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280 UK Soldiers Served Letters On Role In Iraq War, Torture &Murder Claims

Posted on January 9, 2016 by newzimbabwevision

British troops in Basra Photo: PA Hundreds of British soldiers have received letters questioning their role in claims of torture and murder during the Iraq War. Around 280 veterans have been sent documents telling them they were involved in an incident under investigation by the Government-established Iraq Historical Allegations Team (IHAT). More than 50 deaths during the UK’s military mission in the country between 2003 and 2009 are set to be investigated, prosecutors have confirmed. Unlawful…

British Buddhist Monk Arrested In Thailand On Child Pornography Charges

Posted on January 9, 2016 by newzimbabwevision

Fabian Frederick Blandford speaks about Buddhism on YouTube Photo: Ilove Everyone/YouTube A British retiree who became a respected Buddhist monk has been arrested in Thailand in a child pornography investigation after a tip-off from US investigators. Fabian Frederick Blandford, 64, was arrested at his home in northern Thailand in a raid during which British police based in the country were understood to be present as observers. Mr Blandford, a long-time resident of the kingdom, had been…

Matebeleland South Supply Dams Dry Up, As Boarding Schools Prepare To Re-Open

Posted on January 9, 2016January 9, 2016 by newzimbabwevision

MANY boarding schools in Matabeleland South are panicking over low water levels in their dams ahead of the opening of schools next week as the dry spell continues in the country. School heads are worried over the looming water crisis which might hit their schools if rains do not come soon. Most of the schools pump their water from dams and have no alternative water sources. Schools that may be affected if adequate rains do not…

‘Hitler’s Anti-Semitic Manifesto Mein Kampf Back On Sale In Germany’

Posted on January 9, 2016 by newzimbabwevision

In Nazi Germany, newlyweds received inscribed copies of Mein Kampf on the occasion of their weddings [Barbara McCarthy/Al Jazeera] Hitler’s ‘Mein Kampf’ is back on sale in Germany amid much controversy, discussion and criticism. Hitler’s anti-Semitic manifesto Mein Kampf will be on sale in Germany on January 8, for the first time since World War II. In accordance with European law, a copyright expires 70 years after the death of the author, whereupon the published writings…

China’s Communist Founding Father Mao Zedong Giant Statue Demolished

Posted on January 9, 2016 by newzimbabwevision

A huge statue of former Chinese leader Mao Zedong, photographed while under construction in Henan province on January 4, 2016 -AFP A gargantuan gold-painted statue of Communist China’s founding father Mao Zedong has suddenly been demolished, apparently for lacking government approval, state media said Friday, days after images of it went viral. source-news.yahoo.com

Mexico Recaptures, World’s Most Notorius Drug Lord. Multibillionaire ‘El Chapo’

Posted on January 9, 2016 by newzimbabwevision

Following Guzman’s capture on Friday, Mexican authorities are now likely to extradite him to the US [Reuters] Mexican police have recaptured Joaquin Guzman six months after the fugitive drug kingpin’s escape from prison. Guzman, the head of the powerful Sinaloa cartel, was Mexico’s most-wanted fugitive. He had escaped from a maximum security prison six months ago. “Mission accomplished, we have him,” Enrique Pena Nieto, Mexico’s president, announced via Twitter on Friday. Guzman, also known as…

Zimbabwean Who ‘Raped Donkey’ Is Denied Bail in Botswana

Posted on January 8, 2016January 8, 2016 by newzimbabwevision

A Zimbabwean man who was thrown in jail in September last year for allegedly engaging in sex with a donkey had his prison remand extended by a Palapye magistrates court. Decent Vee Mulilo (23) was allegedly caught enjoying sex with the donkey at Phuduhudu lands, and while the state believes that forensic evidence will prove that he was more than taking the animal for a ride, the man has maintained his innocence. The Voice reported…

.Thousands Face Starvation After Zanu PF Gvt Officials Loot Food Aid’

Posted on January 8, 2016 by newzimbabwevision

Thousands of vulnerable people in the Midlands province face starvation following allegations of food aid looting by government officials tasked to distribute the food. The Minister of State for Provincial Affairs in the Midlands Province, Cde Jason Machaya, said there were allegations of abuse of food aid and farming inputs by people in authority in the province which his office had received. While not giving the exact tonnage of food aid and farming inputs that have…

‘Bonus Is Not A Right!’-Jonathan Moyo

Posted on January 8, 2016January 8, 2016 by newzimbabwevision

Moyo, posting on his micro-blogging Twitter account on Wednesday, said payment of bonuses should be for extra performance at work and not an entitlement. “Well, I’m sympathetic to the view that a bonus should be for extra performance & not an entitlement!’ and ‘Leaving your jacket in the office to go & booze is not a legitimate basis for expecting bonus as an entitlement!’” wrote Moyo on his Twitter account. But, Apex Council president Richard…

‘Zanu PF Regime’s Delay In Declaring National Disaster And Appealing To (WFP) Is Evil’

Posted on January 8, 2016January 8, 2016 by newzimbabwevision

The delay by the government in declaring a national disaster and making an appeal to the World Food Programme (WFP) for food assistance in order to feed millions of starving Zimbabweans due to the poor harvests of the 2015 season and the impending El Nino driven drought is a true reflection of Zanu PF’s heartlessness and selfishness. It is now clear that Zimbabwe will have biggest humanitarian crisis worse than the 1981/82 and 1992/93 periods…

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