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/ 4 September 2005
Hurricane Katrina, which ravaged the United States Gulf Coast this week, has incited a storm of enthusiasm among Islamic bloggers who claim the destruction was sent by God to torment the American empire. ”Katrina, a soldier sent by God to fight on our side … the soldier Katrina joins us to fight against America,” said one website.
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/ 4 September 2005
United States President George Bush ordered an extra 17Â 000 troops — including 7Â 000 elite airborne troops and marines — into New Orleans and the devastated Gulf Coast on Saturday to try to bolster the stumbling flood relief effort and salvage the reputation of his presidency.
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/ 3 September 2005
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The South African Communist Party has rejected a proposed commission of inquiry into claims of a plot against axed deputy president Jacob Zuma. ”We are not convinced that a commission will adequately deal with these problems,” said SACP spokesperson Kaizer Mohau.
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/ 3 September 2005
There was smooth voter registration countrywide except for isolated technical problems and two service-delivery protest marches, the Independent Electoral Commission (IEC) said. The IEC hoped to register 800 000 eligible voters at about 19 000 points countrywide on Saturday.
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/ 3 September 2005
Floor-crossing, dubbed ”crosstitution”, will lead to the rapid consolidation of a one-party state in South Africa, Inkatha Freedom Party leader Mangosuthu Buthelezi told the party’s 30th annual conference on Saturday. ”Our democracy is crumbling because those in power do not care,” he said.
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/ 3 September 2005
Two police helicopters from Durban and police divers have been called in to search for a man who went missing after a Portnet helicopter crashed into the sea at the entrance to the Richards Bay harbour on Saturday morning. The two pilots who were in the helicopter were rescued and taken to hospital.
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/ 3 September 2005
China on Saturday raised the death toll from Typhoon Talim to at least 54, while 23 more people were listed as missing, state media reported. The death toll shot up after authorities in the eastern province of Anhui said 39 people, perhaps more, had lost their lives in the powerful typhoon and that nine were missing.
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/ 3 September 2005
World oil prices slumped on Friday as the International Energy Agency (IEA) and the United States government pledged to release 60-million barrels of crude after Hurricane Katrina severely disrupted supplies. New York’s main contract, light sweet crude for delivery in October, fell ,82 to ,65 per barrel in early deals.
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/ 3 September 2005
Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer vowed to ”kill” internet search leader Google in an obscenity-laced tirade, and Google chased a prized Microsoft executive ”like wolves”, according to documents filed in an increasingly bitter legal battle between the rivals. The allegations were filed on Friday in a Washington state court.