Zimbabwe vier 27 jaar oehoeroe sonder petrol, maar met Mugabe

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Robert Mugabe

Zimbabwe vier vandag Woensdag 18 April sy 27ste jaar van onafhanklikheid van Brittanje te midde van ekonomiese ineenstorting en toenemende politieke spanninge wat die gebeurtenis van enige luister ontneem.

Die veteraanpresident, Robert Mugabe, wat sedert 1980 in die voormalige Rhodesië aan bewind is, sal vandag die hooftoespraak lewer by die Harare-sokkerstadium waar die aanvanklike onafhanklikheidsvieringe destyds gehou is terwyl kleiner byeenkomste in provinsiale hoofstede regoor die land gehou sal word.

“Dié man gaan binnekort aftree en wil ’n laaste stoot aan Zimbabwe gee,” het Mugabe aan honderde skoolkinders en onderwysers wat van uitgesoekte skole af byeengebring is, gesê.

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Robert Mugabe

Zimbabwe vier vandag Woensdag 18 April sy 27ste jaar van onafhanklikheid van Brittanje te midde van ekonomiese ineenstorting en toenemende politieke spanninge wat die gebeurtenis van enige luister ontneem.

Die veteraanpresident, Robert Mugabe, wat sedert 1980 in die voormalige Rhodesië aan bewind is, sal vandag die hooftoespraak lewer by die Harare-sokkerstadium waar die aanvanklike onafhanklikheidsvieringe destyds gehou is terwyl kleiner byeenkomste in provinsiale hoofstede regoor die land gehou sal word.

“Dié man gaan binnekort aftree en wil ’n laaste stoot aan Zimbabwe gee,” het Mugabe aan honderde skoolkinders en onderwysers wat van uitgesoekte skole af byeengebring is, gesê.

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Officer helps wrestle law school gunman to ground

It wasn’t until Tracy Bridges saw his fellow students grieving at the tiny law school in Virginia that he stopped being a cop and became one of the victims.
It wasn’t until Tracy Bridges saw his fellow students grieving at the tiny law school in Virginia that he stopped being a cop and became one of the victims.

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Boervrou met tuinvurk vermoor

In nog ‘n plaasmoord, is die 55-jarige Susan Bristow eergister met ‘n tuinvurk op haar plaas naby Louis Trichardt vermoor. Volgens ‘n polisiewoordvoerder op die dorp is haar lyk in ‘n watertenk gevind met steekwonde van die tuinvurk.

Bristow het blykbaar Sondagaand hulp probeer ontbied oor ‘n burgerbandradio. Wie op haar hulpkreet gereageer het, is nie bekend nie.

Haar hond is insgelyks met die tuinvurk van kant gemaak.

In nog ‘n plaasmoord, is die 55-jarige Susan Bristow eergister met ‘n tuinvurk op haar plaas naby Louis Trichardt vermoor. Volgens ‘n polisiewoordvoerder op die dorp is haar lyk in ‘n watertenk gevind met steekwonde van die tuinvurk.

Bristow het blykbaar Sondagaand hulp probeer ontbied oor ‘n burgerbandradio. Wie op haar hulpkreet gereageer het, is nie bekend nie.

Haar hond is insgelyks met die tuinvurk van kant gemaak.

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Orrin Hatch introduces oil shale bill

Washington – Sen. Orrin G. Hatch (R-Utah) today introduced legislation that would encourage development of fuel from a vast untapped domestic oil reserve in tar sands and oil shale.
Washington – Sen. Orrin G. Hatch (R-Utah) today introduced legislation that would encourage development of fuel from a vast untapped domestic oil reserve in tar sands and oil shale.

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The Establishment Rethinks Globalization

The church of global free trade, which rules American politics with infallible pretensions, may have finally met its Martin Luther. An unlikely dissenter has come forward with a revised understanding of globalization that argues for thorough reformation. This man knows the global trading system from the inside because he is a respected veteran of multinational business. His ideas contain an explosive message: that what established authorities teach Americans about global trade is simply wrong–disastrously wrong for the United States.
The church of global free trade, which rules American politics with infallible pretensions, may have finally met its Martin Luther. An unlikely dissenter has come forward with a revised understanding of globalization that argues for thorough reformation. This man knows the global trading system from the inside because he is a respected veteran of multinational business. His ideas contain an explosive message: that what established authorities teach Americans about global trade is simply wrong–disastrously wrong for the United States.

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Die Rooivalk se nalatenskap

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Die Rooivalk

Die Suid-Afrikaanse Weermag se aanvanklike Angolese suksesse het mettertyd teenstand gekry vanaf die Kubane, veral nadat ‘n Russiese generaal radargebaseerde missiellugafweerstelsels, MIG 23’s, Sukoi 27’s,  vooraanvalmissiele en T72-tenks in die veld gestoot het.

Die Suid Afrikaanse regering se plotselinge Angolese inval sonder voorbereiding het nou gelei tot die ontwikkelling van Krygkor en daaropvolgende verbetering van anti-tenkmissielstelsels, artillerie, kommunikasiestelsels, duikbootprodukte, chemiese optimisering van plofstof en afleweringstelsels.

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Die Rooivalk

Die Suid-Afrikaanse Weermag se aanvanklike Angolese suksesse het mettertyd teenstand gekry vanaf die Kubane, veral nadat ‘n Russiese generaal radargebaseerde missiellugafweerstelsels, MIG 23’s, Sukoi 27’s,  vooraanvalmissiele en T72-tenks in die veld gestoot het.

Die Suid Afrikaanse regering se plotselinge Angolese inval sonder voorbereiding het nou gelei tot die ontwikkelling van Krygkor en daaropvolgende verbetering van anti-tenkmissielstelsels, artillerie, kommunikasiestelsels, duikbootprodukte, chemiese optimisering van plofstof en afleweringstelsels.

Lees verder: Die Rooivalk se nalatenskap

Cosatu los vir Zuma

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Jacob Zuma

Leiers van die Kongres van Suid-Afrikaanse Vakbonde (Cosatu) eis dat die federasie sy steun vir Jacob Zuma as hul voorkeurkandidaat vir die ANC-presidentskap laat vaar, berig die Sunday Times.

Zuma se kandidatuur is bespreek by ‘n vurige sentrale bestuursvergadering wat by die federasie se Johannesburgse hoofkantoor van 26 tot 28 Februarie gehou is.

Cosatu-leiers wat die vergadering bygewoon het, sê dat die meeste dagbestuurslede hul bedenkinge oor steun vir die korrupsiebeskuldigde uitgespreek het.

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Jacob Zuma

Leiers van die Kongres van Suid-Afrikaanse Vakbonde (Cosatu) eis dat die federasie sy steun vir Jacob Zuma as hul voorkeurkandidaat vir die ANC-presidentskap laat vaar, berig die Sunday Times.

Zuma se kandidatuur is bespreek by ‘n vurige sentrale bestuursvergadering wat by die federasie se Johannesburgse hoofkantoor van 26 tot 28 Februarie gehou is.

Cosatu-leiers wat die vergadering bygewoon het, sê dat die meeste dagbestuurslede hul bedenkinge oor steun vir die korrupsiebeskuldigde uitgespreek het.

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Pentagon opens civilian claim files against military

Chilling accounts of hundreds of fatal encounters between the US military and civilians in Iraq and Afghanistan, providing a rare glimpse of the confusion and chaos of daily life in the conflict zones, were released by the Pentagon yesterday under the freedom of information act.
Chilling accounts of hundreds of fatal encounters between the US military and civilians in Iraq and Afghanistan, providing a rare glimpse of the confusion and chaos of daily life in the conflict zones, were released by the Pentagon yesterday under the freedom of information act.

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‘The German Chair’

In Beirut last month, I met a Lebanese man who had been savagely tortured over the course of a 12-year odyssey in Syrian prisons. Among the things he had endured were electrocutions, beatings with electric cables, and being hanged from ropes by his ankles.

And then there was "the German chair."

In Beirut last month, I met a Lebanese man who had been savagely tortured over the course of a 12-year odyssey in Syrian prisons. Among the things he had endured were electrocutions, beatings with electric cables, and being hanged from ropes by his ankles.

And then there was "the German chair."

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Turkish general calls for intervention

Turkey’s top general called for a military intervention in northern Iraq in comments certain to increase regional tensions, already high after a series of verbal exchanges between Turkish and Kurdish leaders.
Turkey’s top general called for a military intervention in northern Iraq in comments certain to increase regional tensions, already high after a series of verbal exchanges between Turkish and Kurdish leaders.

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