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/ 17 January 2006
A self-confessed German cannibal on Tuesday said at his retrial for murder that five years after butchering and eating an apparently willing victim he felt no guilt. Armin Meiwes (44) told the court that cannibalism was against the codes of social conduct but not a crime because his victim had wanted to die in this way.
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/ 17 January 2006
The South African canoeing community is mourning the death of pioneering black paddler Robert Lembethe, who passed away at the weekend after a short illness. Lembethe (56) died a week before the Hansa Powerade Dusi marathon, the race that attracted him to the sport in the early Eighties.
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/ 17 January 2006
Defending champions South Africa top the seedings in the 2006 International Rugby Board (IRB) Under-21 World Championship to be played in France from June 9 to 25. The IRB said on Monday South Africa will be locking horns with Argentina, Georgia and France during the pool stages of the tournament.
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/ 17 January 2006
Suspected Tiger rebels set off two more mines and fought a gun battle with troops on Tuesday as the United Nations urged talks and Norway made a fresh bid to pull Sri Lanka back from the brink of war. Military officials said members of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam ambushed a navy bus by setting off a landmine in the restive northeast port district of Trincomalee.
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/ 17 January 2006
An Austrian arbitration court ruled on Tuesday that five paintings by Austrian art nouveau painter Gustav Klimt seized by the Nazis should be returned to their owner’s family. The court ruled that "conditions have been met for the five paintings to be given back to the heirs to Ferdinand Bloch-Bauer".
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/ 17 January 2006
Global oil demand could buck seasonal trends and remain strong in the second quarter of 2006, the International Energy Agency said on Tuesday, warning that new developments in the oil market could compensate for a traditional fall in demand at the end of the northern hemisphere winter.
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/ 17 January 2006
The Congress of South African Trade Unions (Cosatu) on Tuesday said the latest allegations regarding the air-force flight of Deputy President Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka when she travelled to the United Arab Emirates reinforce its call for a new rule book to be drafted to regulate the use of public facilities by government ministers.
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/ 17 January 2006
Polar lights offer a grandiose spectacle especially when observed from a 37-degrees-Celsius thermal bath at air temperatures of below zero. Iceland’s Blue Lagoon has no artificial light to spoil the show. Polar light activity is best seen on clear nights during autumn and winter. The "moon landscape" in which the thermal bath is situated evokes a surreal atmosphere.
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/ 17 January 2006
Kumar Sangakkara and Jehan Mubarak made half-centuries as Sri Lanka reached 282 for six, punishing South Africa’s decision to bowl first in their tri-series limited-overs cricket match on Tuesday. South African captain Graeme Smith sought to replicate the formula that gave his team a five-wicket win over Australia on Sunday.
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/ 17 January 2006
Two people froze to death in Moscow, officials said on Tuesday, as Arctic cold from Siberia descended on western Russia, sending nighttime temperatures to as low as minus 36 degrees Celsius and prompting warnings of power cuts to some businesses. Forecasters said the cold snap is expected to last most of the week.