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Zimbabwe police action stops human rights exhibit
Thu, Mar 25, 2010
HARARE, Zimbabwe -- A Zimbabwean rights group says they're abandoning a photo exhibit that documented human rights violations after fresh attempts by police to shut it down.
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CAUGHT CHEATING? HOW TO MOVE FORWARD AFTER BEING UNFAITHFUL
Fri, Apr 13, 2012
We all learn to look out for signs that our man is cheating, or subtle hints that he might be seeing someone else on the side, but what if you are the one that cheated? Assuming that you still want to work on your current relationship, we have 7 ways to move on successfully after you’ve been unfaithful. This is not a “loop-hole” and is not praised, but the reality is 14 percent of married women have had affairs at least once during their married lives and 17 percent of divorces in the United States are caused by infidelity. If you fall into this category, and don’t want to be part of the divorce statistic, take a look at these helpful steps.
Sure signs she's cheating on you
Fri, Apr 13, 2012
MARRIAGES often break down on account of husbands not being loyal to their wives.
Who wants to be a monkey?
Tue, Nov 29, 2011
A student has been left feeling a little red-faced after an embarrassing incident with a monkey made her a global star. Charmian Chen, who just happens to be a model, was visiting the Sacred Monkey Forest Ubud in Bali last month when two of the primates decided she was a little overdressed.The 22-year-old student, from Taiwan, was on holiday on the tropical Indonesian island feeding long-tailed macaques when she was singled out.
UK Made No Deal To Fund Zimbabwe Land Reform - Lancaster House
Thu, Mar 25, 2010
The British Parliament's Africa All-party Group’s latest report, “Land in Zimbabwe: Past Mistakes, Future Prospects” claims that Britain never made nor betrayed any promises on land reform made at Lancaster House as claimed by President Robert Mugabe. Some of the “most interesting evidence of all” came from ZANU-PF and the Zimbabwean embassy in London did not claim that there was a secret deal that the UK would provide funds to pay for land reform.
Pressure Mounts for Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe Governor Gono to Resign Post
Wed, Mar 24, 2010
Political sources said Gono has come under mounting pressure from some in the former ruling ZANU-PF party to step down after blasting Harare's indigenization and black empowerment program as a form of cronyism
Zimbabwe's political parties begin maneuvers ahead of possible elections
Wed, Mar 24, 2010
HARARE, (Xinhua) --Maneuvering has started between Zimbabwe's two major political parties following revelations that fresh elections will most likely be held in 2011, with or without a new constitution.
Disputes and uncertainty mar Zim’s brilliant potential
Tue, Mar 23, 2010
Zimbabwe continues to both fascinate and frustrate. Its full mining potential has hardly been touched and ongoing disputes over ownership and certification, added to the impact of sanctions, continue to disrupt production. M J Morgan examines the key issues.
Zimbabwe split over $5.7 billion debt plan
Sun, Mar 21, 2010
HARARE // When the finance minister, Tendai Biti, assumed office in a unity government formed in February 2009, he took over stewardship of a contracting economy, saddled with a US$5.7 billion (Dh20.9bn) debt owed to international financial institutions finance minister, Tendai Biti, assumed office in a unity government formed in February 2009, he took over stewardship of a contracting economy, saddled with a US$5.7 billion (Dh20.9bn) debt owed to international financial institutions.
Old Mutual throws a wobbly over diamond investment
Sun, Mar 21, 2010
A Jjittery Old Mutual is considering dumping its 5.2% of scrap dealer New Reclamation Group, which has controversially partnered Robert Mugabe's government to mine diamonds in Zimbabwe's eastern Chiadzwa diamond fields.
Rageh Omaar: journalism with passion
Sun, Mar 21, 2010
BEFORE joining the Witness team at the launch of Al Jazeera English, Somali-born reporter Rageh Omaar worked for the BBC for over 12 years. An international correspondent covering stories from all over the world, he reported on the Kosovo War, and the Ethiopia-Eritrea conflict. He was named BBC's Developing World Correspondent and then in 2001, as the BBC's Africa Correspondent.
Namibia struggles on
Thu, Mar 18, 2010
Windhoek - A young Namibian woman in jeans and T-shirt carries her textbooks and a laptop bag, her headphones connected to a mobile phone in her pocket, looking like a university student anywhere in the world.
KP Chair Hirsch Speaks of Zimbabwe, Israel and Changes to the Process
Thu, Mar 18, 2010
In his first interview as Kimberley Process Chair, Boaz Hirsch tells IDEX Online that Zimbabwe is “on the agenda” and that he wants to form a workgroup to resolve problems. However, ending the requirement for unanimous decisions is not on the table.
Columns : Guest Writer
Upsurge in rhino poaching devastates African populations
Mon, Mar 22, 2010
LIMPOPO PROVINCE, South Africa -- The baby rhino, an orphan, had barely been weaned. Her horn was only a few inches long. But that didn't stop the poachers from hacking it off writes Robyn Dixon in the Los Angeles Times.
Simon Nyapokoto :Chinamasa criticism of UZ Law Lecturers is shocking
Sun, Mar 21, 2010
OPINION - Giving oral evidence before the Parliamentary Portifolio Committee on Justice, Constitutional and Parliamentary Affairs on March 15, Justice Minister Patrick Chinamasa accused UZ Law lecturers of engaging in politics instead of concentrating on their core business of lecturing.
Michael Petrou: CIDA’s democracy promotion in Zimbabwe
Fri, Mar 19, 2010
Longtime visitors to this space have read me raging, like an increasingly maniacal King Lear on the heath, about the Canadian International Development Agency not answering an access-to-information request that I filed in 2007. Last week, almost three years later, they did.
News : National News : Parliament and Politics
Gallery: Talking Point: Is Mugabe still in good shape to be president?
Fri, Aug 13, 2010
Mugabe is now shadow of the president who used to deliver thought - provoking speeches and would transcend all corners of the country with such enthusiasm and energy even his bodyguards struggled to keep up with his energetic and quick movements.
Columns : Business , Financial and Property Indaba
MTN on verge of deal with Zimbabwean mobile firm
Thu, Mar 25, 2010
South African telecommunications giant, MTN, is on the verge of acquiring a stake in Zimbabwe’s state-owned mobile operator NetOne, APA learnt here Thursday. Private radio station Radio VOP said NetOne and MTN signed a confidentiality deal this week, which means the South African firm was moving “closer to acquiring a key stake in the Zimbabwean company.” The radio station quoted senior MTN officials in Harare as saying the South African company had concluded a due diligence exercise on NetOne and was expected to place its final bid soon. Insiders said government would only offer MTN a small stake in NetOne and not the huge chunk they were seeking. NetOne is the second largest cellular telephone operator in Zimbabwe, while MTN is South Africa’s largest telecommunications company. In Zimbabwe, Econet Wireless Holdings Zimbabwe Limited (Econet) is the largest cellular telephone network operator with more than two million subscribers.
Indigenisation Regulations To Be Amended
Sun, Mar 21, 2010
HARARE - The Zimbabwe government is within the next few days expected to make radical changes to the controversial indigenisation regulations announced by the Minister of Indigenisation and Empowerment, Saviour Kasukuwere in January.
Zim launches new economic blue print next month
Fri, Mar 19, 2010
HARARE – Zimbabwe will next month launch a new blue print to succeed the Short Term Emergence Recovery Programme (STERP) hastily cobbled up in March 2009 following formation of a power sharing government between President Robert Mugabe and Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai.
Columns : Mining and Industry Indaba
Directors of Mining Firms Finally Testify in Zimbabwe Parliament Diamond Probe
Wed, Mar 24, 2010
Mining company directors had for weeks refused to respond to the committee on the advice of Mines Minister Obert Mpofu and his permanent secretary, but were told they risked going to jail if they failed to show up to testify
Minister says diamond officials not clean
Mon, Mar 22, 2010
HARARE – Mines Minister Obert Mpofu has admitted that some officials of the two companies contracted to mine diamonds at the controversial Marange fields might be “crooks” but insisted during a parliamentary probe into irregularities in the mining sector that it was “virtually impossible” to get clean people in the industry.
Wrath of the Jackal Strikes Zimbabwe Farmers
Fri, Mar 19, 2010
Jackals are devouring the crops of several northern Zimbabwe farmers in the wake of devastating hailstorms just two weeks earlier.
Zimbabwe admits land reform a failure
Fri, Mar 19, 2010
ZIMBABWE - HARARE - The Government of Zimbabwe has admitted the failure of its much talked but Third Chimurenga and has announced plans for a redistribution of farms, including reduction of farm sizes, ZimDaily has learnt.
Columns : Takeoff Africa: Aviation and Travel Indaba
ZCTU in Bid to Ground Airzim
Wed, Mar 24, 2010
Harare — THE Zimbabwe Congress of Trade Unions is plotting to institute an International Transport Workers' Federation boycott of Air Zimbabwe flights, a strategy the national carrier described as tantamount to sabotage.
Maiden flight for Virgin Galactic's 'SpaceshipTwo'
Mon, Mar 22, 2010
Virgin Galactic's experimental SpaceshipTwo (SS2), an aircraft designed to one day carry paying customers into space, had its maiden flight in the California desert, company officials announced.
Columns : Health Indaba
Fresh outbreak of cholera affects 100 people in Zimbabwe, says WHO
Sun, Mar 21, 2010
APA-Harare (Zimbabwe) A resurgent cholera outbreak in Zimbabwe has so far infected about 100 people and claimed three lives since it was detected last November, the World Health Organisation (WHO) reports here Sunday.
Columns : Science and Technology Indaba
Zimbabwe Reaches Turning Point and ICT Investment Ramps Up
Thu, Mar 25, 2010
Zimbabwe has reached a turning point in its destiny and ICT markets in the country are taking off, according to a new study published by Technology Strategies International in partnership with BroadGroup TMT Ventures. The report says that the Global Political Agreement, as tentative as it is, coupled with the dollarisation of the economy after years of hyperinflation, have resulted in a surge in investment into the ICT sector in the country.
Columns : Motoring
Button a winner again in Australia
Sun, Mar 28, 2010
Formula One world champion Jenson Button timed his pitstop to perfection to chalk up his first win for McLaren in a rain-affected and entertaining Australian Grand Prix.
'Supercar' now a reality
Fri, Mar 19, 2010
McLaren has taken a major step closer to capturing a slice of the high-performance sports car market with the official launch of its MP4-12C supercar
News : Weird world
'All blacks leave this shop' sick American teen
Sun, Mar 21, 2010
Police in New Jersey arrested a teenager in connection with a public-address-system announcement telling "all blacks" to leave a Wal-Mart store, a police spokesman said.
News : Sports
Compensation claim for missing Zimbabwe
Thu, Mar 25, 2010
PERMIT holder Philip Sharp is pursuing the Army for compensation over the loss of Zimbabwe, his hurdler that disappeared without trace after getting loose and galloping onto a military firing-range in Kent in January.
Financial Problems Hamper Zimbabwean Teams
Thu, Mar 25, 2010
The Zimbabwe Football Association (Zifa) is so cash-strapped that it is withdrawing the country's Under-20 and Under-17 national teams from continental competitions.
Zimbabwean champions unable to afford travel face Champions League exit
Wed, Mar 24, 2010
Zimbabwean champions Gunners could be forced to withdraw from next month's African Champions League tie with Egyptian giants Al Ahly as they cannot afford to fly to Cairo. The debutants stunned the Egyptian champions with a 1-0 first leg victory in the round of 32 in Harare last Saturday, but are now struggling to make the trip for the return leg on April 4th.
Dynamos sneak vital Champions League win
Mon, Mar 22, 2010
Entente Setif of Algeria boosted their hopes of reaching the group phase of the Champions League after a vital 2-0 away win over Union Douala of Cameroon on Sunday.
Gunners gun down Al Ahly at Rufaro
Mon, Mar 22, 2010
Zimbabwean league champions Gunners FC stunned Egyptian continental giants Al Ahly in a champion’s league match at Rufaro Stadium, this Saturday.
Columns : Lifestyle Love & Sex
Good bye to the search for the G-Sport?.. It doesnt exist
Fri, Jan 20, 2012
THE SEARCH is off, lads – the G-spot DOESN'T exist.
Chinese wife-swapping ring members face jail
Wed, Mar 24, 2010
Chinese prosecutors have charged 22 swingers who joined a wife-swapping club with criminal licentiousness, a crime that carries a five-year sentence.
Second wife for young Mandela
Sun, Mar 21, 2010
Nelson Mandela's grandson Mandla celebrated taking a second bride yesterday - hours after his first wife blasted the union as illegal and had his bank accounts frozen.
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SA Men in court for kidnapping
Thu, Mar 25, 2010
Five people, including a policeman and a reservist, charged with kidnapping and assaulting a Zimbabwean man appeared in the Johannesburg Magistrate's Court on Thursday.
BA Chief Takes Away Strikers' Travel Perks
Wed, Mar 24, 2010
Chief executive Willie Walsh had warned staff their "perks" on travel and free flights would be permanently withdrawn if they joined the walkout.
Zimbabwe Government Divided by Sanctions, Zuma Says
Wed, Mar 24, 2010
March 24 (Bloomberg) -- South African President Jacob Zuma urged Western nations to lift targeted sanctions against Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe and his allies, saying they were undermining the nation’s coalition government
Zimbabwe to name 'fence-mending' team
Wed, Mar 24, 2010
Harare - Zimbabwe will appoint a committee next week to try to mend fences with the European Union, Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai said on Wednesday.
Zimbabwean police ordered to return photos seized from exhibition
Wed, Mar 24, 2010
Zimbabwean high court judge ordered police to return 65 photographs seized the from an exhibition meant to portray the brutality of President Robert Mugabe's regime.
Zanu PF at it again!!
Wed, Mar 24, 2010
The police have for the past two weeks arrested scores of MDC supporters across the country on trumped-up charges in a worrying partisan move as cases of Zanu PF-instigated violence against MDC members are on the increase.
Oscar winning Prudence Mabhena’s runaway parents reappear
Wed, Mar 24, 2010
A Zimbabwe man who fathered but abandoned a Oscar Award winning disabled woman for a decade is now begging for forgiveness.
Zimbabweans top list of UK asylum seekers
Tue, Mar 23, 2010
ZIMBABWEANS topped the list of nationalities seeking asylum in the UK for the second year running, with a total of 7,420 asylum applications in 2009, according to the UNHCR’s latest statistical report.
Zimbabwe: Zuma’s tough negotiations with Zanu-Pf and MDC emerge
Mon, Mar 22, 2010
Finer details of South Africa’s President Jacob Zuma mediation trip to Zimbabwe are starting to emerge. Last week, Zuma spent two days in Harare locked up in talks with political rivals, Mugabe’s Zanu PF and the premier Tvsanagirai’s MDC.
War Vets turn swords on Robert Mugabe's Spokesman
Sun, Mar 21, 2010
Harare - Disgruntled members of the Zimbabwe National Liberation War Veterans Association (ZNLWVA) in the Joseph Chinotimba led faction have turned their sharp swords against the permanent secretary in ministry of Media, Information and Publicity George Charamba whom they are accusing of supporting and advising their bitter rival Jabulani Sibanda.
MDC youths bring capital to a standstill
Sat, Mar 20, 2010
More than one thousand MDC youths marched in the streets of Harare Friday demanding the prosecution of known people who committed acts of violence during the period 2008.
Zim School Teacher Jailed 12 Months & Faces Immediate Deportation
Fri, Mar 19, 2010
A 35-year-old Zimbabwean man Allan Dambuka who committed burglaries at a number of B&Bs, by gaining access to rooms with filed down keys, was jailed for 12 months this week and could face deportation following his release.
Zimbabwe leaders agree to measures
Thu, Mar 18, 2010
Harare - Zimbabwe's leaders have agreed to a "package of measures" to help rescue its fragile unity government, President Jacob Zuma said on Thursday.
News : National News : Constitutional Indaba
Cost Concerns With New Delays in Zimbabwe Constitutional Revision Process
Fri, Jan 20, 2012
The Zimbabwe Independent newspaper reported that the panel is running through US$100,00 dollars a week on accommodation and travel costs and sitting allowances for the 25 members of the committee
News : National News
Zimbabwe militants call for chicken restaurant ban
Tue, Nov 29, 2011
STATE radio says a militant youth group loyal to the president is calling for a boycott of a restaurant chain whose latest advertising depicts Zimbabwe's leader as "the last dictator standing".
Mugabe To Meet Zimbabwe And International Journalists
Thu, Mar 25, 2010
Harare, – President Robert Mugabe is expected to have a rare interactive meeting with local and international journalists in Harare this Sunday.
'Mandla Mandela beat me'
Thu, Mar 25, 2010
The estranged first wife of Mandla Mandela, former president Nelson Mandela's grandson and heir, has accused the Mvezo chief of beating her and having a string of affairs during their five-year marriage.
Govt neglected schools to focus on politics: PM
Thu, Mar 25, 2010
HARARE – Zimbabwe drastically reduced funding for education from about US$6 per child in the first two decades of independence to a paltry $0.70 last year as political leaders diverted resources to consolidating power, Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai said on Wednesday.
Zimbabwe's Notorious Youth Service Program Set for Overhaul, Depoliticization
Wed, Mar 24, 2010
The 2008 Global Political Agreement for power sharing called for a new national youth service to replace the so-called Border Gezi militia that was implicated in the deadly political violence that occurred during traumatic elections that year
Zimbabwean police return pictures of human rights violations to gallery
Wed, Mar 24, 2010
Zimbabwean police today returned graphic photos of human rights violations under President Robert Mugabe to an art gallery they had raided 24 hours earlier.
Zimbabwe Finance Minister Biti 'unhurt' in car crash
Tue, Mar 23, 2010
The finance minister in Zimbabwe's power-sharing government, Tendai Biti, has emerged apparently unhurt from a car crash.
Zimbabwe Human Rights Director Arrested/ Released
Tue, Mar 23, 2010
Harare, - Police on Tuesday arrested Zimbabwe Rights Association (ZimRights) director Okay Machisa in connection with a planned photo exhibition scheduled for Wednesday.
Zanu PF Baying For Gono's Blood
Tue, Mar 23, 2010
Harare, - Top Zanu PF officials, including government ministers are reportedly plotting the ouster of Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) governor Gideon Gono for opposing the controversial Indigenisation and empowerment law.
Chief Evicts MDC Supporters From Irrigation Scheme
Tue, Mar 23, 2010
Zaka - Chief Ranganai Nhema is spearheading a move to evict more than 50 people who are all said to be supporters of Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai's Movement for Democratic Change (MDC-T), from Fuve-Panganai irrigation scheme, located about 25 kilometers out of here.
Zimbabwe PM Tsvangirai Moves to Defuse Tensions Between Legislators and Ministers
Mon, Mar 22, 2010
Mr. Tsvangirai told ministers and legislators that Cabinet members had complained the House was subjecting them to 'unnecessary scrutiny and inquiry,' while the lawmakers said ministers failed to show up or were unresponsive
Tsvangirai now in charge
Mon, Mar 22, 2010
PRIME Minister Morgan Tsvangirai has crafted an ambitious government work plan that will see him closely monitor the performance of cabinet ministers and effectively thwart moves to usurp his authority by Zanu PF hardliners.
Zimbabwe's power utility debts surge to 100 million dollars
Mon, Mar 22, 2010
Zimbabwe's state-run power utility firm owes other regional electricity suppliers 100 million dollars (74 million euros) as it struggles to recover debts from local customers, a report said on Sunday.
Tsvangirai To Address Zimbabwe MPs Retreat
Sun, Mar 21, 2010
Zimbabwe's Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai will on Monday hold a no holds barred meeting with Members of Parliament and Ministers in an attempt to contain growing rifts between two key arms of government, the executive and legislature.
New Zimbabwe media body begins work
Fri, Mar 19, 2010
Harare - A new commission meant to reform Zimbabwe's repressive media laws has begun its work, three months after its members were appointed, the body said on Friday.
Australia gives $13 million to Zimbabwe
Fri, Mar 19, 2010
Australia will give Zimbabwe $13 million to improve access to clean water, sanitation and food.
'Crucifier' Chemhere Jailed 18 Months
Thu, Mar 18, 2010
Harare — THE Harare businessman who nailed together the hands of a homeless 19-year-old man with a six-inch nail after he failed to settle a US$250 debt has been slapped with an effective 18-month jail term.
News : Africa
Bashir warns foreign poll observers
Tue, Mar 23, 2010
Khartoum - Sudanese President Omar Hassan al-Bashir threatened on Monday to expel international election monitors after they said April's vote may have to be delayed.
News : Africa : Eastern and Central Africa
News : World news
Congress passes Obama health bill
Mon, Mar 22, 2010
Washington – The Democratic-controlled Congress handed US President Barack Obama a huge victory on Sunday night extending health care to tens of millions of uninsured Americans and cracking down on insurance company abuses, a climactic chapter in the century-long quest for near universal coverage.
School punishes pupils for having short hair
Sun, Mar 21, 2010
PUPILS at a city primary school have been forced to wear "silly" hats in the classroom after teachers ruled their hair was cut too short. Rules at Corpus Christi Primary School, in Ernesford Grange, ban pupils from having hair cut shorter than a 'number two' - and pupils who flout the rule have to wear green baseball-style caps at school until the hair grows to an acceptable length.
China hits out at UK human rights report
Thu, Mar 18, 2010
China has accused Britain of putting on a political show after a UK review of human rights around the world was highly critical of Beijing.
News : Crime and Courts
Church Leader's Appeal Thrown Out
Wed, Mar 24, 2010
Harare — Former Seventh-day Adventist youth leader Nqobile Sibanda -- who was convicted of murdering his pregnant girlfriend eight years ago -- on Monday had his application for permanent stay of prosecution dismissed by the Supreme Court.
Magistrate suspended over alleged corruption
Mon, Mar 22, 2010
BULAWAYO – A senior Bulawayo magistrate was suspended on Friday on charges of corruption after he allegedly secretly granted bail to two city council employees who had been remanded in custody by a junior magistrate.
Man 'traumatised' after gang-rape
Fri, Mar 19, 2010
Virginia - A man has described the unimaginable trauma, shock and humiliation he experienced when he was hit on the head, raped and indecently assaulted with branches and reeds near a river on Sunday night in Virginia.
Columns : Indaba Podcast
Audio tapes:Deputy PM Mutamabara London address to Zim Diaspora
Mon, Jul 26, 2010
Below is the full audio recording of the Deputy Prime minister's speech and question and answer in London to Zimbabweans in Diaspora on 24/08/2010
Columns : Indaba Galleries
Gallery: Mugabe:30 years From a pauper to a Billionaire - Zimbabwe from billions to poverty,disease,fear and hunger
Tue, Aug 17, 2010
So how did Mugabe make all this money?
UK Buses and coaches: Golden Oldies
Tue, Jul 27, 2010
Taking you back in time with all the buses that transported millions of Britons across the island
Deputy Prime minister Mutambara address to Zimbabweans in London
Tue, Jul 27, 2010
24 th August Address by Deputy Prime minister Mutambara. London UK
Columns : Indaba video files
Virgin boss makes girl's dream reality
Sun, Dec 25, 2011
A YOUNG South African singer serenaded billionaire Sir Richard Branson's daughter when she exchanged wedding vows at a Caribbean island on Tuesday.
Sexy girl looking for a man
Sat, Jun 11, 2011
In general, supposedly hilarious videos that "take the internet by storm" make us cringe a bit, but this one's a goodie. Apparently this is a real human lady's dating profile video. But it might just be someone having a larf. Or it might be a bit of cunning viral marketing on eHarmony's part (although suggesting that their site is full of crazy cat ladies is a bit of a risky strategy). Either way, it did tickle us so. Have a watch and see what you think.
Columns : Entertainment Movies & Music
Virgin boss makes girl's dream reality
Sun, Dec 25, 2011
A YOUNG South African singer serenaded billionaire Sir Richard Branson's daughter when she exchanged wedding vows at a Caribbean island on Tuesday.
Malian music legend to be main artist at Zimbabwe arts festival
Sun, Mar 21, 2010
APA-Harare (Zimbabwe) Malian jazz legend Salif Keita will be the main artist at the 2010 edition of the Harare International Festival of the Arts (HIFA) to be held at the end of April, organisers said here Sunday.
Porn star reveals 'sexts' Tiger 'sent her'
Fri, Mar 19, 2010
Just as he was mending fences with his wife and planning his golfing comeback, Tiger Woods' rehabilitation suffered another massive blow today with the release of more than 100 text messages he allegedly sent to his porn star mistress.