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/ 21 November 2006
Muslim fighters on Tuesday clashed with Ethiopian forces near the seat of Somalia’s government, inflicting large numbers of casualties and destroying armoured vehicles, officials and witnesses said. The Islamists ambushed an Ethiopian convoy in Qasah-Omane, a small village about 70km south-west of Baidoa.
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/ 21 November 2006
Andy Goode will start at flyhalf for England in their second Test against South Africa at Twickenham on Saturday. Goode came off the bench last weekend to replace the injured Charlie Hodgson and kicked effectively, both out of hand and at goal, as he scored seven points in a 23-21 win over the Springboks.
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/ 21 November 2006
Zambia blocked former president Frederick Chiluba from seeking medical treatment in South Africa on Tuesday on suspicion he might not return home, where he is on trial for graft, a senior intelligence source said. Chiluba (64) was told he could not leave despite a Lusaka court order that he should be evacuated for a medical review.
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/ 21 November 2006
A former Russian spy fighting for his life in a British hospital may have been given poison laced with a radioactive substance to render it more lethal, the toxicologist treating him said on Tuesday. Russia has dismissed as ”nonsense” claims its agents poisoned former spy Alexander Litvinenko (41), a persistent critic of President Vladimir Putin.
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/ 21 November 2006
Nepal’s Maoist insurgents and interim government signed a landmark peace accord on Tuesday to end a decade of violence that has claimed at least 12Â 500 lives in the impoverished Himalayan nation. There was applause from hundreds of politicians, diplomats and journalists as rebel leader Prachanda and Prime Minister Girija Prasad Koirala signed off on the deal.
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/ 21 November 2006
The leaders of neighbouring South Africa and Namibia pledged on Tuesday to open a new chapter in bilateral relations as they signed a joint trade agreement, largely focusing on energy supplies. After the first top-level meeting in three years, South Africa President Thabo Mbeki said he was determined not to allow a similar period to elapse before the next such talks.
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/ 21 November 2006
With proper investment and management, railways can be made the backbone of the transport system in South Africa, Transport Minister Jeff Radebe said on Tuesday. ”We cannot be complacent until our economy is aggressively driven by an overall competitive and sustainable public transport system,” the minister said at the launch of the new ”10M5” trains in Pretoria.
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/ 21 November 2006
HIV infection is rising in every region of the world and most worryingly in countries such as Uganda and Thailand, which had been heralded as success stories in the fight against Aids, the United Nations said on Tuesday while praising South Africa’s recent pledge to do better against the disease.
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/ 21 November 2006
As interest rates rise, homeowners have an even bigger incentive to invest in their bonds, as they will be saving even more interest while benefiting from the secondary advantage of a shorter term of repayment. When interest rates rise, putting money into one’s bond guarantees a bigger interest saving.
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/ 21 November 2006
Lebanese Christian Cabinet minister Pierre Gemayel, an outspoken critic of Syria, was assassinated near Beirut on Tuesday, plunging Lebanon deeper into a crisis that threatens to destabilise the country. At least three gunmen rammed their car into Gemayel’s vehicle, then leapt out and riddled it with bullets, witnesses said.