Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert said on Sunday he would push ahead with the army’s widescale offensive in the Gaza Strip, saying the fight to free an abducted soldier and stop militant rocket fire would last for a ”long time”. The 12-day-old operation has caused widespread destruction in Gaza, left 51 Palestinians dead and led to international complaints that Israel was using excessive force.
The European Commission is due to fine Microsoft on Wednesday as part of a hard-line approach towards getting the software giant to comply with antitrust sanctions that appears to be bearing fruit. The extent of Microsoft’s new-found cooperation in the face of a penalty that is likely to reach hundreds of millions of euros is impressing even the Americans, until now highly critical of Brussels’ approach.
Hooker Keven Mealamu scored two first half tries on Saturday to lead New Zealand to a 32-12 win over Australia in the opening match of the Tri-Nations rugby series. Mealamu touched down twice in a five minute period at Jade Stadium, while Australia was reduced to 14 men by the sin-binning of flanker Rocky Elsom, to push the All Blacks toward their 18th straight win in home Test matches.
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Under a full moon in a sky brushed with wispy clouds, three huge Fabio Grossos ran to the spot, kicked, scored and set off a roar in the Circus Maximus the like of which may not have been heard since classical times. Within minutes, the ancient arena was thick with smoke and ablaze with flares in the red, green and white of the tricolore.
Okay, I’m going to die now. That is it, there is no way I’m going to survive this. We’re doing nearly 270kph, coming very close to what looks like a 90° corner and this dude has no intention of braking. Hope I’ve been good enough in this life to ensure that I don’t come back as a dung beetle in my next life (not that I believe people reincarnate into insects and animals, but that’s not the point).
If there’s one thing we expect from the Volvo brand, it’s safety. Volvo has successfully entrenched its core value even to the point where one would have to admit that it sometimes comes across as rather boring and one-tracked. But that’s not a bad thing because it’s a great foundation to build from and that’s exactly what it has done very consistently over the years.
KwaZulu-Natal media have started to take its Zulu-speaking audience seriously, as it realises where the new spending power lies. Matebello Motloung reports.
Laptop sales have overtaken desktop sales in the United Kingdom, according to retailer PC World. This may not have happened in South Africa yet, but booming laptop sales are great for this country, which produces 77% of the world’s platinum.
Platinum and some of its five sister metals are key ingredients in laptops.
United Kingdom-headquartered cellphone giant Vodafone, is dangling a R60-billion carrot that would represent the country’s largest foreign investment to date, dwarfing the R33-billion Barclays invested for a controlling stake in Absa.
The first full-scale audit of how the G8 group of leading industrialised nations has performed on its promises to the world’s poor since last year’s Gleneagles summit has revealed that rich countries are failing to meet almost all the targets they set themselves.