Thursday, July 2, 2009

SIRTE CLOSED SESSION today.....pics...


Reporters wait out side the conference hall as they were locked out the closed session at the second day of the 13th African Union summit of heads of state and government in Sirte, Libya Thursday, July 2, 2009. African heads of state on Thursday discussed a drastic new decision against the International Criminal Court that would in practice give Sudan's president impunity from prosecution for war crimes by the ICC, a draft document at the AU summit showed.





Liberian President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf (R) meets with EU Commissioner for External Relations Benita Ferrero-Waldner on the sidelines of the 13th African Union summit of heads of state and government in Sirte, about 600 km (370 miles) east of Tripoli on July 2, 2009. African leaders at the summit struggled to overcome divisions on a proposed "African government", as Libyan leader Moamer Kadhafi pressed for a powerful new continental authority.





Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi, right and Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi attend a celebration marking the anniversary of the declaration of the "jamahiriya," or "rule of the masses", in Sirte, Libya Monday March 2, 2009. Gadhafi accepted an invitation from Italy on Monday to travel to the island of Sardinia to attend the G-8 summit in July.





Zimbabwe President Robert Mugabe, center, arrives to attend a closed session on the second day of the 13th African Union summit of heads of state and government in Sirte, Libya Thursday, July 2, 2009. African heads of state on Thursday discussed a drastic new decision against the International Criminal Court that would in practice give Sudan's president impunity from prosecution for war crimes by the ICC, a draft document at the AU summit showed.





Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi, right and Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi attend a celebration marking the anniversary of the declaration of the "jamahiriya," or "rule of the masses, in Sirte, Libya Monday March 2, 2009. Gadhafi accepted an invitation from Italy on Monday to travel to the island of Sardinia to attend the G-8 summit in July.





Libyan chairman of the Community of Sahelo-Saharan States (CEN-SAD), Madani al-Azhari (R), shakes hands with President of Chad, Idriss Deby upon their arrival to attend the second day of the 13th African Union summit of heads of state and government in Sirte, about 600 km (370 miles) east of Tripoli on July 2, 2009. African leaders at the summit struggled to overcome divisions on a proposed "African government", as Libyan leader Moamer Kadhafi pressed for a powerful new continental authority.





Zimbabwe President Robert Mugabe, right, arrives to attend a closed session on the second day of the 13th African Union summit of heads of state and government in Sirte, Libya Thursday, July 2, 2009. African heads of state on Thursday discussed a drastic new decision against the International Criminal Court that would in practice give Sudan's president impunity from prosecution for war crimes by the ICC, a draft document at the AU summit showed.





Zimbabwe President Robert Mugabe, right, arrives to attend a closed session on the second day of the 13th African Union summit of heads of state and government in Sirte, Libya Thursday, July 2, 2009.





Sudanese President Omar el-Bashir arrives to attend a closed session on the second day of the 13th African Union summit of heads of state and government in Sirte, Libya Thursday, July 2, 2009. African heads of state on Thursday discussed a drastic new decision against the International Criminal Court that would in practice give Sudan's president impunity from prosecution for war crimes by the ICC, a draft document at the AU summit showed.





Sudanese President Omar el-Bashir arrives to attend a closed session on the second day of the 13th African Union summit of heads of state and government in Sirte, Libya Thursday, July 2, 2009.





Zimbabwe's President Robert Mugabe arrives to attend the second day of the 13th African Union summit of heads of state and government in Sirte, about 600 km (370 miles) east of Tripoli on July 2, 2009. African leaders at the summit struggled to overcome divisions on a proposed "African government", as Libyan leader Moamer Kadhafi pressed for a powerful new continental authority.





Leander Paes of India (L) and Cara Black of Zimbabwe celebrate after defeating Andre Sa of Brazil and Ai Sugiyama 6-3, 6-3, in a Mixed Doubles during the 2009 Wimbledon Tennis Championships at the All England Tennis Club, in southwest London, on July 2, 2009.











Knives drawn for Makoni after launch.




HARARE – Knives are out for Simba Makoni following the launch of his Mavambo-Kusile-Dawn (MKD) party in Harare on Wednesday. Makoni’s colleagues in the original MKD movement formed in February 2008 immediately accused the former Finance Minister and Zanu-PF politburo member of trying to runaway with the party.


The original MKD movement was led by Makoni, Kudzai Mbudzi, Ibbo Mandaza, Kindness Paradza and Godfrey Chanetsa. Makoni lost the favour of his colleagues earlier this year after they accused him of swindling the organisation of money and cars meant for the operations of the party.

Responding to Makoni’s move to launch the party yesterday members of the MKD told The Zimbabwe Times through their lawyer Selby Hwacha that the launch as null and void.


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Pioneer farm invaders now live in poverty.


Farm workers are driven away from their homesteads ahead of an invasion by war veterans on a white-owned farm in Karoi, 200 km west of Harare in April, 2008.



MASVINGO – It was in February 2000 soon after the rejection of the government-sponsored draft constitution when a group of seven former freedom fighters invaded Yotham Farm, about 55 kilometres east of Masvingo city.

The invasion sparked spontaneous farm occupations across the country under the banner of redressing colonial land imbalances in Zimbabwe.

President Robert Mugabe, sensing danger following the rejection of his government’s sponsored draft constitution in a referendum, seized on the opportunity presented by the land seizures and blessed them, while glorifying the often violent process as the Third Chimurenga.

Critics cite the bitterness arising from his defeat in the referendum, Mugabe’s first since 1980, as the real reason behind the tacit approval of the invasion of white-owned commercial farms rather than any genuine to redress imbalances in colonial land-ownership patterns and push for a necessary programme of land redistribution.



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Gaddafi walks out of summit.

Sirte -Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi briefly walked out of the African Union summit on Thursday in frustration at divisions over his scheme to create a powerful continental government, diplomats said.

"They're stuck. The discussion should continue later", one delegate said as African leaders decided to take a break from the talks while their foreign ministers try to resolve differences among the 53 members.

Gaddafi, the current AU chief, came back a while later, but refused to lead the debate, the delegate added.

"The mood was tense but still polite," he added.

The African Union has already agreed to move toward greater integration, but countries like oil-rich Nigeria and much of eastern and southern Africa favour a gradual approach, while Gaddafi wants the summit to grant a new African Authority sweeping powers over defence, trade and foreign relations
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