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/ 8 September 2004
The United States army is preparing to abandon a contract with Halliburton, the company formerly run by the vice-president, Dick Cheney, which has been investigated for allegedly overcharging it. The contract to provide housing, food and other services to US troops in Iraq and Afghanistan, potentially worth -billion, is expected to be broken into smaller parts and opened to competitive bids in the next few months.
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/ 8 September 2004
Dramatic images of life inside the gym during the hostage-taking at middle school one in Beslan were shown on Tuesday night by the Russian television station NTV for the first time. The images show a room packed with about 1 000 hostages, including men, women and children. Barely a square metre of the gym appears to be empty and the hostages are seen fanning themselves in the heat.
Thousands protest outside Kremlin
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/ 8 September 2004
The advertising and propaganda exercise known as "the Olympics" has come and gone, and reinforced the totally artificial and nonexistent illusion called "patriotism" yet again. So what could be more fun than looking at a collection of evil pictures that tend to show the Olympic athletes looking like retards? I’m there …
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/ 8 September 2004
Lesbianism in South Africa is a bit like a crazy and eccentric old auntie we tolerate because of the equality clause, and whom we keep at a safe distance, in case people think queerness runs in the family. The broader political issues about what it means to be a woman who loves women — in theory and in sexual practice — never seem to get a look in because of the feverish curiosity around what lesbians do in bed.
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/ 8 September 2004
Countdown 2015: Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights for All — a conference that wrapped up in London last week — was awash with enlightening and frightening statistics. One statistic had particular resonance, however –namely that men in sub-Saharan Africa only have access to an average of three condoms a year. This is despite the fact that condoms cost, on average, about three cents a unit.
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/ 8 September 2004
Poor rural migrants have become like characters in the folk-tales they no longer tell their children: fleeing the countryside to escape the evil spirits of want and poverty, they find the old enemies lying in wait for them in the urban slums that are their destination. Global poverty is in flight from rural areas and rushing headlong to the cities.
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/ 8 September 2004
Elena Dementieva continued her mastery over Amelie Mauresmo in the US Open, spoiling an opportunity for the French star to seize the number-one ranking and beating her for the second time this year in a Grand Slam. Andy Roddick won his fourth consecutive straight-set match, cruising past Spain’s Tommy Robredo.
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/ 8 September 2004
Innocent Mahlambi and substitute Tumi Ledingwane struck in each half as Dynamos deservedly beat home boys Silver Stars 2-0 in a Limpopo Castle Premiership match at the Peter Mokaba stadium in Polokwane on Tuesday night. In an exciting match, Dynamos broke the deadlock through Mahlambi.
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/ 8 September 2004
Canada sacked their swim coach, Dave Johnson, after they failed to win an Olympic medal in the pool for the first time in 50 years, the country’s swimming federation announced. The federation president, Rob Colburn, said the axing of Johnson is the first part of the federation’s plan to put in place a winning programme.
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/ 8 September 2004
India’s Rahul Dravid has been named the International Cricket Council’s (ICC) player of the year. The right-handed batsman and wicketkeeper was selected by a panel of 50 current and former international cricketers and umpires. He received the inaugural Sir Garfield Sobers Trophy at a ceremony in London on Tuesday.