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/ 26 September 2005
New restrictions on internet news content in China are aimed at controlling an increasingly independent society that is demanding more rights protections. The new rules issued on Sunday by the State Council, China’s Cabinet, require internet operators to re-register their news sites and police their sites for content that can "endanger state security" and "social order".
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/ 26 September 2005
After a career of more than 50 years, South Africa’s legendary singer and anti-apartheid activist Miriam Makeba has decided she will end her performing days with a farewell international tour that starts in Johannesburg on Monday. ”I have to go and say farewell to all the countries that I have been to, if I can. I am 73 now, it is taxing on me,” Makeba said in an interview.
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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
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
At least four people were killed in northern Peru late on Sunday when a strong earthquake shook the region, local authorities announced. But they said they expected damage from the tremor to be limited. The tremor, measuring seven on the Richter scale, shook an area north of the city of Moyobamba at 8.55pm, according to the Geophysical Institute of Peru.
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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
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
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
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
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.