Opponents of Ariel Sharon’s plan to evacuate thousands of Jewish settlers from the Gaza Strip and parts of the northern West Bank faced a double setback on Wednesday when police and soldiers continued to pen protesters inside a campsite and a parliamentary vote to delay disengagement failed. About 10 000 anti-disengagement protesters were corralled behind a fence at the site at Kefar Maymon.
A campaign of political persecution is being waged against Zanu-PF politicians aligned to Rural Housing and Social Amenities Minister Emmerson Mnangagwa, the Mail & Guardian has learnt. The current tension, which has its genesis in the power struggle over President Robert Mugabe’s successor, has triggered speculation about a split in the 42-year-old party.
Only four days before President George W Bush chose him as his nominee for the Supreme Court, John Roberts ruled to give the administration a free hand in holding military tribunals at Guantanamo Bay, critics claimed this week. Bush sent his candidate to Capitol Hill on Wednesday to meet senators who will ultimately decide Judge Roberts’s confirmation.
British Home Secretary Charles Clarke on Wednesday broadened Britain’s response to the 7/7 bombings in London with plans to allow him to exclude or deport from Britain Islamist militants whose inflammatory language or behaviour is judged to foment or provoke terrorism. His announcement immediately preceded another wave of attacks on London transport.
SABMiller has won its fight to buy Bavaria, a Colombian-based brewer regarded as the last major prize in the global beer industry’s pursuit of growth in South America. SAB’s shares moved sharply higher as investors applauded an apparent bargain price of ,8-billion, almost -billion below some market estimates of Bavaria’s value.
Having won the first round in what is widely being called his bid to become a presidential monarch, Uganda’s President, Yoweri Museveni, is coming under increasing international and domestic pressure, with round two only a week away. Uganda’s Parliament voted last month to lift the term barrier placed on the president. This means that Museveni is not obliged to vacate office when his tenure ends next year.
Africans who have never set foot in Africa, Brazilians whose only knowledge of Brazil comes from TV or the stories of their parents and grandparents: these are Portugal’s so-called second- and third-generation immigrants, who are not actually immigrants at all. But despite being born and raised in Portugal, they are still legally classified as foreigners.
Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe may well choke on the tough conditions attached to any loan package offered to him by the South African government — despite Zimbabwe’s worsening foreign currency crunch. Mugabe’s spokesperson, George Charamba, told the Mail & Guardian that Zimbabwe would not accept financial help tied to conditions.
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The four bombings or attempted bombings that rocked London’s transport network on Thursday were intended to kill and bore similarities to the deadly blasts in the city two weeks ago, the city’s police chief said. ”I think the important point is that the intention of the terrorists has not been fulfilled,” he said.