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Cairo — An Egyptian court official says five foreigners, including a British sailor, have been sentenced to death after being convictedFour killed as planes collide mid-air
ARIZONA — Two small planes from Phoenix-area flight schools collided in midair and crashed in the Arizona desert north of the city on Friday,
Severe cold claims 4 in Western Cape
Cape Town — At least four people have died in the Western Cape due to severe cold and wet weather since Friday last week, provincial disaster officialsGroup declares self-governing for east Libya
Tripoli — The leader of a political group in Libya’s oil-rich Cyrenaica province declared it a self-governing region in a speech on Saturday, evidence of growingBarmaid still pulling beers at 91
Sydney — Sydney’s oldest barmaid Lil Miles has never been a drinker, but after four decades on the job at her family’s Bells Hotel in the Australian city’s Woolloomooloo suburb,
China slaughterhouse fire kills 119
CHANGCHUN — The death toll from a fire at a poultry slaughterhouse in northeast China’s Jilin Province has risen to 119 as yesterday afternoon, the rescue commanding
Now to the candidates . . .
Albert NhamoyebondeFINALLY, the elections are coming in the wake of the Constitutional Court judgement last week, that they be called and held by July 31. What is at stake now is the choice of candidates to compete at
When MDC formations abandoned workers
Panganai KahuniWITH poll surveys pointing to a catastrophic humiliation for the MDC formations in the forthcoming harmonised national elections ZCTU added salt to the injury. ZCTU secretary general Japhet Moyo
Community Trusts: Weaving an indigenous economic, political fabric
Rangu NyamurunduraCOMMUNITY Share Ownership Trusts, their resource mobilisation capacity, are our most effective answer against a foreign regime change and political subjugation agenda long pursued here; more
Japan courts Africa with US$32 billion package
Rangarirai Shoko in YOKOHAMA, Japan
JAPAN launched a strong diplomatic charm offensive in Africa on Saturday, unveiling a US$32 billion aid package for the continent for the next five years as Tokyo seeks