adminDetainees in hunger strike
NEW YORK. – Detainees at the Guantanamo Bay prison camp have launched a hunger strike to protest interference with their personal effects, including Korans, their lawyers and prison officials said Monday.Cigarette vendor sets self on fire in Tunis
TUNISIA. – A cigarette vendor set himself on fire in the centre of Tunis yesterday, suffering extensive burns but not endangering his life, witnesses and medics said.Of cults, counterfeit religion
This article seeks to examine and analyse the characteristics and behavioural patterns of the counterfeit type of religion with a view to make an assessment as to whether or not what is happening in our country bears the marks of cultic worship.China to maintain socialism
BEIJING. – The newly-elected leader of the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC) pledged yesterday that China will not copy Western political systems under any circumstances.‘More men die of HIV than women’
Health Reporter
MORE men die of HIV compared to women although more women are infected by the disease, a senior official has said.
Speaking to journalists at a media briefing held in Harare recently, monitoring and evaluation director with the National Aids Council Mr Amon Mpofu
Cuba pays homage to revolutionary fighter Chavez
IT was with profound and searing grief that our people and the Revolutionary Government learned about the decease of President Hugo Chavez Frias and are therefore preparing to pay a heartfelt and patriotic tribute to him, for he will go down in history as a Hero of Our America.US, UN in wait-and-see approach to Kenyatta
NEW YORK. – The United States and the United Nations said separately on Monday that they are taking a cautious approach regarding their respective relations with Kenya’s president-elect Uhuru Kenyatta.
Tampers flare in Malawi
BLANTYRE. – Events kept unfolding yesterday following the arrest of opposition DPP acting president, Professor Peter Mutharika as party supporters on Monday night reportedly beat up a government doctor and two police officers who wanted to check on the presidential aspirant.
Cardinals pray for unity
VATICAN CITY. – Cardinals prayed for unity and pledged allegiance to whoever will be the next pope at a grandiose mass in St Peter’s Basilica yesterday ahead of a conclave to elect a new leader for the Catholic world.
Mobile licence fees raised
Martin KadzereGOVERNMENT has raised operating licence fees for fixed and mobile phone operators from US$100 million to US$180 million, to be issued under the converged licensing framework to allow providers to diversify their services.