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Security forces accused of poaching elephants, rhinos in Zimbabwe
L.A. UnleashedHARARE, Zimbabwe â The leader of a U.N. program to protect endangered species on Thursday charged that Zimbabwean security forces are spearheading poaching of elephants and rhinos in the troubled country. At a news conference Thursday in Harare,... -
World leaders
World leaders George Habash, 82; founder of Arab nationalism and architect of infamous airline hijackings in the 1960s and 1970s (Jan. 26) Suharto, 86; former dictator of Indonesia who ruled ruthlessly for 32 years (Jan. 27) Dan Shomron, 70; former...Tags: Hinduism, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Civil Unrest, Religious Conflicts, Heads of State
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Corruption fuels hunger in Zimbabwe
Los Angeles Times Staff WriterJane Sibanda waits until the hunger claws her insides and she is so dizzy from lack of food that she can barely stand it. Then, ashamed, the 70-year-old forces herself to beg for food from other villagers, who themselves are close to starving. "I take a...Tags: Zimbabwe, United Nations, Crime, Law and Justice, Famines, Parties and Movements
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Demolishing Zimbabwe's education system teacher by teacher
From a Times Staff WriterMufakose, Zimbabwe The first to go was the English teacher. Six months later, the commerce teacher followed. The next year, 2005, the trickle turned into an exodus. By 2007, the departures from Mufakose 3 High School were like bricks in a collapsing...Tags: Inflation and Deflation, Zimbabwe, Labor Disputes, Africa, Teaching and Learning
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Zimbabwe, through South Africa
In one of his most strongly worded statements directed at the government of Zimbabwe to date, President Bush recently joined a chorus of international leaders and statesmen in calling for its monstrous president, Robert Mugabe, to step down. As he has...Tags: Zimbabwe, South Africa, Pretoria (South Africa), Foreign Aid, Africa
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In Zimbabwe, the hunters are now the hunted
The "green bomber" dropped into Club M5 the other day to get a bottle of Lion beer to go, but he wasn't fast enough. Right away he was surrounded by five members of the opposition, people he used to beat up, in a township bar where he used to be king....Tags: Wars and Interventions, Zimbabwe, Prosecution, Crime, Law and Justice, Parties and Movements
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Queuing for crumbs in a Zimbabwe bread line
Los Angeles Times Staff WriterWe have been waiting for bread for nearly two hours in a rubbish-strewn lane behind a supermarket. It is midmorning, the sun already blazing down on the 50 or so people in line, when three policemen stroll to the front. A low rumble of discontent rolls...Tags: Zimbabwe, Hospitals and Clinics, Children, Wages and Pensions, Breads
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China's charm offensive
JOSHUA KURLANTZICK is a visiting scholar at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace and author of "Charm Offensive: How China's Soft Power is Transforming the World."THE NORTH OF THAILAND remained little more than a collection of sleepy villages for decades. Today, the region resembles a burgeoning metropolis — a metropolis in China. With trade booming, it has become a way station for ships delivering Chinese...Tags: International Relations, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, Colleges and Universities, Economy, Philippines
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Mugabe seems as ensconced as ever
The two stuffed lions flanked Robert Mugabe like a couple of eczema- ridden dogs, but the Zimbabwean president seemed delighted by the effect.
"Are you afraid?" he taunted foreign journalists after his party's resounding victory in 2005 parliamentary...Tags: Zimbabwe, Local Government, Angela Merkel, Civil Rights, European Union
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What to do with Fannie and Freddie?
What's the right role and structure for Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac? How about the Federal Housing Administration? Previously, Abromowitz and Mitchell discussed John McCain’s proposal for the government to buy bad mortgages, the biggest players in...Tags: John McCain, Hugo Chavez, Cato Corporation, Barney Frank, Freddie Mac
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Mugabe: a tyrant from the start
As Zimbabwe's president, Robert Mugabe, presides over what might be the most rapid disintegration yet of a modern nation-state, it has become de rigueur for journalists, politicians and academics to offer what has become a near-universal analysis: Mugabe,...Tags: Zimbabwe, Heroism, Colleges and Universities, Idi Amin, Defense
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Mass murderers on notice
Can monsters be deterred? Or are the people who commit the most unthinkable crimes against humanity mass murder, torture, genocide so hell-bent on evil that the normal considerations of common criminals, such as fear of being caught, don't apply? If...Tags: Heart Attack, Criminal Laws, Prosecution, Lawyers, Genocide
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