Zimbabwe’s High Court on Tuesday upheld the release of a top opposition politician on bail, but the state attorney vowed to take the case all the way to the Supreme Court.
Attorney: Despite ruling, release unlikely for Mugabe opponent
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Colombian spy agency no longer to control wiretaps
Colombia’s domestic intelligence agency, which is embroiled in an illegal wiretap investigation, no longer will be directly in charge of electronic interceptions, President Alvaro Uribe said Thursday.
Bombing kills 4 coalition members in Afghanistan
Four coalition members were killed Tuesday in southern Afghanistan when their vehicle hit an improvised bomb, the U.S. military said. High Court judge Tedious Karwi said Tuesday that granting the $2,000 bail was “in the interest of justice.” “In my view it is impossible that he will interfere with state witnesses as the key witness is in custody and investigations must have been concluded by now,” Karwi said
Jailed politician refuses Zimbabwe amnesty deal
Officials in Zimbabwe President Robert Mugabe’s ruling party have offered to release imprisoned opposition leaders in exchange for a promise of amnesty covering the party’s nearly 30-year rule, one jailed politician’s wife said Wednesday.
Japanese finance minister denies being drunk
Japan’s main opposition party will introduce a motion Tuesday to censure that country’s finance minister after he appeared to be intoxicated at a weekend news conference at the G-7 meeting in Rome, the Kyodo News agency reported.
Top Iranian reformer to challenge Ahmadinejad, reports say
Ending weeks of speculation, former Iranian President Mohammad Khatami announced Sunday that he will run against the hardline incumbent, President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, according to Iranian media reports. “I declare that I will stand for the next elections,” Khatami told reporters on Sunday, according to Iran’s state-run news agency, IRNA.