Darfur rebels have bickered among themselves, violated a ceasefire and even been accused of attacking peacekeepers. Now they risk being seen as standing in the way of a peace agreement before a deadline on Tuesday at midnight.
It has been acclaimed as the best German film of the year and nominated in 11 out of 15 categories for the German Prize, Germany’s version of the Oscars. But The Life of Others, a film about the Stasi, East Germany’s secret police, is at the centre of a row after its lead actor said he had been a Stasi victim, spied on by his own wife.
Israel’s new government will be sworn in this week after the Prime Minister, Ehud Olmert, finally named a pragmatic coalition line-up on Monday designed to push through a major withdrawal from West Bank settlements. The knesset will be asked to approve the government on Thursday, after Olmert drew in enough parties to the Cabinet to get the support of 67 of the Parliament’s 120 members
The beleaguered French Prime Minister, Dominique de Villepin, on Tuesday faces tough questioning in Parliament over his alleged role in a bogus corruption scandal dubbed French Watergate as opposition politicians questioned whether he could stay in office and called for early elections.
One of the biggest protests in United States history unfolded across America on Monday as more than a million demonstrators took to the streets to protest against proposals to toughen immigration law. From New York to Los Angeles and more than 50 cities in between, they streamed out in their numbers, waving US, Mexican and El Salvadorean flags.
"The new Daimler Chrysler 300C, has been winning awards left, right and centre — including the North American Car of the Year Award. In the past year I’ve driven a variety of cars, including some of the most exotic and powerful on offer, but none has attracted half as much attention as the Chrysler 300C, writes Sukasha Singh.
The 1960s saw the advent of skin-lightening creams. The damage done by these creams cannot be emphasised enough, for they left untold emotional and physical scars in the black community. In the South Africa of that time, social hierarchies were clearly structured along the lines of skin colour.
South African Airways’s cost structure, twice that of budget airlines, prevents it from competing against low-cost carriers, meaning that its stated intent of entering this market will ultimately be at the taxpayer’s expense. SAA will enter the budget market, which has grown 44% in four years, by year-end.
The Industrial Development Corporation is backing an ambitious project that will cost between R7,5-billion and R11-billion to produce 1,1-billion litres of ethanol a year. The project will fund between seven and 10 ethanol plants over the next decade, with the hope that the low-cost, greener fuel will help off-set rising oil prices and reduce emissions.
Aids activists have threatened mass action and a lawsuit against Kenya’s government for its apparent failure to protect HIV-positive people from violence and intolerance. This follows the brutal murder of Isaiah Gakuyo, a frail 15-year-old boy who had been living with Aids.