Queen Elizabeth boards barge for diamond jubilee

LONDON — Britain’s Queen Elizabeth II boarded a ceremonial barge for a 1 000-boat river pageant on the Thames yesterday in the set-piece of her diamond jubilee celebrations. The queen, dressed in a white hat and a silver and white coat, was ferried to the barge on the launch of the now-decommissioned

Assad ‘fears real war’

DAMASCUS — Syria’s president announced his country is facing a “real war” and blamed terrorists and outside forces for the violence. The defiant speech comes a day after the UN special envoy warned that the spectre of all-out civil war grows daily in Syria. Speaking to the newly-elected parliament in his first

Protests sweep Egypt

CAIRO — Hundreds of Egyptians occupied Cairo’s Tahrir Square yesterday after a night of rage as the state prosecutor said he would appeal sentences handed down to Hosni Mubarak and his security chiefs.
A judge sentenced Mubarak (84), and his interior minister Habib al-Adly to life in prison on Saturday for

Shona guide for Spanish speakers launched

Dr Tony Monda Art Zone
Recently launched by the cultural wing of the Embassy of Spain in Zimbabwe is a basic guide book to Shona language for Spanish speakers, written and researched by Victoria Tur Gomez, the Charge

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