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/ 29 January 2006
Rescuers searched in bitter cold on Sunday for victims buried when the roof of an exhibition hall in southern Poland collapsed on a racing pigeon show, killing at least 60 people and injuring 141. The death toll rose steadily through the early hours of Sunday as rescuers dug through the building following its collapse at around 5.30pm. (4.30pm GMT) on Saturday in the city of Katowice.
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/ 29 January 2006
Confederation of African Football (CAF) officials on Saturday admitted that they had made a mistake when they announced earlier in the week that Cameroon captain Rigobert Song established a new Nations Cup record when he played his 25th game at the finals.
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/ 29 January 2006
State media in Zimbabwe on Sunday accused a visiting International Monetary Fund team of ”shifting its position” on the debt-riddled country and said the local central bank governor should not try to ”please” the global lender. The Sunday Mail newspaper said Reserve Bank Governor Gideon Gono should be warned that he is dealing with ”insincere partners”.
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/ 29 January 2006
”Every parent has the right to dream. There is no tax on dreaming,” said Marcos Baghdatis’s father as he prepared to watch his son take on the mighty Swiss Roger Federer in the Australian Open tennis final on Sunday. ”I always had the dream that one of my three boys would make it on the world stage. All three were champions in Cyprus,” said Christos Baghdatis.
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/ 29 January 2006
Egypt overcame Mido’s early injury and sent 74 000 fans into a frenzy on Saturday when it advanced to the quarterfinals of the African Cup of Nations by beating already-qualified Côte d’Ivoire 3-1. Morocco, the runner-up two years ago, played to a 0-0 draw against Libya and dropped out of the tournament after failing to score in three games.
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/ 29 January 2006
The Democratic Alliance launched its election manifesto on Saturday promising to clean up the African National Congress’ service delivery mess and simplify local municipalities. ”Today local government is in a state of crisis. If we continue this way, South Africa will fail,” DA leader Tony Leon told party leaders and supporters in Johannesburg.
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/ 29 January 2006
Imagine a microwave-like machine that can wash and dry your smelly sneakers in ten minutes — because one day very soon you might be able to buy one. South African Cheslyn Swart has invented a super-fast washing machine for sports shoes ”out of pure desperation” after losing his job as floor manager in a cellphone warehouse six years ago.
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/ 29 January 2006
For John McVeigh, making cars was not just a job; it was his shot at the American Dream. He had left Glasgow a young, wide-eyed man at 21 and ended up in Detroit, lured by the huge factories churning out the cars that defined 20th century United States life.
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/ 29 January 2006
Senior Iranian officials further raised tensions with the West on Saturday, implicitly warning that Tehran would use missiles to strike Israel or Western forces stationed in the Gulf if attacked. The statements came as world leaders met at the annual World Economic Forum in Davos, with the Middle East high on the agenda.
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/ 29 January 2006
Google, the socially conscious internet search engine which could seemingly do no wrong, has owned up to a ”big mistake” in its latest online venture. The blunder, affecting Google’s new online video store, comes at the end of the most difficult week in the company’s short history, as it faced worldwide criticism for bowing to government censorship of its new search engine in China.