Israel’s intelligence service has warned of growing concern for Ariel Sharon’s safety as the far-right gives increasing support to violent resistance to his plan to remove Jewish settlers from Gaza and parts of the West Bank. Amid echoes of the assassination of the then prime minister Yitzhak Rabin nine years ago, Sharon told parliament he was disturbed by the warnings.
The lethal spread of the HIV/Aids pandemic across the globe is speeding up, in spite of intensifying efforts on the part of UN agencies, the US, Britain and other European governments to turn the tide. A record five million people were infected by the virus last year and nearly three million died.
Church rolls out ARV programme
Aids report: The state we’re in
A coalition of independent human rights groups accused President Robert Mugabe’s government on Tuesday of trying to suppress an African Union report on human rights violations in Zimbabwe. The report, resulting from a fact-finding mission by the 53-nation body, presents damning allegations of a clampdown on civil liberties surrounding Zimbabwe’s 2002 presidential elections.
Fiat’s new Punto, already one of the most successful Fiat passenger cars ever in Europe, has arrived in Africa. The new range of cars comes in three and five door body shells, motivated by three different engines — a 1,2 litre double overhead camshaft 16 valve petrol unit, a 1,3 litre JTD turbodiesel and a high-performance 1,8 litre petrol burner.
It’s been a whole decade since the last all-new Isuzu KB series bakkie arrived in South Africa. Now the fifth-generation pickup has been launched and it’s bigger, more comfortable and safer than the model it replaces. Gavin Foster gave it a spin in Namibia.
"This is the day I’ve been waiting for, the day when someone would be made to answer for what the rebels did to me," said 20-year-old Jabati Mambu, a student whose right arm was amputated by Sierra Leonean rebels during their invasion of the capital, Freetown, in January 1999. The accused will go on trial in Sierra Leone this week, and face an 18-count indictment for unlawful killings, sexual violence and the use of child soldiers.
The first breath of life eventually leads to the last exhale at death, but for whatever span that lies between, breathing is an unassuming, if essential, part of living. It seemed odd to me that one would need lessons in how to breathe. Yet people worldwide are turning to the intensive Art of Living course on lowering stress and finding renewed vigor and clarity through age-old Hindu breathing techniques.
Ralph Schumacher will leave Williams for Toyota in 2005 after signing a three-year deal, the Japanese formula-one team said on Wednesday. Toyota racing team principal Tsutomu Tomita said: ”He has proven himself to be an extremely quick racing driver in his career … his vast experience will be extremely beneficial to our team.”
Chelsea’s new manager, Jose Mourinho, has told Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger and Manchester United manager Alex Ferguson to cut out the mind games. Mourinho fell out with Ferguson when Porto knocked Manchester United out of the Champions League last season.