Durban: President Robert Mugabe, who has ruled Zimbabwe with an iron fist since its independence from Britain in 1980, is battling for his life with an undisclosed illness at a hospital in Singapore, media reports said.
The 88-year-old dictator is undergoing intensive treatment in Asia, an unnamed senior official of his ZANU-PF party was quoted as saying by 'The Zimbabwe Mail' newspaper.
Mugabe, who underwent several bouts of therapy in Asia in recent years, was flown to Singapore by a private jet on Saturday for treatment; his wife Grace and family members are at the dictator's bedside, according to the reports.
A cable from June 2008 leaked by WikiLeaks last month suggests the tyrant is battling terminal prostate cancer but there has been no official confirmation....
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03:45 PM, Apr 10, 2012
London: Cyber activists say they have brought down Zimbabwean government websites after the president's wife sued a newspaper for publishing a WikiLeaks cable linking her with illicit diamond trading. President Robert Mugabe's wife Grace is suing a private newspaper for $15 million for publishing details from US cables on WikiLeaks saying she gained "tremendous profits" from illicit diamonds. The activists, acting under the name Anonymous, said in a statement on...
12:38 PM, Dec 31, 2010
Rice said action needed to be taken over political unrest, health problems. ...
01:49 PM, Dec 22, 2008
Argument rages over who should run the country. ...
10:00 AM, Dec 21, 2008
A month-long standoff between Zimbabwe's political parties ended. ...
01:41 PM, Oct 17, 2008
Power-sharing talks ended with an agreement on Tuesday. ...
01:13 PM, Oct 16, 2008
Khulna: Marlon Samuels struck his fifth Test ton to lead a strong West Indies reply on day two of the second Test against Bangladesh here on Thursday. Samuels and Darren Bravo batted with a lot common sense to take West Indies to 241 for 2 at stumps in reply to Bangladesh's 387. Samuels (109 not out) and Bravo (85 not out) have added 198 runs so far to bring the...
10:29 AM, Jul 22, 2008
New Delhi: The BCCI Thursday switched the venues for the fourth and fifth ODIs of the five-match series between India and England to be held in January next year. As per the new schedule announced by the BCCI, Mohali's Punjab Cricket Association stadium would host the fourth ODI of the series on January 23 in place of Dharamsala. Dharamsala will make its debut as an international cricket venue three days...
08:33 AM, Jul 09, 2008
Johannesburg: Sialkot Stallions will go back home with some pride as they pipped Hampshire by six wickets in their inconsequential Pool 1 qualifying match of the Champions League Twenty20 tournament here on Thursday. It was a dead rubber since both the teams have already been eliminated. Auckland Aces had qualified for the main draw from Pool 1 after defeating both Hampshire and Sialkot in the earlier matches. Stallions did a...
11:58 AM, Jul 06, 2008
Birmingham: Buttler's international best performance effectively accounted for the victory margin with the Somerset batsman hitting three sixes and two fours. The 22-year-old's deft use of the ramp shot and some powerful hitting was mainly responsible for South Africa left-arm quick Wayne Parnell conceding 32 runs in the ninth over -- the second most expensive in Twenty20 internationals. Broad, who holds the unwanted record after being smashed for six sixes...
12:37 AM, Jun 26, 2008
As expected, India thrashed New Zealand 2-0 in the Tests and while the victory in Bangalore wasn't as convincing as one would have liked, the team drew a lot of positives from the series. Though the form of veterans like Sachin Tendulkar, Virender Sehwag, Gautam Gambhir and Zaheer Khan is a worrying factor, youngsters like Cheteshwar Pujara, Virat Kohli, R Ashwin and Pragyan Ojha made a strong impression. This series...
08:42 AM, Jun 23, 2008
Mumbai: Cheteshwar Pujara, whose international career was derailed after a knee injury sidelined him during the 2011 IPL, has been recalled to the Indian squad for the two Tests against New Zealand starting August 23. Pujara is one of several changes to the Test squad that was beaten 4-0 in Australia earlier this year, with Suresh Raina and Piyush Chawla being recalled in a 16-man squad. VVS Laxman has been...
09:42 AM, Jun 15, 2008
Melbourne: Former India coach Greg Chappell has strongly advocated the use of the Decision Review System (DRS) in all bilateral Test series, saying technology helps in reducing mistakes. The issue of absence of DRS hotted up after Mike Hussey and Ed Cowan were controversially dismissed on the opening day of the first Test between India and Australia on Monday. The BCCI is the only cricket Board which is against the...
11:08 PM, Apr 03, 2008
Melbourne: Indian captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni on Saturday said injury-prone pacers Zaheer Khan and Ishant Sharma are expected to be fit for the first Test against Australia and precautions have been taken to ensure that they don't break down in the middle of the series. We've missed Zaheer quite a few times in the past. We did give them (Zaheer and Ishant) some time off; they bowled in the practice...
01:10 AM, Apr 03, 2008
Melbourne: Former Test captain Mark Taylor feels that either Ricky Ponting or Mike Hussey must make way for young allrounder Dan Christian or recovering batsman Shaun Marsh in the top six for the Boxing Day Test against India starting on Monday. Taylor, however, does not believe that dropping one of the ageing batsmen would necessarily end his career. Chief selector John Inveriarity had indicated that Christian and Marsh are competing...
02:38 PM, Apr 02, 2008
Former India bowler Vivek Razdan says youngsters like Umesh Yadav will need guidance from senior bowlers. ...
09:42 AM, Mar 31, 2008
Canberra: Senior batsman Rahul Dravid on Thursday said that just because he is in good form only won't ensure him bagful of runs against Australia in the four-Test series starting on Boxing Day. It's nice to be in good form but that doesn't mean you will score runs. I still have to do my preparation, I'll still have to work hard and earn every single run, especially in Australia. Just ...
12:47 AM, Mar 31, 2008
Head of the Pan-African Parliament observer mission said he was sure most results were known. ...
09:55 PM, Mar 30, 2008
The ruling Zanu-PF party has endorsed President Robert Mugabe as its candidate for the 2008 election. ...
12:08 PM, Mar 31, 2007
The economic crisis in Zimbabwe is forcing families to take drastic measures to stay alive. ...
03:15 PM, Dec 20, 2006
