Three time defending champion Roger Federer was poised to make history at the Pacific Life Open Master Series, but somebody forgot to tell Guillermo Canas. Canas ended Federer’s bid to break the consecutive match winning streak, upsetting the Swiss superstar 7-5, 6-2.
President Thabo Mbeki has not met ailing Health Minister Manto Tshabalala-Msimang’s husband to discuss relieving her of her duties due to her ill health, the Presidency said on Monday. City Press reported that Tshabalala-Msimang’s husband, Mendi Msimang, had asked Mbeki to relieve the minister of her duties.
If it turns out that your second-hand car is a stolen vehicle and you have an accident, your insurance policy will not pay out and you will probably lose your car, along with the hard-earned cash you paid for it. But, by conducting some simple background checks, prior to purchase, you can ensure that you aren’t left out-of-pocket.
Scientists have called for the international community take more interest in sleeping sickness, according to a report on the Science and Development Network website. They warn that drugs currently used to treat the disease are old and toxic, adding that sleeping sickness warrants a higher research priority because of its threat to health.
French President Jacques Chirac was on Sunday night preparing to bid farewell to an uncertain and divided France, which his critics accuse him of tipping into decline. But after 40 years in politics, the president once described as a ”bulldozer” and ”killer” of rivals was leaving France in suspense as to whether he would express his support for his party opponent, Nicolas Sarkozy.
An Egyptian judge, who chairs the court that is to hear a blogger’s appeal against a four-year jail sentence that drew criticism from around the world, is seeking to gag 21 websites, said a judicial source. The revelation came on the eve of the opening hearing of Abdel Karim Suleiman’s appeal against his conviction for insulting Islam and defaming Mubarak.
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Bob Woolmer believes South Africa have the balance and the power to emerge World Cup winners. The Pakistan coach believes that if Graeme Smith’s men, now the top-ranked side in the world, can harness patience to their impressive all-round game, they could emerge champions.
Democratic civilian rule is on the brink of being restored to Mauritania after a landmark free election in the vast north African country which has seen little stability since winning its independence from France more than 40 years ago. Members of the outgoing military junta are stepping down after barring themselves from standing as candidates in Sunday’s presidential poll.
Irish leaders will jet off around the world this week to promote the Emerald Isle ahead of this weekend’s annual St Patrick’s Day celebrations, an increasingly global excuse for a party. Helped by the country’s ubiquitous expatriates St Patrick’s Day brings the <i>craic</i> (having fun) to the world — and Dublin is keen to make the most of it.
The elephant population of Laos is shrinking fast, a decline ecologists blame on habitat loss and a trend all too familiar to many humans — too much work, not enough play. Ancient Laos was known as <i>Lan Xang</i>, the "Land of One Million Elephants", but today fewer than 2Â 000 of the animals survive.