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Peshawar — A Pakistani surgeon recruited by the CIA to help find Osama bin Laden was jailed yesterday for 33 years for treason, officials said.
Tobacco export sales rake in $73m
Oliver Kazunga
TOBACCO exports have raked in about $73 million from the sale of 19,64 million kilogrammes since the beginning of the marketing season mid-February, statistics from the Tobacco Industry and Marketing Board show.
Byo-born Joyous celebration member goes solo
Bongani Ndlovu
BULAWAYO-born musician, Mkhululi Bhebhe, who is part of South African gospel group Joyous Celebration, is set to record his first solo album.
Hlalani Kuhle housing beneficiaries turn to wood poaching
Factmore Dzobo
TO many people living in Cowdray Park’s Hlalani Kuhle section, Emganwini suburb in Bulawayo and other residential areas in the city, selling firewood has become a lucrative business.
Taking advantage of the sharp increase in the demand for firewood that has been triggered by the cold weather and massive load shedding, many residents are turning to wood poaching.
A wood poacher who was brave enough to open up on her illegal activities, said that it was her only source of income, noting that recurrent and longer periods of power cuts forced them to poach wood.O’Jays Newa dies
Chronicle Reporter
PROMINENT Bulawayo writer of letters to the editor in the Chronicle Aureen “O’ Jays” Newa has died.
Egyptians vote in historic poll
Egyptians voted yesterday in the country’s first free presidential elections, with Islamists and secularists vying for power with competing visions of an Egypt liberated of ousted president Hosni Mubarak’s iron grip.
Mimosa halts operations
Freedom Mupanedemo
Midlands Correspondent
SOME of the 178 Mimosa Mining Company workers who cheated death when they were trapped underground after a section of the mineshaft accidentally caught fire on Monday evening yesterday said they need to undergo psychological counselling for the “traumatic” experience they had before they could report for duty.
The development comes amid revelations that the platinum mining company would lose 75 000 tonnes of platinum ore worth thousands of dollars due to work stoppage.
Mat North farmers miss winter wheat planting deadline
Chronicle Reporter
FARMERS in the wheat growing areas of Matabeleland North have missed the winter wheat planting deadline amid fears they would not be able to plant the crop if the Government does not urgently assist with capital.
Chavez reappears, leads cabinet meeting
Caracas — Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez reappeared on Tuesday in a live television broadcast, the first time he has been seen in public view since returning from cancer treatment in Cuba almost two weeks ago.
Zimra crafts Customs and Business Forum MoU
Beitbridge Reporter
THE Zimbabwe Revenue Authority (Zimra) in partnership with the local business community is in the process of crafting a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to create the Zimbabwe Customs and Business Forum.