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ANKARA. — Turkey has arrested nine Turks over the deadly bombings in the town of Reyhanli near the border with Syria, Turkish Deputy Prime Minister Besir Atalay told reporters yesterday.BP withdraws Libya staff over security concerns
LONDON. — Oil giant BP said yesterday it had pulled some non-essential overseas staff out of Libya because of concerns about the political situation, following the lead of the US and British embassies.Wife, daughter of Nigerian judge kidnapped
LAGOS. — Gunmen have kidnapped the wife, daughter and driver of a supreme court judge on a road in southern Nigeria apparently hoping for a ransom payment, police said yesterday.Indian PM congratulates Pakistan’s Sharif
NEW DELHI/LAHORE. — India’s Prime Minister Manmohan Singh yesterday congratulated former Pakistani prime minister Nawaz Sharif on his “emphatic victory” in historic elections and said he hoped for better relations.
AU calls for restraint, dialogue in Guinea
ADDIS ABABA. — The African Union (AU) has called for restraint and dialogue in the Republic of Guinea as tension prevails on the ground and acts of violence occurred during authorised political demonstrations.
Editorial Comment: Let’s take a leaf from VP Nkomo’s life
YESTERDAY we commemorated the life of Vice President John Landa Nkomo, who passed on in January after a long battle with cancer.We join the nation in celebrating a life well lived, a life spent selflessly in the service of others.
Cara Black, Marina Erakovic defeated in Madrid
Sports ReporterTOP Zimbabwean female tennis player, Cara Black and her partner Marina Erakovic of New Zealand found the going tough when they lost 2-6, 4-6 to the pair of Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova and Lucie Safarova in the final of the WTA Mutua Madrid Open in the Spanish capital yesterday.
Cheetahs fall in London
From Paul Munyuki in BulawayoZIMBABWE’S Sevens rugby side once again failed to realise their dream of becoming a World Sevens Series core member after losing 7-26 at the hands of Russia in the quarter-finals of the qualifiers in London yesterday.