Israel was not warned about possible terror attacks in London before at least six blasts ripped through the city, Minister of Foreign Affairs Silvan Shalom said on Thursday. A foreign ministry official had said earlier that British police warned the Israeli embassy in London of possible terror attacks minutes before the first explosion.
The world’s most powerful leaders got down to talks at the Group of Eight (G8) summit in Gleneagles, Scotland, on Thursday on aid to Africa and climate change, but the summit was brutally overshadowed by a series of explosions that hit London.
London’s entire underground railway network was closed down on Thursday after a series of explosions that caused a ”large number of casualties” and at least 33 deaths, police said. An explosion ripped through a double-decker bus just minutes after blasts rocked the underground. British Home Secretary Charles Clarke said there had been ”terrible injuries” in the attacks.
Explosions rocked the London subway and a double-decker bus on Thursday, causing at least two deaths, injuring scores of riders and sending victims fleeing from blast sites. British Prime Minister Tony Blair called the explosions a "series of terrorist attacks". A group calling itself "The Secret Organisation of al-Qaeda in Europe" has claimed responsibility for the blasts in a web statement, reports said.
i capital, a leading independent investment and advisory company, announced on Thursday it had concluded a broad-based empowerment (BEE) transaction with Sceptre Holdings and the Disability Empowerment Concerns Trust. The transaction results in these two BEE shareholders acquiring a 25,01% shareholding in i capital.
The JSE was sharply weaker just after noon on Thursday as a series of explosions in London rocked world markets. Trade was brisk — over two billion rand worth of shares had changed hands. By 12.14pm, the all share index was down 2,05%. Industrials and financials slid 2,26% and 2,1% respectively.
They came for Nabras Hamid just after sunset, one car blocking the entrance to Dabbash street, the other two stopping outside his shop. Witnesses did not hear the gunmen say anything before opening fire. There was no need. Hamid’s crime was self-evident: he was a barber.
South Africans in London spoke to the <i>Mail & Guardian Online</i> immediately after Thursday’s series of blasts that hit the city’s underground railway system and a double-decker bus, describing the chaos and confusion that ensued as news of the explosions spread through the city.
Steven Gerrard changed his mind and made his peace with Champions League winners Liverpool on Wednesday. If he signs a new deal on Friday and plays when Liverpool begin their defence against Welsh champion Total Network Solutions next Wednesday, then Chelsea and Real Madrid may as well put away their chequebooks.
Believe it or not — as Ripley would have chronicled it — another Bafana Bafana player has ”vanished” on the hazardous road to Los Angeles for Concacaf’s Gold Cup tournament. Bafana general manager Stanley ”Screamer” Tshabalala on Wednesday revealed that Thando Mngomeni has ”disappeared from the face of the earth”.