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/ 20 January 2007
West Africa plans to ask the European Union for a two-year delay to a planned economic partnership agreement (EPA), leaders said at a summit on Friday, but the EU’s executive Commission ruled out a postponement. Brussels hopes to negotiate far-reaching EPAs with six regions in Africa, the Caribbean and the Pacific to come into force by January 1 2008.
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/ 20 January 2007
A Russian nationalist lawmaker has proposed a law switching the country back to the pre-revolutionary Julian calendar as a way of reasserting Russia’s national identity. Alexander Fomenko said the modern Gregorian calendar used throughout the Christian world was thrust on Russia a century ago in a ”cruel Westernising project”.
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/ 20 January 2007
South Africa were 25 for the loss of one wicket at tea on the second day of the second Castle Lager Test against Pakistan at St George’s Park on Saturday. They trail Pakistan by 116. South Africa finally managed to bowl Pakistan out for 265, but not before Inzamam Ul-Haq and tail-ender Mohammad Asif had frustrated them for an hour and a half, and put on 74 for the last wicket.
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/ 20 January 2007
Top-seeded Maria Sharapova got another taste of the elements, ignoring the saunalike conditions in Rod Laver Arena to advance to the second week of the Australian Open. While often heavy rain prevented play on outside courts, the roof on Rod Laver Arena was closed on Saturday for Sharapova’s 6-3, 6-1 third-round win over 30th-seeded Tathiana Garbin.
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/ 20 January 2007
David Beckham’s multimillion-pound contract with the LA Galaxy has sparked resentment amongst his new teammates according to midfielder Peter Vagenas. Former England captain Beckham, currently at Real Madrid, has signed a five-year deal with the Major Soccer League club worth £128-million and is due to arrive in the United States at the end of the current European season.
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/ 20 January 2007
Australian wicketkeeper Adam Gilchrist insists the Australian squad is not complacent despite being undefeated in the tri-nations one-day international series with England and New Zealand. The Australians continued their run of victories when they beat England at the Gabba in Brisbane on Friday by four wickets.
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/ 20 January 2007
The two Boeremag fugitives who were rearrested in the early hours of Saturday morning have been sent back to Pretoria’s C-Max prison. Rudi Gouws (29) and Herman van Rooyen (33) appeared briefly in the Pretoria Regional Court on Saturday morning. They were not charged but would face charges of escaping from lawful custody and the illegal possession of firearms and ammunition.
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/ 20 January 2007
An African Union mission to Somalia recommended on Friday that it send peacekeepers for six months before handing over to the United Nations to tame a nation in chaos for 16 years. Diplomats see international peacekeepers as the only way to stabilise Somalia once Ethiopian troops return home.
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/ 20 January 2007
Calls by the European Union Parliament for Libya to free medics sentenced to death for infecting hundreds of children with HIV will only worsen the prisoners’ situation, a charity run by Moammar Gadaffi’s son said on Friday. The Parliament urged the states to review ties with oil-rich Libya and step up pressure to secure the early release of the medics.
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/ 20 January 2007
The family of a woman who died after drinking too much water in a radio contest is to sue the station behind the stunt. Jennifer Strange (28) died last Friday after taking part in a competition to win a Nintendo Wii console on Sacramento’s KDND-FM.