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By Zisunko Ndlovu
All across the year’s length, the nation, together with the world has had selected days of different festivities which has received a befitting recognition.
Deputy mayor calls for probe into tender scam
Chronicle Reporter
BULAWAYO’s Deputy Mayor Councillor Amen Mpofu has called for a full investigation into allegations that he meddled in council’s tendering process.
$2 500 boost for Mayor’s Christmas Cheer Fund
Chronicle Reporter
The Latter Day Saints Charities has donated groceries and clothing worth US$2 500 towards this year’s Mayor’s Christmas Cheer Fund.
Libyan tribes protest at new govt line-up
Some of Libya’s clans said yesterday they would not recognise the government, after the unveiling of a new cabinet revived regional rivalries which threaten the country’s stability.
Prime minister designate Abdurrahim El-Keib named a cabinet line-up which aimed to placate Libya’s patchwork of tribes, regional interests and ideological camps which are competing to fill the vacuum left by Muammar Gaddafi’s fall from power.
Egypt protesters battle on to end army rule
CAIRO — Street clashes flared in Cairo again yesterday as protesters derided an agreement forged by Egypt’s ruling generals and mostly Islamist parties for a swifter transfer to civilian rule.
Syria crackdown threatens turmoil in region: Gul
Turkish President Abdullah Gul warned yesterday that President Bashar al-Assad’s violent crackdown on an eight-month-old revolt in Syria threatened to “drag the whole region into turmoil and bloodshed.”
Agreement on climate change in sight
DURBAN — The climate change conference set for Durban, South Africa later this month provides an opportunity for the global community to reach a binding agreement towards the common goal of rescuing the planet, but deep divisions remain on the way forward.
Hacking reporters ‘made up stories’
London — British journalists illegally eavesdropped to produce stories that were both intrusive and untrue, a lawyer for several victims of tabloid phone hacking said yesterday.
Mark Lewis told a media ethics inquiry that when a News of the World reporter was arrested for phone hacking in 2006, he had a “eureka moment” about the source of a false story concerning two of his clients.
Dog-eat-dog in Mbada final
By Ricky Zililo
IT will be dog-eat-dog encounter at the National Sports Stadium on Sunday when league champions Dynamos take on Motor Action in the final of the million-dollar Mbada Diamonds Cup.
Both clubs go into the weekend’s game seeking to end the season with a cup double.
Soccer stars selection panel ropes in coaches, referees
By Sikhumbuzo Moyo
FOR the first time in the history of the soccer stars selection process, 16 Premier Soccer League coaches, members of the Football Union of Zimbabwe and Zimbabwe Soccer Referees Association will join journalists from the different media houses to select the country’s best players for the 2011 season.