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/ 14 November 2006
New Zealanders may be able to do without many things, but it seems that when it comes to travelling, they can’t do without their mum, according to a survey released on Sunday. Mums were identified as the fourth-most-important item to take along when heading overseas.
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/ 14 November 2006
Any terror risk in Western Sahara stems from Morocco’s illegal occupation, the territory’s independence movement said on Tuesday, dismissing a Moroccan warning that an independent state could harbour terrorists. Mohamed Abdelaziz, President of the self-proclaimed government in exile for Western Sahara, said that Morocco’s policy on Western Sahara was the real security risk.
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/ 14 November 2006
Shanghai, China’s wealthiest and most dazzling city, plans to add to its reputation this weekend with a millionaire party aimed at hooking up rich men with beautiful women, state press said on Tuesday. Men wishing to participate must have assets worth at least two million yuan ($250 000).
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/ 14 November 2006
A Thai zoo will show its star residents, a pair of young giant pandas, "porn" videos to teach the famously sexually inactive animals how to mate, an official said on Tuesday. "We have to encourage them to mate, and the videos will show mating positions of male pandas and female pandas," said a veterinarian at the zoo.
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/ 14 November 2006
A restaurant chain’s campaign to publicise its "Lust" pizza for meat lovers — one of a range of pies representing the seven deadly sins — by delivering condoms to homes across New Zealand has attracted widespread wrath. The campaign by Hell’s Pizzas has become the most complained about in the country.
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/ 14 November 2006
A shoplifter who snatched a haul of cosmetics in an Estonian department store left security scratching their heads, until they found the ill-gotten gains stashed in his wooden leg, officials said on Tuesday. A limping customer entered the shop in the Estonian capital, Tallinn, the Falck security company said.
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/ 14 November 2006
Media group Naspers is to acquire Johnnic Communications’ (Johncom) 38,56% stake in pay television channel M-Net/SuperSport for a combination of Naspers shares and cash, it was announced on Tuesday. Naspers, which currently owns an effective 60,12% interest in M-Net/Supersport, will issue 20,9-million Naspers N ordinary shares and pay R250-million in cash to Johncom for the lucrative stake.
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/ 14 November 2006
Nine African elephants in KwaZulu-Natal facing death following a successful land claim were moved to a wildlife sanctuary in Limpopo over the weekend, animal rights activists said on Tuesday. The previous land owners were planning to kill the elephants as the new owners intended using the land solely for farming, said Animal Rights Africa’s Michele Pickover.
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/ 14 November 2006
The South African Communist Party (SACP) has expressed its serious concerns about the Supreme Court of Appeal’s recent ruling in the Schabir Shaik matter, the party said on Tuesday. ”The SACP notes and wishes to express its serious concerns about the implications of the letter written by Judge Hilary Squires to Business Day,” a party statement read.
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/ 14 November 2006
England batsman Marcus Trescothick is to return home from the Ashes tour to Australia, the England and Wales Cricket Board said on Tuesday. Trescothick has suffered a recurrence of the stress-related illness that led to him returning home from England’s tour of India earlier this year.