Ethiopia on Tuesday accused its bitter rival Eritrea of trying to foment unrest a day after one person was killed and 15 injured in a series of bombings here. ”The wish of the Eritrean government is to see a divided or at least much weakened Ethiopia,” Prime Minister Meles Zenawi said.
The Democratic Republic of Congo’s (DRC) long-delayed elections have been pushed back again, at least week beyond the earlier scheduled June 18 date, an Electoral Commission spokesperson said on Tuesday. The vote is to be the first in decades in this sprawling and war-ravaged Central African country.
Martin Bryant, the millionaire loner who slaughtered 35 people at a scenic Australian spot in 1996, has fulfilled the prediction of psychologists and is settling into his 10th year in prison as a lifeless hulk. ”Martin is like a zombie,” his mother, Carleen Bryant, told The Bulletin magazine in a story published on Tuesday.
A police officer’s flat was firebombed in Swaziland in the first such incident since the release on bail of 16 opposition members accused of staging a string of arson attacks, an official said on Tuesday. The attack on Monday targeted an apartment in eastern Swaziland, about 200km from the capital, Mbabane, police said.
Real Madrid have included England coach Sven-Goran Eriksson and Chelsea manager Jose Mourinho on a seven-man shortlist from which they hope to find a replacement for Juan Ramon Lopez Caro. Four English-based managers and three Italians appear on the shortlist, announced by Real Madrid president Fernando Martin on Monday.
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (Nasa) on Monday revived a project to send a probe to explore two of the solar system’s biggest asteroids, nearly four weeks after the Dawn mission had been cancelled due to cost overruns and technical glitches. The probe would travel to the huge Vesta and Ceres asteroids orbiting the sun between Mars and Jupiter.
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Jacob Zuma’s rape trial discharge application resumed on Tuesday with his lawyer questioning why his accuser ignored a number of what his defence team regard to be sexual messages. A 31-year-old close family friend has alleged that the former deputy president raped her at his home on November 2.
Little more than half of all tuberculosis (TB) patients are cured in South Africa, multi-drug resistant TB is on the rise and the government seems unable to address the disease. Yet there is some hope in the field of drug development, with renewed attention being paid to developing better medicines.
Oak barrels are obsolete, according to United States vinters, who say aging wine in metal tanks with pieces of oak thrown in costs less and tastes just as good. Braving the stigma of being branded ”voodoo vintners” by traditionalists, oak alternative vinters have produced award-winning wines at bargain prices.
Thousands of people in south-west China, who were evacuated after a weekend gas explosion, remained unable to return home on Tuesday with dangerous gas still leaking, officials said. The explosion on Saturday in Chongqing municipality led to the evacuation of 11 500 people from villages near the site of the leak.