adminCameraman killing under probe
BEIRUT — The Lebanese leaders condemned Monday’s shooting that targeted a team of AlJadeed TV on the Lebanese-Syrian border and killed cameraman Ali Shaaban, stressing the urgent need to investigate the incident. Lebanese President Michel Suleiman condemned the shooting and expressed sincere condolences and complete solidarity with the family and colleagues of the killed cameraman.Brazil’s nuclear plants may endure natural disasters
RIO DE JANEIRO Brazil’s nuclear power plants are now even more resilient than Japan’s Fukushima plant, which was damaged by a tsunami last year, the official news agency Agencia Brasil said Monday.UK terror suspects to be extradited to US
The European Court of Human Rights has ruled that five UK terror suspects should be extradited from the UK to the US.The Strasbourg court held there would be no violation of human rights for those facing life or solitary confinement in certain prison conditions.
Abu Hamza, a radical preacher, and Babar Ahmad, an alleged fund-raiser for “terrorists” who has been in prison since 2004, will now be extradicted to the US along with Seyla Talha Ahsan, Adel Abdul Bary and Khaled Al-Fawwaz.
Guardiola continues to write off Barcelona title chances
MADRID — Seeing Real Madrid’s lead slashed from 10 points to four in the space of three weeks has failed to convince Barcelona coach Pep Guardiola that his side can overhaul Jose Mourinho’s to win La Liga.Orlando Pirates in pole position
Johannesburg — Rudolf Bester scored in injury-time to secure a 2-1 win over bottom-side Jomo Cosmos and send Orlando Pirates three points clear at the top of the Premier Soccer League on Monday.
Green Fuel players free to export: Mangoma
Zvamaida Murwira Senior Reporter
THERE are no immediate plans by the Government to enact a legal statute compelling fuel companies to blend petrol with
Municipality faces collapse
Takunda Maodza recently in Kariba
KARIBA Municipality is reportedly on the brink of collapse following allegations of looting of council resources by management.
TB Joshua under fire over Bingu’s death
Herald Reporter
Nigerian evangelist Temitope Balogun (TB) Joshua has come under fire from clergymen and political analysts who
Fake title deeds flood property market
Daniel Nemukuyu Senior Court Reporter
FAKE title deeds have flooded the property market.
The bulk of cases dealt with by the economic crimes courts have something to do with fake documentation and the sale of non-existent stands and houses.
Fraud victims are thronging the police commercial crimes unit to report their cases before they are referred to the CID fraud squad.
The Office of the Chief Registrar of Deeds in the Ministry of Justice and Legal Affairs has expressed concern
over fake title deeds and the swindling of unsuspecting home seekers.
The office has warned potential property buyers against blindly purchasing properties without verifying the authenticity of the documents.
“Members of the public are hereby warned that there have been cases of potential buyers of immovable property being persuaded to part with their hard-earned income through fraudulent transactions.
US$20m wheat input scheme unveiled
Herald Reporter
GOVERNMENT has announced a US$20 million input scheme for this year’s winter wheat cropping season.
More than 26 000 hectares of land are targeted for winter wheat.
At least 75 000 tonnes are expected to be produced, up from the 41 000 tonnes produced from 14 100 hectares planted last season.
The scheme, made up of US$15 million worth of inputs carried over from the past summer season and a fresh US$5 million injection, was announced by Agriculture, Mechanisation and Irrigation Development Minister Joseph Made and his Finance counterpart Tendai Biti at a joint Press conference yesterday.
“We are proposing that we target 26 280 hectares of winter wheat and the requirement is US$20 million and this targeted hectarage should give us a production of 75 000 metric tonnes,” Dr Made said.
Government, he said, was targeting farmers in the natural wheat growing regions that had enough irrigation facilities.