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Washington — President Barack Obama is perched on an economic and political cliff edge: to one side lies solid ground and four more White House years, to the other, a plunge to defeat after a single term.
Slomo mulls return to Mberikwazvo
Chronicle Correspondent
Is glitzy dancer, Franco “Slomo” Dhaka home sick?
‘HIV is no longer personal’
Fasil Tezera
As a treatment provider for tens of thousands of HIV positive people across the globe, Médecins Sans Frontières/Doctors Without Borders (MSF) is deeply concerned about the proposal outlined in an editorial piece which appeared in the press recently.
Israeli airstrikes target Gaza
Gaza City — Seven Palestinians were wounded in a series of Israeli airstrikes on the Gaza Strip early yesterday morning, two days after fire exchanges that left three dead from both sides.
Tangapasi win Mat South leg of Chibuku Road to Fame
Entertainment Reporter
TANGAPASI Band from Plumtree are this year’s winners of the Matabeleland South Chibuku Road to Fame competition which was held in Gwanda on Saturday afternoon.
Protests sweep Egypt at Mubarak verdicts
Hundreds of Egyptians occupied Cairo’s Tahrir Square yesterday after a night of rage against what they feel were lenient sentences handed down to ousted Hosni Mubarak and his security chiefs.
Schools to lose donated computers
Chronicle Reporter
ABOUT 60 computers that have been lying idle at six secondary schools in Matabeleland North province due to lack of electricity at the institutions will be repossessed and given to schools that are connected to power.
Djembe monks tour Botswana
Bongani Ndlovu
BULAWAYO tribal house group, Djembe Monks, have taken their act to Botswana with the quartet appearing live on BTV’s Flavour Dome on Friday night to advertise their shows.
Turnall secures $4m SA contract
Construction materials manufacturer Turnall Holdings has said it will rely on exports to South Africa to boost its performance in the second half of the year.
153 feared dead in Lagos passenger plane crash
Lagos — A plane carrying 153 passengers crashed yesterday in a densely populated district of Nigeria’s economic capital Lagos, the head of Civil Aviation Authority told AFP, adding he feared none had survived.