After weeks of fruitless talks, opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai said fresh elections may be needed to break a deadlock in power-sharing negotiations to form a new cabinet.
Attending, or not attending, the opening ceremony of the Olympic Games is a strong political statement. While Merkel and Brown opted not to make the trip, can we speak of a boycott? And what will it mean after the Games? (Part 2)
Attending, or not attending, the opening ceremony of the Olympic Games is a strong political statement. While Angela Merkel and Gordon Brown opted not to make the trip, can we speak of a boycott? And what will it mean after the Games?
British-Dutch oil giant Shell is considering pulling out of Zimbabwe, British paper The Observer has revealed. If it does so, it would be the first multinational company to boycott the country in protest over the regime's violations of democracy.
Former French prime minister Jean-Pierre Raffarin meets high-level Chinese government figures to ameliorate the strained ties between their nations. Chinese groups boycotted French retailer Carrefour. R. Parsons comments.
In China, Western sympathy for Tibet is provoking a storm of indignation and anti-Western protests. But with the Olympics just months away, can Chinese authorities afford to let the anti-Western mood get out of control?
