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5 hours and 3 minutes ago
The Earth Defense Force landed on the surface of Mars to liberate it, but instead they enslaved it
and now it's time to fight back.
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5 hours and 59 minutes ago
Connu des amateurs de FPS pour ses décors hautement destructibles, Red Faction devient un
shoot à la troisième personne dans Guerrilla, mais conserve un sérieux
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13 hours and 56 minutes ago
Connu des amateurs de FPS pour ses décors hautement destructibles, Red Faction devient un
shoot à la troisième personne dans Guerrilla, mais conserve un sérieux
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BBC News | World | UK Edition -
15 hours and 59 minutes ago
A breakaway Tamil Tiger faction which supports Sri Lanka's government agrees to end child
recruitment, the UN says.
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Guardian Unlimited -
1 days and 8 hours ago
divimg alt=""
src="http://hits.guardian.co.uk/b/ss/guardiangu-feeds/1/H.15.1/62108?ns=guardianpageName=World+news%3A+Zimbabwe+moves+to+tackle+cash+shortage+as+soldiers+riotch=World+newsc3=The+Guardianc4=Zimbabwe%2CWorld+newsc5=Not+commercially+usefulc6=Chris+McGrealc7=2008_12_04c8=1128359c9=articlec10=GUc11=World+newsc12=Zimbabwec13=c14=h2=GU%2FWorld+news%2FZimbabwe"
width="1" height="1" //divpThe Zimbabwe government has greatly increased the amount of money people
can withdraw from banks from today in an attempt to quell unrest, including riots and looting by
soldiers this week, over a cash shortage caused by hyperinflation. /ppThe central bank has raised
the withdrawal limit from the equivalent of 18p a day to about pound;33 a week following protests
in which scores of troops angry at waiting in long bank queues targeted shops in th capital,
Harare, that will only accept payment in US dollars and black market money changers dealing on the
streets. /ppThe anger among soldiers and other Zimbabweans is in part because of the difficulty of
using the national currency to buy anything but a few locally produced vegetables and bread after
the US dollar was made legal tender. /ppThe central bank is also issuing new Zimbabwe dollar
banknotes today worth Z$50m (pound;17) and Z$100m to keep pace with inflation officially put at
231,000,000 percent in July but which economists now estimate runs in to the billions./ppRiot
police yesterday arrested trade union leaders and broke up a protest over limits on cash
withdrawals. The union leaders were detained as they led a march of a few dozen people to deliver a
petition to the central bank demanding an end to the restrictions. /ppThe demonstrators carried
placards reading "No to cash limits" and "We are tired of sleeping at the banks" - many people
spend hours queuing each day just to get enough money to cover transport and a few basic
foodstuffs./ppThe police yesterday also broke up a protest by doctors and nurses trying to deliver
a petition to the health ministry in Harare objecting to the lack of medical supplies and the
closure of some large government hospitals. /ppThe collapsing health service is grappling with the
extra burden of cholera. The UN said yesterday that it had confirmed 565 deaths from cholera among
12,546 reported cases but medical charities say the real toll is at least double. /ppOne-third of
the deaths were in Harare, where water has been cut off for days because of a lack of chemicals to
treat the supply./ppThe government said it will punish troops involved in the protests but some of
Robert Mugabe's critics suspect the demonstrations may have been orchestrated to justify a further
crackdown on his opponents and possibly the introduction of a state of emergency. /ppThe former
home affairs minister Dumiso Dabengwa, who has joined a breakaway faction from Mugabe's Zanu-PF
party, told the IRIN news service that the protests may not be what they seem. /pp"I do hope the
demonstrations by the soldiers are genuine and that it is not a ruse to come up with an excuse to
crack down on the people, or even worse," he said. "You can't rule out what they [the government]
might do. They have so many problems ... such as cholera and money shortages. They want to rule a
country where they have total control over the people."/ppSuspicion is rife because the government
has sought to retain the backing of the army by ensuring that banks regularly delivered cash to the
barracks. /ppHowever, the troops still have much to be disgruntled about. The central bank is
issuing the new banknotes today as the national currency continues its interminable decline. A new
Zimbabwe dollar was launched in August after 10 zeros were wiped off the currency because banks and
shops could no longer handle the numbers./ppBut the new dollar has plummeted just as fast, falling
from about Z$10 to the pound in early August to Z$3m today for cash. Twenty-seven new currency
denominations have been introduced in Zimbabwe this year alone./ppThe government caught up with
reality by legalising the use of US dollars and other hard currency in September. Dollars and South
African rand were already in use in what amounted to underground supermarkets selling imports. Now
the transactions are legal, it is almost impossible to buy anything in Zimbabwe dollars./pdiv
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Guardian Unlimited -
1 days and 16 hours ago
divimg alt=""
src="http://hits.guardian.co.uk/b/ss/guardiangu-feeds/1/H.15.1/83656?ns=guardianpageName=World+news%3A+Zimbabwe+tackles+cash+shortage+amid+riots+and+lootingch=World+newsc3=guardian.co.ukc4=Zimbabwe%2CWorld+newsc5=Not+commercially+usefulc6=Chris+McGrealc7=2008_12_03c8=1128153c9=articlec10=GUc11=World+newsc12=Zimbabwec13=c14=h2=GU%2FWorld+news%2FZimbabwe"
width="1" height="1" //divpThe Zimbabwe government is set to greatly increase the amount of money
people can withdraw from banks from tomorrow in an attempt to quell growing unrest, including riots
and looting by soldiers this week, over a drastic cash shortage caused by hyperinflation. /ppThe
central bank has raised the withdrawal limit from the equivalent of just 18p a day to about
£33 a week following the protests in which scores of troops apparently angry at waiting in
long bank queues targeted shops in Harare that will only accept payment in US dollars and
blackmarket money changers openly dealing on the streets. /ppThe growing anger among soldiers and
other Zimbabweans is due in part to the increasing difficulty of using the national currency to buy
anything but a few locally produced vegetables and bread after the US dollar was made legal tender.
/ppThe central bank is also issuing new Zimbabwe dollar bank notes tomorrow worth Z$50m (£17)
and Z$100m to keep pace with inflation officially put at 231m% in July but which economists now
estimate runs in to the billions./ppRiot police today arrested trade union leaders and broke up a
small protest over the limits on cash withdrawals. The union leaders were detained as they led a
march of a few dozen people to deliver a petition to the central bank demanding an end to the
restrictions. /ppThe demonstrators carried placards reading "No to cash limits" and "We are tired
of sleeping at the banks" because many people spend hours queuing every day just to get enough
money to cover transport and a few basic foodstuffs./ppThe police today also broke up a protest by
doctors and nurses attempting to deliver a petition to the health ministry in Harare objecting to
the lack of medical supplies and the closure of some large government hospitals. /pp"We are forced
to work without basic health institutional needs like drugs, adequate water and sanitation, safe
clothing gear, medical equipment and basic support services," the letter said./ppThe collapsing
health service is now grappling with the additional burden of cholera. The UN said today that it
had confirmed 565 deaths from cholera among 12,546 reported cases but medical charities say the
real toll is at least double. /ppOne-third of the deaths were in the capital, Harare, where water
has been cut off for days because of a lack of chemicals to treat the supply./ppThe government said
it will punish troops involved in the protests but some of Mugabe's critics suspect the
demonstrations may have been orchestrated to justify a further crackdown on his opponents and
possibly the introduction of a state of emergency. /ppThe former home affairs minister Dumiso
Dabengwa, who has joined a breakaway faction from Mugabe's Zanu-PF party, told the IRIN news
service that the protests may not be what they seem. /pp"I do hope the demonstrations by the
soldiers are genuine, and that it is not a ruse to come up with an excuse to crack down against the
people, or even worse," he said. /pp"You can't rule out what they [the government] might do. They
have so many problems ... such as cholera and money shortages. They want to rule a country where
they have total control over the people. Anything is possible - they face so many problems that I
don't rule out any move to contain the situation."/ppSuspicion is rife because the government has
sought to retain the backing of the army by ensuring that banks regularly delivered cash to the
barracks. However, the troops still have much to be disgruntled about. /ppThe central bank is
issuing the new bank notes tomorrow as the national currency continues its interminable decline. A
new Zimbabwe dollar was launched in August after 10 zeros were wiped off the currency because banks
and shops could no longer handle the numbers./ppBut the new dollar has plummeted just as fast,
falling from about Z$10 to the pound in early August to Z$3m today for cash. Twenty-seven new
currency denominations have been introduced in Zimbabwe this year alone./ppThe rioting soldiers
told bystanders they were angry that what little money they have can be used for little more than
paying for transport and buying a few of the sparse locally produced goods. /ppThe government
caught up with reality by legalising the use of US dollars and other hard currency in September.
Dollars and South African rand were already in widespread use in what amounted to underground
supermarkets selling imports. Now the transactions are legal, it is almost impossible to buy
anything in Zimbabwe dollars. /ppThe Spar in Ballantyne Park, in northern Harare, is used by
middle-class Zimbabweans and their domestic workers. It prices almost everything in US dollars and
will accept payments only in the American currency, rand or sterling. /ppChange is given in bread
rolls because of a shortage of small foreign notes. Only locally produced vegetables, eggs and
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