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WASHINGTON.
France’s Christine Lagarde was named yesterday to be the first-ever female chief of the IMF, facing an immediate crisis as violent
Prosecutor sees Gaddafi endgame, China cautious
TRIPOLI.
The International Criminal Court’s chief prosecutor said yesterday it could be “game over” within months for Muammar Gaddafi, but China reacted cautiously to the issuing of an arrest warrant for the Libyan leader on charges of crimes against humanity.
Space junk narrowly misses station
MOSCOW.
A piece of debris travelling thousands of miles an hour narrowly missed the International Space Station yesterday in a
Remote control killing: US’ new sport
By Stephen Lendman
DEFENCE contractor giants like Boeing, Lockeed Martin, Northrop Grumman, and others, as well as smaller rivals compete for growing demand for unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs). They include remote control operated killer drones, also called unmanned combat aerial vehicles (UCAVs).
Mataz faces fraud charges
Court Reporter
RADIO and television personality Tichafa Matambanadzo, who is accused of conniving with two others to swindle a Harare
Number of cop murder suspects reaches 24
Court Reporter
A CITY of Harare clerk – suspected to have been among MDC-T activists who allegedly fatally assaulted police Inspector Petros
Trial date for Beitbridge farmer set
Beitbridge Bureau
THE trial of Beitbridge white farmer George Watson (31) who was arrested recently for running over his workers’ tin houses
Top cop fails to repay US$25 000 bank loan
Court Reporter
DEPUTY Police Commissioner-General Godwin Matanga is being sued by the Agricultural Bank of Zimbabwe for allegedly
Drama in court as witnesses take oath with clenched fists
Court Reporter
THERE was drama in court yesterday when new farmers who were witnesses in the case in which businessman Temba Mliswa is
It’s MDC-T that needs reform
IT’S an art that has been perfected by Western rabble-rousers and, it is hardly surprising to see Morgan Tsvangirai and his MDC-T try to employ it here. It is the art of deception that was used to start wars in Vietnam, Iraq and now Libya.
After flying the kite for the firing of Zimbabwe’s war-tempered generals, a stunt MDC-T euphemistically calls ‘‘security sector reforms,” the party has decided to manufacture the need for such reforms. This agenda setting follows Zanu-PF and the Sadc facilitation team’s insistence that there won’t be any renegotiation of the GPA through the back door since ‘‘security sector” reforms were never part of the GPA.
The need to manufacture a reason for reforms explains the potshots Tsvangirai has been throwing at the country’s service