Members of the Zimbabwe National Army take up positions following the arrival of President Robert Mugabe, for the presentation of the mid term monetary review in Harare, Wednesday, July, 14, 2010. Zimbabwe's president said Tuesday his nation will sell its massive reserves of diamonds despite not receiving authorization from the world's diamond control body. The Kimberley Process diamond certification scheme has not authorized international sales amid allegations of killings, human rights violations and corruption in the massive diamond fields discovered in eastern Zimbabwe in 2006.
A woman picks tomatoes at a market in Harare June 17, 2010. Zimbabwe's inflation quickened to 6.1 percent year-on-year in May compared with 4.8 percent in April, the Central Statistical Office (CSO) said on Tuesday.
A plane is seen close to the site where plumes of smoke rise from burning tires during a plane crash drill at Harare International airport in Harare, Thursday, Aug. 5, 2010. The mock exercise created panic in the media and among residents of Harare as people began seeking information on what caused the crash.Zimbabwe officials now say that a report of plane accident at Harare's airport was false and only part of a training drill.
Plumes of smoke rise from burning tires during a plane crash drill at Harare International airport in Harare, Thursday, Aug. 5, 2010. The mock exercise created panic in the media and among residents of Harare as people began seeking information on what caused the crash. Zimbabwe officials now say that a report of plane accident at Harare's airport was false and only part of a training drill.
Plumes of smoke rise from burning tires during a plane crash drill at Harare International airport in Harare, Thursday, Aug. 5, 2010. The mock exercise created panic in the media and among residents of Harare as people began seeking information on what caused the crash. Zimbabwe officials now say that a report of plane accident at Harare's airport was false and only part of a training drill.
Smoke coming from the Zimbabwe's Harare International Airport is seen on August 5, 2010 which officials initially claimed was an accident involving a plane from London. Zimbabwe's civil aviation chief said he lied to international media about a plane crash at Harare's airport Thursday so that emergency response teams would believe the accident was real.
Zimbabwe's Finance Minister Tendai Biti holds the 2010 Mid-Term Annual Budget as he arrives at the Parliament Building in Harare July 14, 2010. Zimbabwe now sees lower economic growth of 5.4 percent in 2010, Biti said on Wednesday, echoing a revised forecast given by President Robert Mugabethe day before from initial forecasts of 7.7 percent.
President Robert Mugabe, inspects the guard of honour during the opening ceremony of the Parliament in Harare, Tuesday, July, 13, 2010. The session was officially opened by President Robert Mugabe, who announced that Zimbabwe would go ahead to sell the diamonds it is currently mining, despite not having received the all-clear from the world diamond control body.
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