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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.
Asian markets jump
HONG KONG. – Asian markets were mostly up last week with Japanese stocks jumping to their highest level in over five years after the dollar surged above the 100 yen mark and US jobs data boosted sentiment.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.
Chevrons lose to Bangladesh
From Paul Munyuki in BULAWAYOZIMBABWE ended their matches against Bangladesh on a low note after losing the second and final Twenty20 match by 34 runs at Queens Sports Club here yesterday.
The hosts had the advantage going into this game having taken a lead that came through a nail-bitting six run win on Saturday but Bangladesh came back a more determined