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/ 7 February 2007
Mixed reaction continued to be expressed on Tuesday following weekend reports that First National Bank had shelved its anti-crime campaign that invited people to write to President Thabo Mbeki. Most Gauteng newspapers condemned the withdrawal the bank’s multimillion-rand campaign as a cowardly act.
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/ 7 February 2007
Residents of the Indonesian capital began returning to their homes on Wednesday as flood waters receded, but they faced a huge task clearing up streets and homes caked in stinking rubbish and mud. The death toll from the floods, the worst for at least five years, rose to 50 people, a health ministry official said.
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/ 7 February 2007
Tucked behind century old pines, the austere and sombre green building looks ghostly. A plaque at the entrance reads simply: "Stalin’s Villa." Time was when an uninvited visitor would have been terrified to come even close to the so-called Red Tsar’s summer residence in southern Russia’s Black Sea resort of Sochi. But today, capitalism has triumphed and, for a price, anyone is welcome.
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/ 7 February 2007
Apple and The Beatles on Monday settled their long-running trademark dispute over the use of "Apple" as a name and logo, raising hopes that songs by the Fab Four might soon be available as legal downloads. The Beatles lay claim to the Apple trademark through their multimedia company Apple Corps.
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/ 7 February 2007
Astronaut Lisa Nowak’s attack on a rival for the affections of a fellow astronaut sent shockwaves on Tuesday through a tightly-knit Nasa community accustomed to its crewmembers showing the ”right stuff,” and not getting involved in love triangles. Johnson Space Centre director Michael Coats said in a statement the space agency was ”deeply saddened by this tragic event”.
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/ 7 February 2007
The local organising committee has cleared its first hurdle in the race to have amenities in place for the Soccer World Cup by balancing a stadium budget R3,4-billion over the original R8,7-billion. This was done by trimming costs and obtaining additional finance from the municipalities where games would be played.
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/ 7 February 2007
African soccer exports myriad talent around the world but the success of the continent’s teams on the global stage has not lived up to the predictions. Both Pelé and former England manager Walter Winterbottom are credited with forecasting that the continent would produce a World Cup winner by the end of last century.
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/ 7 February 2007
It seemed a union made in marketing heaven. Oscar winner Charlize Theron would be the face of luxury Swiss watchmaker Raymond Weil in a lucrative deal. The model-turned-actor, gushed the company, was ”a stunning and radiant woman who transcends any standard definition, and has evolved into a feminine myth, an icon”.
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/ 7 February 2007
Leading European cellphone operators pledged on Tuesday to draw up a voluntary code over the next year aimed at protecting children using cellphones. The companies agreed to support controls on access to adult material, to launch awareness-raising campaigns for parents and children, and to fight illegal content.
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/ 7 February 2007
Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates addressed thousands of computer-security specialists gathered at a San Francisco conference on Tuesday, calling for a "powerful paradigm" to thwart online crime. "People want more flexibility and anywhere access with multiple devices," Gates told a crowd of RSA Conference 2007 attendees.