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/ 4 November 2006
The famous St George’s Park brass band stationed at long-on — a new innovation at Buffalo Park — inspired the Warriors to beat the Cape Cobras in a most exciting MTN Domestic Championship cricket match on Friday night. At Supersport Park in Centurion, the Diamond Eagles beat the Titans.
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/ 4 November 2006
It was no more than poetic justice as Wits University moved into third position in the Premier Soccer League (PSL) log with an entertaining 1-0 win against Bloemfontein Celtic before 5 000 enthusiastic spectators at Bidvest Stadium on Friday night. The fixture was originally played two weeks ago but was postponed due to a storm.
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/ 4 November 2006
Australian Adam Scott fired a three-under par 67 in Atlanta on Friday to grab a share of the lead with American Joe Durant after the second round of the United States PGA Tour Championship. The 26-year-old Aussie and 42-year-old US veteran both stood on four-under-par 136 after 36 holes.
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/ 4 November 2006
Once upon a time, not all that many years ago, it was all quite straightforward. A writer would write a draft, an editor would edit it, the publisher would publish it and a bookshop would sell it. Today, a book may appear side by side with a chunk of meat, coffee bags or an electric chain saw. Colour coding has become a buzzword.
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/ 4 November 2006
Iraqi authorities plan to impose a curfew in Baghdad and all army leave has been cancelled as tensions grow ahead of Sunday’s expected verdict in the trial of Saddam Hussein and seven co-defendants for crimes against humanity in the town of Dujail 24 years ago.
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/ 4 November 2006
The child could have been born in 1993 but its first experience of the world came 13 years later, or nine months after an embryo was pulled out of the freezer at a Spanish fertility clinic. The clinic in Barcelona is claiming the world record for having brought about the birth of what could be termed the world’s oldest baby.
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/ 4 November 2006
Palestinian women described on Friday how they were shot and injured in the face and the legs by Israeli troops as they led a protest march into the scene of the biggest military incursion into Gaza in months. At least one woman was killed and 10 were injured as large crowds of women walked past tanks into the town of Beit Hanoun.
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/ 4 November 2006
Several prominent neoconservatives have turned on United States President George Bush days before critical midterm elections, lambasting his administration for incompetence in the handling of the Iraq war and questioning the wisdom of the 2003 invasion they were instrumental in promoting. Their comments could influence Tuesday’s battle for control of Congress.
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/ 4 November 2006
China celebrated its friendly relations with Africa on Saturday by pledging to double aid to the continent over the next three years in a summit aimed at deepening political and trade ties with nearly 50 African nations. Chinese President Hu Jintao touted ”the common pursuit of friendship, peace, cooperation and development” with Africa”.
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/ 4 November 2006
Train surfing in the memory of friends who died playing the deadly sport proved fatal when a 15-year-old died in Soweto on Friday. ”The group of boys said they were train surfing in memory of three friends who died doing the same thing last Friday. One boy fell off the train and died on the scene,” said an emergency services spokesperson.