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TOKYO. — Voters handed Prime Minister Shinzo Abe a thumping victory in upper house elections yesterday, exit polls showed, likely ushering in a new period of stability for politically volatile Japan.Iraqis slam govt over deadly wave of bombings
BAGHDAD. — Iraqis roundly condemned the authorities yesterday for failing to stop a wave of deadly unrest including attacks that killed dozens of people the day before.Attacks yesterday itself killed another 12 people, as the country struggles against a surge in violence that has plagued it since the beginning of the year.
Fire guts feminist group’s office
PARIS. — A pre-dawn fire damaged the Paris office of the radical topless feminist group Femen yesterday in what police were treating as an accident.But the group called it a “disturbing coincidence”, noting that the Paris branch, headquartered in a working-class district in the northeast of the city, had recently received a phone
Syrian president Assad now stronger: Cameron
LONDON. — Biritish prime minister David Cameron has admitted that the Syrian president, Bashar al-Assad, has strengthened his position in recent months as he warned that the country faced a “depressing trajectory”.
Iran raps Egypt forces’ raid on Al Alam TV
TEHRAN. — Iranian Minister of Culture and Islamic Guidance Mohammad Hosseini said yesterday that the Egyptian security forces’ raid on the office of Al Alam satellite TV channel in Cairo is “unacceptable”, Press TV reported.Tunisian cops seize weapons
TUNIS. — Tunisian anti-terrorist police have seized large quantities of weapons and ammunition in the capital Tunis as part of a nationwide operation, Mosaique FM reported yesterday, quoting the Al Chourouk daily.
‘Don’t write off Extra Kwazvose’
Zivanai Muwashu Own Correspondent
THE unwarranted and unfair criticism aimed at Extra Kwazvose leaves a lot to be desired. Whether the critics or music analysts are giving their own views or those of others remains a mystery. It has become so
New Dawn reacts to falling gold prices
Toronto Stock Exchange-listed mining company New Dawn says it may be forced to dispose of its operations in Zimbabwe if measures aimed at reducing operating costs in the wake of weak gold prices prevailing on the international markets do not yield desired results.Let’s plan for drought
Jeffrey Gogo Climate StoryTHE violent changes in Zimbabwe’s climate systems mean that the country should plan for a drought each year.
That is how serious climate change (and variability) is here, according to Dr Amos Makarau, director, Meteorological Services Department.
OK revenue up 5pc in Q1
Business ReporterZimbabwe’s largest supermarket chain, OK Zimbabwe Limited, on Friday reported a 5,1 percent growth in revenue to US$123,1million in the first quarter of 2013 compared to the same period last year.