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European Union (EU) leaders are heading to Brussels for summit talks dubbed by some analysts as a “do or die” moment for the continent’s euro, with Germany and France set to push for extensive fiscal reforms to save the debt-stricken single currency from collapse.
New evidence shows tabloid spied on Murdoch critic
LONDON — Newly disclosed evidence in Britain’s tabloid phone hacking scandal confirmed on Wednesday that an outspoken critic of Rupert Murdoch was put under surveillance by his now defunct tabloid the News of The World.
World Bank cuts Kenya 2011 growth forecast to 4,3 pct
NAIROBI— The World Bank has cut Kenya’s economic growth forecast for this year to 4,3 percent from its earlier forecast of 4,8 percent due to a sharp jump in prices and instability in the exchange rate among other economic shocks, it said yesterday.
Peru declares emergency over disputed mine
Ollanta Humala, the president of Peru, has declared a 60-day state of emergency in a northern region torn by more than a week of protests against a highlands gold mine, the country’s biggest investment, by local residents who fear for their water supply.
Big boost to SA’s renewable energy plan
Durban — South Africa has formed an international partnership with four European countries in an attempt to source funding for its renewable energy programme.
EDITORIAL COMMENT: Let’s strategise and grow the economy
Zimbabwe on Wednesday registered another milestone development in the world of technology when it launched the $45 million NetOne Broadband, Mobile Switching Centre and Packet Switch Call at Ascot in Bulawayo.
Thousands arrive for meeting
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Chronicle Reporter
THOUSANDS of delegates from different parts of the country yesterday descended on Bulawayo to attend the Zanu-PF 12th Annual National People’s Conference, which starts today. President Mugabe, who also arrived yesterday, will officially open the party’s biggest event at the Zimbabwe International Trade Fair (ZITF) grounds today.
Conference roars into life
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PRESIDENT Mugabe yesterday said the indigenisation and economic empowerment programme would take centre stage at the Zanu-PF 12th Annual National People’s Conference, which starts in Bulawayo today.
Modalities put in place to ease congestion at Beitbridge
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Beitbridge Reporter
THE Department of Immigration in Beitbridge has put in place mechanisms aimed at dealing with congestion at the border post during the festive season.
Rejecting the delicious for the fetid
The saga is not yet over: In comes Chief Negomo Back in the village, in the land of milk, honey and dust or Guruve if you like, villagers followed a free-for-all, 12-day circus in which Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai played the undignified chief clown.
It was a massif of marriage akin to that of a high school boy or some headless chicken scenario, never befitting someone in public office, worse still someone habouring Presidential ambitions.
It was a roller coaster tragi-comedy and melodramatic love cruise that left the audience, including the village soothsayer who rarely laughs, hilariously crankling to