http://www.zimbabwemetro.com “If We Didn’t Tell You, Who Would? Wait, Don’t Answer That…” Fri, 10 Feb 2012 05:21:57 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v= http://www.zimbabwemetro.com/32845/saudi-man-faces-death-for-having-little-faith/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=saudi-man-faces-death-for-having-little-faith http://www.zimbabwemetro.com/32845/saudi-man-faces-death-for-having-little-faith/#comments Fri, 10 Feb 2012 04:06:54 +0000 Donell McGriff http://www.zimbabwemetro.com/?p=32845 RIYADH, Saudi Arabia -- A 23-year-old Saudi columnist has fled the country, his associates said Wednesday, after he tweeted on popular micro-blogging website Twitter expressing his doubts on religion, something that led prominent Saudi clerics and thousands of their followers to use Twitter, YouTube, email and fax to demand his execution.]]> http://www.zimbabwemetro.com/32845/saudi-man-faces-death-for-having-little-faith/feed/ 2 http://www.zimbabwemetro.com/32821/maldives-in-chaos-as-army-and-police-clash/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=maldives-in-chaos-as-army-and-police-clash http://www.zimbabwemetro.com/32821/maldives-in-chaos-as-army-and-police-clash/#comments Wed, 08 Feb 2012 22:19:21 +0000 Donell McGriff http://www.zimbabwemetro.com/?p=32821 Zimmetro -- Maldives army and police have taken control of the government on Tuesday following protests, AFP reported. The island nation south of India is one of the five Asian microstates (alongside Singapore, Brunei, Hong Kong and Macau), formed by a double chain of twenty-six atolls, and is well-known for its beach resorts and honeymoon tourism.]]> http://www.zimbabwemetro.com/32821/maldives-in-chaos-as-army-and-police-clash/feed/ 0 http://www.zimbabwemetro.com/32809/iran-bans-the-simpsons/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=iran-bans-the-simpsons http://www.zimbabwemetro.com/32809/iran-bans-the-simpsons/#comments Wed, 08 Feb 2012 03:56:03 +0000 Donell McGriff http://www.zimbabwemetro.com/?p=32809 Zimmetro -- The Simpsons is an American animated cartoon series, a satirical parody of a middle class American family consisting of Homer, Marge, Bart, Lisa and Maggie Simpsons. Since its debut on 1989, the show has broadcast 498 episodes and the twenty-third season, becoming the longest-running American animated program. The show is set in the fictional town of Springfield and parodies American culture, society, television and many aspects of the human condition.]]> http://www.zimbabwemetro.com/32809/iran-bans-the-simpsons/feed/ 1 http://www.zimbabwemetro.com/32790/myanmar-to-singapore-help-us-become-a-rich-country-again/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=myanmar-to-singapore-help-us-become-a-rich-country-again http://www.zimbabwemetro.com/32790/myanmar-to-singapore-help-us-become-a-rich-country-again/#comments Mon, 06 Feb 2012 22:07:00 +0000 Donell McGriff http://www.zimbabwemetro.com/?p=32790 Zimmetro -- In the 1940-1950s, Myanmar was the wealthiest nation in Southeast Asia, a country who was on its way to become the second developed nation in Asia after Japan. By 1950, Myanmar was the first Asian economic tiger, whose economy was on fast-track development. At the end of 1960 Myanmar had built up the largest pool of qualified, educated workforce in Southeast Asia.]]> http://www.zimbabwemetro.com/32790/myanmar-to-singapore-help-us-become-a-rich-country-again/feed/ 0 http://www.zimbabwemetro.com/32779/malema-finished/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=malema-finished http://www.zimbabwemetro.com/32779/malema-finished/#comments Mon, 06 Feb 2012 15:08:28 +0000 Sakhile Malaba http://www.zimbabwemetro.com/?p=32779 JOHANNESBURG -- Not long ago he was the golden boy of Polokwane. On Saturday, ANC Youth League supporters urinated on a Julius Malema T-shirt and set it alight.]]> http://www.zimbabwemetro.com/32779/malema-finished/feed/ 1 http://www.zimbabwemetro.com/32717/u-s-congresswomen-no-ladies-toilet-in-saudi-govt-building/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=u-s-congresswomen-no-ladies-toilet-in-saudi-govt-building http://www.zimbabwemetro.com/32717/u-s-congresswomen-no-ladies-toilet-in-saudi-govt-building/#comments Fri, 03 Feb 2012 01:09:32 +0000 Donell McGriff http://www.zimbabwemetro.com/?p=32717 RIYADH, Saudi Arabia -- A U.S. Congressional delegation on a fact-finding trip to Saudi Arabia discovered one hard fact - the Saudi ministry of defense building has no women's toilet. Nine members of US Congress including four women, headed by Rep. Peter Welch, traveled to talk with Saudi government officials about how the region assesses the threat of a nuclear Iran. When the lawmakers asked to use the bathroom after a lengthy visit to the Saudi Defense Ministry, they ran into an unexpected challenge: no women's restroom.]]> http://www.zimbabwemetro.com/32717/u-s-congresswomen-no-ladies-toilet-in-saudi-govt-building/feed/ 0 http://www.zimbabwemetro.com/32676/malaysia-born-american-accused-of-stealing-tech-secrets-for-china/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=malaysia-born-american-accused-of-stealing-tech-secrets-for-china http://www.zimbabwemetro.com/32676/malaysia-born-american-accused-of-stealing-tech-secrets-for-china/#comments Thu, 02 Feb 2012 13:00:16 +0000 Donell McGriff http://www.zimbabwemetro.com/?p=32676 Zimmetro -- One of the few remaining industries China fails to dominate in the world, is chemicals. The chemical industry is central to the modern world economy, as it converts raw materials (oil, natural gas, air, water, metals, and minerals) into more than 70,000 different products. Chemicals have a nearly $3 trillion global market, and of the 20 biggest chemical corporations in the world, 18 of them are either Europeans, Americans or Japanese.]]> http://www.zimbabwemetro.com/32676/malaysia-born-american-accused-of-stealing-tech-secrets-for-china/feed/ 1 http://www.zimbabwemetro.com/32652/libya-fights-again-town-fallen-to-gaddafis-loyalists/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=libya-fights-again-town-fallen-to-gaddafis-loyalists http://www.zimbabwemetro.com/32652/libya-fights-again-town-fallen-to-gaddafis-loyalists/#comments Wed, 01 Feb 2012 15:28:32 +0000 Metro Staff Writer http://www.zimbabwemetro.com/?p=32652 Zimmetro -- Fighters loyal to Muammar Gaddafi have seized back the town of Bani Walid and raised the late dictator's green flag, in a blow to Libya's struggling provisional government, the first major offensive launched by his loyalists since the "liberation" of Libya on October 23. The town, where militias loyal to the ruling National Transitional Council (NTC) were driven out in a gun battle earlier, said they have revolted and appointed their own government and rejected any interference from the authorities in the capital Tripoli. ]]> http://www.zimbabwemetro.com/32652/libya-fights-again-town-fallen-to-gaddafis-loyalists/feed/ 0 http://www.zimbabwemetro.com/32606/iran-to-execute-programmer/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=iran-to-execute-programmer http://www.zimbabwemetro.com/32606/iran-to-execute-programmer/#comments Sun, 22 Jan 2012 13:38:52 +0000 Donell McGriff http://www.zimbabwemetro.com/?p=32606 Zimmetro -- Imagine you are a furniture retailer and one of your customers bought furniture from your shop for a brothel, unfortunately, police raid that brothel and they find the furniture used in there came from your shop. With that, you face charges of associating with prostitution and you’re sentenced to death.]]> http://www.zimbabwemetro.com/32606/iran-to-execute-programmer/feed/ 1 http://www.zimbabwemetro.com/32567/iran-bans-barbie-dolls-say-it-will-destroy-nation/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=iran-bans-barbie-dolls-say-it-will-destroy-nation http://www.zimbabwemetro.com/32567/iran-bans-barbie-dolls-say-it-will-destroy-nation/#comments Wed, 18 Jan 2012 06:12:36 +0000 Donell McGriff http://www.zimbabwemetro.com/?p=32567 TEHRAN -- While little girls in America may look forward to their first Barbie doll, in the eyes of Iran, they are devil dolls. The Iran authorities are cracking down on the sale of Barbie dolls to protect the public from what they see as pernicious western culture eroding Islamic values, and a destructive element that will ruin the Iranian nation, shopkeepers in Tehran said on Monday.]]> http://www.zimbabwemetro.com/32567/iran-bans-barbie-dolls-say-it-will-destroy-nation/feed/ 1