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FORT MEADE — A military judge rejected yesterday a petition by the US soldier accused of spilling a trove of US intelligence secrets to the WikiLeaks website to dismiss some of the charges against him. Judge Denise Lind denied defense motions to dismiss eight of 22 charges against Army Private First ClassUNAids asks African countries to explore new partnership
LOME — The executive director of UNAids Michel Sidibe on Wednesday urged the eight member states of the West African Economic and Monetary Union (UEMOA) to establish a new partnership with emerging countries for the transfer of skills and technology in the fight against HIV and Aids on the AfricanSantorum rallies conservatives to beat Barack Obama
CHICAGO — Former Republican presidential hopeful Rick Santorum launched a political action group yesterday aimed at defeating US President Barack Obama and defending “faith, family, freedom and opportunity.” Santorum, a staunch conservative who won 11 states in the hotly contested RepublicanMutharika family snubs death probe
BLANTYRE — The family of Malawi’s ex-president Bingu wa Mutharika yesterday rejected an inquiry into his death, saying facts around his death after a heart attack were already known. “We want to put it on record that we the bereaved family did not at any point request for a commission of inquiry,” said aMalawi cancels AU summit hosting over al-Bashir
BLANTYRE/KHARTOUM — Malawi yesterday cancelled its hosting of next month’s African Union summit in a dispute over the bloc’s insistence on inviting Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir who is wanted by the International Criminal Court for alleged war crimes and crimes against humanity committed inFrance warns Rio+20
PARIS — French President Francois Hollande warned yesterday that a major international summit to be held this month in Brazil aimed at breaking years of deadlock on pressing environmental issues may fail. Hollande, who will attend the summit, said there was a “risk of division between developed
OPSR: The reforms Zimbabwe badly needs
I was most amused to hear Morgan Tsvangirai, the MDC-T president threatening Generals for political involvement. He, of all people! Just two weeks before, the man had met with one General Wesley Clark, former Supreme Allied Commander Europe (SACEUR), also known as FOB, Friend of Bill, following his ill-fated decision to run for US Presidency in 2004, with full backing from Bill Clinton.
Both were Rhodes Scholars, something linking the two men, and then with Tsvangirai, to the imperial settler political legacy personified by Cecil John Rhodes. All are benefactors of Cecil John Rhodes, the first two directly, the lonely last by lineage legacy. And given Clark’s dubious title as the general to
It’s a shame really and my challenge to all the journalists, starting with Sharuko
It’s a shame really and my challenge to all the journalists, starting with Sharuko, is to resign with immediate effect, before even this useless Zifa board quits, so that we can get a fresh crop of reporters who have no attachment whatsoever to these football leaders.
In 20 years in this job, I have to confess today that I have never felt as powerless, if not as useless, as I did throughout this very depressing week for a national game that means so much for us as a people.Dump e-mail? No way
Last week’s piece on the power of instant messaging platforms seemingly pushing the Short Message Service into extinction attracted varied responses with some readers even claiming that some web- based messaging services will kill e-mail.Chevrolet celebrates future of football
Fact Jeke Behind the WheelTHOSE who know me will confirm that I am not at a fan of football at all and I guess they will be pleasantly surprised why I am dwelling on football in this particular column and its connection to