A suspect in a R250-million drug syndicate was granted bail of R500 000 by the Alberton Magistrate’s Court on Friday, South African Broadcasting Corporation radio news reported. The court also ruled that Stephanos Paparas be placed under a 24-hour house arrest with a strict condition attached that he not make contact with any of the state witnesses.
Catastrophe! The Irishman says he will not continue. An immoral godless charade, he calls it. Lord save me from thespian Celts with gigantic misshapen heads and mellifluous speaking-voices!
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An alleged plot to blow up United States-bound aircraft from Britain bears all the hallmarks of al-Qaeda and may have been inspired by a similar conspiracy a decade ago, officials and analysts said on Thursday. Robert Mueller, head of the US FBI, said the reported plan had ”the earmarks of an al-Qaeda plot”.
Wayne Rooney has forgiven Manchester United teammate Cristiano Ronaldo for his actions in the World Cup quarterfinal between England and Portugal. Rooney was sent off for stamping and England lost 3-1 on penalties after Ronaldo was seen to encourage referee Horacio Elizondo to send the striker off.
South Africa hope several of their key players recover from injuries before the triangular series with Sri Lanka and India begins next Monday. The South Africans, keen to make amends after their 2-0 Test series defeat by Sri Lanka, have concerns over the fitness of pace bowler Makhaya Ntini, all-rounder Shaun Pollock and captain Mark Boucher.
British police on Thursday said they foiled a plot to blow up several aircraft flying between Britain and the United States in what Washington said might have been an attempted al-Qaeda strike. ”We are confident we have disrupted a plan by terrorists to cause untold death and destruction,” said London police’s Deputy Commissioner Paul Stephenson.
The second phase of construction on the Gautrain will proceed in Johannesburg after judgment was reserved in a recent court application to stop work for an environmental impact report, the rail construction company said on Thursday. Last week, Pretoria residents applied to the Pretoria High court to halt construction immediately for an environmental impact report.
Passengers and stewards on board a Qatar Airways plane heading to Qatar from Jordan overpowered an Eritrean passenger who tried to force his way into the cockpit on Thursday, an airline spokesperson said. She told Al Jazeera television that the Eritrean man (21) was carrying a box containing an unknown substance, prompting the captain to return to Jordan immediately.
The former joint chief executives of the now-defunct LeisureNet group, Peter Gardener and Rodney Mitchell, were on Thursday acquitted on the main charge against them, one of fraud involving an alleged R1,9-million kickback. However, acting Judge Dirk Uijs ruled that they had a case to answer on the alternatives to the fraud charge.