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/ 17 October 2005
For the first time in history, the list used for naming tropical storms in the Atlantic Ocean is running out of names. With the naming of Tropical Storm Wilma on Monday morning, the list of 21 names used this year has reached its end. Wilma is gathering strength and is expected to become a hurricane this week.
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/ 17 October 2005
One of 11 accused in a case possibly linked to the kidnapping of a young boy in Ennerdale, Johannesburg, was allegedly subjected to ”shock treatment” in prison near Cape Town at the weekend. Defence counsel Leigh Thompson, for accused Vernon Noel Victor, told the Cape High Court Victor needed urgent medical attention.
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/ 17 October 2005
There were conflicting reports of the success of a Congress of South African Trade Unions (Cosatu) call for a worker stayaway in Mpumalanga, the Free State and Northern Cape on Monday. Cosatu said the protest was a ”magnificent” success, while the South African Chamber of Business said its impact on businesses was hardly felt.
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/ 17 October 2005
Serbia’s royal family issued a statement in the style of a personal ad on Monday seeking local wives for its three unmarried princes. ”Princess wanted!” and ”How to become a princess in Serbia” read the headlines to the statement, in which Prince Peter (25) and his twin brothers Philip and Alexander (23) said they are ready to meet the loves of their lives.
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/ 17 October 2005
Prolific songwriter Baker Knight, whose hits were recorded by stars ranging from Elvis Presley to Ricky Nelson, Paul McCartney, Frank Sinatra and Dean Martin, has died. He was 72. Born Thomas Baker Knight Jnr, he died on Wednesday of natural causes at his home in Birmingham, according to his daughter, Tuesday Knight.
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/ 17 October 2005
Aid finally started reaching some of Pakistan’s thousands of cold and hungry earthquake survivors on Monday as helicopters, trucks and donkeys raced to reach Himalayan villages cut off for nine days. The leader of Pakistani Kashmir put the toll from South Asia’s disaster at more than 54 000.
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/ 17 October 2005
China’s most-acclaimed modern writer Ba Jin — whose novels criticised traditional Chinese society — died on Monday in Shanghai, state media said. He was 100. A native of Chengdu city in south-west China’s Sichuan province, Ba was considered by the government and other Chinese authors to be the greatest writer in modern China.
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/ 17 October 2005
Trade union Solidarity on Monday welcomed recommendations by the Department of Minerals and Energy that fines be levied against DRDGold following a fatal earth tremor earlier this year. ”In addition, the responsible rock engineer, production manager, mine supervisor and shift boss must face prosecution,” the union said.
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/ 17 October 2005
Retired Vatican finance chief Cardinal Giuseppe Caprio has died, the Vatican said on Monday. He was 90. The Vatican said the Italian cardinal died on Saturday. Pope Benedict XVI on Monday praised his service in a condolence message, saying Caprio served five popes in ”delicate and important” offices.
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/ 17 October 2005
Three violent earthquakes shook western Turkey on Monday, cracking walls, collapsing chimneys and sending 30 people to hospital, including a man who reportedly threw himself from the fifth floor of a building in panic. Turkey’s top seismologist warned of the threat of more earthquakes.