02/Jul 2008 | Yushchenko s Still Right For The Times | KIEV, Ukraine -- Ukraine s President, Viktor Yushchenko, seemingly does not take much interest in opinion polls, unlike his Western counterparts. Polls and ratings do not completely control the lives ... Read » |
02/Jul 2008 | TAGRO | TAGRO on BBC, Stop Fanning Flames Of War In Zimbabwe . emmanuel on BBC, Stop Fanning Flames Of War In Zimbabwe. this is the most silly thing i have ever read from a 21st century journalist. I really d... Read » |
02/Jul 2008 | Opposition rejects call to start talks with Mugabe | 43 minutes ago Zimbabwe 's opposition leader, Morgan Tsvangirai , rejected the Africa n Union's call for talks with Robert Mugabe , citing continuing government-backed violence. 2 hours ago Zimbabwe '... Read » |
02/Jul 2008 | Women bishops row tops Synod | Women bishops Synod Church of England General Synod members are gathering for a five-day meeting likely to be overshadowed by the divisive issue of women bishops. Traditionalists are expected to clash... Read » |
02/Jul 2008 | Commons vote due on big MP | MP pay vote MPs are deciding whether to defy Prime Minister Gordon Brown and award themselves an inflation-busting 4. Ministerial salary increases have already been scrapped in a bid to set a pay rest... Read » |
02/Jul 2008 | Zambian leader flown from Egypt to Paris | Zambian President Levy Mwanawasa has been flown to the French capital, Paris, for specialist medical treatment after suffering a stroke in Egypt. The president, 59, was rushed to hospital on Sunday ah... Read » |
02/Jul 2008 | A Path to Compromise in Zimbabwe? | Despite their apparently intractable differences after a bitter and bloody three-month election process whose outcome has not been recognized by most of the world, Zimbabwe's President Robert Mugabe a... Read » |
02/Jul 2008 | Crafty rescue frees 15 Colombian hostages | Rodrigo Arunga/AFP/Getty ImagesFreed hostage Ingrid Betancourt, centre, greets her mother and husband as she arrives at Catam air base in Bogota. BOGOTA -- French-Colombian politician Ingrid Betancour... Read » |
02/Jul 2008 | US pushes UN resolution draft on Zimbabwe | Details of a US draft for a UN Security Council resolution against Zimbabwe emerged on Wednesday. It calls for an arms embargo as well as financial and travel sanctions against President Robert Mugabe... Read » |
02/Jul 2008 | San Miguel in food project with HK's Kuok group | Reuters MANILA - San Miguel Corp., Southeast Asia's biggest food and drinks group, will spend up to $1 billion in a joint venture with Hong Kong's Kuok group in the agriculture sector, its chairman sa... Read » |
02/Jul 2008 | Zimbabwe opposition rejects call for unity government | HARARE -- Zimbabwe's opposition leader on Wednesday rejected calls to form a national unity government, saying it would not solve the country's crisis after Robert Mugabe's widely condemned one-man el... Read » |
02/Jul 2008 | Zimbabwe opposition leader won't negotiate until violence ends | Morgan Tsvangirai says the ruling party of President Robert Mugabe must stop intimidating and harming anti-government activists before he can consider talks for a unity government. HARARE, ZIMBABWE --... Read » |
02/Jul 2008 | Colombian army rescues hostages from rebels in daring raid | BOGOTA (AFP) - French-Colombian politician Ingrid Betancourt, three US nationals and 11 other hostages were rescued from Marxist FARC rebels Wednesday, freed from years in captivity by a daring Colomb... Read » |
02/Jul 2008 | (UPDATE) Oil hits $145 for first time | Agence France Presse SINGAPORE - Oil continued its record-breaking run on Thursday, hitting 145 dollars a barrel for the first time after a US report added to supply worries and the US dollar weakened... Read » |
02/Jul 2008 | US draft resolution calls for tough sanctions on Zimbabwean government | A US draft resolution is calling for asset freezes and travel bans on members of Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe's government over the country's widely criticised election. Mugabe won re-election i... Read » |
02/Jul 2008 | Obama's Move to the Center | ... Read » |
02/Jul 2008 | Zimbabwe: Tsvangirai Rules Out African Union Call for Power-sharing Deal With Mugabe | Opposition leader criticizes African leaders at summit for failing to recognise 'illegitimacy' of run-off election . Zimbabwe's opposition leader, Morgan Tsvangirai, yesterday ruled out joining the p... Read » |
02/Jul 2008 | Mugabe faces fresh UN sanctions | ROBERT Mugabe tops a list of a dozen ringleaders of election abuses in Zimbabwe who face a worldwide asset freeze and travel ban under a proposal now before the UN. Constantine Chiwenga, the commander... Read » |
02/Jul 2008 | Zimbabwe opposition chief won't join gov't | Robert Mugabe, president of the Republic of Zimbabwe, addresses the 62nd General Assembly at the United Nations on September 26, 2007 in New York City. Zimbabwe's opposition leader said Wednesday he w... Read » |
02/Jul 2008 | Sauce for gander and goose | Sulpicio Lines as political decoy. Mandaue admin, oppo execs wrangle over P205-M budget. I am change, are you? By Harvey Keh Team RP LAST March, I was invited as commencement speaker of the Western Mi... Read » |
02/Jul 2008 | Unity talks with Mugabe rejected | Unity talks with Mugabe rejected By Cris Chinaka, Harare ZIMBABWEAN opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai (pictured) yesterday rejected talks on a unity government, saying President Robert Mugabe must... Read » |
02/Jul 2008 | Ingrid Betancourt is free | Ingrid B tancourt, a Colombian politician, who also has french citizenship, was kidnapped by the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) in february 2002 while campaigning for the Colombian pres... Read » |
02/Jul 2008 | Mugabe has blood on his hands - UK PM | Story Highlights. Robert Mugabe "has blood on his hands," British Prime Minister says . Gordon Brown calls for Zimbabwean president to step down . Opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai says violence sto... Read » |
02/Jul 2008 | Tsvangirai rules out power-sharing | Zimbabwe's opposition leader, Morgan Tsvangirai, yesterday ruled out joining the power-sharing government called for by the African Union, and said negotiations with President Robert Mugabe should ins... Read » |
02/Jul 2008 | Mugabe, cenbank chief would face UN sanctions: text | By Louis Charbonneau UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe and his central bank chief are among those who, under a U. asset freezes and travel bans over last week's widely crit... Read » |
02/Jul 2008 | How we are being spied on by tyrant Mugabe's henchmen | ROBERT Mugabe, the Zimbabwean dictator, has secret police working on the streets of south Essex to spy on the 1,000 exiles living here, according to a high ranking campaigner. Stanford Biti, of North ... Read » |
02/Jul 2008 | Beyond Mugabe's Madness | Even by the ridiculously low procedural standards of Africa's club of presidents-for-life, last Friday's poll in Zimbabwe was a truly pathetic exercise. As Barry Bearak, the Pulitzer Prize-winning New... Read » |
02/Jul 2008 | Antara Interactive | While the House of Representatives (DPR) is forming a special inquiry committee on the increased domestic fuel oil prices, the government says it is ready to face the parliamentary investigation. Hezb... Read » |
02/Jul 2008 | TSX suffers worst drop in six months | Today's big losers on the TSX. Investors emerged from the Canada Day public holiday only to pummel the Toronto Stock Exchange's benchmark index Wednesday, resulting in the TSX/S&P's worst performance ... Read » |
02/Jul 2008 | Mugabe and cenbank chief could face U.N. sanctions | By Louis Charbonneau UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe and his central bank chief are among those who, under a U. asset freezes and travel bans over last week's widely crit... Read » |
02/Jul 2008 | 'Hezbollah trained militiamen in Iraq' | Hezbollah head confirms Israel prisoner swapThe two Israeli soldiers involved in the deal are believed to be deadMahmoud Tawil / APHezbollah's leader Sheik Hassan. Israeli negotiator Ofer Dekel will l... Read » |
02/Jul 2008 | Sam is out of work and this fucker is livin large !!!! | French hostage, three Americans rescued from FARC rebels 1 hour, 4 minutes ago French-Colombian politician Ingrid Betancourt and three US nationals were Wednesday rescued along with other hostages fro... Read » |
02/Jul 2008 | Mugabe, cenbank chief would face UN sanctions-text | Zimbabwe - (Adds intelligence chief named, U. envoy, details) By Louis Charbonneau UNITED NATIONS, July 2 (Reuters) - Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe and his central bank chief are among those who,... Read » |
02/Jul 2008 | Ingrid Betancourt is pictured on Colombian TV right now having just got off | Ingrid B tancourt, a Colombian politician, who also has french citizenship, was kidnapped by the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) in 2002 while campaigning for the Colombian presidency. T... Read » |
02/Jul 2008 | India strike | Coercive interrogation techniques used at the U. detention facility at Guant namo Bay were directly inspired by Chinese Communist methods, the New York Times reports . The techniques were originally u... Read » |
02/Jul 2008 | Tsvangirai rejects unity government idea | Zimbabwe's opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai has spurned a call from African leaders for talks with President Robert Mugabe to form a unity government.... Read » |
02/Jul 2008 | Zimbabwe must solve own crisis | Outsiders like the European Union or other African nations cannot impose a solution in Zimbabwe, South Africa's president said. Thabo Mbeki, who is mediating in the crisis, also resisted Western calls... Read » |
02/Jul 2008 | Tsvangirai rejects Zimbabwe unity talks | Zimbabwean opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai has rejected talks on a unity government, saying President Robert Mugabe must first stop violence and accept him as the rightful election winner. African... Read » |
02/Jul 2008 | Please see additional NowPublic coverage on this story by member Zichi | Ingrid B tancourt, a Colombian politician, who also has french citizenship, was kidnapped by the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) in 2002 while campaigning for the Colombian presidency. A... Read » |
02/Jul 2008 | Tsvangirai rejects Zimbabwe talks | ZIMBABWEAN Opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai has rejected talks on a unity government, saying President Robert Mugabe must first stop violence and accept him as the rightful election winner. ... Read » |
02/Jul 2008 | Zim conditions 'not yet right' | Cultural values delay progress' Cultural values are stopping leaders from speaking out against President Robert Mugabe. 'Somalis will become extinct' An Islamist-led insurgency in Somalia has killed 2... Read » |
02/Jul 2008 | Zambia: President s Stroke Threatens Political Turmoil | The poor health of Zambian President Levy Mwanawasa is generating fears of political turmoil in his ruling party, and that the opposition will capitalise on this, political analysts told IRIN. Mwanawa... Read » |
02/Jul 2008 | Let my people go | Let my people go by SAONE NONOFO-MOREBOLOKI 02.2008 9:09:42 A Clad in uniforms of their different denominations, they jam-packed into the tiny St. Carantoc s Anglican Church building in Francistown f... Read » |
02/Jul 2008 | Mugabe, cenbank chief would face U.N. sanctions - text | Louis Charbonneau UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe and his central bank chief are among those who, under a U. asset freezes and travel bans over last week's widely critic... Read » |
02/Jul 2008 | Tsvangirai demands new mediator | Zimbabwe's political leaders have clashed over whether to talk about how to resolve the country's crisis as the US called for UN sanctions against President Robert Mugabe and his officials. Speaking t... Read » |
02/Jul 2008 | Who the Zim sanctions would target | By Louis Charbonneau United Nations - Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe and the country's Reserve Bank Governor are among those who, under a United States-drafted resolution, would face UN asset free... Read » |
02/Jul 2008 | 'Mugabe hasn't objected to talks' | Zimbabwe's president Robert Mugabe has not objected to an African Union request that he hold talks with the Movement for Democratic Change, President Thabo Mbeki said on Wednesday. Mbeki told the... Read » |
02/Jul 2008 | US leads push for sanctions against Zimbabwe | Pressure was mounting last night for the key role of mediating an end to the crisis in Zimbabwe to be taken out of the hands of Thabo Mbeki, the President of South Africa, whose softly softly approa... Read » |
02/Jul 2008 | Q&A: Colombia hostage situation | The fate of hostages held by left-wing rebels in Colombia became the focus of renewed attention last December when the guerrillas offered to free two women. The release of Clara Rojas and Consuelo Go... Read » |
02/Jul 2008 | South African churches ask world not to recognize Mugabe presidency | Thomas, I appreciate the 5 hours 25 min ago. Bronwen Dachs, Catholic News Service C APE TOWN, South Africa -- The South African Council of Churches has called on the international community not to rec... Read » |
02/Jul 2008 | Prince William s Navy ship pulls off 40million cocaine bust during his first week at sea | Prince William has played a key role in the seizure of 40million worth of cocaine from smugglers in the Caribbean during his first week at sea with the Royal Navy. The second-in-line to the throne wa... Read » |
02/Jul 2008 | A deal after Mugabe s election charade?--Zimbabwe | Mugabe's campaign of terror to win re-election. Socialist Worker - Robert Mugabe's bloody re-election farce in Zimbabwe may turn out to be a prelude to a power-sharing deal with the opposition--and it... Read » |
02/Jul 2008 | Sentamu wants British public to help restore Zimbabwe | An election official holds a ballot paper showing President Robert Mugabe and opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai in Harare June 27, 2008. Tsvangirai accused President Robert Mugabe on Friday of. The... Read » |
02/Jul 2008 | Zimbabwe: Too early for forgiving | Martin Gurajena*, like many other opposition activists forced to flee Zimbabwe's ongoing political violence, has a difficult choice to make: when will it be safe to go home? Gurajena, 48, his wife and... Read » |
02/Jul 2008 | FACTBOX-What prospects for crisis talks? | July 2 (Reuters) - Below are answers to some questions on what is likely to happen after Zimbabwe's opposition spurned a call by African leaders to begin negotiating a unity government with President ... Read » |
02/Jul 2008 | ANALYSIS-Rebuff to Mugabe is watershed for AU | The African Union has crossed a watershed by handing an unprecedented rebuff to President Robert Mugabe, but the move could remain largely symbolic without strong follow-up in Zimbabwe. A two-day summ... Read » |
02/Jul 2008 | President Obama Will Inherit Iranian War | Want to freak yourself out? Watch this nice video with Uncle Sy Hersh, where he gives the condensed run-down on his latest terrifying New Yorker article. The best part is right at the end, where Hersh... Read » |
02/Jul 2008 | Zimbabwe: Unbelievable, intentional brutality | Doctor sees Zimbabwe horror up close Los Angeles Times X-rays of injuries from the political violence show the use of horrendous force. 'It's an illustration of unbelievable, intentional brutality,' h... Read » |
02/Jul 2008 | Mugabe dilemma | Despite the West's long crusade for democracy there are countries where one-man or one-party rule looks to be in no danger of going into oblivion. One such country is Zimbabwe where the autocratic reg... Read » |
02/Jul 2008 | US prodding UN Security Council to punish Mugabe | HARARE, Zimbabwe Zimbabwe's opposition party is denying state media reports that it will hold talks with Robert Mugabe's ruling party. The opposition says Mugabe has failed to meet conditions includ... Read » |
02/Jul 2008 | EU shuns Mugabe as Africa eyes talks | THE European Union has warned it will accept only a Zimbabwean government led by opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai, even as the African Union urged President Robert Mugabe to form a unity government... Read » |
02/Jul 2008 | European Union are calling for Zimbabwe's opposition leader to head the government | Zimbabwean opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai should head any transitional government, European Union officials said in Brussels, without clarifying what the bloc would do if this were not the case. ... Read » |
02/Jul 2008 | Tsvangirai rejects talks with Mugabe | Zimbabwe's opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai rejected the African Union's proposal that Zimbabwe form a unity government, a suggestion welcomed by President Robert Mugabe. HARARE - Zimbabwean opposi... Read » |
02/Jul 2008 | Botswana calls for Zimbabwe's AU suspension | 25.2008 - "Tsvangirai withdrawal unconstitutional" 24.2008 - ANC "dismayed" by Zimbabwe's "rough riding" 20.2008 - Mugabe regime alienates last friends 05.2008 - Zimbabwean police detains Tsvang... Read » |
02/Jul 2008 | African Union Fails Credibility Test on Zimbabwe | The leaders, delegates and diplomats from 53 African countries who converged at the Egyptian resort town of Sharm el-Sheik beginning June 24 for the 11th summit of the African Union (AU) finalized dis... Read » |
02/Jul 2008 | Tsvangirai issues his conditions for talks | Tsvangirai wants Ping on board. The MDC leader says he will negotiate - if he can choose the mediator Morgan Tsvangirai, embattled leader of Zimbabwe's opposition Movement for Democratic Change (MDC),... Read » |
02/Jul 2008 | British PM: Mugabe has blood on his hands | Story Highlights. Robert Mugabe "has blood on his hands," British Prime Minister says . Gordon Brown calls for Zimbabwean president to step down . Opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai says violence sto... Read » |
02/Jul 2008 | Conditions not right for talks - Tsvangirai | Zimbabwe opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai says that conditions are not yet right for talks with President Robert Mugabe on forming a unity government to end the violent crisis in the ruined state. ... Read » |
02/Jul 2008 | Zimbabwe opposition says Mbeki not enough | HARARE, Zimbabwe Zimbabwe opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai says mediation under South African President Mbeki alone cannot make "meaningful progress." Tsvangirai was speaking to reporters at his ... Read » |
02/Jul 2008 | African Union urges Zimbabwean unity | CAIRO, July 2 (UPI) -- The African Union passed a resolution urging Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe to compromise with the opposition party, a move aides said Mugabe rejects. In rejecting the Afric... Read » |
02/Jul 2008 | Israel, Iran Discussed with Italian PM | Director of the Anti-Defamation League (ADL), praised Italy for its special relationship with the U. and Israel and for standing firm against a nuclear Iran, and said Italy was uniquely positioned to ... Read » |
02/Jul 2008 | US won't let Iran shut Gulf | Reuters ABU DHABI - The United States will not allow Iran to block the Gulf, the waterway that carries crude from the world's largest oil exporting region, the US Navy's Fifth Fleet said on Wednesday.... Read » |
02/Jul 2008 | 2million | U. stock market fell hard in June 2008, so did our paper wealth (because most of our assets are stocks with only value on paper). When the Dow closed the month at two-year low, there isn t really anyt... Read » |
02/Jul 2008 | Formula 1 : Will Albert Park Be The Next Victim ? | Mark Andrew Looks at Why Bernie Ecclestone is Taking Away The History Of Formula 1 . Talking About Plans To Remove Or Move Albert Park In Melbourne, Australia . And Possible Solutions To Making Sure F... Read » |
02/Jul 2008 | Connected to the highways of the brain | A fantastic new study which looked at the 'connectedness' of the human brain has identified which aspects of the underlying network are the most important routes. The research was led by neuroscientis... Read » |
02/Jul 2008 | PSEG Chair Sounds Alarm for Energy Workforce | The Province of British Columbia plans to implement a consumer-based carbon tax to battle climate change. Do you think a carbon tax will work better than a cap-and-trade system? Carbon tax because we ... Read » |
02/Jul 2008 | ZIMBABWE TO U.S. AND BRITAIN: GO HANG | The U. and Britain just can t allow a country in its crosshairs to function on its own. Both imperialist nations are calling for more sanctions on Zimbabwe. To many Westerners, sanctions are a slap on... Read » |
02/Jul 2008 | EU trade chief trades barbs with Sarkozy | Sarkozy s comments on trade talks were undermining him is just the latest salvo on a war of words tearing the 27-member bloc. Special Report The French presidency of the European Union Wednesday 02 ... Read » |
02/Jul 2008 | Africa Union calls for talks in Zimbabwe | The African Union last night called for a national unity government in Zimbabwe, but stopped short of directly criticising Robert Mugabe or assigning mediators to help with the crisis. After two days ... Read » |
02/Jul 2008 | Zimbabwe: why the military hold the key | The result of June 27's presidential run-off in Zimbabwe might have secured a further term for the incumbent Robert Mugabe, but without the support of the electorate, that power exists within a very f... Read » |
02/Jul 2008 | Zimbabwe: African Leaders Call for Democracy | Zimbabwe 's political parties to initiate a dialogue aimed at setting up a government of national unity.They have also pressured the Southern African Development Community to 'seize the momentum for a... Read » |
02/Jul 2008 | Sarkozy 'undermining' me, Mandelson complains | Zimbabwe unity govt call from AU. Nicolas Sarkozy has come under attack from Europe an Union trade commissioner Peter Mandelson, who says he has been "undermined" by the French president. Former minis... Read » |
02/Jul 2008 | Mugabe under pressure to form national unity govt | Robert Mugabe s fellow African leaders in the African Union summit in Egypt on July 1 forced him to leave for Zimbabwe and form a national unity government. Earlier, AU approved him to negotiate with ... Read » |
02/Jul 2008 | SOUTH AFRICA: PRESIDENT MBEKI REJECTS EU CALL THAT TSVANGIRA | South African President Thabo Mbeki has rejected European Union (EU) demands that Zimbabwean opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai must lead a future government in Zimbabwe, the SABC reported on Wednesd... Read » |
02/Jul 2008 | EGYPT: ZIMBABWEAN VETERAN MUGABE STORMS OUT OF SUMMIT | With the aid of a special envoy, Zimbabwean Zanu-PF leader Robert Mugabe stormed out of the Red Sea summit in Egypt before it came to a close as The African Union (AU) called him and opposition leader... Read » |
02/Jul 2008 | Turkey won't oppose French NATO return over EU row | Turkey will not try to block France's return to NATO command, despite French objections to Ankara's European Union integration, the justice minister said yesterday. "We do not find it ethical or suita... Read » |
02/Jul 2008 | Africa tells Mugabe to share power | President Robert Mugabe returns to Zimbabwe today under unprecedented pressure from fellow African leaders to form a unity government. African Union leaders passed a resolution calling for him to nego... Read » |
02/Jul 2008 | Firm stops shipping bank-note paper to Zimbabwe | A German company that has been supplying paper used by Zimbabwe's central bank to print bank notes said Tuesday it is stopping shipments immediately at the request of Germany's government By MATT MOOR... Read » |
02/Jul 2008 | French general quits over shooting | France's army chief of staff resigned Tuesday after a bizarre shooting earlier this week in which 17 people were wounded when a soldier. A man runs as police take shelter from a barrage of rocks duri... Read » |
02/Jul 2008 | Mugabe just doesn t want to be a democrat! | Mugabe leaves summit under pressure from AU rebuff HARARE (Reuters) - President Robert Mugabe returns to Zimbabwe on Wednesday under pressure from fellow African leaders to form a national unity gover... Read » |
02/Jul 2008 | AU rebuffs Mugabeeki cool to outside solutions | Cris Chinaka HARARE (Reuters) - South African President Thabo Mbeki said on Wednesday that outside players like the European Union or the African Union could not impose conditions for a solution to th... Read » |
02/Jul 2008 | Factbox: Issues at G8-Africa talks | A group of African leaders are scheduled to meet their counterparts from wealthy nations at a G8 summit in Japan next week. Following are key elements of previous dealings between the G8 and Africa an... Read » |
02/Jul 2008 | African Union rebuffs Mugabe | By Cris Chinaka HARARE (Reuters) - South African President Thabo Mbeki said on Wednesday that outside players like the European Union or the African Union could not impose conditions for a solution to... Read » |
02/Jul 2008 | German Company Stops Bank Note Shipments to Zimbabwe | A German company, facing international criticism, agreed to stop delivering bank note paper to the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe. Critics claim the money helped prop up the government of President Robert M... Read » |
02/Jul 2008 | Tutu muses on the real nature of revolution | The "horrid nightmare" in Zimbabwe showed what happened when people were prepared to kill for their leaders, Archbishop Desmond Tutu said on Tuesday. His comment, during a panel discussion at the Uni... Read » |
02/Jul 2008 | German firm stops banknote exports to Zimbabwe | African leaders are expected to press President Robert Mugabe on Tuesday to negotiate with Zimbabwe's opposition but are unlikely to punish his. A group of international elder statesmen, including Nob... Read » |
02/Jul 2008 | Killing for Mugabe, Zuma | Killing for Mugabe, Zuma. The "horrid nightmare" in Zimbabwe showed what happened when people were prepared to kill for their leaders, Archbishop Desmond Tutu said on Tuesday. His comment, during a p... Read » |
02/Jul 2008 | AU needs to explain resolution: MDC | 09:00 Zimbabwe's opposition Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) says the African Union (AU) should explain the context of its resolution that there should be a government of national unity in Zimbabw... Read » |
02/Jul 2008 | Mugabe, foe reject Africans' unity call | Zimbabwe's President Robert Mugabe, in Egypt. His spokesman, referring to critics, said: "They can go hang a thousand times. CAIRO, Egypt - Prospects for ending the political crisis in Zimbabwe deteri... Read » |
02/Jul 2008 | Mugabe considers deal to legitimise regime | African leaders squeeze Mugabe regime . Mugabe's opponents fear he will steal 'lost' election. Opposition activist killed in fresh Zimbabwe violence . Mugabe accused of rigging poll as ballot seals br... Read » |
02/Jul 2008 | UN chief to spare no effort in solving crisis | 2008/07/02 UN SECRETARY-General Ban Ki- moon pledged to work to broker a solution, repeating his view that the violence-marred election that gave veteran leader Robert Mugabe another term lacked legi... Read » |
02/Jul 2008 | MDC: Election exterminated prospects of a settlement | 2008/07/02 ZIMBABWE S opposition Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) yesterday said President Robert Mugabe s one-man election on June 27 had killed any chance of a negotiated agreement. The sham a... Read » |
02/Jul 2008 | Call for power-sharing deal in Zimbabwe | African leaders have called for dialogue between Zimbabwe's political foes and a national unity government following President Robert Mugabe's widely discredited reelection. A two-day African Union su... Read » |
02/Jul 2008 | Mbeki rejects EU call for Tsvangirai | JOHANNESBURG: South African President Thabo Mbeki has rejected the EU's stance that it will only accept a Zimbabwean government led by opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai. The result that comes out o... Read » |
02/Jul 2008 | Mbeki rejects EU's Zimbabwe demand | South African President Thabo Mbeki has rejected an European Union (EU) position that it will only accept a Zimbabwean government led by opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai. "The result that comes out... Read » |
02/Jul 2008 | Mugabe: African Union calls for national | Ongoing African Union summit has finally decided to crackdown on errant Zimbabwe. The Union called for a unity government to bring the normalcy in the country. The African Union last night called for ... Read » |
02/Jul 2008 | African Union asks Mugabe to form unity government | L ondon, July 2 : African Union has asked Zimbabwe President Robert Mugabe to hold talks with the opposition Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) party over how to form a unity government. African Uni... Read » |
02/Jul 2008 | SAfrica's Mbeki rejects EU demand on Zimbabwe govt | South African President Thabo Mbeki on Wednesday rejected an EU position that it will only accept a Zimbabwean government led by opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai. "The result that comes out of tha... Read » |
02/Jul 2008 | AU dithers over Zim | CONTROVERSIAL: Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe at the African Union summit in Egypt. Egypt An African Union summit yesterday tried to overcome divisions on how to deal with the re-election of Pre... Read » |
02/Jul 2008 | Mbeki rejects EU demands on Zim | Mandela Media Centre Celebrate Nelson Mandela's 90th birthday by learning more about him in our interactive media centre. VIDEO: Francois Pienaar In the first of a series of videos celebrating Madiba'... Read » |
02/Jul 2008 | L'augmentation de capital du Cr dit agricole a t sursouscrite | Cr dit agricole SA a annonc mardi que son augmentation de capital de 5,9 milliards d'euros destin e renforcer les fonds propres de la banque verte avait t sursouscrite. "Le succ s de cette augmen... Read » |
02/Jul 2008 | Le p trole en hausse en raison de craintes sur la demande | SINGAPOUR (Reuters) - Le p trole progressait de plus d'un dollar mercredi avant l'ouverture des Bourses europ ennes, se rapprochant des records tablis lundi au-del des 143 dollars le baril sur des c... Read » |
02/Jul 2008 | Defiant Mugabe stands ground against critics | 02/07/2008 - 07:01:48 Prospects for a peaceful deal between Zimbabwe president Robert Mugabe and his top opponent appeared to grow more distant despite efforts by African leaders at a summit in Egypt.... Read » |
02/Jul 2008 | AU wants Zim unity govt | Mugabe will retaliate'. African leaders on Tuesday called for dialogue between Zimbabwe's political foes and a national unity government following President Robert Mugabe's widely discredited re-elec... Read » |
02/Jul 2008 | British companies confused by Zimbabwe advice | UK News. The Foreign and Commonwealth Office has told leading British companies that they should continue to operate in Zimbabwe despite political pressure on them to withdraw. Both Gordon Brown and L... Read » |
02/Jul 2008 | Mbeki's credibility on the line | By Clare Byrne Johannesburg - After eight years as mediator in Zimbabwe, during which time the country has gone from breadbasket to basket case, President Thabo Mbeki's credibility is on the line. The... Read » |
02/Jul 2008 | Poland risks isolation over reform issue, warns Tusk | Donald Tusk , Poland 's prime minister, has warned that the country is in danger of becoming isolated on the European stage after the president said he had no plans to. 6 hours ago WARSAW, Poland Rat... Read » |
02/Jul 2008 | Shares close 0.9 percent lower | Agence France-Presse Philippine share prices closed 0.9 percent down to a fresh 22-month low on Wednesday as high oil prices fuelled more fears of a surge in domestic inflation, dealers said. SINGAPO... Read » |
02/Jul 2008 | Explosion rips through Russian apartment block | MOSCOW (Reuters) - An explosion tore through an apartment building early on Wednesday, killing two people in the southern Russian city which is to host the Winter Olympics in six years, police and eme... Read » |
02/Jul 2008 | The useless U.N | Voting early on the morning of Election Day in Zimbabwe, the only candidate, Robert Mugabe, smiling broadly, said he was "happy and hungry for victory." In his wake are the corpses of at least 80 memb... Read » |
02/Jul 2008 | New Sabah Times | UN sanctions over his one-man election that much of the world has dismissed as a farce. SHARM EL-SHEIKH, Egypt: African leaders resumed talks on how to deal with Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe on... Read » |
02/Jul 2008 | Angus Reid Global Monitor | Lisbon Treaty if it were put to a vote, according to a poll by CSA published in Le Parisien. 56 per cent of respondents would vote in favour of the proposed body of law for . EU heads of state offi... Read » |
02/Jul 2008 | Mugabe and his generals know the realities of end-game politics | 2008/07/02 INSIGHT Philip Cole ROBERT Mugabe has again been declared president of Zimbabwe, despite being the only candidate in last week s election after Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) leader ... Read » |
02/Jul 2008 | Agri chief wants 'Princess' wreck quarantined | Agriculture Secretary Arthur Yap said Wednesday he ordered the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources to quarantine the wreck the capsized M/V Princess of the Stars to ease fears of people from eat... Read » |
02/Jul 2008 | Wednesday morning, the Indian Rupee showed weakness against the US dollar as worsening economic conditions and falling stock | Wednesday morning, the Indian Rupee showed weakness against the US dollar as worsening economic conditions and falling stock markets accelerate foreign fund outflows.3950 against the dollar at 11:45 p... Read » |
02/Jul 2008 | Sots Art Curator Fired | SOTS ART CURATOR FIRED IN MOSCOW While Russian billionaires are being feted as the new heroes of the contemporary art market, the situation for the Russian art-going public tells a less celebratory s... Read » |
02/Jul 2008 | Neal and reporter 'clash' | POLICE have been called to an "angry confrontation" between beleaguered federal Labor MP Belinda Neal and a current affairs television crew in a car park. A reporter from the Nine Network's A Current ... Read » |
02/Jul 2008 | Roxas Shares Climb Most in Nine Years in Manila as Sugar Prices Advance | Roxas Holdings Inc. , the largest Philippine producer of raw sugar, climbed the most in nine years in Manila trading after the price of the commodity rose to a four-month high. in Manila, on course fo... Read » |
02/Jul 2008 | Oil climbs to new high on supply worries | NEW YORK - Oil closed at a record near $141 per barrel Tuesday on worries about tight supply and mounting tensions in the Middle East., prices at the gas pump edged to their highest point yet. Crude p... Read » |
02/Jul 2008 | SKorean shares extend falls in late morning, airlines down sharply on record oil | KOSPI continued to fall towards its mid-March lows when the global market was shaken by fears of a possible Bear Stearns collapse. employment report for June and the European Central Bank's (ECB) inte... Read » |
02/Jul 2008 | Opinion: Monsieur Obama's Tax Rates | A16And speaking of tax rates ( see here ), celebrity chef Alain Ducasse changed his citizenship this month from high-tax France to no-income-tax Monaco. He says it wasn't a financial decision but an "... Read » |
02/Jul 2008 | Serena looking forward to Wimbledon finals vs Venus | Agence France-Presse LONDON - Serena Williams would love to face sister Venus in Saturday's Wimbledon final because there is nobody the former champion would rather lose to. The Americans moved a ste... Read » |
02/Jul 2008 | Polls: Most Malaysians believe Anwar is innocent | Reuters KUALA LUMPUR - Opinion polls showed most people believed Malaysian opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim did not commit sodomy against a young aide after a similar charge landed him in jail for six ... Read » |
02/Jul 2008 | Try something different this Fourth: Barbecued turkey | 02, 2008 12:33 amPrintThis Try something different this Fourth: Barbecued turkey By Pat's Kitchen Pat Altomare Our Fourth of July celebration is this Friday. That, of course, means fireworks and ge... Read » |
02/Jul 2008 | This Day Online | Robert Mugabe in a poll scarred by violence. Mugabe was re-elected last Friday and swore in last Sunday against calls of international leaders for immediate postponement due to the countrys alleged d... Read » |
02/Jul 2008 | China A-shares end morning higher on bargain-hunting, govt reassurances - UPDATE | China A-shares end morning higher on bargain-hunting, govt reassurances - UPDATE 12:17 Xinhua Newsfeed . SHANGHAI (XFN-ASIA) - China A-shares finished the morning higher as investors sought bargains a... Read » |
02/Jul 2008 | Sarkozy Takes Aim At European Central Bank | Europe is on the brink of an economic slowdown. Plans to reform its political institutions have hit their second major stumbling block in three years. (Angus Reid Global Monitor) - Most people in Fra... Read » |
02/Jul 2008 | Hopes Fade for Zimbabwe Crisis | 4 minutes ago African efforts to encourage a deal between Zimbabwe President Robert Mugabe and his opponents showed no results Tuesday . Financial Time ( Free subscription ) | 2 hours ago African lea... Read » |
02/Jul 2008 | Nick Anderson's Animations Are Syndicated by WPWG | The Washington Post Writers Group is now syndicating Nick Anderson's cartoon animations to newspaper Web sites. WPWG had already been syndicating the print editorial cartoons Anderson does for the Hou... Read » |
02/Jul 2008 | African leaders summit debates embattled Zimbabwe unity government | SHARM EL-SHEIKH, Egypt -- An African summit divided over how to react to the widely condemned re election of Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe, on Tuesday discussed a proposal for a national unity go... Read » |
02/Jul 2008 | Hong Kong shares lower led by blue chips on ADR falls UPDATE | HONG KONG (XFN-ASIA) - Share prices were lower led by major blue chips after their ADRs fell in the US overnight and on continuing worries over record oil prices.97 usd a barrel on the New York Mercan... Read » |
02/Jul 2008 | Asian tennis on the rise | Agence France-Presse LONDON - Thailand's Tamarine Tanasugarn hopes her historic run to the Wimbledon quarter-finals will help encourage Asian governments to put more money into developing young tenni... Read » |
02/Jul 2008 | Mugabe Joins African Union Summit | President Robert Mugabe of Zimbabwe at an African Union summit on Monday in Sharm El Sheik, Egypt. SHARM EL SHEIK, Egypt Unabashed by critics and challenging his peers to prove their own democratic... Read » |
02/Jul 2008 | Bono, I Presume? Covering Africa Through Celebrities | 2007 Bono, I Presume? Covering Africa Through Celebrities By Julie Hollar Africa is sexy and people need to know that, declared U2 singer Bono (New York Times, 3/5/07), promoting his new (RED) line ... Read » |
02/Jul 2008 | Maddy probe closes but mystery deepens | African leaders tread softly on Zimbabwe as Mugabe hailed a 'hero'. Secret plan to capture bin Laden 'blocked by Bush' . Oil's 'big five' play hardball as Iraq opens old wells . Barton close to releas... Read » |
02/Jul 2008 | Manufacturers struggle with costs | Each week, Ira Cooper opens a letter from another supplier with the same message as the last: We re raising our prices, effective immediately. We can t tell you how long the new prices will last. We ... Read » |
02/Jul 2008 | Manning n Deady: Public Interest Demands Key Reveal Policy | Comment & Opinion.95bFM Audio: Scoop's Selwyn Manning calls John Key to task over the PR tactics being (supposedly) bestowed upon him by Crosby/Textor. He says National policy has significant public i... Read » |
02/Jul 2008 | Politicians press ECB to weigh the effects of an interest rate hike | MiddleBrook Pharmaceuticals Announces $100 Million Investment to Support Launch of MOXATAG(TM) Microsoft acquires semantic search firm Powerset . Carbon capture: pipe dream or climate change weapon? A... Read » |
02/Jul 2008 | Profile of leaders to participate in G-8 summit | Group of Eight leaders plus Chinese and Indian leaders who will gather in Hokkaido for the July 7- 9 summit. ---------- Britain - Prime Minister Gordon Brown The gathering is the first summit for the ... Read » |
02/Jul 2008 | 54 win Murrow Awards | Out of 3,459 entries, the Radio-Television News Directors Association (RTNDA) has awarded 77 2008 Edward R. ABC News won a total of six in network television and CBS Radio five in network radio. At th... Read » |
02/Jul 2008 | Mbeki leads talks over crisis in Harare | 2 hours ago African leaders were last night closeted in Egypt attempting to hammer a way out of the crisis in Zimbabwe , where the opposition feared it was being frozen out of a. Source: Reuters By Cr... Read » |
02/Jul 2008 | Aaron Brown debuts on PBS tonight | Former CNN news anchor Aaron Brown (at left) returns to TV tonight on PBS' Wide Angle . I know this is happy news for many of you news junkies out there because in the nearly two years since Brown was... Read » |
02/Jul 2008 | Indian Rupee Slides Against Dollar | ET compared to a new multi-month low of 43. Crude oil traded near record highs around $142 today after the president of OPEC talked of uncertainty surrounding future investment in energy facilities th... Read » |
02/Jul 2008 | Oil, precious metals prices higher | Elaine Frei Crude oil prices were higher again Tuesday on supply concerns after a new report from the International Energy Agency and on geopolitical concerns after a US news report that a Pentagon o... Read » |
02/Jul 2008 | Miami Dade baseball team by team outlook Miami Herald | Home. KILLIAN (Coach Angel Herrera, second year at KIL, ninth overall, 51-29-1). PALMETTO (Coach Mike Klekotka, fourth year at PAL, fifth. Article Taged as : miami, dade, baseball, team, team, outlook... Read » |
02/Jul 2008 | Republican Congressmen Call on Bush to Skip Olympics | 9:02 pm US lawmakers: Bush should skip Olympics By Christopher Bodeen / Associated Press Two Republican congressmen have called on President Bush to steer clear of the Beijing Olympics unless China ma... Read » |
02/Jul 2008 | Mandelson seeks unity after new Sarkozy criticism | Lucien Libert PARIS (Reuters) - European Union trade chief Peter Mandelson said on Tuesday he was being undermined by repeated criticism from French President Nicolas Sarkozy and urged EU states to u... Read » |
02/Jul 2008 | Robert Mugabe cements grip as African Union | African Union leaders ended their summit in Egypt yesterday refusing to condemn President Mugabe, cementing his hold on power even as they urged the establishment of a national unity government in Zim... Read » |
02/Jul 2008 | Dollar eases in Asia ahead of ECB meeting, US jobs data | Oil, food price spikes may worsen global poverty IMF . Minimum wage earners told to pay income tax for 06, 07. Minimum wage earners told to pay income tax for 06, 07. Minimum wage earners told t... Read » |
02/Jul 2008 | Johnson wields axe | MARTIN Johnson's first act as the new supremo of England's rugby squad has been to drop three men he played alongside in the 2003 World Cup-winning squad. Centre Mike Tindall and forwards Ben Kay and ... Read » |
02/Jul 2008 | Black Caps break world record | NEW Zealand have followed up their one-day series win over England with a record-breaking defeat of Ireland in the opening match of a triangular tournament also involving Scotland. The Black Caps thra... Read » |
02/Jul 2008 | HDTV on the horizon for UAAP by 2009 | ABS-CBN Sports, this year's broadcaster of the UAAP and NCAA basketball tournaments, said the network aims to beam the games live in High Definition by next season. During Monday s UAAP press conferen... Read » |
02/Jul 2008 | Media protests court decision giving police 'editorial prerogative' | By CARMELA FONBUENA abs-cbnNEWS.com/Newsbreak Media groups are up in arms against the ruling of a Makati court that justified the arrest of journalists who covered the November 29 Manila Peninsula sie... Read » |
02/Jul 2008 | Young blind photographers use 'eyes of the heart' | Agence France-Presse TOKYO - Yutaka Meijo holds his breath to make sure his camera stays steady, carefully brings the object into focus and waits just a moment before clicking the shutter -- relying o... Read » |
02/Jul 2008 | Mugabe's African Pals | The world rarely looks to summit meetings of the African Union for statesmanship, and this week's meeting in the Egyptian resort of Sharm El-Sheik met those expectations. Zimbabwe's Robert Mugabe, ill... Read » |
02/Jul 2008 | African Union for unity govt in Zimbabwe | Sharm El-Sheikh, July 02: The African Union called on Tuesday for a national unity government in Zimbabwe after the widely-condemned re-election of President Robert Mugabe in a poll scarred by violenc... Read » |
02/Jul 2008 | Mugabe defies calls for his ouster as African summit | Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe, at the centre of controversy over his disputed re-election, Tuesday challenged calls for his ouster, with his spokesman at the African Union summit saying that the ... Read » |