Zimbabwe's hospitals to allow payment in foreign currency
Submitted by Marina Dimova on Sat, 01/03/2009 - 08:36.Public hospitals in Zimbabwe will start accepting payment for all medical services in foreign currency; a development which the government hopes will improve the country's collapsed health service.
Zimbabwean rights activist charges abuse while in detention
Submitted by William Kaelin on Tue, 12/30/2008 - 17:46.Incarcerated top Zimbabwean human rights activist Jestina Mukuko charged Tuesday that she had been subject to abuse while in detention after her early December arrest.
Zimbabwe human rights activist Mukoko arrives in court
Submitted by William Kaelin on Mon, 12/29/2008 - 17:22.A magistrate in Harare confirmed Monday charges against top Zimbabwean human rights activist Jestina Mukoko, who is accused together with several other activists of plotting against President Robert M
Zimbabwean police hold activists despite High Court release order
Submitted by William Kaelin on Sat, 12/27/2008 - 17:18.Police were holding 32 activists accused of plotting to overthrow President Robert Mugabe despite a High Court order to release them, the state-owned Herald newspaper reported Saturday.
Save the Children: Child malnutrition acute in Zimbabwe
Submitted by Marina Dimova on Sat, 12/27/2008 - 08:39.
Acute child malnutrition in parts of Zimbabwe has increased by almost two-thirds compared to last year, Britain's Save the Children aid agency said Saturday.
Zimbabwe lawyers hit out over activists' continued detention
Submitted by William Kaelin on Fri, 12/26/2008 - 19:36.
Lawyers for a top Zimbabwean rights activist and several opposition members said Friday they were "deeply disturbed" by the refusal of police to release their clients accused of recruiting f
Lawyers: Zimbabwe activists still being held despite court order
Submitted by William Kaelin on Thu, 12/25/2008 - 21:04.Police in Zimbabwe defied a High Court order to have a human rights campaigner and eight activists released to a clinic when they took them to a prison, a lawyer for the activists said Thursday.
Missing human rights activist Mukoko appears in court
Submitted by William Kaelin on Wed, 12/24/2008 - 22:05.Zimbabwean human rights activist Jestina Mukoko, who had been missing for three weeks, appeared in court Wednesday charged with plotting to overthrow President Robert Mugabe's regime, but was released
Shares fell 2.1 per cent Friday on the Seoul stock exchange on general recession fears. South Korea's won dropped against the dollar.
When the Spirit rover landed on Mars five years ago, no one expected it or its sister rover Opportunity to make it to their first birthdays, let alone their fifth.
Amelie Mauresmo fell victim to a leg injury after less than half an hour on court Friday to hand over a 4-0 victory which put French compatriot Marion Bartoli into the final of the Brisbane International.
Mumbai-based movie Slumdog Millionaire won five prizes Thursday night at the Critics Choice Awards, cementing its position as a surprise favourite just as the Oscar season moves into high gear.
After the Taipei Zoo received two giant pandas from China, another Taiwan zoo said Friday it is seeking to receive a pair of pandas from China.