Today in Zimbabwe

London - British Prime Minister Tony Blair said on Wednesday that neighbouring African countries had a responsibility to address the crisis in Zimbabwe, and suggested it could hamper his G8 goal of helping the continent.

Hammer it home, Tony.

Police yesterday urged people with automatic weapons at their homes to surrender them at the nearest police station. Harare police spokesperson Inspector Jessie Banda said the firearm licences for such weapons had been withdrawn with immediate effect.

Getting scared, Bob?

The price of petrol was hiked from 3 600 Zimbabwe dollars (R2,60) per litre to Z$10 000 (R6, 70) per litre. The cost of a litre of diesel was increased from Z$3 650 (R2,40) to Z$9 600 (R6,40).

Quite reasonable, by Zimbabwe standards.

The Herald said climate change has been artificially induced "in a bid to arm-twist the region to capitulate to the whims of the world's superpowers". It said weather was being manipulated for political gain using unspecified "unconventional" chemical weapons.

Mad Bob wants to retire and become a stand up comedian.

Plans were under way for field visits which would enable Tibaijuka's team to visit demolished neighborhoods and assess "the capacity of the government and the humanitarian community to respond (to the crisis)," it added.

Why should the government respond to a "crisis" it has created and which it considers a "solution"? Stalling for time, Ms Tibaijuka?