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/ 31 January 2006
The five permanent members of the United Nations Security Council reached surprising agreement on Tuesday that Iran should be hauled before that powerful body over its disputed nuclear programme. China and Russia signed on to a statement that calls on the UN nuclear watchdog to transfer the Iran dossier to the Security Council.
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/ 31 January 2006
Manchester United have demanded that Fifa take action against Chelsea if it is proved the English Premiership champions hijacked the John Obi Mikel transfer. The 18-year-old Nigerian who initially signed a contract with United from his Norwegian club Lyn Oslo, only to later claim he was forced to sign and wanted to join Chelsea instead.
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/ 31 January 2006
Former cricket supremo Ali Bacher confirmed on Monday that beleaguered rugby boss Brian van Rooyen has asked him to ”facilitate” an exit from the South African Rugby Union (Saru) for him. Bacher, who joined the Saru board last year, said he met Van Rooyen last week to discuss the latter’s exit from rugby.
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/ 31 January 2006
Those on the coast constantly lament Gauties’ aggressive driving style, but it has to be said that some Durban drivers regard Gauteng as a sort of lawless parallel universe. All it proves is that there’s a collective stupidity in South Africa. Despite encounters with reckless idiots, the festive period was the perfect time to enjoy the new Mercedes-Benz M-Class 320 CDi.
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/ 31 January 2006
Considering that less than 5% of 4x4s sold in South Africa are taken off-road, Nissan’s new "crossover" SUV-type vehicle, the Murano, should theoretically do very well. That is, of course, if people could get over the brand bias that seems to prevent them from trying out new vehicles that better suit their needs.
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/ 31 January 2006
"Normally, Indians are skinny, short and petite. Not my family, though. In my immediate and extended family, most of the men and women are tall, larger-than-normal sorts. We excuse our podginess with the flimsy, but true, reasoning that we’re descendants of Sikh warriors," writes Sukasha Singh.
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/ 31 January 2006
The Italian government said on Monday it will be relaxing its strict doping laws for next month’s Winter Olympics in Turin, much to the relief of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) and the World Anti-Doping Agency (Wada). The IOC and Wada had been concerned that some athletes could end up with jail sentences.
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/ 31 January 2006
The KwaZulu-Natal Dolphins are desperate after three successive Standard Bank Pro20 defeats and now need at least two wins out of three in their remaining round-robin fixtures in the competition. Two of the matches are at home this week. On Wednesday night, they line-up against the Warriors in a postponed fixture at Kingsmead.
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/ 31 January 2006
A strike by several thousand Transnet workers continued on Tuesday to protest restructuring plans at the parastatal, a union spokesperson said. ”We are definitely continuing in KwaZulu-Natal. In the Free State, the strike was scheduled only for one day, but some will continue today,” the United Transport and Allied Trade Union said.
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/ 31 January 2006
A 10-year-old Indian boy is close to becoming one of the world’s youngest directors with his first film being prepared for an April release. Writer, actor, director and still not yet a teenager, Kishan Shrikanth spent Monday on his film set putting the final touches to a song-and-dance sequence in his first movie.