Search results for ‘Zimbabwe’
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FactCheck: How does the world rank FPTP vs AV?
The claim “It’s a system so obscure that it is only used by three countries in the whole world – Australia, Fiji and Papua New Guinea. Our system in contrast is used by half the world.” Prime Minister David Cameron, speech in Sale, Manchester, April 11, 2011
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Pope John Paul II beatified before Vatican crowd
The late Pope John Paul II moves a step closer to sainthood and is officially beatified at the Vatican before a crowd of over a million people, the largest in Rome since his funeral six years ago.
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Syrian Ambassador’s wedding invitation withdrawn
The Syrian Ambassador’s invite to the Royal Wedding is withdrawn as Channel 4 News learns envoys from countries with questionable human rights records, such as North Korea and Iran, are attending.
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‘No move zone’ required to stop Gaddafi
As Colonel Gaddafi forces retake key towns in Libya, including Brega, defence analyst Anthony Tucker-Jones looks at the military options and how Libya’s leader has bounced back this week.
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Libya crisis: UN chief calls for ‘concrete action’
Ban Ki-moon, UN Secretary-General, has said it is “time for concrete action” to deal with the violence in Libya. See latest updates and video in our #c4news live blog.
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Libya: Gaddafi ‘last man standing’ vow as protests spread
Colonel Gaddafi’s son vows the Libyan regime will fight until the “last man standing”, as an engineer in Tripoli tells Channel 4 News the city is shaking.
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South African man threatened foot and mouth attack on UK
A man arrested in South Africa for threatening to release foot and mouth disease in Britain and the US was championing the cause of Zimbabwe’s white farmers.
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The world in 2011
International Editor Lindsey Hilsum looks ahead at the key events that could shape world affairs in 2011.
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Archbishop urges rich to shoulder their load in economy
The Archbishop of Canterbury has urged the wealthier people in society to shoulder their load in the economic downturn in his Christmas Day sermon.
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Haiti cholera: the importance of education
More than a week after Hurricane Tomas swept through Haiti an international aid worker tells Channel 4 News the battle against cholera remains as urgent as ever.
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Blood diamond industry still grips Africa
Channel 4 News has exclusive access to secret filming by Unreported World showing the “blood diamond” industry is still gripping Africa as troops continue to abuse Zimbabwe’s diamond panners.
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UK aid worker released in Somalia
A British aid worker who was seized by gunmen in Somalia has been released and is “safe and well”.
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Congo: The worst war in the world
International Editor Lindsey Hilsum on the grim reality of what lies behind today’s report on genocide in the Congo.
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Congo rape soldiers: we abused our power
Channel 4 News has gained access to a pioneering project in eastern Congo where soldiers who freely raped during the country’s civil war are rehabilitated.
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Rwanda: crescendo of intimidation
When a missing Rwandan politician turns up dead, his head partially severed by a machete blow, Rwandans shudder, writes Jonathan Miller