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TOKYO — Japan turned up the heat yesterday in an emotional row with former colony South Korea, with lawmakers calling on Seoul to end its “illegal occupation” of a disputed island chain and the government considering scaling back economic ties.
Clear mitigation measures to climate change needed
Elliott Siamonga
THERE is need for practical and clear mitigation and adaptation measures to climate change in communal and urban areas.
Climate change is a significant and lasting change in the statistical distribution of weather patterns over periods ranging from decades to millions of years. It may be a change in average weather conditions, or in the distribution of weather around the average conditions, that is to say more or fewer extreme weather events.
US air strikes hammer North Waziristan bases
A US air raid has killed 18 suspected fighters near Pakistan’s border with Afghanistan, Pakistani officials have said.
Dhlakama tells of China horror
Auxilia Katongomara
Saturday Leisure Correspondent
WHILE other contestants were upbeat about making it into the finals of the just ended Miss World 2012 beauty pageant, Miss Zimbabwe Bongani Dhlakama was a “troubled” woman.
Man attempts to stab Zanu-PF youth charman
Leonard Ncube
Court Reporter
A 29-year-old man from Bulawayo has been arrested for allegedly attempting to stab Zanu-PF Bulawayo youth chairman Cde Butho Gatsi at a provincial executive council meeting.
Everything in place for Njelele cleansing ceremony
Prosper Ndlovu
Chronicle Reporter
CHIEFS and spirit mediums have arrived at Njelele Shrine in Matobo District ahead of the cleansing ceremony set for today.
Woman caught with stolen clothes between her thighs
Court Reporter
A 36-year-old Bulawayo woman allegedly stole an assortment of clothes from a shop, stashed them between her thighs and pretended to be crippled as she walked out of the shop, a Bulawayo magistrate heard.
What happened to Miss Teen Queen?
Bongani Ndlovu
Saturday leisure Reporter
Where has Miss Teen Queen gone?
This question lingers in the minds of those who grew up knowing that the highlight of their second school term was the Miss Teen Queen pageant usually held at the Bulawayo’s Large City Hall.
Land reform comes to Bulawayo
Stephen Mpofu
Urban dwellers in Zimbabwe and in almost all other towns and cities in Africa depend on rural areas for the supply of their staple diets.
That dependency syndrome means that serious food deficits due to droughts, for instance, puts those people in a precarious position with prices rocketing for the little food available in urban shops.
Is death penalty still relevant in today’s world
Kennedy Mavhumashava
On circuit in Bulawayo recently, the Supreme Court condemned eight convicted murderers to the gallows. The eight had been previously convicted of murder and sentenced to capital punishment at the High Court, so what the superior court did was simply to confirm the sentences.