For his next stunt, American magician David Blaine says he’ll perform an ”easy and fun” high wire act in Manhattan on Halloween. ”Basically, it’s something that’s been done in the circuses, based on the old high-wire acts,” Blaine said on Tuesday. ”It’s like family entertainment, this one.”
A police officer tricked two farmworkers into revealing all they knew about the murder of a fellow worker, who was fed to lions after being assaulted, the Phalaborwa Circuit Court heard on Wednesday, the second day of closing arguments by the state and defence.
A photograph allegedly of Britain’s worst serial killer in the nude is up for grabs on internet auction site eBay, where it had attracted bids of up to £850 (about R10 000) by Tuesday. The picture shows family doctor Harold Shipman — also known as "Doctor Death" — lying down naked, claims the seller.
The Pretoria High Court on Tuesday ordered that game and trophy hunting on private game farms bordering the Kruger National Park may go ahead. Judge William de Villiers had set aside an order on March 29 by the Limpopo provincial government, in terms of which all hunting activities on these farms were suspended.
Insect experts are at odds over plans to name three newly discovered species of slime-mould beetle after United States President George Bush, Vice-President Dick Cheney and Secretary of Defence Donald Rumsfeld. The guardians of animal nomenclature fear the slimy monikers may be a godsend for satirists, <i>New Scientist</i> reports.
The announcement of a $3,5-billion takeover of Macromedia by Adobe Systems has sent a shockwave across the web development community. It would seem, on the surface, that this is a match made in heaven — two of the most powerful companies in the industry finally pooling resources, skills and strategies. But as one scratches the surface, it becomes clear that Macromedia product users should be concerned.
South Africa is backing former Zimbabwean finance minister Simba Makoni in the upcoming election of the new president of the African Development Bank Group (AfDB), the multilateral development finance agency focusing on the African continent, the AfDB said on Wednesday.
The Cape High Court has ruled that political parties in South Africa should not, as a matter of principle, be compelled to disclose details of private donations made to their coffers. In a landmark ruling by Judge BM Griesel on Wednesday, he dismissed the application by the Institute for Democracy in South Africa.
Iran warned that talks with the European Union could collapse as negotiators met in Geneva on Wednesday to discuss EU demands that the Islamic republic abandon nuclear fuel work, in order to guarantee it will not make atomic weapons. Iran expects Europe to accept its proposal to allow uranium enrichment.
The International Olympic Committee ethics commission summoned the leaders of the cities vying for the 2012 Olympics on Tuesday to examine whether any of them have broken bidding rules by offering financial and other incentives. New York and London have promised subsidies, free marketing and other benefits.