07/Jul 2008 | Oil trades higher ahead of G8 talks on soaring prices | Oil trades higher ahead of G8 talks on soaring prices Agence France-Presse First Posted 11:09:00 07/08/2008 SINGAPORE -- Oil prices rose in Asian trading on Tuesday ahead of closely-watched talks on... Read » |
07/Jul 2008 | MUTHARIKA S YAPPING MONKEYS REMARKS IRK MALAWIANS | Concerned Malawian citizens across the country have bitterly condemned remarks by President Bingu Mutharika during a press briefing held a few minutes later on arrival from his trip to AU heads of Sta... Read » |
07/Jul 2008 | Rich country leaders wrestle with shaky world economy | Leaders of the world's rich industrial nations met Tuesday in a bid to thrash out a common strategy to stem record rises in oil and food prices and ensure food security. their summit on the crisis tha... Read » |
07/Jul 2008 | G8 wrangles over climate change | World leaders head into the second day of the annual G8 summit preoccupied by soaring food and oil prices and deeply divided over how to tackle climate change. Senior officials from the Group of Eight... Read » |
07/Jul 2008 | Paying Up: Africans and aid groups call for new rules to make sure G-8 pays up on pledges, 2nd Ld-Writethru, AS | Top industrialized countries have been in a generous mood when hosting African countries at recent annual summits, pledging billions of dollars for everything from AIDS drugs and tuberculosis treatmen... Read » |
07/Jul 2008 | Zimbabwe: Mbeki to Face G-8 Push for Sanctions | LEADERS of the top industrialised nations are expected to ratchet up pressure on Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe - and President Thabo Mbeki, mediator in that country s protracted political crisis ... Read » |
07/Jul 2008 | Zimbabwe solution could take years | Cris Chinaka A solution to Zimbabwe's crisis could be months or even years away despite President Robert Mugabe's public promise, under heavy international pressure, to negotiate with the opposition. ... Read » |
07/Jul 2008 | Nazi hunters search Chile, Argentina for 'Dr. Death' | Agence France Presse SANTIAGO - Nazi hunters from the Simon Wiesenthal Center arrived here Monday to search for notorious German war criminal Aribert Heim, 94, known as "Dr. Death," believed to be hid... Read » |
07/Jul 2008 | Is Zimbabwe Becoming Africa's Burma? | Even as Zimbabwe s democratic party accept defeat and folded its tents, President Robert Mugabe continues to push his country ever further down a slippery and ruinous slope. The Burma-ization of Zimba... Read » |
07/Jul 2008 | Mugabe militias step up violence against opposition | Mugabe militias step up violence against opposition By Susan Njanji, Harare ZIMBABWE S opposition accused militias loyal to Robert Mugabe of stepping up deadly attacks against its followers as the ve... Read » |
07/Jul 2008 | Zimbabwe sanctions could lead to civil wareki warns leaders | Bush losing patience with South African diplomacy Opposition activist's body found tortured and burntSouth . THE HAGUE Comrade Robert Mugabe has been re-anointed as President of Zimbabwe amid the pr... Read » |
07/Jul 2008 | World leaders enjoy EIGHTEEN-course banquet as they discuss how to solve global food crisis | Summit that's hard to swallow - world leaders enjoy 18-course banquet as they discuss how to solve global food crisis . Just two days ago, Gordon Brown was urging us all to stop wasting food and comba... Read » |
07/Jul 2008 | 'Mugabe has turned state weapons on his own people.' - UK's David Miliband | Pretoria - British Foreign Secretary David Miliband on Monday said Robert Mugabe had "turned the weapons of the state on his own people" and urged the world to support fresh sanctions against his regi... Read » |
07/Jul 2008 | UK asks South Africa for support to impose sanctions on Zimbabwe | Zimbabwe, including his counterpart Robert Mugabe. "I'm absolutely clear that we want South Africa, led by Thabo Mbeki, to join the international consensus this week at the UN," Foreign Secretary Davi... Read » |
07/Jul 2008 | Mbeki fears civil war in Zimbabwe | Bush losing patience with South African diplomacy Opposition activist's body found tortured and burnt . South Africa's president, Thabo Mbeki, was given a fierce grilling by G8 leaders yesterday at... Read » |
07/Jul 2008 | Summit thats hard to swallow - world leaders enjoy 18-course banquet as they discuss how to solve global food crisis | News Home. Summit that's hard to swallow - world leaders enjoy 18-course banquet as they discuss how to solve global food crisis. Just two days ago, Gordon Brown was urging us all to stop wasting food... Read » |
07/Jul 2008 | African leaders ask G8 to honor aid promise | G8 ) nations to keep their promises of help and reminded them that soaring oil and food prices had worsened poverty in the continent.Activists have accused the world's eight richest countries . New lo... Read » |
07/Jul 2008 | G8: Africa will suffer if Mugabe stays in power | World leaders are expected to threaten tougher sanctions against Zimbabwe today unless African nations take a stronger role in negotiations to remove President Mugabe. The G8 told seven African leader... Read » |
07/Jul 2008 | G8 leaders call for Mugabe ouster | Canada backs G8 Zimbabwe sanctions. Harper government not counting on climate deal with G8 . Alexander Joe/AFP/Getty ImagesZimbabwean President Robert Mugabe addresses his supporters at Harare airport... Read » |
07/Jul 2008 | Summit that's hard to swallow - world leaders enjoy 18-course banquet as they discuss how to solve global food crisis | Summit that's hard to swallow - world leaders enjoy 18-course banquet as they discuss how to solve global food crisis . Just two days ago, Gordon Brown was urging us all to stop wasting food and comba... Read » |
07/Jul 2008 | Church votes to allow women | 08/07/2008 00:10 The Church of England was facing a damaging split within its ranks after its ruling body threw out compromise proposals over women bishops. Members of the General Synod voted to press... Read » |
07/Jul 2008 | Bush Says Medvedev Is Smart Guy | By Deb Riechmann The Associated Press TOYAKO, Japan President Bush and new Russian President Dmitry Medvedev stood united Monday on issues like Iran and North Korea. But for all their handshakes and... Read » |
07/Jul 2008 | Barack Obama's big foreign trip a secret at home, well-known abroad | While the Barack Obama Democratic presidential campaign keeps the dates of its upcoming international trip a tightly-guarded secret from American voters,. The Obama campaign announced late last month ... Read » |
07/Jul 2008 | Obama foreign trip details emerge | Mike Dorning While the Barack Obama campaign is keeping the dates of its international trip a tightly guarded secret, details are beginning to leak out of foreign capitals. The Obama campaign announce... Read » |
07/Jul 2008 | Bruni album release watch on overdrive | Sex, drugs and French politics: Carla Bruni's 1960s-influenced new album has sparked a sensation ahead of its release this week, but the work neatly sidesteps her love life with President Nicolas Sark... Read » |
07/Jul 2008 | Gambia leader validates Mugabe's re-election | 03.2008 - 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 l... Read » |
07/Jul 2008 | Violence Continues In Zimbabwe As Militias Raid Camps | Atlanta, Ga. 7/07/2008 08:50 PM GMT (TransWorldNews - Top Story) The violence in Zimbabwe has continued despite the June 27 election that kept President Robert Mugabe in office for yet another term. O... Read » |
07/Jul 2008 | Zimbabwe warns G8 over meddling | Israel has reopened border crossings to the Gaza Strip after closing them last week when a rocket was fired from the Hamas-ruled territory in defiance of a two-week-old truce. Peter Lerner, an Israeli... Read » |
07/Jul 2008 | Details emerge on Obama trip | Mike Dorning While the Barack Obama campaign is keeping the dates of its international trip a tightly guarded secret, details are beginning to leak out of foreign capitals. The Obama campaign announce... Read » |
07/Jul 2008 | Coup plotter jailed for 34 years | 07 Jul : 14:08. [html] G8 leaders slammed the poll on Monday, with President George W. Bush calling it a sham, while Chancellor Angela Merkel called it illegitimate and said she would back more sancti... Read » |
07/Jul 2008 | 20 killed since run-off poll: MDC | 01:44 [IST]HARARE: Twenty Movement for Democratic Change supporters have been killed since Robert Mugabe stood as the sole candidate in the run-off presidential election, the opposition party alleged ... Read » |
07/Jul 2008 | Bono's aid group: Africa got only $3b of $25b pledged | RUSUTSU, Japan An aid group founded by U2 frontman Bono calculates that the Group of Eight top industrialized nations has delivered only $3 billion of the additional $25 billion promised for Africa fo... Read » |
07/Jul 2008 | Italy frees hijacker of Achille Lauro cruise ship, orders him expelled | Bush calls to PM: 'Yo, Harper' A televised feed at the Group of Eight summit showed U. President George Bush wanting to introduce Prime Minister Stephen Harper to the Nigerian President. Oil prices dr... Read » |
07/Jul 2008 | UN Security Council Statement on Zimbabwe and R2P | UN Security Council Discusses Action on Zimbabwe Khaleej Times Online 23 June 2008 The UN Security Council discussed Monday holding President Robert Mugabe responsible for the worsening political and ... Read » |
07/Jul 2008 | G-8 summit opens with special session on Africa | Leaders of the world's most industrialized countries on Monday began their three-day annual summit on the Hokkaido Island resort of Toyako, with a special session on Africa attended by President John ... Read » |
07/Jul 2008 | Washington state's Senator Cantwell targets oil price run-up | McClatchy Blogs. military in Iraq celebrates the 4th with reenlistments . After 42 months in Iraq, soldier still feels guilty he's not there., Iraq narrow differences over forces pact, Iraq says. In M... Read » |
07/Jul 2008 | OUT OF SIGHT, OUT OF MIND, OUT OF LUCK | NEW YORK TIMES VS. COMMON DECENCY OUT OF SIGHT, OUT OF MIND, OUT OF LUCK DO LIBERALS LOVE AMERICA TOO? LIVEBLOGGING THE CONTINENTIAL CONGRESS - JULY 4, 1776 LIVEBLOGGING THE CONTINENTAL CONGRESS - JUL... Read » |
07/Jul 2008 | G-8 discusses system to follow-up on aid pledges (AP) | RUSUTSU, Japan - An aid group founded by U2 frontman Bono calculates that the Group of Eight top industrialized nations has delivered only $3 billion of the additional $25 billion promised for . Afri... Read » |
07/Jul 2008 | G-8 Finds Condemning Mugabe Is Easier Than Meeting African Aid Commitments | July 8 (Bloomberg) -- Group of Eight leaders are finding it easier to conjure up words to denounce Zimbabwe's president Robert Mugabe than money to meet their African aid commitments. The G-8 summit b... Read » |
07/Jul 2008 | Barclays called to "make a stand" against Mugabe | A News Release from the Office of. LESLEY GRIFFITHS AM Welsh Assembly Member for Wrexham National Assembly for Wales Cardiff Bay Cardiff CF99 1NA For immediate release: 7th July 2008 AM CALLS ON BARCL... Read » |
07/Jul 2008 | ZANU-PF: Devoured By Its Own Beast | ZANU-pf: Devoured by its Own Beast George B. In life, there arise many situations where one falls victim to one s own scheming, plot or trap. For example, your cousin has stayed at your home for five ... Read » |
07/Jul 2008 | Mugabe already has130, 000 rigged votes of soldiers in run-off battle | London, June 16 (ANI): Zimbabwe President Robert Mugabe has secured a comfortable head start of at least 130,000 votes through rigged voting by members of the security forces in this month's run-off e... Read » |
07/Jul 2008 | Oil clouds G8 summit | LATEST: World leaders head into the second day of the annual G8 summit preoccupied by soaring food and oil prices and deeply divided over how to tackle climate change. Senior officials from the Group ... Read » |
07/Jul 2008 | Body found of Zimbabwe opposition worker | The tortured and burned body of an opposition party worker has been found on a farm belonging to an army colonel two weeks after the activist was abducted while helping to protect the widow of a murde... Read » |
07/Jul 2008 | Back sanctions, UK begs Mbeki | VIDEO: Jay Naidoo In the next in our series of videos on Nelson Mandela, we speak to former Minister Jay Naidoo. London - Britain on Monday called directly on South African President Thabo Mbeki to ba... Read » |
07/Jul 2008 | 'Stop interfering in Zim affairs' | Zim crisis 'to drag on' Zimbabwe's political impasse looks set to drag on as two main parties lay tough pre-conditions for talks. Ancient burial ground uncovered Archaeologists have uncovered ancient ... Read » |
07/Jul 2008 | UN's Ban urges Zim to restore peace | TOYAKO, Japan At the Group of Eight summit of industrialized nations, Bush said he is 'extremely disappointed' in Zimbabwe's violence-marred presidential election. HARARE - A top lieutenant to Robert ... Read » |
07/Jul 2008 | Suicide Bombing in Kabul Near Indian Embassy Kills 34 People, Injures 141 | July 7 (Bloomberg) -- A suicide bomber drove a car packed with explosives near the Indian embassy in Afghanistan's capital, Kabul, killing 34 people and injuring 141 today, a government spokesman said... Read » |
07/Jul 2008 | Police stand guard as Zimbabwean opposition meets | POLICE guarded a Southend pub as dozens of Zimbabweans gathered for a branch meeting of the opposition party, the Movement for Democratic Change. Police - on hand for party members' safety - have also... Read » |
07/Jul 2008 | Sex Slavery at Militia Bases Backing Mugabe | You have an old version of Adobe Flash Player, or you might not have it installed at all. Please make sure to install the latest version of Flash at www. At many militia bases housing Mugabe's support... Read » |
07/Jul 2008 | G8 leaders pressure African leaders on Zimbabwe | Canadian medic killed in Afghanistan A Canadian military medic was killed by an explosion during a foot patrol in Afghanistan's Panjwaii district on Sunday. Colin William Wilmot is the 87th Canadian s... Read » |
07/Jul 2008 | Lilly Endowment Renews Funding for 12th Season of Religion & Ethics NewsWeekly | Monday, July 07, 2008 For Information Contact: Mary Schultz Director of Communications Religion & Ethics NewsWeekly schultzm@religionethics., July 7, 2008 - Thirteen/WNET New York announced today that... Read » |
07/Jul 2008 | World leaders ready to slap more sanctions on Zimbabwe | World leaders raised the prospect of more sanctions against Zimbabwe on Monday unless quick progress is made to end a political crisis after a violent election that extended President Robert Mugabe's ... Read » |
07/Jul 2008 | Australia Agriculture News | 7 Jul 2008 15:51 GMT. it has entered into a Memorandum of Understanding with Holloman Minerals, Ltd. of Perth, Australia to Farm -in up to 98% of seven (7) exploration license areas in the Frome Embay... Read » |
07/Jul 2008 | UN SecGen Condemns "Lawless Zimbabwe:" Sex | The BBC reported today from Japan that UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon said the last election in Zimbabwe "lacked legitimacy" and he condemned the "lawless" activities now unfolding. As one who has o... Read » |
07/Jul 2008 | Report: Zimbabwe militias hold sex slaves | Bush wishes for freedom from tyranny. Youth militias loyal to Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe hold women suspected of favoring opposition parties captive as sex slaves, one such woman says. The 21-... Read » |
07/Jul 2008 | Deadly Zim violence is intensifying, says MDC | Zimbabwe's opposition on Monday accused militias loyal to Robert Mugabe of stepping up deadly attacks against its followers as the veteran leader faced more foreign criticism over his controversial re... Read » |
07/Jul 2008 | Bush, Russian leader still differ on missile defense | TOYAKO, Japan - President Bush and new Russian President Dmitry Medvedev stood united today on issues such as Iran and North Korea. But for all their handshakes and smiles, it is clear that thorny iss... Read » |
07/Jul 2008 | Britain calls for SA's backing | Britain calls for SA's backing. 17:42Britain on Monday called directly on South African President Thabo Mbeki to back international efforts to isolate key figures in Zimbabwe, including his counterpar... Read » |
07/Jul 2008 | Call for 'tough' sanctions on Zimbabwe | British Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs David Miliband on Monday called for "tough" sanctions against Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe's regime, while also denouncing human r... Read » |
07/Jul 2008 | Deadly Zim violence intensifying, says MDC | Zimbabwe's opposition on Monday accused militias loyal to Robert Mugabe of stepping up deadly attacks against its followers as the veteran leader faced more foreign criticism over his controversial re... Read » |
07/Jul 2008 | G8 condemns South Africa's soft touch on Zimbabwe | The US president, George Bush, and the South African president, Thabo Mbeki, prepare for lunch during today's African outreach session at the . Getty Images G8 leaders today gave the South African pre... Read » |
07/Jul 2008 | G8 wrangles over climate change, aid to Africa | By Linda Sieg and Alan Wheatley TOYAKO, Japan (Reuters) - World leaders head into the second day of the annual G8 summit preoccupied by soaring food and oil prices and deeply divided over how to tackl... Read » |
07/Jul 2008 | Armed Militia Raid Political Refugee Camps In Zimbabwe, Says Opposition | Quicksilver to buy Barnett Shale Assets for $1.3 Bln in Cash, Stock; lifts Q2 production guidance - Update 1 . Avanex fires CEO Jo Major; CFO Marla Sanchez resigns; names Giovanni Barbarossa interim ... Read » |
07/Jul 2008 | Pakistan: Suicide bombing in capital raises concerns about negotiating with militants | Marking the anniversary of a government operation against the radical Red Mosque, the attack suggests some militants are growing bolder. A suicide bomber blew himself up in the heart of the Pakistani ... Read » |
07/Jul 2008 | France Warms Up To First Lady | French President Nicolas Sarkozy and his wife, Carla Bruni, attend an official dinner with Israel's President Shimon Peres on June 23 in Jerusalem. When newly divorced French President Nicolas Sarkozy... Read » |
07/Jul 2008 | Mugabe must be 'stripped of | Search: Miliband Mugabe Robert Mugabe must not be allowed to wield power from behind the scenes as part of a new transitional government in Zimbabwe, Britain has warned. South African President Thabo ... Read » |
07/Jul 2008 | "Mugabe must be stripped of all power", Britain tells Mbekei | World leaders to condemn Robert Mugabe at G8 summit. Robert Mugabe arrives back in Zimbabwe after attending the African Union Summit. Robert Mugabe must not be allowed to wield power from behind the s... Read » |
07/Jul 2008 | Mugabe must be 'stripped of power' | Robert Mugabe must not be allowed to wield power from behind the scenes as part of a new transitional government in Zimbabwe, Britain has warned. South African President Thabo Mbeki has reportedly dr... Read » |
07/Jul 2008 | Poll: Which Media is More Biased, Left or Right | Take the Poll at: .UCLA Political Scientists Say Media Bias Is Real in 2005 Study Findings. "While the editorial page of The Wall Street Journal is conservative, the newspaper's news pages are liberal... Read » |
07/Jul 2008 | Sex slavery alleged in Zimbabwe militias | One 21-year-old says she had hoped that her ordeal would end after the presidential runoff, but the terror continues. HARARE, ZIMBABWE -- She has to call the young men her "comrades. She sweeps the co... Read » |
07/Jul 2008 | Readers give MDC thumbs up | Mugabe president, Tsvangirai PM?. By Wesley Buthelezi President Thabo Mbeki, the chief mediator on the crisis in Zimbabwe, held his first talks with President Robert Mugabe on Saturday since his count... Read » |
07/Jul 2008 | World Bank chief urges G8 to boost food aid | TOYAKO - World Bank President Robert Zoellick on Monday urged the Group of Eight powers to boost food aid for poor nations and tear down trade barriers that make it hard to buy emergency shipments. "H... Read » |
07/Jul 2008 | UN Condemns "Lawless Zimbabwe:" Sex Slaves | The BBC reported today from Japan that UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon said the last election in Zimbabwe "lacked legitimacy" and he condemned the "lawless" activities now unfolding. As one who has o... Read » |
07/Jul 2008 | G8 Summit: Leaders Increase Pressure on Mbeki Over Zimbabwe | Condoleezza Rice to call for UN sanctions on Mugabe regime as G8 leaders pressure African counterparts in Japan . Thinly submerged tensions between Britain and South Africa over how to handle the cri... Read » |
07/Jul 2008 | G8 urged to honour Africa pledges | African leaders have urged the G8 nations to put their money where their mouth is and deliver on past promises made to Africa. The leaders also spoke of action against Zimbabwean President Robert Mu... Read » |
07/Jul 2008 | Bush slams Mugabe's 'sham elections' | UNICEF identifies Nargis orphans. Should the JSC hearings be public? | Five in court after pickaxe killing . July 07, 2008 Edition 3 - Independent Foreign Service, Sapa-AFP TOYAKO: US President Georg... Read » |
07/Jul 2008 | World's Top Leaders Tackle Oil and Food Prices | TOYAKO, Japan Leaders of the world's richest nations Monday opened a summit aimed at battling skyrocketing oil and food prices, as pressure mounted on them to live up to their pledges to help Africa... Read » |
07/Jul 2008 | Africa and Food Crisis Top G-8 Agenda | G8 leaders pose for a group photo at a Tanabata ceremony at the G8 Hokkaido Toyako Summit in Toyako,. G8 leaders pose for a group photo at a Tanabata ceremony at the G8 Hokkaido Toyako Summit in Toyak... Read » |
07/Jul 2008 | France to Award Ingrid Betancourt Legion of Honor on Bastille Day | Former hostage Ingrid Betancourt will be awarded the Legion of Honor on 14th July, France s most important national holiday, authorities in Paris said according to The International Herald Tribune. Be... Read » |
07/Jul 2008 | Bush attacks Mugabe poll 'sham' | Zimbabwe s election a sham today as G8 leaders kicked off their annual summit. The summit opened on Japan s northern island of Hokkaido with activists accusing the leaders of the Group of Eight econ... Read » |
07/Jul 2008 | Britain mounts pressure on Mugabe | British Foreign Secretary David Miliband says Zimbabwean leader, Robert Mugabe "has turned the weapons of the state on his own people." Addressing an audience at a university during his three-day stay... Read » |
07/Jul 2008 | An illegitimate president | African leaders must do more to end the repression in Zimbabawe and must place the responsibility for the violence firmly on Robert Mugabe s doorstep . For once Robert Mugabe did not get the unanimo... Read » |
07/Jul 2008 | G8 leaders talk of more Zimbabwe sanctions | By David Ljunggren TOYAKO, Japan (Reuters) - World leaders raised the prospect of more sanctions against Zimbabwe on Monday unless quick progress is made to end a political crisis after a violent elec... Read » |
07/Jul 2008 | WCC general secretary warns on Zimbabwe economic sanctions (7/7/08) | By Peter Kenny, Ecumenical News International GENEVA (ENI, 7/7/08) Samuel Kobia, general secretary of the Geneva-based World Council of Churches, which supported comprehensive sanctions against apar... Read » |
07/Jul 2008 | Bob remains defiant | Tsvangirai snubs Mbeki. By Shingo Ito Leaders of the Group of Eight industrial powers are set to ramp up pressure on Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe after an election condemned as a sham, summit h... Read » |
07/Jul 2008 | Mugabe accused of 'unchecked brutality' | Bob remains defiant. Pretoria - British Foreign Secretary David Miliband on Monday said Robert Mugabe had "turned the weapons of the state on his own people" and urged the world to support fresh sanct... Read » |
07/Jul 2008 | G8 talks of more Zimbabwe sanctions | Mugabe accused of 'unchecked brutality'. By David Ljunggren Toyako, Japan - World leaders raised the prospect of more sanctions against Zimbabwe on Monday unless quick progress is made to end a politi... Read » |
07/Jul 2008 | Zimbabwe political refugees killed, beaten | President Robert Mugabe of Zimbabwe addresses the United Nations General Assembly 62nd session in New York on September 26, 2007. Opposition leaders in Zimbabwe say refugees who support them are being... Read » |
07/Jul 2008 | G8 leaders tackle oil and food prices, Africa aid | TOYAKO, Japan (AFP) - Leaders of the world's richest nations Monday opened a summit aimed at battling skyrocketing oil and food prices, as pressure mounted on them to live up to their pledges to help ... Read » |
07/Jul 2008 | Britain in crisis talks on Mugabe | Mugabe regime warns West to 'stop meddling' HARARE - MR Robert Mugabe's regime warned the West on Monday to 'stop meddling' in Zimbabwe's crisis as the veteran leader faced mounting pressure to cut a... Read » |
07/Jul 2008 | The great Beijing-Brussels disconnect | The great Beijing-Brussels disconnect By Axel Berkofsky Europe doesn't like rocking the boat. Especially with Beijing sitting in the bow and requesting Brussels not meddle with its "internal affairs"... Read » |
07/Jul 2008 | Mbeki hatches new Zim plan | July 07, 2008 Edition 3 London - Robert Mugabe would remain Zimbabwe's head of state but hand real power to opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai as prime minister under a plan proposed by President Tha... Read » |
07/Jul 2008 | Zim tells West to stop meddling | Robert Mugabe's regime warned the West on Monday to "stop meddling" in Zimbabwe's crisis as the veteran leader faced mounting pressure to cut a deal with the opposition after his one-man election. Wh... Read » |
07/Jul 2008 | Anti-Mugabe propaganda reaches fever pitch | Anti-Mugabe propaganda reaches fever pitch By Stephen Gowans It's so much easier to recognize faults in others, than in one's self. And so much easier to perceive the base motives, lies, and propagand... Read » |
07/Jul 2008 | Markets News Monday: European and Asia-Pacific stocks rise; Oil price remains close to $144 in London | 10:36: AM. Markets News Monday: European and Asia-Pacific stocks rise; Oil price remains close to $144 in London . US markets were closed on Friday for Independence Day and and as market participants... Read » |
07/Jul 2008 | G8 leaders locked in tense Africa talks | RUSUTSU The worlds top industrialised states faced pressing economic, financial and environmental troubles at the start of their annual summit yesterday , confronted. TOYAKO, Japan -- President Bush o... Read » |
07/Jul 2008 | Mugabe regime warns West to 'stop meddling' | HARARE - MR Robert Mugabe's regime warned the West on Monday to 'stop meddling' in Zimbabwe's crisis as the veteran leader faced mounting pressure to cut a deal with the opposition after his one-man e... Read » |
07/Jul 2008 | Sokari | Africa Bloggers (12 members). AFRICAN SINGERS & MUSICIANS COLLECTIVE (44 members). A baby boy had both legs broken by supporters of President Robert Mugabe to punish his father for being an opposition... Read » |
07/Jul 2008 | REFILE-British PM calls for strong G8 message to Zimbabwe | Gordon Brown[1]; British Prime Minister Gordon Brown has called for the Group of Eight leaders gathered in northern Japan to send a strong message to Zimbabwe. G8, African leaders differ on Zimbabwe ... Read » |
07/Jul 2008 | West told to fulfil its African aid pledge | G8 is currently 14% of the way toward hitting its African aid target pledged in 2005. Photograph: Walter Astrada/AFP/The leaders of the . summit opens with spotlight on Africa Some accused of skimpi... Read » |
07/Jul 2008 | AGRICULTURE: 'Don't Do It Europe's Way' | Europe's system of agricultural support should not be emulated in other regions of the world grappling with high food prices, the top United Nations official for humanitarian affairs has suggested. Ea... Read » |
07/Jul 2008 | US keeps pressure on North Korea | George Bush warned North Korea yesterday that it had yet to fully address international concerns over its nuclear weapons programme, just over a week after the regime handed over a detailed declaratio... Read » |
07/Jul 2008 | Mbeki s PM proposal for Tsvangirai suspicious ? | Society - Southern Africa - Zimbabwe - Panafrica - Politics Mbeki s PM proposal for Tsvangirai suspicious ? South Africa s president has proposed for a creation of a Prime Minister post for Morgan Ts... Read » |
07/Jul 2008 | UK orders 11,000 Zimbabweans home | UK orders 11,000 Zimbabweans home 2008-07-07 09:56:39 By Attempts by British Prime Minister Gordon Brown to use a meeting of G8 leaders this week to campaign for tougher action against Zimbabwe are i... Read » |
07/Jul 2008 | US firefighters battle blazes around California | US firefighters battle blazes around California Firefighters got a gift of a mild, mostly windless night and a forecast for similar conditions yesterday as they attempted to protect thousands of homes... Read » |
07/Jul 2008 | EU pledges unused farm aid to food crisis | European Union , G8 , summit , Japan , Zimbabwe , Africa , global , food , crisis The European Union has pledged 1 billion euros ( 792m) in unused farm subsidies to African farmers to help aid the glo... Read » |
07/Jul 2008 | Opposition leaders meet with Mugabe | It hasn't begun - but Mugabe is winning!. But Tsvangirai will have nothing to do with it Morgan Tsvangirai, leader of Zimbabwe's embattled opposition the Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) nearly me... Read » |
07/Jul 2008 | Zimbabwean opposition welcomes new Mbeki plan | 9 hours ago SOUTH AFRICA 'S president, Thabo Mbeki , has presented a plan to Zimbabwe 's political leaders that would allow Robert Mugabe to remain as a titular head of state but surrender real power ... Read » |
07/Jul 2008 | G8 unlikely to agree on climate deal | Download Prospects of the G8 reaching a meaningful agreement on how to best fight global warming dimmed as leaders, with a long list of global problems, began gathering in northern Japan for their ann... Read » |
07/Jul 2008 | G-8 Summit Spotlights Aid for Africa | RUSUTSU, Japan) Aid for Africa and whether enough was coming from the world's major economic powers was in the spotlight Monday as the Group of Eight nations planned to meet with seven African l... Read » |
07/Jul 2008 | The Rest Of The Week In Review | A note - I'll be guest-blogging at Air America. They have a fairly ingenious way of pulling the posts from my site over to theirs, the good news of that being that I literally don't have to do anythin... Read » |
07/Jul 2008 | G8 summit opens with spotlight on aid for Africa, food and Zimbabwe | G8 unlikely to agree on climate deal. Several thousand anti-G8 protesters rally in Japan. RUSUTSU-- Aid for Africa and whether enough is coming from the world's major economic powers was in the spotl... Read » |
07/Jul 2008 | UN chief says US must take lead on climate change | UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon, seen here on July 3, said Monday that the US must take the lead in fighting climate change as he opened talks with the world's most powerful leaders. Speaking to AFP ... Read » |
07/Jul 2008 | G-8 Summit Opens in Japan | LatestNewscast News Now Live VOA Africa Live Africa Americas Asia Europe Middle East U. American Life Health & Science Entertainment News Analysis Special Reports Shows by Name VOA News Blog T2... Read » |
07/Jul 2008 | Mbeki backs PM Tsvangirai | Zim slams UK's Miliband. 08:05Robert Mugabe would remain Zimbabwe's head of state but hand real power to opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai as prime minister under a plan proposed by South African Pr... Read » |
07/Jul 2008 | South African Peace Plan | South Africa's president, Thabo Mbeki, has presented a plan to Zimbabwe's political leaders that would allow Robert Mugabe to remain as a titular head of state, but surrender real power to the opposit... Read » |
07/Jul 2008 | Mbeki proposes Tsvangirai as PM | Zimbabweans in SA speak out In the wake of a failed run-off, News24 speaks to Zimbabweans living in South Africa. G8 'keep your promise' Africa wants the Group of Eight industrialised countries to del... Read » |
07/Jul 2008 | UK minister in SA for Zim talks | 2008/07/07 THE crisis in Zimbabwe is on the agenda of talks between visiting British Foreign Secretary David Miliband and his South African counterpart, Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma . Miliband arrived yest... Read » |
07/Jul 2008 | Britain calls for talk and tough action | 2008/07/07 BRITAIN called for tough action as well as talk in the face of Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe s defiance and signs of disunity among his opposition. British Foreign Secretary David Mil... Read » |
07/Jul 2008 | World's top leaders meet under pressure to help Africa | Leaders of the world's top industrial powers were under pressure Monday to live up to pledges to help Africa as they opened a summit dominated by skyrocketing oil and food prices. Bush gathered in the... Read » |
07/Jul 2008 | Mugabe president, Tsvangirai PM in Zimbabwe peace plan: Repo | London, July 07: Robert Mugabe would remain Zimbabwe's head of state but hand real power to opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai as Prime Minister under a plan proposed by South African President Thabo... Read » |
07/Jul 2008 | Immigration new EU priority under French presidency | France is to outline a new blueprint to control immigration in Europe, as the EU comes under international fire over moves to force illegal immigrants out. (Photo : French immigration minister Brice H... Read » |
07/Jul 2008 | Leaders gather for G8 | The United States and Japan have called for urgent action on red-hot oil and food prices that could derail the global economy. As US president George W Bush arrived at this mountain resort, authoritie... Read » |