A new variant of the Bagle virus is spreading quickly around the world on computers connected to the internet, reports the Munich-based magazine PC Professionell. The latest variant, Bagle.AI, attaches itself to e-mail on infected computers and sends itself to all e-mail addresses contained in a user’s address book.
Members of the World Trade Organisation (WTO) early on Sunday resuscitated talks that collapsed nearly a year ago when they agreed on an outline for a pact on some of the major disagreements, including ending farm subsidies. The WTO’s 140 member nations approved the framework by consensus after gruelling talks in Geneva.
Why is it that the arches and open spaces of a cathedral inspire faith, yet so do the comfort and familiarity of a small country chapel? The connection between design and devotion is under study by a group of clerics, neuroscientists and architects who are trying to understand how the mind reacts to the sensations of entering a house of worship.
An intense fire at the Leixoes oil terminal near Portugal’s northern city of Oporto was under control early on Sunday following an explosion, with 32 firefighters and rescue workers hospitalised. An explosion, followed by a second blast hours later, rocked the Petrogal refinery on Saturday afternoon, causing a huge blaze.
Man oh man, is King Mswati a troubled king. The biggest scandal of the century has rocked the royal house. Two of his 11 wives have recently run away and are hiding in foreign lands. In my short lifetime, I have witnessed a significant phenomenon of men changing their minds about the kind of woman who has become acceptable to them.
At least 10 Iraqis were killed and 40 wounded in Fallujah on Sunday in what appeared to be a fresh United States bombardment of the flashpoint city and in earlier clashes between US troops and insurgents. Panicked residents were seen rushing to the hospital to check on their loved ones or to give blood.
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The South African Springboks flew out of Australia on Sunday with their Tri-Nations hopes all but shattered but their reputations as one of the world’s rugby superpowers well and truly restored. Wallaby coach Eddie Jones and veteran captain George Gregan heaped praise on their new-look and comparatively inexperienced rivals and their coach.
Ashley Giles took four wickets for five runs as West Indies collapsed to 336 all out on the third day of the second Test at Edgbaston in Birmingham on Saturday. England at stumps were 148 for three in their second innings, a lead of 378, after captain Michael Vaughan decided not to enforce the follow-on.
The Lions overcame a four-point half-time deficit to edge Griquas 33-31 in the fifth-round Absa Currie Cup fixture played at a freezing Absa Park, Kimberley, on Saturday afternoon. After roaring into a 17-0 lead inside the opening quarter of an hour, the Lions were unable to match the hard-working Griqua pack.
The Leopards beat the Falcons by three points (26-23) in an Absa Currie Cup first-division fixture at Olen Park in Potchefstroom on Saturday afternoon. The Falcons lead all the way right into the dying moments of the game when a try by Leopards replacement centre Barry Geel put the home team into the lead.