The United States Secretary of State, Condoleezza Rice, increased pressure on Iran on Tuesday when she identified it as the biggest strategic challenge to the US and the target of a proposed -billion arms package. US officials portrayed Iran as a growing spectre that was engaged in expansion and destabilising the region.
A California transplant surgeon has been accused of hastening the death of a severely disabled patient in order to harvest his organs. If found guilty, Hootan Roozrokh faces up to eight years in prison. Dr Roozrokh was part of a team preparing to operate on Ruben Navarro (25) who had been on a life support machine and was found to be unresponsive.
Russian explorers readied for an historic descent to the bottom of the Arctic Ocean under the North Pole on Wednesday as part of an expedition to claim the area for Russia, expedition organisers said. The dive is believed to be the first of its kind and is part of an epic voyage that aims to advance Russian claims to a swathe of Arctic seabed thought to be rich in oil and gas.
News Corp said on Wednesday it would buy Dow Jones for ,6-billion after gaining enough support from the family that controls the Wall Street Journal‘s publisher. The deal helps Rupert Murdoch achieve his decades-long dream of running the financial daily.
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The Eastern Cape government would implement recommendations arising from a probe into the deaths of babies at Frere Hospital. Some of the suggestions were already being implemented, said provincial health minister Nomsa Jajula, adding that the hospital was to undergo a R150-million revamp.
The annual income-tax return filing season begins on Wednesday, the South African Revenue Service (Sars) said. Sars spokesperson Adrian Lackay said taxpayers must hand in their returns by October 31. As from midday on Wednesday there will be an electronic version of income-tax return available on the internet.
The Brazilian football association (CBF) formally submitted its plans for staging the 2014 World Cup on Tuesday but kept the details close to its chest. A Brazilian delegate, headed by CBF president Ricardo Teixeira, handed over a 900-page dossier at the headquarters of world soccer’s governing body.
The South African government plans to build a new -million submarine cable around the west of Africa to boost broadband capacity and cut Internet tariffs in the continent, it said on Tuesday. South Africa’s state-owned telecom infrastructure company Infraco said it would split the cable into two parts with one linking South Africa to Brazil and one to London.
A medical student was raped at the Chris Hani-Baragwanath Hospital in Soweto, media reports said on Tuesday. The student was apparently working in the gynaecology unit of the hospital and was raped while on her way to fetch blood samples for a doctor on Monday.