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Bill Van Auken
CHARGES by the White House and US secretaries of state and defence last Thursday that Syrian forces used chemical weapons have brought Washington to the brink of another war in the Middle East.Cult killers confess
SANTIAGO. — Three members of an alleged cult accused of sacrificing a baby to save the world ahead of December’s supposed Mayan apocalypse, surrendered on Saturday, Chilean police said.Three shot in Italy
ROME. — Two police and a passer-by were shot and injured in Rome yesterday during the swearing ceremony of Italy’s newly appointed government.According to media reports, an “insane man dressed in a suit” fired several shots ahead of the government office’s building, which is close to the presidential palace where Prime
Election dates: PM vacillates
Hebert Zharare Political Editor
MDC-T leader Mr Morgan Tsvangirai has been rapped for hypocrisy amid reports that he was all for a June 29 election as late as January this year.
Maduro in Cuba
HAVANA. — Cuba and Venezuela signed co-operation accords on Saturday for 51 projects as Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro, on his first trip to the island since his election, pledged to maintain the close alliance forged by his late predecessor, Hugo Chavez.
Collapsed buidling owner arrested
SAVAR/PARIS. — The owner of a Bangladeshi garment factory block that collapsed killing at least 377 people was arrested yesterday as rescuers battled to free a woman trapped for 100 hours under the debris.
Gunmen surround Libya
TRIPOLI. — Gunmen surrounded Libya’s foreign ministry yesterday to push demands that officials who had worked for deposed leader Muammar Gaddafi’s government be banned from senior positions in the new administration.Bouteflika recovering
ALGIERS. — Algerian President Abdelaziz Bouteflika is “responding well” after he suffered a stroke and there was no irreversible damage, a doctor told the national news agency APS yesterday.Know Your Author: Dambudzo Marechera
Dambudzo Marechera was and is still one of the most celebrated Zimbabwean novelists and poets. His books and creative works remain masterpieces ever to come from Zimbabwe and have been widely read on the continent.So this is democracy Rejoice?
Fortious Nhambura
After failing to effect the so-called media reforms, self-acclaimed democrat and Zanu-PF critic Rejoice Ngwenya has now shifted focus towards attempting to collapse the public media. He hopes to silence the will of the people and push his master’s neo-liberal ideology.