adminHenry ‘certain’ to join Arsenal
Thierry Henry will sign a two-month loan with Arsenal if insurance can be arranged with the New York Red Bulls, Arsene Wenger has confirmed.
Makokoba families locked in flat wrangle
Chronicle Reporter
TWO families sharing a flat in Makokoba suburb of Bulawayo are locked in a wrangle over the flat, which they both claim is theirs after inheriting it from their parents.
Bogus cop remanded for robbery
Beitbridge Reporter
A 32-YEAR-old Beitbridge man was yesterday hauled before the courts for masquerading as a police officer and allegedly robbing three suspected border jumpers of their belongings at gunpoint.
Abel Takavada, of House Number 1517 Dulibadzimu suburb in the border town was not asked to plead to four counts of armed robbery when he appeared before Beitbridge magistrate, Mr Carrington Karidzagundi.
He was remanded in custody to 11 January.
Women urged to involve men in empowerment programmes
Chronicle Reporter
THE Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Women Affairs, Gender and Community Development, Dr Sylvia Utete Masango has challenged women to involve their male counterparts in their empowerment programmes.
Injiva in court after hit and run accident
Beitbridge Reporter
A 27-year-old Bulawayo man working in South Africa was yesterday arraigned before the courts for knocking down a three-year-old boy with his car in an alleged hit and run accident.
The boy was trying to cross the Beitbridge-Bulawayo road at Malala area.
US, Iran continue war of words over Hormuz
A standoff between Iran and the US over Tehran’s threats to close the strategic Strait of Hormuz to oil tankers has worsened, with warships from each side giving weight to an increasingly bellicose exchange of words.
Iran’s Revolutionary Guards rejected a warning that the US military would “not tolerate” such a closure, saying they would act decisively “to protect our vital interests”.
Kim Jong Il awarded title of ‘DPRK hero’
PYONGYANG— The title of “Hero of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK)” was awarded to late leader Kim Jong Il, the official KCNA announced yesterday, citing a decree by the Presidium of the Supreme People’s Assembly on 19 December.
North Korea says policy won’t change
Seoul — North Korea warned the world yesterday to expect no policy changes under new leader Kim Jong-Un, and threatened retaliation against South Korea for “rubbing salt” into the wounds of its grieving people.
Opposition call for fresh demonstrations in Syria
At least four people have been killed in Homs during fresh protests against the government in Syria, activists have said.
Deadly Cyclone Thane hits southern India
Lashing rains and gale force winds are bearing down on India’s southeastern coast, disrupting power supplies and communication lines as Cyclone Thane makes landfall near the industrial city of Chennai, officials said.
Packing wind speeds of up to 125kph, and accompanied by tidal surges of up to 1.5m, Thane hit Tamil Nadu state yesterday, killing six people close to the former French colonial town of Pondicherry, and causing coastal villagers to move to relief shelters.