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/ 16 October 2005
Annika Sorenstam, her sights set on a fifth Samsung World Championship crown, surged to a four-stroke lead on Saturday. Sorenstam fired a third-round 66 on the Canyons course at Bighorn Golf Club for 201 and a four-stroke lead over South Korea’s Gloria Park, whose bogey-free 68 put her at 11-under 205.
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/ 16 October 2005
Andrew Flintoff and Muttiah Muralitharan triggered an Australian batting collapse of 5-30 off 17 overs to give the World XI a glimmer of hope for a come-from-behind victory in the Super Test in Sydney on Sunday. Australia were travelling smoothly at 164 for two at lunch, but wickets clattered after the interval.
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/ 16 October 2005
For the hot, dusty outback town of Darwin, it is an invasion unlike anything it has experienced before. Hotels are booked out, the bars are bustling and the talk is mostly about a murder mystery and a missing body. British travel agent Joanne Lees will this week face the man accused of killing her boyfriend four years ago.
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/ 16 October 2005
Torrential downpours delayed quake relief efforts on Sunday in the Himalayan region of Kashmir, and the Pakistani military said one of its helicopters flying an aid mission crashed, killing all six people aboard. Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz made it clear that shelter is now the priority.
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/ 16 October 2005
There is a move away from not interfering in the internal affairs of another country, with the media playing an important role in fostering understanding between countries, President Thabo Mbeki said on Saturday at the launch of the African Editors’ Forum in Kempton Park.
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/ 16 October 2005
A group of senior media executives launched the African Editors’ Forum in Kempton Park on Saturday night. According to its constitution, it was formed by Africa’s ”most senior print, magazine, broadcast and other electronic media editors and media educators” to defend and promote media freedom and independence.
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/ 16 October 2005
Shouting and swearing at the Zimbabwean government will not help resolve problems there, President Thabo Mbeki said on Saturday. South Africa’s approach — and that of the region — is to work together to find solutions to problems, he said at the launch of the African Editors’ Forum in Kempton Park, Gauteng.
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/ 16 October 2005
Vote-counting in the Iraqi constitutional referendum should finish within two days, with an initial forecast possibly available at that time, senior electoral official Farid Ayyar said. Meanwhile, mortar rounds landed early on Sunday within the heavily protected Green Zone in Baghdad.
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/ 16 October 2005
Rail commuters had to be evacuated on Saturday when three motor coaches and three trailers were vandalised and burnt at a station in Springs, Metrorail said. "The management will work with the South African Police Service to put an end to this criminal activity," said Metrorail spokesperson Thandi Mlangeni.
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/ 15 October 2005
Iraqis voted in force on Saturday on a draft Constitution that turns another page on the ousted regime of Saddam Hussein as insurgents evaded a massive security clampdown to kill four people. About 15,5-million Iraqis had a chance to vote on the charter, which lays out a democratic framework for a new Iraq.