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May 12, 2008 (Christof Maletsky, Namibian) - The International Transport Workers' Federation (ITF) has described as "laughable" claims by a senior Zimbabwean government official that the arms shipment carried by a Chinese ship had made its way into that country.

BHUBANESWAR, India May 7, 2008 (AFP) - India successfully tested a nuclear-capable missile Wednesday that can hit targets deep inside China, joining the ranks of nations possessing intermediate-range missile capacity, the defence ministry said.

May 1, 2008 (AllAfrica.com) - The Chinese ship carrying weapons for Zimbabwe is anchored off Luanda and shows no sign of returning to China, says the International Transport Workers' Federation (ITF).

DURBAN, South Africa April 24, 2008 (UPI) - China said it was bringing back a shipload of weapons destined for Zimbabwe because it could find no port to unload the goods.

BEIJING April 22, 2008 (Reuters) - China said on Tuesday a shipment of weapons bound for Zimbabwe may return home after the vessel was unable to unload in South Africa, but it defended the cargo as "perfectly normal trade".

April 21, 2008 (Deon de Lange and Basildon Peta, Cape Times South Africa) - Authorities on Monday disputed sensational claims that the Chinese vessel carrying six containers of weapons and ammunition destined for Zimbabwe sank off the east coast of Africa on Sunday morning.

JOHANNESBURG April 18, 2008 (Michael Georgy, Retuers) - A ship carrying arms to Zimbabwe left South African waters on Friday after a court refused to allow the weapons to be transported across South Africa, SAPA news agency said.

April 16, 2008 (Tichaona Sibanda, SW Radio Africa - London) - China has secretly shipped tens of thousands of small arms to the Zimbabwe Defence Forces, raising fears the consignment has been brought in to crush any attempts to unseat Robert Mugabe from power.

BEIJING April 14, 2008 (AP Of Pakistan) - President Pervez Musharraf said on Monday the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation may join hands with the US and NATO forces in Afghanistan, provided it does not lead to a conflict between those trying to bring peace and stability to the country.

SHANGHAI, China April 11, 2008 (AP) - China's central bank says the country's foreign reserves topped $1.68 trillion by the end of March, up 40 percent from a year earlier.