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/ 14 January 2008
South Africa, Botswana and Mozambique have reported an upsurge in the number of Zimbabweans crossing the borders for Christmas shopping, as basic commodities remain in short supply in most shops, the state-controlled Zimbabwe Herald reported on Monday.
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/ 14 January 2008
Jason Roberts’s last-minute winner secured a 2-1 win for Blackburn Rovers away to local rivals Bolton Wanderers as they battled back from going a goal down in dramatic fashion on Sunday. The Lancashire derby appeared destined for a draw when the striker burst clear from the halfway line and left several defenders behind him at the Reebok Stadium.
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/ 14 January 2008
Advances in digital technology are set to transform the automotive world, making cars safer, more efficient and more fun to drive, says General Motors chairperson Rick Wagoner. His speech at last week’s Consumer Electronics World, the world’s largest technology fair, signified how fast cars are integrating electronic gadgets.
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/ 14 January 2008
Girding for a potential threat from Apple, online DVD rental service Netflix is lifting its limits on how long most subscribers can watch movies and television shows over high-speed internet connections. The change will become effective on Monday, on the eve of Apple’s widely anticipated move into the movie rental industry.
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/ 14 January 2008
Cyberspace has welcomed a new, Wikipedia-style tool designed to help the world’s nearly 400-million Spanish-speakers consult on proper use of their language. The website, called Wikilengua was officially unveiled last Thursday at Casa de America, a cultural centre in Madrid that aims to symbolise and enhance Spain’s strong ties with Latin America.
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/ 14 January 2008
Two firms are racing to map the world as the internet goes increasingly mobile with ever more sophisticated gadgets for people on the move. Netherlands-based Tele Atlas and Navteq, which has its headquarters in the United States, criss-cross countries around the world to gather information about what is where and how to drive to it.
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/ 14 January 2008
Eskom has asked two international nuclear giants to submit bids to build South Africa’s next nuclear power station, a media report said on Monday. The new plant, twice as powerful as Koeberg, would be the first of five or six more nuclear plants that Eskom is planning to help solve the country’s energy shortage.
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/ 14 January 2008
Army conscripts used to be a common sight in Andermatt, practising parallel turns or perfecting climbing techniques in case they were needed to defend Switzerland’s mountain heart. These days it is mainly local skiers schussing down the surrounding slopes and the town is better known for two things: the foil that covers a glacier to stop it melting in summer and a giant new luxury holiday resort.
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/ 14 January 2008
A group of women whose relatives were killed in the Beslan school siege are to go on trial in Russia on Monday after they accused President Vladimir Putin of complicity in the deaths. The Voice of Beslan group has been charged with ”extremism” over an appeal which implied that Putin assisted terrorists.
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/ 14 January 2008
United States President George Bush on Sunday ratcheted up rhetoric over Iran, lambasting it as ”the world’s leading sponsor of state terror”, and urging America’s closest Arab allies to confront it ”before it is too late”. ”Iran’s actions threaten the security of nations everywhere,” he declared in Abu Dhabi.