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Cricket-ICC task force in Zimbabwe to assess situation

NEW DELHI, Nov 19 (Reuters) - An International Cricket Council (ICC) task force is touring Zimbabwe to assess how to help the troubled southern African team return to the test fold after nearly three years in the wilderness.

Zimbabwe: School System Crumbles

Glen View 5 Primary School in one of Harare's high-density suburbs is deserted. Classrooms are empty, desks and chairs are piled up in corners and instruction charts are peeling off the walls. Yet, the school's third term is in...

Giving false hope.

Whenever a politician says that they want to have a debate, they don't really mean a debate in the terms that us mere mortals interpret it, as in an informed exchange of views possibly leading to changing of opinions. They mean...

Zimbabwe says drafting unity government law

HARARE (Reuters) - Zimbabwe is drafting a constitutional amendment empowering President Robert Mugabe to form a unity government, the information minister said on Tuesday, despite the opposition's refusal to join a cabinet.

Zimbabwe police bar health march

Police in Zimbabwe have stopped almost 1,000 medical staff from marching to protest about the country's deteriorating health system. The workers want the government to address staff and equipment shortages, and are calling for...

Hundreds die of cholera in Zimbabwe

Hundreds of people are dying of cholera in Zimbabwe amid an epidemic that President Robert Mugabe is trying to cover up. By Peta Thornycroft, Zimbabwe Correspondent The Daily Telegraph has learnt that dozens of people have died...

Darragh McManus: Celebrities who have the doll factor

Imitation is said to be the greatest form of compliment – but does that still apply when it comes in miniature? Even politicians like Sarah Palin, Barack Obama and Nicolas Sarkozy have recently been immortalised in doll form...

Zimbabwe: Botswana Will Not Recognise Mugabe if Deal Collapses

Posted to the web 18 November 2008 Lance Guma Botswana has said it will not recognise Mugabe's government if the deadlock over a power sharing deal is not resolved within the next 6 months. Soon after Mugabe's sham one-man...

2 charges against Biti dropped

Harare - A Zimbabwean court on Tuesday dropped two charges against the main opposition party's general secretary Tendai Biti, but he still faces trial for treason, his lawyer said. "The charges dropped are insulting the...

MDC Confirms No Unity Government Until Outstanding Issues Resolved

There has been much confusion about the status of the power sharing deal, since the Tsvangirai MDC National Council resolved on Friday that the party will only join the inclusive government once certain issues have been resolved.

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