian television station that it said was not... http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c1ab2109a5bf37ec/id/16402922/ Thu, 24 Jul 2008 05:39:44 -0400 Reuters http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c1ab2109a5bf37ec/id/16402922/ In what could pass as poetic, the House of Representatives has decided to probe the power probe panel over allegations that the panel members collected a N100 million bribe from one of the contractors... http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c1ab2109a5bf37ec/id/16399152/ Thu, 24 Jul 2008 04:13:02 -0400 All Africa http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c1ab2109a5bf37ec/id/16399152/ + ] KABUL (Reuters) - Afghan security forces and NATO-led forces were engaged in a joint operation on Thursday to retake a remote town southwest of Kabul, the NATO force said. Taliban militants ca... http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c1ab2109a5bf37ec/id/16402915/ Thu, 24 Jul 2008 05:39:41 -0400 Reuters http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c1ab2109a5bf37ec/id/16402915/ MANILA, Philippines -- The government is coordinating with a Japanese shipping firm, manning agents and international maritime authorities to secure the safe release of 20 Filipino seamen of a bulk ca... http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c1ab2109a5bf37ec/id/16399146/ Thu, 24 Jul 2008 04:45:01 -0400 Inquirer http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c1ab2109a5bf37ec/id/16399146/ "When we took the administration of the south and found the UPDF there, we did not expel them because we respected the agreement which they reached with the government of Sudan," Kiir said i... http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c1ab2109a5bf37ec/id/16399170/ Thu, 24 Jul 2008 04:13:00 -0400 All Africa http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c1ab2109a5bf37ec/id/16399170/ Education Permanent Secretary Karega Mutahi on Wednesday said that students involved in organising the unrest would be expelled and prevented from joining other public schools http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c1ab2109a5bf37ec/id/16399149/ Thu, 24 Jul 2008 04:12:59 -0400 All Africa http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c1ab2109a5bf37ec/id/16399149/ KHARTOUM: Sudanese President Omar Al Bashir, in a show of defiance, made his first visit to Darfur yesterday since the International Criminal Court prosecutor accused him of genocide and war crimes an... http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c1ab2109a5bf37ec/id/16399145/ Thu, 24 Jul 2008 04:42:14 -0400 Gulf Daily News http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c1ab2109a5bf37ec/id/16399145/ Officials at the company on Wednesday confirmed that they have supplied the licences and software used to design and print the Zimbabwe dollar, but would review this position if required to do so by t... http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c1ab2109a5bf37ec/id/16399596/ Thu, 24 Jul 2008 04:45:42 -0400 IOL http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c1ab2109a5bf37ec/id/16399596/ NEW YORK—'The ICC is the Place to Be!' was among several of the slogans shouted by dozens of Darfur advocates and members of the Darfuri Civil Society (DCS) in a July 22 rally near the United Nation... http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c1ab2109a5bf37ec/id/16399143/ Thu, 24 Jul 2008 04:16:08 -0400 The Epoch Times http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c1ab2109a5bf37ec/id/16399143/ ) - Despite high hopes for the eradication of polio in Afghanistan, nine new cases have been reported in three southern provinces over the past month. Six polio cases have been reported in Maiwand, S... http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c1ab2109a5bf37ec/id/16402914/ Thu, 24 Jul 2008 05:39:39 -0400 Reuters http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c1ab2109a5bf37ec/id/16402914/ The National Union of Mineworkers earlier in the week threatened to strike Thursday after mediated wage negotiations failed to reach a settlement. The union has said about 3,400 members are poised t... http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c1ab2109a5bf37ec/id/16399144/ Thu, 24 Jul 2008 04:21:35 -0400 Morning Star http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c1ab2109a5bf37ec/id/16399144/ Meanwhile, the BoT governor yesterday declined to hand over the first comprehensive EPA report (that established the Sh133 billion loot) to the public corporations accounts committee on the ground tha... http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c1ab2109a5bf37ec/id/16399168/ Thu, 24 Jul 2008 06:01:33 -0400 All Africa http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c1ab2109a5bf37ec/id/16399168/ HARARE, ZIMBABWE -- When Robert Mugabe's "green bombers" walk the streets, they know that everyone else is afraid of them. But what everyone else doesn't realize is that the green bombers are frighte... http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c1ab2109a5bf37ec/id/16399147/ Thu, 24 Jul 2008 05:42:18 -0400 Los Angeles Times http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c1ab2109a5bf37ec/id/16399147/ More than 600,000 hectares of fertile land suitable for food production in the country have been hived off for the cultivation of bio-fuel crops, an independent study by a land use research organisati... http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c1ab2109a5bf37ec/id/16399167/ Thu, 24 Jul 2008 06:01:32 -0400 All Africa http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c1ab2109a5bf37ec/id/16399167/ + ] By Lewa Pardomuan SINGAPORE (Reuters) - Gold regained strength on Thursday after an earlier drop to a two-week low attracted buying from jewellers, the electronics sector and bargain hunters, ... http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c1ab2109a5bf37ec/id/16402920/ Thu, 24 Jul 2008 05:39:42 -0400 Reuters http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c1ab2109a5bf37ec/id/16402920/ + ] By Noah Barkin and Caren Bohan BERLIN (Reuters) - U.S. Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama, on a foreign tour he hopes will boost his election chances, on Thursday gives an outdoor ... http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c1ab2109a5bf37ec/id/16402918/ Thu, 24 Jul 2008 05:39:40 -0400 Reuters http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c1ab2109a5bf37ec/id/16402918/ THE Federal Government, yesterday, barred 16 tank farms in Lagos from using the bays to take delivery of imported petroleum products on account of the traffic jam caused by articulated tankers loading... http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c1ab2109a5bf37ec/id/16399151/ Thu, 24 Jul 2008 04:12:58 -0400 All Africa http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c1ab2109a5bf37ec/id/16399151/ Talks to resolve the Zimbabwean crisis were due to open near Pretoria on Thursday after the representatives of all three parties involved landed in South Africa on Wednesday. But Zimbabwean civic g... http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c1ab2109a5bf37ec/id/16400655/ Thu, 24 Jul 2008 04:45:34 -0400 IOL http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c1ab2109a5bf37ec/id/16400655/ + ] LONDON (Reuters) - South Africa-focused metals miner Aquarius Platinum said on Thursday that fourth-quarter mine production fell marginally after it was hurt by industrial relations problems. ... http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c1ab2109a5bf37ec/id/16402913/ Thu, 24 Jul 2008 05:39:45 -0400 Reuters http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c1ab2109a5bf37ec/id/16402913/ Sudanese President Omar al-Beshir flew into the state capital of West Darfur on Thursday, pressing ahead with a tour of the war-torn region and looking to defy possible charges of genocide. The head o... http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c1ab2109a5bf37ec/id/16399139/ Thu, 24 Jul 2008 06:05:44 -0400 Breitbart http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c1ab2109a5bf37ec/id/16399139/ A new Human Rights Watch (HRW) report reveals that the rebel FDLR is one of the militias that are still getting support from elements within the Congolese armed forces. http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c1ab2109a5bf37ec/id/16399154/ Thu, 24 Jul 2008 04:12:56 -0400 All Africa http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c1ab2109a5bf37ec/id/16399154/ The five Bulgarian nurses and the Palestinian doctor, who spent over eight years in Libyan prison over accusations of deliberately infecting more than 400 children with HIV, are to mark Thursday the f... http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c1ab2109a5bf37ec/id/16399140/ Thu, 24 Jul 2008 06:07:05 -0400 Novinite http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c1ab2109a5bf37ec/id/16399140/ THE interest rates under the Prosperity For All scheme have been set at between 9% and 13% for agricultural and business activities respectively, a top official announced over the weekend. http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c1ab2109a5bf37ec/id/16399171/ Thu, 24 Jul 2008 06:01:40 -0400 All Africa http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c1ab2109a5bf37ec/id/16399171/ + ] (Updates prices in paragraphs 3-4) By Annika Breidthardt SINGAPORE, July 24 (Reuters) - Oil steadied above $124 on Thursday, after extending a steep drop from this month's record high due to... http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c1ab2109a5bf37ec/id/16402921/ Thu, 24 Jul 2008 05:39:43 -0400 Reuters http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c1ab2109a5bf37ec/id/16402921/ EL FASHER, Sudan — Omar Hassan al-Bashir, the president of Sudan who has been accused of genocide, is not especially well known for his dance moves. But on Wednesday, in front of tens of thousand... http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c1ab2109a5bf37ec/id/16399138/ Thu, 24 Jul 2008 04:15:38 -0400 Deseret News http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c1ab2109a5bf37ec/id/16399138/ + ] (Adds union comment, background) JOHANNESBURG, July 24 (Reuters) - The world's top diamond producer, De Beers, said on Thursday it was continuing wage talks with South Africa's largest minewor... http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c1ab2109a5bf37ec/id/16402919/ Thu, 24 Jul 2008 05:39:42 -0400 Reuters http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c1ab2109a5bf37ec/id/16402919/ Durban, July 24: Former Indian-origin anti-apartheid sports administrators in South Africa have strongly condemned the "racist" statement of a ruling party MP, who had said the country's Olympic body ... http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c1ab2109a5bf37ec/id/16399163/ Thu, 24 Jul 2008 04:40:49 -0400 Express India http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c1ab2109a5bf37ec/id/16399163/ The strategic partnership would allow enhancing advocacy, and bringing additional medical expertise, knowledge and resources in order to help advance the First Ladies efforts to create an effective an... http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c1ab2109a5bf37ec/id/16399137/ Thu, 24 Jul 2008 04:12:55 -0400 All Africa http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c1ab2109a5bf37ec/id/16399137/ THE rapid turnover of school governing body (SGB) officials was part of the reason that many SGBs did not have the capacity to submit their school's financial statements properly, which meant that the... http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c1ab2109a5bf37ec/id/16399158/ Thu, 24 Jul 2008 04:12:52 -0400 All Africa http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c1ab2109a5bf37ec/id/16399158/ Switzerland has warned its citizens not to travel to Libya, saying the North African nation has been retaliating ever since Swiss Police arrested the youngest son of Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi for ... http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c1ab2109a5bf37ec/id/16395238/ Thu, 24 Jul 2008 01:41:05 -0400 NDTV http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c1ab2109a5bf37ec/id/16395238/ Ethiopia's star-studded long distance squad is ready to launch another fierce charge in next month's Beijing Olympic Games. With 14 golds, five silvers and 12 bronzes earned since its Olympic debut in... http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c1ab2109a5bf37ec/id/16395224/ Thu, 24 Jul 2008 01:06:48 -0400 People's Daily http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c1ab2109a5bf37ec/id/16395224/ The UN Security Council was urged on Wednesday to consider establishing a UN stabilization or peacekeeping force in Somalia. At Wednesday's council meeting, UN chief Ban Ki-moon's special representati... http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c1ab2109a5bf37ec/id/16395240/ Thu, 24 Jul 2008 00:56:36 -0400 People's Daily http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c1ab2109a5bf37ec/id/16395240/ LONDON: The UN Security Council has "good reasons" to be unsure about sending large numbers of peacekeepers to Sudan's Darfur region, its outgoing head of peacekeeping said in an interview published o... http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c1ab2109a5bf37ec/id/16395229/ Thu, 24 Jul 2008 00:29:02 -0400 Channel News Asia http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c1ab2109a5bf37ec/id/16395229/ OFF TO LIBERIA, HAITI. Military Chief General Alexander Yano sees off 320 soldiers that will be sent to Liberia in Africa, and Haiti in Central America for peacekeeping missions sponsored by the Unite... http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c1ab2109a5bf37ec/id/16395228/ Thu, 24 Jul 2008 00:43:22 -0400 Inquirer http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c1ab2109a5bf37ec/id/16395228/ The importance of African development and finding ways to reach the globally approved anti-poverty targets known as the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) were under the spotlight during talks today ... http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c1ab2109a5bf37ec/id/16395223/ Thu, 24 Jul 2008 01:49:57 -0400 UN News Centre http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c1ab2109a5bf37ec/id/16395223/ SOMALIA has urged the early deployment of a UN peacekeeping or stabilising force on its soil but key Western countries said concrete planning options were needed first. "We are hoping that the ... http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c1ab2109a5bf37ec/id/16395232/ Thu, 24 Jul 2008 01:34:06 -0400 News.com.au http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c1ab2109a5bf37ec/id/16395232/ July 24, 2008, 05:45 Manelisi Dubase As the Zimbabwean talks stalled for the second time yesterday, the US hinted that it will impose more sanctions on President Robert Mugabe and his inner circle. ... http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c1ab2109a5bf37ec/id/16395242/ Thu, 24 Jul 2008 01:49:30 -0400 SABC http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c1ab2109a5bf37ec/id/16395242/ With peace talks between the government and the rebel Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) inching closer toward a final settlement, improved security is encouraging many internally displaced people (IDP's... http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c1ab2109a5bf37ec/id/16398116/ Thu, 24 Jul 2008 00:22:35 -0400 VOA http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c1ab2109a5bf37ec/id/16398116/ (AFP)--The UN Security Council has "good reasons" to be unsure about sending large numbers of peacekeepers to Sudan's Darfur region, its outgoing head of peacekeeping said in an interview published ... http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c1ab2109a5bf37ec/id/16395239/ Thu, 24 Jul 2008 00:13:05 -0400 Morning Star http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c1ab2109a5bf37ec/id/16395239/ + ] By Chris Buckley BEIJING (Reuters) - Ranks of Chinese paramilitary police swore to prevent terrorist attacks or "political incidents" disrupting the Beijing Olympics in a show of force at the ... http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c1ab2109a5bf37ec/id/16398415/ Thu, 24 Jul 2008 01:36:47 -0400 Reuters http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c1ab2109a5bf37ec/id/16398415/ Some Congolese are reportedly expressing outrage after learning that more than $1.3 billion have been embezzled under President Joseph Kabila's administration. The monies were allegedly stolen or l... http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c1ab2109a5bf37ec/id/16398117/ Thu, 24 Jul 2008 00:22:36 -0400 VOA http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c1ab2109a5bf37ec/id/16398117/ Qatari Diar Real Estate Investment Company, a leader in sustainable development, announced that it has awarded Kempinski Hotels the management contract of its luxury beach resort in the Al Houara deve... http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c1ab2109a5bf37ec/id/16395231/ Thu, 24 Jul 2008 00:24:55 -0400 AME Info http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c1ab2109a5bf37ec/id/16395231/ + ] (adds quotes from ministers, Brazilian president, background) By Jonathan Lynn and William Schomberg GENEVA, July 24 (Reuters) - Urgent talks to salvage a global trade deal made "some progre... http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c1ab2109a5bf37ec/id/16398417/ Thu, 24 Jul 2008 01:36:46 -0400 Reuters http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c1ab2109a5bf37ec/id/16398417/ The Philippines will soon send a team of 320 military officers for the peacekeeping missions in strife-torn Liberia and Haiti, the country's military chief said Thursday. Of the peacekeepers, 165 are ... http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c1ab2109a5bf37ec/id/16395230/ Thu, 24 Jul 2008 00:57:06 -0400 People's Daily http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c1ab2109a5bf37ec/id/16395230/ British Prime Minister Gordon Brown Wednesday pledged to offer assistance in reconstruction of Kenya. Speaking at a joint news conference after talks with his visiting Kenyan counterpart Raila Odinga ... http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c1ab2109a5bf37ec/id/16395221/ Thu, 24 Jul 2008 00:56:49 -0400 People's Daily http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c1ab2109a5bf37ec/id/16395221/ Gazprom, Russia's state-­controlled gas company, said on Wednesday it was in talks to buy all of Libya's oil and gas exports, in its latest effort to strengthen its influence over world energy market... http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c1ab2109a5bf37ec/id/16395225/ Thu, 24 Jul 2008 00:10:50 -0400 Financial Times http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c1ab2109a5bf37ec/id/16395225/ + ] BEIJING (Reuters) - Hong Kong's ageing ambulances are to receive emergency checkups after a series of breakdowns, with half the 250-strong fleet expected to be replaced, a newspaper said on Thur... http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c1ab2109a5bf37ec/id/16398416/ Thu, 24 Jul 2008 01:36:46 -0400 Reuters http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c1ab2109a5bf37ec/id/16398416/ + ] By Jeff Franks HAVANA (Reuters) - Defections have cut through their highly rated boxing squad but if Cuban officials are worried about the strength of the national team heading for the Beijing... http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c1ab2109a5bf37ec/id/16398418/ Thu, 24 Jul 2008 01:36:47 -0400 Reuters http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c1ab2109a5bf37ec/id/16398418/ Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir Wednesday vowed to boost Sudan's efforts to provide better security for the United Nations-African Union peacekeeping mission in Darfur, according to the United Natio... http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c1ab2109a5bf37ec/id/16395237/ Thu, 24 Jul 2008 00:56:43 -0400 People's Daily http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c1ab2109a5bf37ec/id/16395237/ Gazprom took further steps to strengthen its hold on natural gas supplies to Europe on Thursday, signing a joint venture with Libya and saying it was in preliminary talks on a multibillion dollar proj... http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c1ab2109a5bf37ec/id/16395226/ Thu, 24 Jul 2008 00:10:47 -0400 Financial Times http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c1ab2109a5bf37ec/id/16395226/ China on Wednesday refuted an Australian media report that Air Zimbabwe Corporation's scheduled civilian flights to China engaged in illegal dealings. "The report proved to be malicious rumors,&q... http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c1ab2109a5bf37ec/id/16395222/ Thu, 24 Jul 2008 00:07:27 -0400 People's Daily http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c1ab2109a5bf37ec/id/16395222/ By David MuwangaTHE Rwanda government is seeking a third national telecom operator after the duopoly period for the current operators expired in June.The Rwanda Utilities Regulatory Agency (RURA) in a... http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c1ab2109a5bf37ec/id/16389675/ Wed, 23 Jul 2008 20:53:22 -0400 The New Vision http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c1ab2109a5bf37ec/id/16389675/ THE ASSOCIATED PRESS MANILA, Philippines -- Pirates have seized a cargo ship with 20 Filipino sailors on board off the coast of Somalia, a Philippine government official said Wednesday. The pirate... http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c1ab2109a5bf37ec/id/16389672/ Wed, 23 Jul 2008 20:28:22 -0400 Seattle Post-Intelligencer http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c1ab2109a5bf37ec/id/16389672/ "Despite all sacrifices of its leaders and elements, AMISOM is unable to fulfill its mandate because its strength is obviously grossly incommensurate to the scope of real challenges on the ground," AU... http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c1ab2109a5bf37ec/id/16389659/ Wed, 23 Jul 2008 20:26:34 -0400 Reuters http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c1ab2109a5bf37ec/id/16389659/ for Beshir's arrest over suspected war crimes. School pupils were recruited for the rally and one government employee told AFP in El Fasher that staff were ordered to a disused land under the s... http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c1ab2109a5bf37ec/id/16389663/ Wed, 23 Jul 2008 20:24:43 -0400 Yahoo! News http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c1ab2109a5bf37ec/id/16389663/ Rising food prices are putting millions of people in East Africa at risk of severe hunger and destitution, the UK-based charity Oxfam has warned. Successive droughts, war and poverty have put an es... http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c1ab2109a5bf37ec/id/16389671/ Wed, 23 Jul 2008 20:18:47 -0400 BBC http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c1ab2109a5bf37ec/id/16389671/ OUTSPOKEN JOURNALIST FREED EARLY Following intense lobbying and campaigning by the IFEX Tunisia Monitoring Group (IFEX-TMG), the Observatory for the Freedom of Press, Publishing and Creation in Tunisi... http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c1ab2109a5bf37ec/id/16389687/ Wed, 23 Jul 2008 21:39:09 -0400 IFEX http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c1ab2109a5bf37ec/id/16389687/ Zimbabwe's main labor confederation says Zimbabweans cannot get by on a mere Z$100 billion a day in the current hyperinflationary environment, and is asking the central bank to raise its daily limit o... http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c1ab2109a5bf37ec/id/16393847/ Wed, 23 Jul 2008 20:30:32 -0400 VOA http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c1ab2109a5bf37ec/id/16393847/ TRIPOLI -- Libya on Wednesday threatened key oil client Switzerland with reprisals over last week's detention in Geneva of a son of Libyan leader Moamer Kadhafi, as Bern said Tripoli has already taken... http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c1ab2109a5bf37ec/id/16389668/ Wed, 23 Jul 2008 20:44:03 -0400 Inquirer http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c1ab2109a5bf37ec/id/16389668/ Kutesa (2nd left), Lalani (2nd right) and Salva Kiir (right) during the tour on Tuesday By David MuwangaROOFINGS expects $10m (about sh16.3b) from exports to southern Sudan this year, the chief exec... http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c1ab2109a5bf37ec/id/16389674/ Wed, 23 Jul 2008 20:53:29 -0400 The New Vision http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c1ab2109a5bf37ec/id/16389674/ A leading human rights group says tens of thousands of civilians are unable to return to their homes in the Sudanese town Abyei. Human Rights Watch says fighting between forces of Sudan's northern-bas... http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c1ab2109a5bf37ec/id/16393846/ Wed, 23 Jul 2008 20:30:31 -0400 VOA http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c1ab2109a5bf37ec/id/16393846/ + ] By James Mackenzie PARIS (Reuters) - France's parliament passed a law on Wednesday that will allow companies to bypass compulsory 35-hour working week limits, effectively burying one of the fl... http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c1ab2109a5bf37ec/id/16394099/ Wed, 23 Jul 2008 21:37:16 -0400 Reuters http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c1ab2109a5bf37ec/id/16394099/ GENEVA -- Switzerland warned its citizens today not to travel to Libya, saying the North African nation has been retaliating ever since Swiss police arrested the youngest son of Libyan leader Moammar... http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c1ab2109a5bf37ec/id/16389686/ Wed, 23 Jul 2008 21:40:33 -0400 Los Angeles Times http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c1ab2109a5bf37ec/id/16389686/ More than 14 million people in the east Africa region require urgent food aid due to drought and spiralling cereal and fuel prices, aid agencies say. In an emergency appeal launched today, Oxfam warns... http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c1ab2109a5bf37ec/id/16389673/ Wed, 23 Jul 2008 20:41:43 -0400 The Guardian http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c1ab2109a5bf37ec/id/16389673/ JED STAFF THREATENED WITH DEATH Reporters Without Borders (RSF) is using the occasion of President Joseph Kabila's state visit to France to draw attention to threats made against its partner organisat... http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c1ab2109a5bf37ec/id/16389664/ Wed, 23 Jul 2008 21:39:08 -0400 IFEX http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c1ab2109a5bf37ec/id/16389664/ Sunday Mail political editor Munyaradzi Huni and former Herald political editor Caesar Zvayi have become the first journalists to be added to the European Union smart sanctions in Zimbabwe. Zvayi is r... http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c1ab2109a5bf37ec/id/16389690/ Wed, 23 Jul 2008 20:12:22 -0400 All Africa http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c1ab2109a5bf37ec/id/16389690/ Mr Mudavadi noted that Kenya was reclaiming its glory and competitiveness in the global arena having recently secured the position of the secretary-general of the Pan African Postal Union following th... http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c1ab2109a5bf37ec/id/16389666/ Wed, 23 Jul 2008 20:51:18 -0400 Daily Nation http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c1ab2109a5bf37ec/id/16389666/ Southern Sudan's army has accused northern forces of raiding a village in the oil-producing Abyei region, where clashes in May raised fears for a 2005 peace deal between north and south. But the ar... http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c1ab2109a5bf37ec/id/16389679/ Wed, 23 Jul 2008 20:25:56 -0400 One News http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c1ab2109a5bf37ec/id/16389679/ The quality of life for urban dwellers in Zimbabwe is rapidly deteriorating as newly appointed urban authorities battle to provide essential services, officials and civic activists say.The central g... http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c1ab2109a5bf37ec/id/16393848/ Wed, 23 Jul 2008 20:30:33 -0400 VOA http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c1ab2109a5bf37ec/id/16393848/ + ] By Daniel LeClair EL NARANJO, Guatemala (Reuters) - Tighter border security and a broken-down rail line on Mexico's southern frontier are prompting thousands of U.S.-bound illegal immigrants t... http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c1ab2109a5bf37ec/id/16394101/ Wed, 23 Jul 2008 21:37:16 -0400 Reuters http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c1ab2109a5bf37ec/id/16394101/ + ] LIMA (Reuters) - A naked model photographed using Peru's flag as a saddle while mounted on a horse will face charges that could put her in jail for up to four years for offending patriotic symbo... http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c1ab2109a5bf37ec/id/16394100/ Wed, 23 Jul 2008 21:37:15 -0400 Reuters http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c1ab2109a5bf37ec/id/16394100/ The Swiss foreign ministry has protested to Libya over what it called retaliatory measures for the arrest of Muammar Gaddafi's youngest son. The ministry said Swiss companies ABB and Nestle have be... http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c1ab2109a5bf37ec/id/16391078/ Wed, 23 Jul 2008 20:18:46 -0400 BBC http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c1ab2109a5bf37ec/id/16391078/ On 17 July 2008, the Security Council Committee established pursuant to resolution 1521 (2003) concerning Liberia decided to update the passport details for one individual whose name is included on bo... http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c1ab2109a5bf37ec/id/16389676/ Wed, 23 Jul 2008 21:03:41 -0400 United Nations http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c1ab2109a5bf37ec/id/16389676/ UNITED NATIONS (AFP)--An estimated 60,000 civilians are still unable to return home more than two months after fleeing the violence in the oil town of Abyei in south http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c1ab2109a5bf37ec/id/16389657/ Wed, 23 Jul 2008 20:22:54 -0400 Morning Star http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c1ab2109a5bf37ec/id/16389657/ Two days after the warring parties in the country signed the ground breaking Memorandum of Understanding agreement, the deal has at least temporarily staunched the tide of violence loosed on the count... http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c1ab2109a5bf37ec/id/16389691/ Wed, 23 Jul 2008 20:12:21 -0400 All Africa http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c1ab2109a5bf37ec/id/16389691/ "I often get women in the clinic who have had eight or more children and are desperate to stop," said nurse Rebecca Hill, who has been running a family planning clinic in Andavadoaka, a remo... http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c1ab2109a5bf37ec/id/16389669/ Wed, 23 Jul 2008 20:12:20 -0400 All Africa http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c1ab2109a5bf37ec/id/16389669/ An exiled Somali Islamist leader has declared himself the new chairman of an opposition coalition, which is led by another Islamist who inked a peace pact with the country's Ethiopian-backed interim g... http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c1ab2109a5bf37ec/id/16389677/ Wed, 23 Jul 2008 20:12:18 -0400 All Africa http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c1ab2109a5bf37ec/id/16389677/ During a rare visit to the Sudanese region of Darfur, President Omar al Bashir has denounced calls for his arrest on war crimes charges, describing them as a distraction. The chief prosecutor of the ... http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c1ab2109a5bf37ec/id/16389661/ Wed, 23 Jul 2008 20:12:16 -0400 ABC Australia http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c1ab2109a5bf37ec/id/16389661/ The United Nations has urged Guinea-Bissau to deal "properly" with the seizure of a jet and its Latin American crew suspected of trafficking drugs, adding that it was monitoring the case closely. Alt... http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c1ab2109a5bf37ec/id/16389688/ Wed, 23 Jul 2008 20:12:12 -0400 ABC Australia http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c1ab2109a5bf37ec/id/16389688/