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/ 20 January 2006
The United States is preparing one of the biggest shake-ups in the history of the state department, redeploying hundreds of diplomats from Europe and Washington to the Middle East and Asia in the name of ”transformational diplomacy”.
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/ 20 January 2006
The World Health Organisation warned pharmaceutical companies on Thursday that they risked destroying the effectiveness of the drug which has brought fresh hope to millions of people in the fight against malaria. Lee Jong-wook, the WHO’s director-general, told drug companies they must not market the drugs made from artemisinin except in combination with other, older malaria drugs.
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/ 20 January 2006
Two thousand heavily armed Sudanese tribesmen have driven 65 000 heads of livestock across the border into a wildlife reserve in Uganda in search of water and pasture for their herds, in a bid to survive the searing drought gripping East Africa, Ugandan officials said Friday.
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/ 20 January 2006
It would be easy to suggest that in taking the Bafana Bafana job on a short-term contract, coach Ted Dumitru can spare himself the embarrassment that would come if the team were humiliated at the African Cup of Nations tournament in Egypt over the next month.
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/ 20 January 2006
Most South Africans come from backgrounds that frown on homosexuality, says the African Christian Democratic Party. "That is a fact. We cannot support a situation where a minority is attempting to impose its will on the majority," the ACDP’s mayoral candidate for Cape Town, Pauline Cupido, said on Friday.
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/ 20 January 2006
A burglar trussed up like a chicken by a group of pensioners who found him robbing their pétanque club was a laughing stock in prison and would ”never be able to hold his head up in criminal company again,” his lawyer told a New Zealand court on Friday.
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/ 20 January 2006
Environmental group Greenpeace on Friday said it had ended its pursuit of Japanese whalers in the Southern Ocean, which saw protesters attempt to put themselves between the harpoons and giant animals. The ships <i>Arctic Sunrise</i> and <i>Esperanza</i> will prepare to leave the region for Cape Town, the group said in a statement.
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/ 20 January 2006
The United States online auction service eBay on Friday scrapped all sellers’ transaction fees in China, in an effort to compete with local competitors offering free services, including Yahoo-invested Alibaba.com. The move means that sellers won’t get paid until the buyers receive and are satisfied with the products, it said.
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/ 20 January 2006
Kenya’s vice-president and two Cabinet ministers are among more than 30 people summoned by the Kenyan anti-corruption commission. The vast scope of the allegations is likely to have serious ramifications for the British government and could affect how Britain and international organisations deal with African nations that are suspected of similar activities.
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/ 20 January 2006
Hamas is paying a spin doctor 000 to persuade Europeans and Americans that it is not a group of religious fanatics who relish suicide bombings and hate Jews. The organisation, also known as the Islamic Resistance Movement, has hired a media consultant, Nashat Aqtash, to improve its image at home and abroad.