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/ 13 December 2005
A pullback in precious-metals prices knocked the JSE on Tuesday, leaving the overall index in the red in late-morning trade. Banks bucked the weaker trend as some of the money from resources found its way into the sector. By 11.46am, the all-share index shed 0,7%.
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/ 13 December 2005
United States authorities on Tuesday executed Stanley ”Tookie” Williams, a convicted killer who was at the centre of one of biggest anti-death-penalty campaigns in the US in decades, a spokesperson for San Quentin prison said. Williams, executed by lethal injection, was declared dead at 12.35am local time.
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/ 13 December 2005
With hat in hand on the eve of his departure, a German prosecutor on Monday delivered more evidence of Syria’s role in slaying a Lebanese political figure and charged that some documentation had been burned and destroyed in Syria. Detlev Mehlis charges that Syria still has not cooperated fully with the United Nations investigation.
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/ 13 December 2005
A 2m-long python caused a commotion at a Manila police station on Tuesday, with rattled police officers used to battling tough criminals forced to destroy an officer’s desk where the snake slithered in to hide, officials said. The incident started before dawn when a bystander saw the python near a fast-food restaurant in a nearby district.
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/ 13 December 2005
European trade commissioner Peter Mandelson warned there will be no fresh concessions to unblock the logjam in world trade talks on the eve of negotiations poised to set rich countries against poor, as 6Â 000 delegates gathered in Hong Kong for the start of the World Trade Organisation’s (WTO) six-day meeting of ministers.
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/ 13 December 2005
Thousands of anti-globalisation activists gathered in Hong Kong on Tuesday watched by a huge security operation aimed at preventing a repeat of violence which has rocked previous World Trade Organisation (WTO) meetings. Knots of heavily armed police patrolled the march route.
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/ 13 December 2005
A Kuala Lumpur bank’s computer glitch resulted in an eight-year-old boy being summoned to settle a loan that he purportedly stood as a guarantor for, a report said on Tuesday. According to the bank located, Desmune How signed as guarantor four years ago for a car loan taken out by one Zakaria Hamdan.
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/ 13 December 2005
In an exciting finish, the Nashua Dolphins beat the Mercedes Warriors by three wickets with five balls to spare in a Standard Bank Cup cricket match at Mercedes-Benz Park in East London on Monday. Everything seemed to be going the Warriors’ way until the advent of Dolphins skipper Lance Klusener.
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/ 13 December 2005
The International Cricket Council (ICC) on Monday pledged to crack down on verbal sparring during international matches, saying it does not want to see the game reduced to a ”hooligan sport”. The ICC also released a statement from its headquarters in Dubai on Sunday, singling out Australia and South Africa as the worst trash talkers.
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/ 13 December 2005
The grim reality of facing a charge of rape will not result in Orlando Pirates midfield dynamo Benedict Vilakazi being declared ineligible for the African Nations Cup tournament. ”The decision was left to the coach,” said South African Football Association CEO Raymond Hack. ”Safa decided not to interfere with his decision.”