Zimbabwe continues to be a headache for Britain. President Robert Mugabe has announced that the country will be holding elections next year, a move that could be endorsed by his Zimbabwe African National Union Patriotic Front this weekend, but Britain seems at odds as to what to do about the elections.
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African Consolidated Resources chief executive Andrew Cranswick has been described as a cowboy capitalist who took advantage of inside knowledge about the diamonds in Marange to peg claims that have now been wrested from him by the government.
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African Consolidated Resources chief executive Andrew Cranswick was declared bankrupt by an Australian court on 27 October this year. He had been taken to court by the Australian Tax Office which said he owed A$1 117 716.33 is taxes dating back to 2005. Here is the judgment in full.
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An Australian Judge Neil McKerracher ruled on 18 August 2010 that the Australian Tax Office could go ahead with its bankruptcy case against African Consolidated Resources chief executive Andrew Cranswick because it had done everything to serve him with court papers after he had absconded from Australia. The tax office said Cranswick owed it more than A$1 million. The court was told that Cranswick left Australia on 9 June 2009 promising to return on 22 June but has never returned to that country. Here is the judgment in full.
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The United States advised Movement for Democratic Change leader Morgan Tsvangirai way back in November 2000 not to resort to mass action to remove President Robert Mugabe, but urged him instead to engage in dialogue with moderates in the Zimbabwe African National Union- Patriotic Front, “even if privately”.
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Diplomatic life must be very exciting. United States ambassador to Zimbabwe Charles Ray in his weekly summary of events on Zimbabwe in November last year reported that his arrival had been delayed because of an accident involving an Air Zimbabwe flight to Bulawayo. The aircraft struck a group of five warthogs and veered off the runway, destroying some of the runway lights. But what was more interesting about the cable is that Ray appeared to be worried that the government did not comment on the fate of the warthogs.
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