INT Briefs

Ivy Matsepe-Casaburri mourned

* JOHANNESBURG – Communications Minister Ivy Matsepe-Casaburri served the country and the ANC with distinction, the party said yesterday. Matsepe-Casaburri died of natural causes on Monday night at a Pretoria hospital. She was 71.

Zuma: Zille files court papers* JOHANNESBURG – DA leader Helen Zille has filed an urgent application requesting a review of the NPA’s decision to drop charges against Jacob Zuma, saying it violated the law. Raul Castro meets visiting US lawmakers * HAVANA – President Raul Castro met with six visiting members of the Congressional Black Caucus for more than four hours, his first face-to-face discussions with US leaders since he became Cuba’s president last year.4 Moz provinces landmine free* MAPUTO – Four of Mozambique’s provinces – Cabo Delgado, Niassa, Nampula in the north and central Zambezia – have been declared free of landmines, the government said.Fujimori convicted in murder trial* LIMA – Former Peruvian President Alberto Fujimori has been found guilty of murder and kidnapping for death squad activities during his 10-year rule during the 1990s.Iraq shoe thrower’s sentence cut to one year* BAGHDAD – An Iraqi reporter who was jailed for hurling his shoes at former US President George W. Bush has had his sentence slashed to one year from three, the Iraqi Judiciary Council said yesterday.