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Chevron commences LNG shipment from Angola

SAN RAMON, California - Production and shipment of liquefied natural gas (LNG) from Angola by Chevron Corporation's subsidiary Cabinda Gulf Oil Company Limited has commenced with the first consignment being sent to Brazil, the global energy giant has confirmed. Angola LNG is one of the largest energy projects on the African continent. "First gas at Angola LNG is an important milestone in ...
Zimbabwe Poll Date in Flux After Regional Body Calls for Delay

JOHANNESBURG Regional leaders have requested that Zimbabwe's government delay upcoming elections to give the troubled nation time to make sure the vote is free and fair. President Robert Mugabe set elections for July 31, saying he was complying with a ruling of the Constitutional Court. The request from the Southern African Development Community (SADC) supports the argument of Prime ...
Family Mandela is Doing Very Well

The daughter of former South African president Nelson Mandela says he is "doing very well" as he recovers in the hospital from a lung infection. Zenani Mandela-Dlamini, South Africa's ambassador to Argentina, spoke Monday to reporters gathered outside of the Pretoria hospital where her father is being treated. On Sunday, President Jacob Zuma said the 94-year-old anti-apartheid icon remains ...
Uganda Warns Meddling Envoys

Uganda's foreign minister has warned foreign envoys in the country not to interfere in the East African nation's internal affairs. Henry Okello Oryem says he has told the envoys to use regular diplomatic channels with President Yoweri Museveni's government to resolve their concerns about governance issues. "Ambassadors and other diplomatic missions come with clear terms of ...
MERS Coronavirus Kills Four More in Saudi Arabia

DUBAI Four more people have died and three more have fallen ill in Saudi Arabia from the new SARS-like coronavirus MERS-CoV, the Saudi Health Ministry said on Monday. The ministry said the four deaths were among previously registered cases. The new infections were in Eastern Province, in the capital Riyadh and in the Red Sea port city of Jeddah. Saudi Arabia has been the country ...

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Arriving nine years after the last installment in the series, American Reunion is true to its title, reuniting the entire cast of the raunchy high school comedy American Pie (1999) for the first time since, well, American Pie 2 (2001). Several cast memb ... ...

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Syria Conflict Exposes Old Rivalries at G8 Summit

LONDON World leaders gathering at the G8 Summit in Northern Ireland have been discussing how to end the Syrian conflict - and Russian President Vladimir Putin has been defending his support for Syrian leader Bashar al Assad, despite criticism from the his G8 counterparts. Intense gun battles rage in the heart of Damascus and Aleppo on the same day that G8 leaders gather in Northern ...
Top NKorea Envoy in China for Talks

North Korea's top nuclear negotiator is in Beijing for talks with Chinese officials, the latest in a series of diplomatic moves involving Pyongyang following months of ...
3 Killed in Afghan Capital Blast

The attack Tuesday comes on the day the international military coalition is holding a ceremony marking the beginning of the final phase of security transition to Afghan forces across the nation. Authorities say a lawmaker, Mohammed Mohaqiq, was the target of the blast near the Independent Human Rights Commission. The lawmaker was unhurt. The Taliban has been executing an intense campaign of ...
An end reverse for Chad

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. - A contrite Chad Johnson apologized yesterday for disrespecting a judge when the former NFL star slapped his attorney on the backside in court last week, and his immediate release from jail was ordered.Broward County Circuit Judge Kathleen McHugh accepted Johnson’s apology and cut his 30-day jail term for a probation violation to the seven days he had already served ...
Dlamini-Zuma Leave Zim to figure its elections out itself

African Union commission chair Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma, speaking at a press conference in Geneva on Monday, questioned whether it was right to second-guess Zimbabwe's courts. Zimbabwe's Constitutional Court ordered Mugabe two weeks ago to hold the poll by the end of July, but Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai has rejected his rival's declaration, saying it was too early and ...

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Zimbabwe Poll Date in Flux After Regional Body Calls for Delay

JOHANNESBURG Regional leaders have requested that Zimbabwe's government delay upcoming elections to give the troubled nation time to make sure the vote is free and fair.

President Robert Mugabe set elections for July 31, saying he was complying with a ruling of the Constitutional Court. The request from the Southern African Development Community (SADC) supports the argument of Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai, who says more time is needed for democratic reforms to be implemented under the country's new constitution.

The 15-member Southern African Development Community said it has asked Zimbabwe's government to ask the Constitutional Court to extend the poll date beyond July 31. SADC did not specify a new election date, and there has been no clear date from Zimbabwean officials.

"What summit recommended was in recognizing that there was a need to give more time," said SADC Secretary-General Tomaz Salomao, speaking at Saturday's summit in Mozambique's capital. "It was agreed that there is a need that the government of Zimbabwe engage the constitutional court to request for more time beyond the deadline of 31st of July.rdquo;

But it remains to be seen whether President Mugabe, who is well-known for his trenchant opposition to being told what to do, will heed the request. ...