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BARCELONA. — Kenya’s Florence Kiplagat set a world record for the women’s half-marathon with a blistering performance at a race in Barcelona on Sunday, the International Association of Athletics Federations…
Govt to speed up Tokwe-Mukosi flood evacuation
George Maponga Masvingo Bureau Chief The Tokwe-Mukosi relocation co-ordinating committee yesterday said the 2 513 families in the flood basin will be evacuated in the next two weeks following an…
Resort collapse in S. Korea buries around 60 students
SEOUL. — A resort in the south-eastern city of South Korea collapsed under the weight of heavy snow, burying around 60 university students, a local broadcaster YTN reported yesterday. An…
Pellegrini unfazed by Barcelona
LONDON. — Manchester City manager Manuel Pellegrini is adopting a “no fear” approach as his side prepare to face Barcelona in the Uefa Champions League soccer tonight. The Chilean coach…
Civil Protection Unit sleeping on the job
Petros Zivengwa Zimbabwe needs to improve its disaster mitigation mechanisms to forestall damage in the event of natural disasters such as the floods currently sweeping across some parts of the…
Japan economy grows in 2013, but concerns loom
TOKYO. – Japan’s economy has logged its best performance in three years, driven by Premier Shinzo Abe’s growth blitz, but weak second-half growth and an April sales tax rise are…
Campaign forces U-turn on Afghan law
KABUL. — The Afghan president, Hamid Karzai, has backed away from a law that would have silenced victims of domestic violence, forced marriage and child abuse, after a campaign by…
Violence: MDCs members speak out
Tendai Mugabe and Lloyd Gumbo Intra-party violence is embedded in MDC-T and another serious implosion is imminent if the vice is not nipped in the bud, senior party officials said…
Drama in the air . . . as co-pilot hijacks own plane
GENEVA. – Ethiopia’s government yesterday named the co-pilot of an Ethiopian Airlines flight who hijacked his aircraft, describing him as “medically sane”. Information Minister Redwan Hussein named the hijacker as…
Boycotts and sanctions simply do not work
The world has of late witnessed sincere efforts by formerly antagonistic nations to re-engage and gradually dismantle measures that fuel international conflicts. Considering how volatile the Iranian nuclear programme had…