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Egypt’s Muslim Brotherhood has said it planned to march in the capital, Cairo, reiterating it remained committed to a peaceful struggle, a day after hundreds of its supporters were killed…
Japanese visits to shrine on war anniversary anger China
TOKYO — Japan’s prime minister sent an offering to a shrine for war dead yesterday, the anniversary of Japan’s World War Two defeat, while cabinet members visited it in person,…
Snowden’s father calls him, defies advice
Moscow — The Russian lawyer for Edward Snowden revealed yesterday that the father of the US intelligence leaker had for the first time contacted his son via the Internet in…
Deadly bombings hits Iraqi capital
At least 40 people have been killed and 56 others wounded in a series of bomb attacks in the Iraqi capital, Baghdad, officals have said. The seven car bombs yesterday…
UN chemical experts to visit Syria
The United Nations has said the departure of a team of chemical weapons inspectors to Syria was “imminent” following a green light from Damascus. “The Government of Syria has formally…
Thai educators grapple with Nazi imagery
Bangkok (Thailand) — After a deluge of incidents, Thailand is currently in discussions to re-work its national curriculum to include Holocaust education. Thailand has recently witnessed a shop in a…
Zoo under fire for disguising dog as lion
Beijing — A Chinese zoo’s supposed “African lion” was exposed as a fraud when the dog used as a substitute started barking. The zoo in the People’s Park of Luohe,…
Israel-Palestinian peace talks resume
Israeli and Palestinian negotiators have reconvened US-brokered peace talks in Jerusalem amid low expectations, and dogged by plans for more Jewish settler homes on occupied land.
1 000 foreign firms submit indigenisation compliance plans
Harare Bureau ABOUT 1 000 foreign owned firms have submitted plans to comply with the indigenisation policy, but less than half have so far been approved, outgoing Youth Development, Indigenisation…
More countries accredited for UNWTO
Harare Bureau THE Ministry of Tourism and Hospitality Industry has so far accredited at least 65 countries for the United Nations World Tourism Organisation general assembly while more than 650…