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/ 20 January 2006
When Brian Hauff came to visit Thailand, he decided against a resort hotel and joined the increasing number of foreigners who are staying in the homes of local villagers instead. "I came directly to Thailand to learn more intimate Thai in terms of culture," says the 58-year-old.
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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
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 Sundance Film Festival kicked off in the Utah mountains with a volley of parties and premieres that herald a 10-day orgy of independent cinema and Hollywood wheeling and dealing. About 120 feature and documentary films from 32 countries will be presented in the packed Park City ski resort during the 25th edition of the world’s top independent movie showcase.
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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
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
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.