Sudan and Chad are ready to work to restore relations, three months after N’djamena broke off ties over alleged Sudanese backing of a failed coup, a foreign ministry spokesperson in Khartoum said on Tuesday. Chadian Foreign Minister Ahmat Allami arrived in Khartoum late on Monday and went into talks with his Sudanese counterpart, Lam Akol.
The coldest month of the year is in full swing, and the City of Johannesburg says homeless people should beware of the creeping killer, hypothermia. People are being encouraged to wear as much clothing as possible. ”We are also advising people to pack cardboard and newspapers in their clothes and shoes to keep the heat in,” said emergency services spokesperson Malcolm Midgley.
German champions Bayern Munich on Monday confirmed they want to sign Manchester United striker Ruud van Nistelrooy. Dutch star Van Nistelrooy (30) looks certain to leave Old Trafford this summer after falling out with United manager Sir Alex Ferguson at the end of last season.
Australia’s much-maligned front row is determined to prove itself against the Springboks in this week’s Tri-Nations clash after being humbled in New Zealand, prop Greg Holmes said on Tuesday. South Africa coach Jake White has already revealed he will be targeting the inexperienced Australian scrum in Brisbane on the weekend.
At least eight people were killed and several injured following renewed clashes between security forces and outlawed groups in the south-eastern Nigerian market town of Onitsha, residents said on Tuesday. Fighting erupted on Monday when a joint patrol team of police and army attempted to dislodge the groups from the town.
Botswana’s longest-running court case, in which its San Bushmen are fighting for rights to ancestral land, will hear final submissions next month as the trial nears completion, lawyers said on Tuesday. State lawyer Dittah Molodi said that ”final oral submissions before the court are expected to start on August 28”.
Set against a rugged landscape dotted with towering villages, Frankish castles, Byzantine churches and beautiful beaches, Mani, on the southern Peloponnese coast of Greece, can literally be described as being at the edge of the world. Visitors will be left in awe of its contrasting landscapes.
Tenerife is the largest of the seven Canary Islands, with something for everyone. There are sunny beaches and modern vacation centres like Playa de Las Americas in the south-west, while the fertile north with frequent clouds offers the Otravando Valley, the tourist-friendly town of Puerto de la Cruz and the capital, Santa Cruz.
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Italy’s Marco Materazzi called Zinedine Zidane a ”son of a terrorist whore” just before the France captain gave him a brutal headbutt in the World Cup final, Britain’s top forensic lip-reader says. The Times newspaper hired Jessica Rees, whose skill has seen her summoned as an expert witness at criminal trials, to study a tape of Sunday’s match.
The JSE was just marginally weaker before noon on Tuesday after a directionless morning characterised by light volumes. A marginally weaker rand and a rebound in commodity prices failed to benefit resources stocks. By 11.55am, the all-share and all-share industrial indices both dipped 0,1%.