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CAIRO — Opponents of Egypt’s President Mohamed Mursi scuffled with his supporters yesterday during a demonstration that posed the first test of the Islamist leader’s popularity on the street.
Syria spillover clashes escalate in Lebanon
A sniper has killed a Sunni sheikh in the Lebanese city of Tripoli, sparking new clashes between pro- and anti-Syrian factions that dashed a tenuous truce, a security official has told the AFP news agency.
Libya seizes tanks from pro-Gaddafi militia
More than 100 tanks have been seized from a militia loyal to Libya’s ousted leader Muammar Gaddafi as authorities hunted the perpetrators of a double car bombing, the interior ministry has said.
Bosso striker out of Harare City tie
Sikhumbuzo Moyo
HIGHLANDERS’ promising striker young Ozias Zibande was not part of the travelling party that left for the capital yesterday morning for a Castle Lager Premier Soccer League clash with Harare City at Rufaro Stadium this afternoon.
EDITORIAL COMMENT: Econet, NetOne must solve their dispute urgently
The world today has become a global village because of advanced and efficient communication systems. The coming on board of mobile phones or cellphones has greatly improved communication. The wireless technology has seen a drastic reduction on the use of paper to send messages such as
Zim junior players at Man U
Harare Bureau
ELEVEN young Zimbabwean players are in England where they are attending a junior development programme under English Premiership soccer giants Manchester United.
Minister laments ravages of veld fires
Chronicle Reporter
FIVE people have died and about 350 000 hectares of land destroyed by veld fires throughout the country this year.
‘2012 agric show inspirational’
The Zimbabwe Agricultural Show Society held its 102nd edition of the show at the Harare Exhibition Centre this week. The show continues to attract varied comments from both business and the public.Ghetto Blast : The jealous always feel insulted
Rosenthal MutakatiAn onion-shaped foul-mouthed divorcee enve-loped in layers of T-Shirts and jerseys to arrest the remnants of winter threw herself onto the couch gazing upwards and remained in that posture for close to an hour.
Experts predict normal rainfall for 2012/13 season
Tarisai Machakaire Herald Reporter
SOUTHERN Africa will receive normal to above normal rainfall for the 2012/2013 farming season, weather experts have said.
The experts, who attended the just-ended Southern Regional Climate Outlook Forum in Harare, said the region was expected to receive normal to above normal rainfall during the first part of the season from October to December.
However, the southern, eastern, northern parts and Madagascar are expected to get normal to below normal rains over the same period.
The entire region is expected to receive normal to above normal rains for the second part of the season covering January to March.
The period between October and March is the main rainfall season for most of Southern Africa.
Meteorological Services Department director Dr Amos Makarau said the local weather forecast will be issued in due course.
“We came out with a consensus forecast, member-states will have a zoomed out product which has