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For more headlines on Breaking, National, Business, Finance, Sports and World News, visit our home page Zambia News.Net http://www.zambianews.net/ en-us Tue, 13 May 2008 18:39:49 -0400 Tue, 13 May 2008 18:39:49 -0400 30 Harare/Police in Zimbabwe detained a group of Western diplomats for a brief period Tuesday after the ambassadors travelled to rural areas to visit the victims of post-election violence. http://www.zambianews.net/story/359039 Tue, 13 May 2008 18:00:07 -0400 Zambia News.Net http://www.zambianews.net/story/359039 Nairobi/N'Chad closed its border with Sudan overnight and cut off all economic ties with its neighbouring country amid accusations of aggression from Khartoum, news reports said Tuesday. http://www.zambianews.net/story/358834 Tue, 13 May 2008 07:00:22 -0400 Zambia News.Net http://www.zambianews.net/story/358834 The Nigerian government has called for a large deployment of African Union observers to monitor run-off elections in Zimbabwe. http://www.zambianews.net/story/358827 Tue, 13 May 2008 07:00:10 -0400 Zambia News.Net http://www.zambianews.net/story/358827 India, Brazil and South Africa have expressed concern at the escalating violence in resource-rich Darfur in Sudan and asked all parties to work for peace, security and stability in the region. http://www.zambianews.net/story/358775 Tue, 13 May 2008 06:00:30 -0400 Zambia News.Net http://www.zambianews.net/story/358775 Truck transport charges in the East and Central Africa region could rise sharply after a study conducted by a transport companies' umbrella body revealed a surge in costs of conducting such a business... http://feeds.zambianews.net/?rid=14795733&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec Tue, 13 May 2008 17:51:09 -0400 All Africa http://feeds.zambianews.net/?rid=14795733&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec The new leadership of the African Union is trying to organize what is described as a "major international endeavor" to bring stability to Somalia. From AU headquarters in Addis Ababa, VOA corresponden... http://feeds.zambianews.net/?rid=14795720&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec Tue, 13 May 2008 17:30:31 -0400 VOA http://feeds.zambianews.net/?rid=14795720&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec But as the share prices on the Nairobi Stock Exchange (NSE) fell drastically last year - and the broader market is yet to recover- the insurers are grappling with a lot of pain, as financial results f... http://feeds.zambianews.net/?rid=14795730&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec Tue, 13 May 2008 17:51:06 -0400 All Africa http://feeds.zambianews.net/?rid=14795730&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec In Ghana -- a new effort to fight AIDS in Africa. The Africa Life Aid Project is the creation of the Ghana-based charity the Woyome Foundation for Africa, which is pressing for interventions in the fi... http://feeds.zambianews.net/?rid=14795739&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec Tue, 13 May 2008 17:30:21 -0400 VOA http://feeds.zambianews.net/?rid=14795739&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec Leaders of the Southern African Development Community were expected to gather for another extraordinary summit on the crisis in Zimbabwe amid mounting pressure from the African Union and Western gover... http://feeds.zambianews.net/?rid=14795722&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec Tue, 13 May 2008 17:30:29 -0400 VOA http://feeds.zambianews.net/?rid=14795722&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec Namibia is one of the Southern African countries worst hit by HIV/AIDS. The latest survey by the ministry of health indicates a rapid increase in the infection rate. Liue Kauta is the HIV/AIDS coordin... http://feeds.zambianews.net/?rid=14795738&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec Tue, 13 May 2008 17:30:20 -0400 VOA http://feeds.zambianews.net/?rid=14795738&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec ALMOST 100 Sudanese soldiers were killed along with at least 91 Darfur rebels and 34 civilians in several days of fighting during an unprecedented assault on Khartoum, the army said. An army spokesm... http://feeds.zambianews.net/?rid=14795744&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec Tue, 13 May 2008 17:23:20 -0400 News.com.au http://feeds.zambianews.net/?rid=14795744&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec Harare/Johannesburg - Police in Zimbabwe detained a group of Western diplomats for a brief period Tuesday after the ambassadors travelled to rural areas to visit the victims of post-election violence.... http://feeds.zambianews.net/?rid=14795750&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec Tue, 13 May 2008 17:17:33 -0400 Earth Times http://feeds.zambianews.net/?rid=14795750&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec ALGIERS: Nine government troops were killed on Sunday and Monday in two separate attacks blamed on Islamic extremists, security sources said Monday. Six died in an ambush on Sunday, allegedly by armed... http://feeds.zambianews.net/?rid=14795721&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec Tue, 13 May 2008 17:17:15 -0400 The Daily Star http://feeds.zambianews.net/?rid=14795721&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec Posted on: Tuesday, 13 May 2008, 12:00 CDT International aid agency delivers medical supplies in Sudan NAIROBI, May 12 (Xinhua) -- International aid agency the International Committee of Red Cross sa... http://feeds.zambianews.net/?rid=14795729&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec Tue, 13 May 2008 17:31:55 -0400 RedOrbit http://feeds.zambianews.net/?rid=14795729&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec May 13, 2008, 21:15 The US condemned Zimbabwe's government for its "harassment" of the US ambassador and other diplomats questioned by police after visiting post-election violence victims at a hospit... http://feeds.zambianews.net/?rid=14795748&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec Tue, 13 May 2008 16:34:30 -0400 SABC http://feeds.zambianews.net/?rid=14795748&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec "The Internet is generally not secure in Zimbabwe and it is only because there are few opportunities in hacking that few Zimbabweans are interested in it. But The Herald is certainly vulnerable e... http://feeds.zambianews.net/?rid=14795751&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec Tue, 13 May 2008 17:51:05 -0400 All Africa http://feeds.zambianews.net/?rid=14795751&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec Energy Minister Kiraitu Murungi told Parliament he would introduce price controls if the oil firms increased pump prices at rates not commensurate with international oil price changes. http://feeds.zambianews.net/?rid=14795731&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec Tue, 13 May 2008 17:51:05 -0400 All Africa http://feeds.zambianews.net/?rid=14795731&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec KHARTOUM: Sudan was still hunting a Darfur rebel leader on Tuesday after an unprecedented attack on Khartoum by his group brought the fight within shooting distance of the seat of power for the first ... http://feeds.zambianews.net/?rid=14795734&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec Tue, 13 May 2008 17:17:06 -0400 The Daily Star http://feeds.zambianews.net/?rid=14795734&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec Africa's agriculture sector is attracting new interest from donors and the international community as a global rise in food prices threatens to wipe out recent economic gains in developing countries. http://feeds.zambianews.net/?rid=14795718&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec Tue, 13 May 2008 17:51:08 -0400 All Africa http://feeds.zambianews.net/?rid=14795718&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec Paris - The public prosecutor of Tunis has opened an investigation into the death of a young Tunisian who died while in the custody of French police, the web site of the French weekly Le Nouvel Observ... http://feeds.zambianews.net/?rid=14795745&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec Tue, 13 May 2008 17:17:35 -0400 Earth Times http://feeds.zambianews.net/?rid=14795745&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec Stakeholders in Africa in the fight against HIV/AIDS are proposing a common African approach to curbing the pandemic. More than 70 percent of the world's infected are said to live in sub-Saharan Afric... http://feeds.zambianews.net/?rid=14795719&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec Tue, 13 May 2008 17:30:15 -0400 VOA http://feeds.zambianews.net/?rid=14795719&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec May 13, 2008, 19:30 The International Finance Corporation (IFC) has started feasibility studies for the development of Africa's largest hydropower plant in Zambia, a senior official said today. IFC ... http://feeds.zambianews.net/?rid=14795728&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec Tue, 13 May 2008 16:34:27 -0400 SABC http://feeds.zambianews.net/?rid=14795728&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec Finance minister Amos Kimunya said the Treasury would arrange for a cash injection of Sh140 million and a debt treatment for Sh366 million as recommended by the team. http://feeds.zambianews.net/?rid=14795732&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec Tue, 13 May 2008 17:51:06 -0400 All Africa http://feeds.zambianews.net/?rid=14795732&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec May 13, 2008 — IDG News Service — African ministers of science and technology and the European Union have jump-started the EU-Africa strategic partnership on science and IT and agree... http://feeds.zambianews.net/?rid=14795717&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec Tue, 13 May 2008 17:52:14 -0400 CIO http://feeds.zambianews.net/?rid=14795717&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec DOUALA, 13 May 2008 (IRIN) - Carlos Feudjio Diffo, now 22, spent a year of his life in Douala's notorious central prison when he was 15. He recounted his experience to IRIN. 'I was arrested at my hous... http://feeds.zambianews.net/?rid=14795723&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec Tue, 13 May 2008 16:05:01 -0400 IRIN http://feeds.zambianews.net/?rid=14795723&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec NOUAKCHOTT, 13 May 2008 (IRIN) - The Mauritanian government says it is trying to increase prosecutions of rape cases but poorly trained judges working with murky, outdated legal texts make for slow pr... http://feeds.zambianews.net/?rid=14795735&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec Tue, 13 May 2008 16:04:59 -0400 IRIN http://feeds.zambianews.net/?rid=14795735&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec DOUALA, 13 May 2008 (IRIN) - Many people under the age of 18 were arrested and imprisoned during riots over high food prices in February and more than two months later some are still behind bars. 'Cur... http://feeds.zambianews.net/?rid=14795724&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec Tue, 13 May 2008 16:04:58 -0400 IRIN http://feeds.zambianews.net/?rid=14795724&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec HARARE, 13 May 2008 (IRIN) - The United Nations has asked the government to help it conduct an assessment to evaluate the extent of politically motivated violence, which "could reach crisis levels", w... http://feeds.zambianews.net/?rid=14795753&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec Tue, 13 May 2008 16:04:57 -0400 IRIN http://feeds.zambianews.net/?rid=14795753&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec The Mozambican government on Tuesday announced the sale of 10 per cent of the shares in the publicly-owned Mozambican Hydrocarbon Company (CMH) - but only Mozambican individuals or companies may purch... http://feeds.zambianews.net/?rid=14795737&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec Tue, 13 May 2008 15:26:19 -0400 All Africa http://feeds.zambianews.net/?rid=14795737&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec Whatana Investments, a company chaired by Mozambique's former first lady, Graca Machel, has taken a five per cent stake in Vodacom Mozambique (VM), one of the two mobile phone operators in the country... http://feeds.zambianews.net/?rid=14795736&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec Tue, 13 May 2008 15:26:19 -0400 All Africa http://feeds.zambianews.net/?rid=14795736&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec The risk of renewed violence in Ituri is limited today by the presence of the UN Mission in the Congo (MONUC), the dismantling of the majority of armed groups and the local population’s war wear... http://feeds.zambianews.net/?rid=14795725&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec Tue, 13 May 2008 15:26:17 -0400 All Africa http://feeds.zambianews.net/?rid=14795725&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec Morocco's Abdeslam Ouaddou was racially abused in France A Metz fan, who racially abused Valenciennes and Morocco's Abdeslam Ouaddou, has been given a three-month suspended prison sentence and banned... http://feeds.zambianews.net/?rid=14797793&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec Tue, 13 May 2008 15:32:22 -0400 BBC http://feeds.zambianews.net/?rid=14797793&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec A group of Muslim clerics in central Somalia were briefly arrested and later released by Ethiopian soldiers deployed to help restore order in the chaotic Horn of Africa country, our central regions co... http://feeds.zambianews.net/?rid=14795740&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec Tue, 13 May 2008 15:26:17 -0400 All Africa http://feeds.zambianews.net/?rid=14795740&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec Yusuf "Indho Ade" Mohamed Siad, one of the country's most notorious warlords, told a Mogadishu radio station Tuesday that delegates at the Djibouti talks "do not represent the oppositio... http://feeds.zambianews.net/?rid=14795741&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec Tue, 13 May 2008 15:26:17 -0400 All Africa http://feeds.zambianews.net/?rid=14795741&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec A former Sierra Leone international footballer has composed a song to celebrate Manchester United winning the English league. "Come join us in our dance to celebrate Manchester United's victory," sin... http://feeds.zambianews.net/?rid=14796381&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec Tue, 13 May 2008 15:32:24 -0400 BBC http://feeds.zambianews.net/?rid=14796381&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec Police in Harare have barred the MDC from holding public rallies in the capital, ahead of the presidential run-off whose date has not yet been announced. http://feeds.zambianews.net/?rid=14795752&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec Tue, 13 May 2008 15:26:22 -0400 All Africa http://feeds.zambianews.net/?rid=14795752&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States condemned Zimbabwe's government on Tuesday for its "harassment" of the U.S. ambassador and other diplomats questioned by police after visiting post-election vi... http://feeds.zambianews.net/?rid=14795746&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec Tue, 13 May 2008 15:44:12 -0400 Reuters http://feeds.zambianews.net/?rid=14795746&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec Congo’s reconstruction hinges on the Ituri district, where a new integrated peace-building strategy is required to prevent another round of violence. http://feeds.zambianews.net/?rid=14795726&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec Tue, 13 May 2008 15:26:22 -0400 All Africa http://feeds.zambianews.net/?rid=14795726&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec A U.N. official in Zimbabwe says post-election violence is increasing, and he largely blames President Robert Mugabe's supporters for the attacks. Peta Thornycroft reports that political tensions are ... http://feeds.zambianews.net/?rid=14791317&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec Tue, 13 May 2008 14:07:57 -0400 VOA http://feeds.zambianews.net/?rid=14791317&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec ), or Kefaya, has been blocked for those who have Internet access through the T-Data Company. T-Data, the country's largest Internet service provider, has been under direct government oversight since ... http://feeds.zambianews.net/?rid=14791303&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec Tue, 13 May 2008 14:06:09 -0400 IFEX http://feeds.zambianews.net/?rid=14791303&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec Sana'a, Yemen - Yemen is to host a UN-sponsored conference next week on refugees and migration from the Horn of Africa to Yemen, the United Nations High Commission for Refugees (UNHCR) said on Tuesday... http://feeds.zambianews.net/?rid=14791319&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec Tue, 13 May 2008 13:54:59 -0400 Earth Times http://feeds.zambianews.net/?rid=14791319&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec May 13, 2008, 18:15 Foreign Affairs Minister Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma has appealed to Zimbabwean political parties to refrain from resorting to violence ahead of the country's presidential run-off elec... http://feeds.zambianews.net/?rid=14791308&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec Tue, 13 May 2008 13:12:02 -0400 SABC http://feeds.zambianews.net/?rid=14791308&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec Hosseini Foreign Ministry Spokesman Mohammad-Ali Hosseini here on Tuesday condemned the recent raid on Omdurman, Khartoum's twin city across the River Nile. Hosseini voiced the Islamic Republic's supp... http://feeds.zambianews.net/?rid=14791306&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec Tue, 13 May 2008 12:45:44 -0400 IRNA http://feeds.zambianews.net/?rid=14791306&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec El-Arish, Egypt - Egypt closed its border with the Gaza Strip on Tuesday, a security official said, after opening it for three days to allow Palestinians to leave the Hamas-ruled territory for medical... http://feeds.zambianews.net/?rid=14791344&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec Tue, 13 May 2008 12:45:32 -0400 IOL http://feeds.zambianews.net/?rid=14791344&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec May 13, 2008 · On this week's "Africa Update," we take a look at how Zambia recovered nearly $60 million dollars in stolen assets from their corrupt former leadership. Plus, Sudan breaks diplom... http://feeds.zambianews.net/?rid=14791320&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec Tue, 13 May 2008 13:23:39 -0400 NPR http://feeds.zambianews.net/?rid=14791320&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec The United Nations warned Tuesday that postelection violence in Zimbabwe is nearing crisis levels. U.N. official Agustino Zacarias said "several people" have been killed, hundreds hospitalized with i... http://feeds.zambianews.net/?rid=14791318&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec Tue, 13 May 2008 12:42:18 -0400 International Herald Tribune http://feeds.zambianews.net/?rid=14791318&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec The police won't speak to us, except, occasionally if they answer the landlines at Police General Headquarters in Harare. Then they deny everything, or say they don't have any information, but mostly ... http://feeds.zambianews.net/?rid=14792504&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec Tue, 13 May 2008 12:45:27 -0400 IOL http://feeds.zambianews.net/?rid=14792504&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec Armed police tried to prevent the US ambassador to Zimbabwe and several other diplomats from leaving a hospital where victims of post-election violence were being treated on Tuesday, an AFP correspond... http://feeds.zambianews.net/?rid=14791812&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec Tue, 13 May 2008 12:45:35 -0400 IOL http://feeds.zambianews.net/?rid=14791812&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec Roger Lemerre has been named Morocco coach, according to the country's football federation. The Frenchman, who has won major titles with both his homeland and with current employers Tunisia, will s... http://feeds.zambianews.net/?rid=14791307&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec Tue, 13 May 2008 12:10:43 -0400 BBC http://feeds.zambianews.net/?rid=14791307&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec A court in Ghana has charged a father of neglect, after he refused to allow his son to receive a blood transfusion, which might have saved his life. The man has pleaded not guilty to charges of neglig... http://feeds.zambianews.net/?rid=14791575&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec Tue, 13 May 2008 12:10:41 -0400 BBC http://feeds.zambianews.net/?rid=14791575&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec Fifa say that Sudan's 2010 World Cup qualifier against Chad will go ahead as scheduled on 31 May. Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir broke off diplomatic relations with Chad after an attack on Khar... http://feeds.zambianews.net/?rid=14791304&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec Tue, 13 May 2008 12:10:44 -0400 BBC http://feeds.zambianews.net/?rid=14791304&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec Ekandjo strongly disputed claims by the RDP acting secretary for the Khomas Region, Jeremiah Nambinga, that the Swapo Party Khomas regional coordinator Michael Mwinga caused the confrontation by alleg... http://feeds.zambianews.net/?rid=14791309&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec Tue, 13 May 2008 12:04:13 -0400 All Africa http://feeds.zambianews.net/?rid=14791309&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec Make that “JEM” – short for the Justice and Equality Movement, the leading rebel group in Darfur that launched this past weekend’s attack on Omdurman and the Sudan capital of K... http://feeds.zambianews.net/?rid=14791313&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec Tue, 13 May 2008 12:04:16 -0400 All Africa http://feeds.zambianews.net/?rid=14791313&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec A Catholic bishop has called for the speeding up of efforts to solve the political crisis in Zanzibar to reduce the pressure for secession by some elders in neighbouring Pemba Island. http://feeds.zambianews.net/?rid=14791314&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec Tue, 13 May 2008 12:04:12 -0400 All Africa http://feeds.zambianews.net/?rid=14791314&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec Africa has been the fastest growing market worldwide in communication technology over the past three years, according to the head of the United Nations International Telecommunication Union (ITU). http://feeds.zambianews.net/?rid=14791301&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec Tue, 13 May 2008 12:04:12 -0400 All Africa http://feeds.zambianews.net/?rid=14791301&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec Algiers: Al Qaida-linked rebels killed six Algerian soldiers in an attack on their convoy in Medea province, a newspaper reported on Tuesday. The soldiers were on patrol when their convoy came under a... http://feeds.zambianews.net/?rid=14791310&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec Tue, 13 May 2008 12:03:36 -0400 Gulf News http://feeds.zambianews.net/?rid=14791310&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec WITH the fast-growing mining industry in the Erongo Region, and the labour rights challenges that go with it, members of the Mineworkers Union of Namibia (MUN) would need effective and efficient leade... http://feeds.zambianews.net/?rid=14787355&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec Tue, 13 May 2008 11:09:32 -0400 All Africa http://feeds.zambianews.net/?rid=14787355&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec TWO Zimbabwe Congress of Trade Unions leaders who were arrested last week for making speeches at a workers' day rally have been denied bail when they appeared in court on Monday, ZCTU said in a statem... http://feeds.zambianews.net/?rid=14787371&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec Tue, 13 May 2008 11:09:31 -0400 All Africa http://feeds.zambianews.net/?rid=14787371&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec Berlin - The Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) called on industrial nations Tuesday to do more to combat youth unemployment in Africa. More than 133 million of Africa's youn... http://feeds.zambianews.net/?rid=14787352&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec Tue, 13 May 2008 10:34:10 -0400 Earth Times http://feeds.zambianews.net/?rid=14787352&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec The Sudanese government has doubled its bounty for the country's most wanted Darfur rebel leader whose troops staged a daring raid on the outskirts of the capital, state television reported Tuesday. http://feeds.zambianews.net/?rid=14787359&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec Tue, 13 May 2008 11:16:50 -0400 ABC News http://feeds.zambianews.net/?rid=14787359&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec + ] By Jack Kimball and Andrew Cawthorne ASMARA (Reuters) - U.N. fears that a pullout of peacekeepers on the Eritrea-Ethiopia border may lead to a new war are unfounded scaremongering and a "gimmi... http://feeds.zambianews.net/?rid=14790523&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec Tue, 13 May 2008 10:43:15 -0400 Reuters http://feeds.zambianews.net/?rid=14790523&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec Posted on: Tuesday, 13 May 2008, 06:00 CDT Text of report by South Africa-based Zim Online website on 13 May [Report by own correspondent: "Zim Trade Union Leaders Denied Bail"] JOHANNESBURG - A Zimb... http://feeds.zambianews.net/?rid=14787365&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec Tue, 13 May 2008 10:48:15 -0400 RedOrbit http://feeds.zambianews.net/?rid=14787365&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec + ] LILONGWE (Reuters) - Malawi has arrested two senior figures from the opposition United Democratic Front (UDF) on treason charges, and issued an arrest warrant for the party's candidate for next ... http://feeds.zambianews.net/?rid=14790524&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec Tue, 13 May 2008 10:43:15 -0400 Reuters http://feeds.zambianews.net/?rid=14790524&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec NAIROBI, 13 May 2008 (IRIN) - The Kenyan government has raised Ksh1.46 billion (US$22.4 million) of the Ksh30 billion ($462 million) it says it needs to resettle at least 350,000 people displaced duri... http://feeds.zambianews.net/?rid=14787351&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec Tue, 13 May 2008 09:22:03 -0400 IRIN http://feeds.zambianews.net/?rid=14787351&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec Vahid Halilhodzic has been named as Ivory Coast coach. The Bosnian signed a two-year contract in Abidjan on Tuesday, less than a month before the start of the Elephants' 2010 World Cup qualifiers. ... http://feeds.zambianews.net/?rid=14787395&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec Tue, 13 May 2008 08:49:46 -0400 BBC http://feeds.zambianews.net/?rid=14787395&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec Didier Drogba says he and Chelsea team-mate John Terry will be fit for the Champions League final against Manchester United in Moscow. Both were injured in Sunday's 1-1 draw with Bolton, with Drogb... http://feeds.zambianews.net/?rid=14789203&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec Tue, 13 May 2008 08:49:45 -0400 BBC http://feeds.zambianews.net/?rid=14789203&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec The elders last week presented their plea to a top United Nations official in Dar es Salaam, Mr Oscar Fernandez-Taranco, who doubles as the UN resident coordinator, and asked him to present their dema... http://feeds.zambianews.net/?rid=14787361&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec Tue, 13 May 2008 08:43:48 -0400 All Africa http://feeds.zambianews.net/?rid=14787361&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec Most of Sudan comprises arid land or desert, and lies in the Sahel, a region described by the Intergovernmental Panel for Climate Change (IPCC) as the most vulnerable in the world to droughts. http://feeds.zambianews.net/?rid=14787360&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec Tue, 13 May 2008 08:43:47 -0400 All Africa http://feeds.zambianews.net/?rid=14787360&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec Speaking to journalists at Lusaka International Airport on arrival from South Africa yesterday, Mr Sata said his stay in hospital had given him more knowledge. http://feeds.zambianews.net/?rid=14787364&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec Tue, 13 May 2008 08:43:46 -0400 All Africa http://feeds.zambianews.net/?rid=14787364&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec Mr. Ladi Nylander, National Chairman of the Convention Peoples Party (CPP) has told ADM that he believes that Dr. Nduom is the best person among the presidential candidates to lead the nation. http://feeds.zambianews.net/?rid=14787349&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec Tue, 13 May 2008 08:43:45 -0400 All Africa http://feeds.zambianews.net/?rid=14787349&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec THE Electoral Commission of Namibia has accused Swapo and the Rally for Democracy and Progress of "selective morality" for interfering in staff matters at the elections body. http://feeds.zambianews.net/?rid=14787353&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec Tue, 13 May 2008 08:43:44 -0400 All Africa http://feeds.zambianews.net/?rid=14787353&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec Anglican Bishop of Jos Diocese, Bishop Benjamin Kwashi, has stated that the revelations currently emerging from the House of Representatives' Probe of the energy sector was a big indictment on the pas... http://feeds.zambianews.net/?rid=14782049&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec Tue, 13 May 2008 07:08:59 -0400 All Africa http://feeds.zambianews.net/?rid=14782049&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec THE Lusaka Stock Exchange (LuSE) has bemoaned growing speculation on the capital market lately, which has resulted in 16 per cent share index fall for the month of April. http://feeds.zambianews.net/?rid=14782070&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec Tue, 13 May 2008 07:08:59 -0400 All Africa http://feeds.zambianews.net/?rid=14782070&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec CAPITAL equipment rental and leasing group Eqstra, which made a modest debut on the JSE yesterday, plans to diversify into agriculture, power generation and railing stock. http://feeds.zambianews.net/?rid=14782056&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec Tue, 13 May 2008 07:08:57 -0400 All Africa http://feeds.zambianews.net/?rid=14782056&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec Yesterday , Pamodzi Gold officially opened a refurbished shaft at its Consolidated Modder Mine on the East Rand, which would reach full production capacity next year and would create 350 jobs, it said... http://feeds.zambianews.net/?rid=14782058&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec Tue, 13 May 2008 07:08:56 -0400 All Africa http://feeds.zambianews.net/?rid=14782058&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec + ] PARIS (Reuters) - It is still possible to reach a deal on long-delayed world trade negotiations before the end of the year, the head of the World Trade Organisation said in an interview publishe... http://feeds.zambianews.net/?rid=14786194&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec Tue, 13 May 2008 06:44:22 -0400 Reuters http://feeds.zambianews.net/?rid=14786194&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec Tanzania is preparing a biofuel policy. That is happening at a time when eight investors have applied for licences to set up biofuel projects worth Sh131.7808 million and create 6,553 jobs. http://feeds.zambianews.net/?rid=14782066&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec Tue, 13 May 2008 07:09:00 -0400 All Africa http://feeds.zambianews.net/?rid=14782066&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec Nairobi - Kenyan police discovered on Monday the torso of a child they suspect was the victim of a ritual killing. Villagers found the headless and limbless six-year-old boy, who went missing last ... http://feeds.zambianews.net/?rid=14782921&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec Tue, 13 May 2008 05:42:37 -0400 IOL http://feeds.zambianews.net/?rid=14782921&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec + ] ALGIERS (Reuters) - Algeria and France will sign two accords on military and civil nuclear energy cooperation, Algerian Foreign Minister Mourad Medelci said on Monday. Medelci, speaking after ... http://feeds.zambianews.net/?rid=14786195&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec Tue, 13 May 2008 06:44:22 -0400 Reuters http://feeds.zambianews.net/?rid=14786195&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec Senior State Department officials said the campaign aimed to secure the arrest of 13 people indicted by the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda. The court, based in Tanzania, is trying architec... http://feeds.zambianews.net/?rid=14786196&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec Tue, 13 May 2008 06:44:23 -0400 Reuters http://feeds.zambianews.net/?rid=14786196&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec A UN-backed peace conference on resolving Somalia's crisis has opened in neighbouring Djibouti. Representatives from the government and Islamist opposition are attending but are refusing to talk dire... http://feeds.zambianews.net/?rid=14784589&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec Tue, 13 May 2008 05:20:17 -0400 BBC http://feeds.zambianews.net/?rid=14784589&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec + ] HARARE (Reuters) - Hackers attacked the website of Zimbabwe's state-owned Herald newspaper and shut it down for three days, the newspaper said on Monday. The Herald is widely seen as the offic... http://feeds.zambianews.net/?rid=14786193&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec Tue, 13 May 2008 06:44:21 -0400 Reuters http://feeds.zambianews.net/?rid=14786193&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec He said at the moment, motorists only endure 150 kilometres of earth stretches on the Mtwara/Mwanza highway, noting that the remaining portions would be constructed at tarmac level by 2010.The Preside... http://feeds.zambianews.net/?rid=14782067&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec Tue, 13 May 2008 07:09:01 -0400 All Africa http://feeds.zambianews.net/?rid=14782067&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec Tullow Oil has announced that the Taitai-1 exploration well, drilled in the Butiaba region of Uganda Block 2, has encountered gas and oil. The well was drilled to a total depth of 1,006 metres.The Tai... http://feeds.zambianews.net/?rid=14782068&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec Tue, 13 May 2008 06:37:18 -0400 Breaking News.ie http://feeds.zambianews.net/?rid=14782068&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec UAE telecom Etisalat said on Monday it is evaluating a possible bid for South Africa's MTN, which is also a potential target of India's top mobile operator. Etisalat Chairman Mohammed Omran said his c... http://feeds.zambianews.net/?rid=14782022&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec Tue, 13 May 2008 06:45:47 -0400 Arabian Business http://feeds.zambianews.net/?rid=14782022&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec Of the South African population, 51% are women. In the government 54,8% of employees are women, but Yvette Montalbano, CE of the BWA, said she was concerned about the differences in pay regarding the ... http://feeds.zambianews.net/?rid=14782060&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec Tue, 13 May 2008 07:08:58 -0400 All Africa http://feeds.zambianews.net/?rid=14782060&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec The administrative lapse came to light yesterday when it emerged that the NPA - which has faced a torrent of criticism over its handling of the now seven-year-long Zuma probe - apparently failed to co... http://feeds.zambianews.net/?rid=14782057&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec Tue, 13 May 2008 05:16:27 -0400 All Africa http://feeds.zambianews.net/?rid=14782057&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec Victims of apartheid who are suing 23 leading multinational corporations in American courts on the grounds that the companies collaborated with the policy have been given clearance to take their case ... http://feeds.zambianews.net/?rid=14782053&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec Tue, 13 May 2008 07:09:02 -0400 All Africa http://feeds.zambianews.net/?rid=14782053&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec Some 300 people have been arrested in Sudan, following a rebel raid near the capital, Khartoum, state media says. A BBC correspondent says state security agents have been conducting house-to-house fo... http://feeds.zambianews.net/?rid=14782044&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec Tue, 13 May 2008 05:20:18 -0400 BBC http://feeds.zambianews.net/?rid=14782044&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec FINANCIAL markets are giving economic policy changes proposed by the new leadership of the African National Congress (ANC) the benefit of the doubt, despite growing signs of a significant shift to the... http://feeds.zambianews.net/?rid=14782055&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec Tue, 13 May 2008 05:16:26 -0400 All Africa http://feeds.zambianews.net/?rid=14782055&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec The conference eventually got under way , but deployed ANC national executive committee (NEC) members had a crisis on their hands when police used rubber bullets and tear gas against delegates. http://feeds.zambianews.net/?rid=14782059&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec Tue, 13 May 2008 05:16:25 -0400 All Africa http://feeds.zambianews.net/?rid=14782059&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec The 2010 Transfrontier Conservation Areas (TFCAs) brand has been unveiled by nine Southern African countries at Durban's Tourism Indaba 2008 in a bid to encourage tourism in these countries. http://feeds.zambianews.net/?rid=14782062&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec Tue, 13 May 2008 05:16:25 -0400 All Africa http://feeds.zambianews.net/?rid=14782062&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec The House Committee on Power and Steel probing the expenses on the power sector from 1999 to 2007 had summoned both Obasanjo and Atiku to appear before it at 10 am yesterday. But in a letter to the Ch... http://feeds.zambianews.net/?rid=14782048&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec Tue, 13 May 2008 05:16:24 -0400 All Africa http://feeds.zambianews.net/?rid=14782048&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec Johannesburg - A man was shot dead and another injured in attacks on foreigners in the South African township of Alexandra, north of Johannesburg, bringing the death toll to three after two days of vi... http://feeds.zambianews.net/?rid=14782043&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec Tue, 13 May 2008 03:53:15 -0400 Earth Times http://feeds.zambianews.net/?rid=14782043&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec JUBA, Sudan (Reuters) - Lying on a sagging mattress and wincing slightly, Anna Lado laughs at the idea that she should have been afraid of giving birth to her first child, now lying in a crib near her... http://feeds.zambianews.net/?rid=14782040&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec Tue, 13 May 2008 03:43:37 -0400 Reuters http://feeds.zambianews.net/?rid=14782040&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec Burundi's First Vice President, Yves Sahinguvu, yesterday began the first leg of a three-day official visit by holding talks with Prime Minister Bernard Makuza at the latter's office in Kimihurura. http://feeds.zambianews.net/?rid=14782051&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec Tue, 13 May 2008 03:25:58 -0400 All Africa http://feeds.zambianews.net/?rid=14782051&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec The Ministry of Agriculture led by William Ruto topped the list of donors with Sh298 million, money contributed by members of staff and parastatals under it. The newly created office of the Prime Mini... http://feeds.zambianews.net/?rid=14782047&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec Tue, 13 May 2008 03:25:57 -0400 All Africa http://feeds.zambianews.net/?rid=14782047&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec Juba: Southern Sudan will use African pouched rats to hunt for landmines planted in the country during its two-decade civil war, the head of the anti-landmine group said. The rats, which are prized fo... http://feeds.zambianews.net/?rid=14782063&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec Tue, 13 May 2008 03:25:27 -0400 Gulf News http://feeds.zambianews.net/?rid=14782063&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec KWAZULU-Natal Judge President Vuka Tshabalala has taken the province's deputy director of public prosecutions to task for setting down for trial the corruption case against African National Congress (... http://feeds.zambianews.net/?rid=14782061&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec Tue, 13 May 2008 03:26:00 -0400 All Africa http://feeds.zambianews.net/?rid=14782061&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec A key official in the government of Somalia's breakaway region of Somaliland announced Monday that he has quit mediation efforts to help resolve an election dispute between the Somaliland president an... http://feeds.zambianews.net/?rid=14782052&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec Tue, 13 May 2008 03:25:59 -0400 All Africa http://feeds.zambianews.net/?rid=14782052&cat=c1ab2109a5bf37ec