adminKarzai confirms receiving CIA funding
KABUL — Afghan President Hamid Karzai confirmed yesterday that his office has received money from the US Central Intelligence Agency over the past decade, with wads of cash reportedly handed over in suitcases and backpacks.Gunmen keep Libya’s foreign ministry under siege
TRIPOLI — Dozens of gunmen kept Libya’s foreign ministry under siege for a second straight day yesterday demanding it sack officials from the previous regime of Muammar Gaddafi, an AFP correspondent said.
Powerful explosion injures 40 in Prague
PRAGUE — A powerful blast ripped through a multi-storey building in Prague’s historic centre yesterday, leaving about 40 people injured and possibly up to four dead trapped in the rubble, rescuers said.
Girls High School at Cottco
Mbachi Mutukula-Maregere Sports Reporter
DEFENDING champions Girls High School began their quest at this year’s Cottco Schools Rugby Festival on a high note when they thumped Eaglesvale 32-5 in their first match yesterday at Prince Edward.
Prince Edward hammer Mutare Boys
Mbachi Mutukula-Maregere Sports ReporterHOSTS Prince Edward’s second team proved too powerful for Mutare Boys High School as they powered to a comprehensive 39-0 victory on the opening day of the Cottco Rugby Festival yesterday.
Cottco aims for high refereeing standards
Mbachi Mutukula-Maregere Sports ReporterTHE Rugby Referee Society secretary, Dave Matthew, says the COTTCO Rugby School Festival should showcase the highest possible standards of match officiating as they have roped in officials from outside the country to help during the week-long fiesta.
Ncube hails exhibition
Industry and Commerce Minister Professor Welshman Ncube has said the 54th Zimbabwe International Trade Fair was an improvement from last year because high quality products were showcased as compared to last year.
Australia’s boom is anything but for its Aboriginal people
John Pilger
ELEVEN miles by ferry from Perth is Western Australia’s “premier tourist destination”.This is Rottnest Island, whose scabrous wild beauty and isolation evoked, for me, Robben Island in South Africa.
With ‘Friends of Zimbabwe,’ who needs enemies?
Rangu Nyamurandura
WESTERN countries, among them Australia, Canada, the EU, France, the United Kingdom and the United States of America, have unilaterally declared themselves “Friends of Zimbabwe”. Surely our most natural response is that our entire indigenous majority must roll over with rib-cracking laughter.
Another tragedy strikes
Cletus Mushanawani in MUTAREWIFE of incumbent Chief Tangwena, Ella nee Nyazika (80) died on Sunday night on arrival at Nyanga District Hospital.
Manicaland provincial administrator Mr Fungai Mbetsa confirmed Mbuya Tangwena’s death and said details were still sketchy.