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Please don’t tell me my hero has feet of clay

25.09.09
I am in mourning for one of my favourite Sixties pop songs, California Dreamin’, by The Mamas and the Papas ... more

Choose a Speaker on merit, not politics

22.06.09
The election of a new Commons Speaker today is meant to be the chance for MPs to redeem themselves after the expenses debacle and to choose someone more competent than its last holder, Michael Martin... more

Morgan Tsvangirai: Crash was accident

09.03.09
Zimbabwean Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai says that a car crash which injured him and killed his wife was an accident... more

At least 200 dead as army moves into illegal mines

27.02.09
A brutal government crackdown on diamond hunters in Zimbabwe involving soldiers and police has led to more than 200 deaths in recent weeks... more

Tour of Zimbabwe in doubt

17.02.09
Cricket: New Zealand Prime Minister John Key may stop his country's cricket team from touring Zimbabwe... more

Tsvangirai takes oath as PM with his sworn enemy

11.02.09
Zimbabwe's opposition leader was sworn in as prime minister in a "unity" government with president Robert Mugabe... more

Cholera cases in Zimbabwe climb to 60,000

30.01.09
More than 60,000 people in Zimbabwe have been infected with cholera as the epidemic continues to spread... more

I'm ashamed of my nation's failure over Zimbabwe, says Tutu

24.12.08
Archbishop Desmond Tutu has accused South Africa of failing to stand up to Robert Mugabe as Zimbabwe spiralled deeper into crisis... more

Mugabe has completely lost his sense of reality, says US

22.12.08
A new round of international pressure was growing on Zimbabwe after a senior US envoy warned the country's stalled power-sharing deal will not work as long as Robert Mugabe remains president... more

Miliband: Mugabe's misrule is a disease

16.12.08
Robert Mugabe was accused of "misrule and corruption" by Britain's Foreign Secretary as Zimbabwe's cholera crisis worsened... more

Red alert as cholera crisis spreads to Zimbabwe's neighbours

09.12.08
Zimbabwe's neighbouring countries are on red alert as the cholera epidemic continued its devastating rampage across their borders... more

Unpaid soldiers will be Mugabe's final undoing

08.12.08
Anyone who cares about Zimbabwe and Africa may applaud Archbishop John Sentamu's call for the removal of Robert Mugabe from power, but his voice is more like one crying in the wilderness rather than a call to practical action. ... more

Britain must help us out of this crisis, says Mugabe

05.12.08
Robert Mugabe's regime in Zimbabwe has appealed for Britain's help in dealing with the cholera epidemic that has infected thousands of people... more

Now Zimbabwe is in the grip of cholera outbreak

26.11.08
A cholera epidemic could cripple Zimbabwe even further after the collapse of the country's health system, the UN warned... more

Zimbabweans edge closer to starvation as leaders argue

10.11.08
Fears are growing that hundreds of thousands of people could starve to death if Zimbabwe's political deadlock is not swiftly resolved... more

Stanford's a clown and his circus is going to kill cricket

29.10.08
Kevin Pietersen's verdict on Twenty20 is "silly shots for a silly game" and he's surely right, though if he trousers $1million for Saturday night's work, he will at least have seen some serious financial reward for prostituting his skills... more

Travelling in turbulent times

12.09.08
The collapse of travel company XL Group, the third-largest package operator in the country, is another gloomy indicator of the state of the economy... more

Beijing bans Mugabe

05.08.08
Robert Mugabe has been refused entry to China to attend the opening ceremony of the Olympics... more

Brad and Angelina's rainbow family may seem idyllic, but can the children REALLY be happy?

16.07.08
As the birth of Brad and Angelina's baby twins attracts a £10m bidding war, AMANDA PLATELL wonders what lies ahead for the couple and their rainbow brood. ... more

German printer quits Zimbabwe

07.07.08
Giesecke & Devrient has pulled its banknotes contract with the Mugabe regime in Harare... more

German printer quits Zimbabwe

07.07.08
Giesecke & Devrient has pulled its banknotes contract with the Mugabe regime in Harare... more

Murray will be cut down to size now Nadal is a green giant

02.07.08
Mystic Mellor's money went on Rafael Nadal before the tournament began and I'm happy it's there despite this afternoon's showdown with Andy Murray... more

Oyster firm dropped over Zimbabwe link

02.07.08
The company which makes Oyster cards has had its contract terminated after it was revealed to have links with Zimbabwe... more

Tesco 'slave labour' row

26.06.08
Tesco is accused of exploiting workers who are paid an average 16p an hour... more

Please don't be a coward, Mr Mandela: speak out now

25.06.08
On Friday evening, a warm glow of self-satisfaction will spread through Hyde Park as tens of thousands join Nelson Mandela in celebrating his 90th birthday... more

Top cricket bosses set to throwout Zimbabwe

24.06.08
The nightmare prospect of Zimbabwe playing cricket in England next summer receded with the sport's governing body finally agreeing to consider a suspension of relations with a country ever more brutally ruled by Robert Mugabe... more

Robert Mugabe rival takes refuge

23.06.08
The leader of the main opposition party in Zimbabwe took refuge in the Dutch embassy in Harare amid increasing fears for his life... more

Gangster gets his second wind

21.02.08
The Resistable Rise of Arturo Ui is a tale of two halves. Overburdened before the interval, it picks up exponentially in the second half.... more

Sly men and monsters

19.02.08
As the film version of the hit books The No.1 Ladies Detective Agency prepares to hit the screens, we chat to Zimbabwean actor Lucia Msamati.... more

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