Posts having tag: politics
1 week 12 hours 46 min ago wrote on the blog Rants and Rayguns
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This One Even I Find Hard To Believe Uncle Sammy wants to buy you a golf cart . And the angel said unto them, "Be not afraid! For, behold, I bring you good tidings of great joy, which shall be to all people. For unto you is inaugurated this day ...
FRANCE HALTS AFRICAN LEADERS CASE ! The leaders of the three countries had all denied the ...
Cathy Buckle's Letter from Zimbabwe ! 10th October, 2009 Dear Family and Friends, Every window and door is open, shoes are abandoned, blankets are back in cupboards and now we wait, every day looking upwards, waiting for the rains to come. It's a blistering hot October and yet shortly after dawn every morning silhouettes appear in ...
ANGER AT ZIMBABWE UN ENVOY SNUB ! The UN's torture investigator has made an angry return to South Africa after being refused entry to Zimbabwe. Manfred Nowak was detained by ...
CATHY BUCKLE'S LETTER FROM ZIMBABWE ! Moral compass Saturday 3rd October 2009 Dear Family and Friends, Its hot and purple in Zimbabwe: Jacaranda trees adorned in purple flowers; skies heavy with purple rain clouds, bougainvillea creepers ablaze with carpets of purple blooms and Mulberry trees dripping with sweet, sticky, staining ...
'NO CONSENT' FOR MANDELA AUCTION ! Charlize Theron met Mr Mandela after her Oscar win in ...
ZIMBABWE BLOCKS UN TORTURE EXPERT ! Manfred Nowak initially said the invitation was a ...
ZIMBABWE POLICE 'RAID MDC OFFICE' ! Morgan Tsvangirai has temporarily pulled out of the ...
3 weeks 3 days 12 hours ago wrote on the blog Rants and Rayguns
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A Brief Note For the History Books I hadn't intended to comment on the award of the Nobel Peace Prize to the President of the United States, but I find there is something about the event worth saying after all. The cut off for nominations for the Peace Prize is Feb. 1st., ...
NESTLE MILK LINK TO GRACE MUGABE ! Grace Mugabe, right, is believed to own about 12,000 ...
BASHIR OPPONENTS GATHER IN SUDAN ! By James Copnall - BBC News, Juba, southern Sudan. ...
CATHY BUCKLE'S WEEKLY LETTER FROM ZIMBABWE ! It's time Saturday 26th September 2009 Dear Family and Friends, I was about 8th in a queue in a supermarket this week and kept looking to the front of the line impatiently to see why things were moving so slowly. I was waiting to buy airtime for a mobile phone and suddenly the reality of what ...
GUINEA-BISSAU 'TO TACKLE DRUGS' ! This is Malam Bacai Sanha's second spell leading ...
GADDAFI IN LOCKERBIE FAMILY TALKS ! Col Gaddafi described his meeting with the Lockerbie ...
BRITISH FIRM FINED FOR CORRUPTION ! Mabey & Johnson brought the matter to the ...
ZIMBABWE - LETTER FROM THE DIASPORA ! 25th September 2009 Dear Friends, "Pass a law no whites are allowed to farm," said a white commercial farmer this week, "Then it makes it clear." It's not hard to understand the white farmer's bitterness, anyone with a white skin in Zimbabwe, farmer or not, knows very well ...
MUGABE: WEST 'DIVIDING ZIMBABWE' ! President Robert Mugabe has accused the West of using "filthy clandestine divisive antics" to undermine Zimbabwe's power-sharing government. ...
NIGERIAN ANGER OVER CHINA DEATHS ! There are some 20,000 Africans living legally in ...
SA ATHLETICS CHIEF TO STAY IN JOB ! Semenya (left) was presented with her world 800m gold medal by Chuene Athletics South Africa chief ...
UN warns over East Africa hunger The WFP wants more food aid ...
