A man who began speaking again after two years in a coma says that he had heard and understood everything going on around him. Salvatore Crisafulli (38) has had great difficulty in speaking since recovering, but, asked if he could remember the past two years, he replied ”yes” and wept. In true Italian style, his mother told reporters that his first word had been ”Mamma”.
An immediate investigation by the Department of Health and the Medicines Control Council into the activities of anti-Aids-drug lobbyist Matthias Rath in the Western Cape township of Khayelitsha is needed, says the University of the Witwatersrand. "What he does is actually against the law," said a director at the university.
A top plastic surgeon and his 49-year-old wife were murdered in their bed shortly before midnight on Wednesday, Johannesburg police said. Spokesperson Sanku Tsunke said on Thursday that two armed men entered the house in Mayfair, and fired several shots at Dr Mahomed Anwar Kadwa and his wife, killing both.
When the corpses come to town, anything can happen. Police seized a few of them during a raid in Taiwan. In Los Angeles, visitors gawked round-the-clock — and one was stolen. In San Francisco, some started oozing. So when the Body Worlds exhibit goes on display in Philadelphia, officials are hoping for an uneventful reception.
An infestation of flesh-eating flies have been found in the mouth of an elderly Hong Kong woman who later died, health officials confirmed on Thursday. Maggots of the parasite were discovered after the 79-year-old developed symptoms of chills and bleeding from the mouth.
Australia rejected on Thursday a plan to let big-game hunters shoot crocodiles in the country’s tropical north, despite calls for a cull after three men were killed by the giant reptiles and a 10-year-old girl was attacked. Saltwater crocodiles, which can grow up to 7m long and weigh more than a tonne, have been protected since the early 1970s.
The world team must bat patiently and build more partnerships if they are to keep the one-day Super Series alive, New Zealander Daniel Vettori said in Melbourne on Thursday. Australia crushed the cream of world cricket to claim the opening match by 93 runs on Wednesday and can take the series with victory in Friday’s second game.
The British government has told Airbus that it is ready to provide repayable aid to support the launch of the A350, the long-range aircraft at the forefront of an Euopean Union-United States civil aviation subsidy row, the <i>Financial Times</i> said on Thursday.
There is enough rugby potential in England for the national side to mount a successful defence of its World Cup in 2007, former skipper Lawrence Dallaglio said on Wednesday. Dallaglio is yet to officially come out of England retirement, but his desire to pull on an English jersey burns strongly once again.
With nothing but pride at stake for his team in the Currie Cup, Sharks coach Dick Muir has left out his Springbok pair of John Smit and Percy Montgomery for the return clash against the Cheetahs in Bloemfontein on Saturday. In the first round, it was the Cheetahs who halted the Sharks’ progress with a 29-18 victory in Durban.