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For a while now most news out of Zimbabwe has been bad. Gross mismanagement by President Robert Mugabe led the country to financial ruin and hyperinflation, with people using gasoline as currency because nobody wanted the government's $50 million ...

This weekend, Zimbabwe is slated to hold democratic elections to elect the new leader of the country. The defending candidate of 28 years, Robert Mugabe, is facing some fierce opposition, but many are worried about the validity and fairness of the ...

Here's another study aid that can be used to increase your geographic IQ -- a collection of winning tips from a former Bee champion. Sure, this book is written for kids ages 8-14, but if my score on the GeoBee Challenge is any indication, then I ...

As the US economy inches ever closer to a recession, it might provide a little perspective to look at what a real economic crisis looks like. Plagued by hyperinflation of over 50,000% a year, Zimbabwe's central bank recently decided to issue $10 ...

Tired of carrying around stacks of $50-million-dollar bills to pay for their groceries, Zimbabweans are turning to gasoline vouchers as substitutes for their hyperinflating currency. Because the government of Zimbabwe will not allow transactions to ...

Remember my award-winning post from way back in January about Zimbabwe's introduction of a $10 million dollar bill? (Nod "yes" and let's move on.) Anyway, that was two-and-a-half months ago, and the country's 100,000% inflation rate has already made ...

Would you give up Christmas, New Year's, and three weeks of your winter vacation to travel to a country wracked by every malady you can think of--economic collapse, political turmoil, widespread starvation, etc? Yep, I'm talking about Zimbabwe, which ...

It wasn't a wolf's huffing and puffing that led to the demise of a pig on the runway at the Harare International Airport in Zimbabwe last Tuesday. Nope, it was a MA60 60-seater attempting to take off. The wild bush pig may or may not have seen the ...

If you've ever seen a lava flow, you know that once the stuff cools and hardens, it's hard to move. In the Congo, this has created a big problem at the airport in Goma. Back in 2002, when the Nyiragongo Volcano erupted, lava flowed onto the runway, ...

Earlier this week, a pig on an airport runway in Zimbabwe wrecked a plane and panicked passengers as the plane was taking off. On Wednesday, it wasn't a pig that created a travel brouhaha. It was a low flying pelican--plus a cell phone. Evidently, ...

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Zimbabwe wasn't where I was planning to pull the word from today, but I stumbled upon one and noticed I've never selected from this part of Africa ever before. All this is a shame too as the year is almost over and this is the first time Zimbabwe ...

When I used to play Sim City, one of my favorite computer games back in the day, I would always think: This is fun, but when will they come out with a Zimbabwe edition? Finally, it seems, my prayers have been answered. Introducing Simbabwe. Hailed ...

In just ten minutes? OK, it's a great question about your geographic literacy. And ability to spell, of course. I mean, anyone can get France, but what about Zimbabwe? Either way, that is the test at this site that challenges users to enter the ...

Quick, can you point to Zimbabwe on a map? How about Ghana? Tasmania? If you're embarrassed that it would take you a while to point these out, here's a reason to feel even worse. A twenty-three-month old named Lilly can find all these countries and ...