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Zimbabwe President: Gay Marriage Will Lead To Human 'Extinction'

2012-05-24T16:27:00Z

HARARE, Zimbabwe -- Zimbabwe's president said Thursday that homosexuality doesn't belong in Zimbabwe and it violates women's rights by denying the uni...

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65 Miners Trapped

2012-05-22T08:40:19Z

HARARE, Zimbabwe -- Sixty-five miners are awaiting rescue underground at a platinum mine on Tuesday after conveyor equipment collapsed in southern Zim...

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Zimbabwe Denies Claims Of Violence Against Gays

2012-05-21T10:17:59Z

HARARE, Zimbabwe — Zimbabwe's justice minister rejected allegations that the country has state sponsored violence and he vowed not to recognize ...

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Antoinette Sayeh: Africa and the Great Recession: Changing Times

2012-05-15T17:00:56Z

In previous global downturns, sub-Saharan Africa has usually been badly affected -- but not this time around. But in sub-Saharan Africa, growth for the region as a whole has remained reasonably strong.

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Elly Pradervand: Series on Women Changing the World: Betty Makoni, Zimbabwe

2012-04-30T17:03:08Z

Betty was six-years-old when a local shopkeeper raped her. Silenced by her mother, she didn't dare to speak out about the night she was locked in a dark room and held at knifepoint.

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Laurence Watts: PHOTOS: 10 Breathtaking Sights You'll Miss If You Boycott Anti-Gay Countries

2012-04-18T09:33:00Z

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Crimes Against Humanity--And Fashion: World's Worst-Dressed Dictators

2012-04-02T11:09:03Z

Crushing entire nations can leave little time for wardrobe decisions.

From Adolf Hitler to Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, dictators past and present have on...

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Bus Crash In Zimbabwe Kills At Least 18

2012-03-26T12:38:56Z

HARARE, Zimbabwe -- State radio says 18 people died and another 28 were seriously injured after a bus plunged from a mountain road in eastern Zimbabwe...

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Was Donald Trump's Sons Hunting Trip Legal?

2012-03-23T15:05:21Z

HARARE, Zimbabwe -- Zimbabwean conservationists said Friday they are investigating the legality of a hunting spree in the country by the heirs to U.S....

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Randall: It's Quite Simple: Unfollow Trump Jr. on Twitter & 'Fire' Sons From the Show

2012-03-15T05:38:22Z

Donald Trump has to deal with his beyond privileged sons, Eric and Donald Jr. Sponsors are starting to pull themselves from Celebrity Apprentice, and why not? As long as these two "sporty" hunters, continue to co-host the program with "daddy," there's no reason to support the show as long as Don Jr. refuses to apologize and drop his "holier than thou," 1983 elitist attitude.

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Man Arrested For Balloon Comment

2012-02-29T05:59:18Z

HARARE, Zimbabwe (AP) — A lawyers group says police arrested a carpenter who questioned whether Zimbabwe's president still had the strength to blow ...

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Prostitute Electrocuted While Drying Client's Clothes

2012-02-27T14:41:12Z

A sex worker in Zimbabwe electrocuted herself while drying her client's garments on a clothesline -- and now her family wants the client to pay up.

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Zimbabwe President On Gay Marriages: 'To Hell With You'

2012-02-25T12:32:00Z

HARARE, Zimbabwe -- Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe wound up a week of celebrations marking his 88th birthday with a lavish gathering Saturday, whe...

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Mugabe: 'I Have Beaten Christ'

2012-02-21T12:00:00Z

HARARE, Feb 21 (Reuters) - Zimbabwe's President Robert Mugabe turned 88 on Tuesday, joking about reports circulating for years of his imminent demis...

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Another Reason Not To Take Your Tampons For Granted

2012-02-16T15:08:52Z

Sixteen-year-old Tinashe Magaya's parents struggle to feed their offspring and for things like sanitary pads and tampons are luxuries she can not dare...

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4 Accused Of Eating Endangered Zimbabwe Tortoises

2012-02-16T10:12:28Z

HARARE, Zimbabwe (AP) — Four Chinese nationals have been arrested on cruelty charges after they cut up and ate rare tortoises, an animal protection ...

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Jason Apuzzo: The Most Provocative Filmmaker in the World: A Conversation With Mads Brügger on The Ambassador

2012-02-10T09:33:34Z

He's punk'd both the North Korean communist government and in his new film, the Central African Republic and its corrupt diplomatic culture. Mads Brügger is one of Europe's funniest and most controversial filmmakers, although most Americans haven't heard of him -- yet.

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Themba Mzingwane: Hope Despite Hopelessness: A Zimbabwean in South Africa

2012-02-02T17:18:36Z

I am a Zimbabwean living and working in South Africa, having recently become a legal immigrant after years of dodging police and living in constant fear of deportation.

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LOOK: Is This Giant Crocodile Real?

2012-01-29T12:30:52Z

It didn't take long Thursday for a picture of a seemingly dinosaur-sized crocodile posted on Reddit to trickle out over the Internet -- or for users t...

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More Than 660 People Treated For Typhoid In Zimbabwe

2012-01-24T11:39:31Z

HARARE, Zimbabwe -- Authorities say more than 660 people have been treated for typhoid in Zimbabwe's capital but that the outbreak of the bacterial di...

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Zimbabwe Minister Denies Poaching Involvement

2012-01-12T10:01:43Z

HARARE, Zimbabwe (AP) — A minister in Zimbabwe's shaky coalition government says he is "astonished" by police claims that his vehicle was used by rh...

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Zimbabwe Halts Used Underwear

2012-01-10T09:28:52Z

Zimbabwe may have an 80% unemployment rate, but one thing the country absolutely won't stand for is its impoverished citizens wearing used undergarmen...

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Zimbabwe Police Stop Anglican Prayer Retreat

2012-01-03T07:31:56Z

HARARE, Zimbabwe — Zimbabwean police stopped a retreat of 80 clergy over claims that their prayer gathering was not given police clearance under...

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Christine Negroni: At Christmas, Can We Carve A Better World?

2011-12-25T08:00:00Z

Sculptures I saw in Zimbabwe reminded me that mountains can be moved. The challenge is not the rock, but the paralysis that comes from of doubting it can be carved.

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Zimbabwean MP Jailed For Calling Robert Mugabe Gay

2011-12-20T17:56:00Z

Lillian Kirenyi, a member of Zimbabwe's parliament, has been arrested for allegedly calling President Robert Mugabe gay.

As the Daily Nation is re...

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