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Masvingo Correspondent
ZION Christian Church (ZCC) Mbungo Stars leader Lucky Chikuwa is set to release a new album early next year.
Coup attempt in Guinea-Bissau
Guinea-Bissau’s navy chief has been arrested after an attempted coup on Monday, the West African nation’s army chief and defence minister have said.
Syria police tear gas thousands
DAMASCUS — Syrian police used tear gas to disperse some 70 000 people who took to the streets of Homs yesterday as Arab observers visited there a day after dozens of people died in the crackdown on dissent.
“More than 70 000 demonstrators tried to enter Al-Saa square in the centre of the city of Homs, then security agents used tear gas to disperse them,” said the Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights.
On its Facebook page, the Observatory said separate demonstrations were held elsewhere in the city, aimed at “exposing the ill practices and crimes of the regime.”
Nationwide memorial service for leader
PYONGYANG — People of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) will observe a three-minute silence tomorrow to mourn the death of its leader Kim Jong Il.
Gun volleys will be fired in Pyongyang and provincial seats, the official KCNA news agency reported yesterday.
Al-Qaida claims responsibility for attacks
BAGHDAD — The Al-Qaida militant group in Iraq yesterday claimed responsibility for a spate of deadly bomb attacks across Baghdad on Thursday that killed and wounded hundreds of Iraqis.
The self-styled Islamic State of Iraq (ISI), al-Qaida front in the country, said in a statement posted on an Islamic website that its attacks were meant to support the Sunnis in the prisons of the Shiite-dominated government and revenge to the Sunni prisoners who were executed by the government.
Journalists jailed for 11 years each
ADDIS ABABA — An Ethiopian court sentenced two Swedish journalists yesterday to 11 years in prison for helping and promoting the outlawed Ogaden National Liberation Front (ONLF) rebel group and entering the country illegally.
Brazil economy overtakes Britain
London — Brazil has overtaken Britain as the world’s sixth largest economy, a London-based research group said on Monday.
Honda destroys flood-ravaged cars
Bangkok — Japanese automaker Honda yesterday began destroying more than 1 000 cars in Thailand to reassure customers that no vehicles damaged in the country’s recent flood crisis will ever be sold.
Zambia to introduce new metal exports guidelines
LUSAKA — Zambia’s new government will institute new guidelines for metals exports in the first quarter of 2012 that aim to enhance transparency in Africa’s largest copper producer, the minister of mines said yesterday.
Egypt urges G8 to help unlock promised aid
Cairo — Egypt’s prime minister appealed to Group of Eight countries on Monday to help unlock billions of dollars in aid promised in September but not yet delivered under an initiative to support countries of the Arab spring.