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/ 25 December 2005
Shell said on Saturday it has resumed limited operations in southern Nigeria after the explosion of a pipeline but warned it is still not in a position to honour its commitments to clients. ”One of our fields has partially reopened in Kolo Creek, and there is limited loading at Bonny,” a spokesperson said.
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/ 25 December 2005
Sir Alex Ferguson has insisted he is not fretting about the performance of Premiership leaders and reigning champions Chelsea as the season enters the busy Christmas and New Year period. Chelsea lead Ferguson’s second-placed Manchester United by nine points heading into Monday’s programme.
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/ 25 December 2005
Real Madrid great Alfredo di Stefano is in hospital after suffering a heart attack, the Spanish first division club said on Saturday. Di Stefano suffered the heart attack in the early hours of Saturday morning before being moved to a hospital at Sagunto near Valencia.
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/ 25 December 2005
South African all-rounder Justin Kemp’s shoulder injury has ruled him out of the second cricket Test against Australia beginning on Monday at the Melbourne Cricket Ground. The world’s top-ranked batsman, Jacques Kallis, will play for South Africa after missing the drawn first Test in Perth last week with an elbow injury.
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/ 25 December 2005
Christians around the world celebrated Christmas with prayers for peace on Sunday amid fears of violence as pilgrims returned in droves to their saviour’s birthplace. Thousands of pilgrims descended on Bethlehem as the birthplace of Jesus Christ enjoyed its busiest Christmas of the new century.
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/ 25 December 2005
For half a century, the military agency dedicated to detecting threats against the United States and Canada has reported Santa’s sleigh ride to curious youngsters around the world. With help from several civilian companies, the North American Aerospace Defence Command (Norad) reports Santa’s progress on a website.
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/ 25 December 2005
A bus ran off a road in northern China into a freezing section of the Yellow River, leaving 28 people missing and presumed dead, official media said on Sunday. The accident occurred late on Saturday in Hanggin prefecture of the Inner Mongolia region, state-run China Central Television said.
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/ 25 December 2005
Fires raging on Table Mountain in Cape Town since Saturday were brought under control on Sunday morning, the city’s disaster-management services spokesperson John Brown said. Two houses had been totally gutted by late on Saturday night, three had been totally destroyed and at least six had suffered damage.
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/ 24 December 2005
Firefighters were starting to get control by Saturday evening of the blaze that gutted one house and damaged nine others on the slopes of Table Mountain, Cape Town fire chief Piet Smith said. ”We haven’t got it fully contained yet, but we’re slowly getting it under control now,” he said.
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/ 24 December 2005
Brilliant attacking batsmanship by the Titans brought them a superb six-wicket victory over the Warriors in their Standard Bank Cup limited-overs cricket match at St George’s Park on Friday. The Titans were faced with the challenging total of 247 to win after the Warriors made 246 for three in 45 overs.