Nora Bannerman checks the pristine white uniforms made for American pharmacist Walgreens in her factory in the humid heart of Accra. Her Sleek Garments company exports shirts, pants and uniforms under the African Growth and Opportunity Act.
Most Germans don’t believe money can buy happiness, according to a survey released on Monday, which found that only 13% of German men care deeply about becoming rich. The figure for women is even lower, with only 6% saying they regard wealth as an important goal, according to the poll.
Fishermen in Zanzibar have caught a coelacanth, an ancient fish once thought to have become extinct when it disappeared from fossil records 80-million years ago, an official said on Sunday. Researcher Nariman Jidawi of Zanzibar’s Institute of Marine Science said the fish was caught off the tropical island’s northern tip.
At least 85 people were killed on Monday by a suicide truck bomb in the volatile Iraqi city of Kirkuk, some of them trapped on a bus where they burned to death, according to a witness. Police also said 180 people were wounded and they warned the death toll could rise from the blast that heightened tension in the northern city.
The case of Annanias Mathe, the Mozambican national charged with escaping from Pretoria’s C-Max prison, was postponed yet again in the Pretoria Magistrate’s Court on Monday. The case was postponed to October 5 in order to centralise all the charges against Mathe.
Efforts to end the four-year conflict in Sudan’s Darfur region by paving the way for new talks between Khartoum and fragmented rebel groups took a step forward at a meeting in Libya on Monday. International envoys and rebel groups, which failed to sign up to a May 2006 peace deal, will meet next month to fix a date and venue for the start of negotiations.
Brazil stunned bitter rivals and overwhelming favourites Argentina 3-0 to win their eighth Copa America title on Sunday. It was the second successive title for the Brazilians and was sweet justification for coach Dunga, who was without superstars Ronaldinho and Kaka, and who had been the target of vitriolic criticism.
Manchester United are hopeful of sealing the ”over-complicated” transfer of Argentina striker Carlos Tevez from West Ham within the next week or so, according to chief executive David Gill. United are determined to make Tevez their fourth summer signing following the arrivals of Owen Hargreaves, Nani and Anderson.
By the standards of today’s reveal-all culture, the photographs were not particularly shocking. They were more Benny Hill than pornographic. One showed a fully dressed young woman beaming up to the camera as her boyfriend playfully bit her breast.
Australia fullback Julian Huxley has been ruled out of the Tri-Nations decider against the All Blacks on Saturday after picking up an injury when he was playfully tackled by a teammate at a party. The 27-year-old has played in all Australia’s six Tests this year in the absence of the injured Chris Latham.