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Mugabe's 'deep sorrow and shock' at death of 'brother' Mwanawasa (The Earth Times Online Newspaper)

Thu, 21 Aug 2008 14:55:45 GMT

Harare - Zimbabwe's President Robert Mugabe expressed deep sorrow and shock at the death of his Zambian counterpart and outspoken critic Levy Mwanawasa, calling him a brother and colleague in a statement sent to the Zambian capital Lusaka on Thur...

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Zambia mourns president as funeral is set for Monday …. (Zambian Chronicle)

Thu, 21 Aug 2008 13:41:30 GMT

Choose Your Language Of Preference Below French Version German Version Russian Version Spanish Version Portuguese Version Chinese Version Arabic Version By LEWIS MWANANGOMBE LUSAKA, Zambia (AP) — Zambians wept on the streets of the capital, Parliament suspended its session and even a doctors’ strike was called off as the southern African nation mourned its president Wednesday.The Zambian flag...

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Zambia mourns president; funeral set for Monday (OTB News)

Thu, 21 Aug 2008 06:01:18 GMT

LUSAKA, Zambia (AP) — Zambians wept on the streets of the capital, Parliament suspended its session and even a doctors’ strike was called off as the southern African nation mourned its president Wednesday….

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Mwanawasa's body to arrive back in Zambia on Sunday (The Earth Times Online Newspaper)

Wed, 20 Aug 2008 19:00:11 GMT

Lusaka - The body of late president Levy Mwanawasa will arrive back in Zambia on Sunday, the secretary to the cabinet Dr Joshua Kanganja announced in a statement Wednesday. The state funeral will be held at Lusaka show grounds, Kanganja said, and urg...

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Zambian VP takes charge, will call fresh polls (Reuters)

Wed, 20 Aug 2008 17:19:49 GMT

LUSAKA (Reuters) - Zambian Vice President Rupiah Banda, a prominent businessman, has taken over as head of government after the death of President Levy Mwanawasa and will call early elections, officials said on Wednesday.

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Vice President Rupiah Banda has taken over as head of government …. (Zambian Chronicle)

Wed, 20 Aug 2008 15:38:42 GMT

Choose Your Language Of Preference Below French Version German Version Russian Version Spanish Version Portuguese Version Chinese Version Arabic Version By Shapi Shacinda LUSAKA (Reuters) - Zambia’s Vice President Rupiah Banda has taken over as head of government after the death of President Levy Mwanawasa until early elections are held, officials said on Wednesday. Mwanawasa, 59, died in a...

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Tributes still pouring in for Mwanawasa; cabinet discusses funeral (The Earth Times Online Newspaper)

Wed, 20 Aug 2008 14:01:11 GMT

Lusaka - Zambia's cabinet met Wednesday to make arrangements for President Levy Mwanawasa's state funeral as tributes continued to pour in for the man referred to by some in Zambia as the people's president. Mwanawasa, 59, who was renowned for his a...

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Mwanawasa is No More (All Africa)

Wed, 20 Aug 2008 12:50:24 GMT

A wave of shock swept through Lusaka, Zambia, yesterday as the news of the death of President Levy Mwanawasa broke.

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Zambia Officially Starts Mourning President Mwanawasa (Daniel Molokele)

Wed, 20 Aug 2008 11:47:00 GMT

Lusaka - Zambia's Parliament suspended its session, sporting events were cancelled, even a doctors' strike was called off as the nation mourned its president. Zambians wept on the streets of the capital as they received news of President Levy Mwanawasa 's death on Tuesday in the French military hospital where he had been treated since having a stroke in June. It was not yet clear when Mwanawasa's...

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Zambia, second highest with cervical cancer in the world (Afriquenligne)

Wed, 20 Aug 2008 11:42:09 GMT

Lusaka, Zambia - Zambia has the second highest cases of cervical cancer in the world after Tanzania, Minister of Health, Brian Chituwo, disclosed. Chituwo said global statistics indicated that African women experienced an excess burden of cervical cancer as compared to their counterparts in the western world.

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Zambian papers pay tribute to President Mwanawasa (Afriquenligne)

Wed, 20 Aug 2008 08:41:30 GMT

Lusaka, Zambia - Zambian newspapers Wednesday highlighted the death of President Levy Mwanawasa on Tuesday in Paris, France, after a severe stroke he suffered on 29 June. "Farewell, Levy, farewell," the leading independent newspaper, The Post, wrote in a front page headline, in addition to publishing pictures of women from the ruling Movement for Multiparty Democracy (MMD), who were weeping...

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Southern Africa: Mwanawasa`s Death a Blow to the Region (Palapye.com News Blog)

Wed, 20 Aug 2008 05:23:07 GMT

source: allAfrica UN Integrated Regional Information Networks 19 August 2008 Posted to the web 20 August 2008 Lusaka Zambian President Levy Mwanawasa’s death has dealt a double blow to Southern Africa, not only generating fears of possible political instability in Zambia but also concern about the impact on the process of finding a solution in Zimbabwe, according to analysts. Under the [...]...

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President Mwanawasa's death great loss to Zambia, whole Africa (People Daily)

Wed, 20 Aug 2008 03:32:53 GMT

Zambian first president Kenneth Kaunda described the death of President Levy Mwanawasa as a great loss to Zambia and Africa. Speaking at a press briefing at his office in Lusaka Tuesday, Kaunda said Mwanawasa provided impeccable and exemplary leadership to Zambia and Africa as a whole. Kaunda said Mwanawasa exhibited the essential tenets of good governance through his relentless advocacy for...

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Zambian doctors call off strike after death of President (People Daily)

Wed, 20 Aug 2008 03:32:53 GMT

Junior doctors and pharmacists of the University Teaching Hospital (UTH) in Lusaka called off their strike Tuesday following the death of President Levy Mwanawasa on the same day. They said that it will be inhuman if they continue the strike after the death of the president. The pharmacists Monday joined the strike by junior doctors who started their strike last Wednesday to press for improved...

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Zambian president dies (New Zealand Herald )

newsfeeds@nzherald.co.nz — Tue, 19 Aug 2008 21:59:28 GMT

LUSAKA, Zambia - Zambian President Levy Mwanawasa, who broke the African tradition of silence and solidarity among leaders to denounce neighbouring Zimbabwe's economic ruin, has died in a French military hospital. He was 59. Mwanawasa...

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EXTRA: Kaunda mourns death of Zambian president (The Earth Times Online Newspaper)

Tue, 19 Aug 2008 21:25:15 GMT

Lusaka - Zambia's founding father Kenneth Kaunda Zambia on Tuesday mourned the death of the nation's popular President Levy Mwanawasa, who died Tuesday at the age of 59 in a Paris hospital where he had been receiving treatment following a stroke earl...

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The African Thinking (Slog)

Tue, 19 Aug 2008 19:08:44 GMT

Reading this report made my eyebrows go up : LUSAKA, Zambia Zambian President Levy Mwanawasa, who broke the African tradition of silence and solidarity among leaders to denounce neighboring Zimbabwe's economic ruin, died in a French military hospital Tuesday. He was 59. Mwanawasa had suffered a stroke and collapsed at an African Union summit in Egypt in June, which cost Zimbabweans the voice...

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Mugabe critic Mwanawasa of Zambia dies after stroke - Summary (The Earth Times Online Newspaper)

Tue, 19 Aug 2008 17:57:49 GMT

Johannesburg/Lusaka - World leaders on Tuesday eulogized Zambia's popular President Levy Mwanawasa, who died Tuesday at the age of 59 in a Paris hospital where he had been receiving treatment following a stroke earlier this year. His death, was annou...

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President Levy P Mwanawasa, SC dies at 59 …. (Zambian Chronicle)

Tue, 19 Aug 2008 17:43:49 GMT

Choose Your Language Of Preference Below French Version German Version Russian Version Spanish Version Portuguese Version Chinese Version Arabic Version LUSAKA, Zambia (AP) — Zambian President Levy Mwanawasa, whose criticism of the political and economic crisis of neighboring Zimbabwe helped break the traditional silence of African leaders toward one of their own, died Tuesday in France. He...

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Zambian president dies in Paris (Big News Network.com)

Tue, 19 Aug 2008 16:00:49 GMT

Lusaka, Aug 19 (Xinhua) Zambian President Levy Mwanawasa has died in the Percy Military Hospital in Paris after being hospitalised there for more than a month, Vice President Rupiah Banda said Tuesday.

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