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Commonwealth Update

May – June 2007: Umaru Yar'Adua becomes president of Nigeria, despite ongoing criticism of the elections; South African president Thabo Mbeki facilitates crisis talks over Zimbabwe and the London High Court finds former Zambian president Frederick Chiluba guilty of stealing £23m. Pakistani militants step up their activities at the Lal Masjid mosque and Gordon Brown becomes prime minister of Britain. Traffic police in Kolkata are given extra oxygen because of severe pollution; New Zealand scientists discover a “skimmed milk” gene in some cows; and a Vanuatu bank decides to recognize traditional…