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/ 26 September 2005
Former South African Football Association leader Solomon ”Stix” Morewa died in his sleep at his Fourways home, north of Johannesburg, in the early hours of Sunday, his family said. Before his death, Morewa (61) had been suffering from complications related to diabetes.
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/ 26 September 2005
An upsurge in attacks by Darfur’s main rebel force, including the capture of a key government-held town, is undermining the latest internationally sponsored talks on bringing peace to Sudan’s western regions, according to senior United Nations officials.
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/ 26 September 2005
Stuart Appleby was a dejected spectator as United States foe Chris DiMarco sank a 15-foot birdie on the 18th hole to win their match one-up and claim the Presidents Cup for the United States. But the 34-year-old Australian took some confidence from the Internationals’ effort in Sunday’s 18 and a half –15 and a half loss to the Americans, who improved to 4-1 with one drawn in the biennial team matches against a non-European squad.
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/ 26 September 2005
Israeli jets bombed targets in Gaza on Sunday, in the first surge in violence since the withdrawal of troops and settlers from the territory, as Ariel Sharon, Israel’s Prime Minister, prepared to face a leadership challenge. Two Palestinians were killed and four injured in a direct hit on a car, witnesses said.
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/ 26 September 2005
Texas on Sunday began the task of resettling more than 2,5-million people who had fled Hurricane Rita, attempting to avoid the traffic chaos that overwhelmed their evacuation. Meanwhile, troops were conducting search and rescue missions in flooded Cajun towns in western Louisiana, which bore the brunt of the storm.
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/ 26 September 2005
I had been dreading this moment for weeks, but I knew it would come inevitably. The night before leaving for Baghdad; preparing for yet another trip to that doomed city to report on yet more violence. For weeks at a time, I had lived in denial. I had told myself, no, it’s not happening; no, I am not going back there.
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/ 26 September 2005
Oil prices remained below $64 a barrel in Asian trade on Monday as preliminary assesments showed key Untied States oil facilities in the Gulf of Mexico had escaped severe damage from Hurricane Rita, dealers said. Reports that oil operations off the Gulf Coast suffered minimal damage from Hurricane Rita over the weekend were greeted with great relief by the market, which had been preparing for the worst.
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/ 26 September 2005
Sony shares tumbled almost five percent on Monday as investors fretted that with a big loss looming this year, a plan to overhaul the struggling Japanese electronic icon may not be radical enough. Sony fell by as much as 4,8% in early trade as dealers gave their first response to the restructuring plan, which was announced after the close of trade on Thursday ahead of a long holiday weekend.
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/ 26 September 2005
First National Bank (FNB) is the first major bank in South Africa to offer sharia-compliant banking facilities through its IslamicFinance bank accounts. According to Ebi Patel, CEO of Wesbank Islamic Finance at FNB, banking services have traditionally been out of the reach of devout Muslims.
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/ 26 September 2005
Millions of exotic animals — from camels and cane toads to horses and foxes — face extermination in Australia under recommendations by a parliamentary committee. A population explosion of species introduced to this isolated continent since European settlement began more than 200 years ago is a growing threat to agriculture and native wildlife, the committee of inquiry has found.