adminEgypt on edge before verdict in Mubarak trial
CAIRO — Egyptians could hardly believe their eyes when Hosni Mubarak went on trial for complicity over the killing of protesters last year, but those who toppled him doubt today’s verdict will deliver justice for the almost 850 who died.
Avoid leadership conflicts, communities urged
Leonard Ncube in Tsholotsho
COMMUNITIES must live in harmony and avoid leadership conflicts such as dragging each other to the courts to solve such quarrels, the Minister of Local Government, Rural and Urban Development, Dr Ignatius Chombo, has said.
South Africa backs out of partnership with S Korea’s KT
JOHANNESBURG — South Africa’s fixed line operator Telkom yesterday announced that plans for a partnership with South Korea’s telecom operator KT will not go ahead after Pretoria decided not to back it. The two last year opened talks on a “strategic venture” that would have given KT Corporation a 20Public furious over alleged rape of girls by official
BEIJING — Public anger is mounting over a Chinese official’s alleged rape of at least 11 schoolgirls, with calls for a transparent and thorough investigation of the former party cadre. Li Xingong, former deputy director of the general office of Henan province’s Yongcheng city committee of the CommunistNigerian police fire tear gas to disperse student protesters
LAGOS — Nigerian police fired tear gas yesterday in a bid to disperse student protesters demonstrating over a name change at their university, authorities and witnesses said. The tear gas caused protesters to temporarily retreat, but a couple of thousand were gathered near the gate at the former University ofFashion plaudits for Queen Elizabeth’s impeccable style
LONDON — For a fashion designer it is a unique task: dressing a woman who must be immediately recognisable from Antigua to Zimbabwe, visible from a distance, bright, dignified and immune to wardrobe malfunctions. But the series of dressers who have worked with Queen Elizabeth II have helpedObama accelarates cyber attacks on Iran — report
WASHINGTON — US President Barack Obama accelerated cyber-attacks on Iran’s nuclear programme and expanded the assault even after the Stuxnet virus accidentally escaped in 2010, the New York Times reported yesterday. The operation, begun under president George W Bush and code-named
World leaders agree Syria on brink of civil war
BERLIN/BEIJING — Germany and Russia agreed on the need for a political solution to end the bloodshed in Syria, their leaders said after talks yesterday, as Vladimir Putin warned the country could be on the brink of civil war. The Russian president said the situation in strife-wracked Syria was
‘Market dynamics control cotton price’
The cotton industry is on fire with growers and merchants fighting over the producer price of seed cotton. Assistant Editor Geo-rge Chisoko (GC) speaks to the chairman of the Cotton Ginners Association David Machingaidze (DM) about the price impasse that is threatening to tear apart the sectorEditorial Comment: Support political leaders’ efforts to end violence
The murder of Mr Cephas Magura in a suspected incident of political violence in Mudzi last week is most unfortunate but should not be allowed to undo the good work that has been done over the last year to put an end to political violence. The incident appears isolated and police say they have