The arrest of accused airline bomber Luis Posada Carriles in Florida poses a thorny problem for United States President George Bush, who has vowed to battle terrorism anywhere, analysts said. Federal agents arrested Posada Carriles (77) on Tuesday two hours after he held a secret press conference with selected reporters.
People who suffer rape as children often face secondary victimisation when those whom they confide in react non-supportively, a researcher said on Tuesday at the sixth annual conference of the South African Professional Society on the Abuse of Children, held at the University of Pretoria.
A three-year undercover investigation into illegal diamond deals in the Northern Cape ended on Tuesday in the arrest of five people, police said. Police spokesperson Superintendent Mashay Gamieldien said the four men and a woman were arrested in Kimberley, Hopetown and Schweizer-Reneke on Tuesday morning.
A black economic empowerment (BEE) consortium is to be set up in a bid to save the embattled Rex Trueform clothing company, Western Cape Premier Ebrahim Rasool said on Tuesday. This follows talks between textile-factory owners and trade-union leaders on ways to avert the closure of a Rex Trueform plant outside Cape Town.
An off-duty police officer allegedly killed five relatives, including two four-year-old twin girls, in a bloody killing spree in the Cape Town area on Tuesday night, police said. The 48-year-old inspector, who had taken leave, shot each of his victims in the head, execution-style, said a Western Cape police spokesperson.
The low-income national banking account Mzansi exceeded one million accounts by May 15, Colin Donian, the Banking Council director responsible for the Mzansi initiative, said on Wednesday. Launched less than seven months ago, the Mzansi account provides account-holders with entry-level banking services.
The African National Congress in KwaZulu-Natal on Wednesday called on the Zulu nation not to attend an imbizo (meeting) at KwaMashu, south of Durban, on Saturday. The imbizo was called by Inkatha Freedom Party president Mangosuthu Buthelezi in his capacity as traditional prime minister.
The president of Harvard, who caused a furore by saying that men outperform women in maths and sciences because of innate differences, has said the university will spend more than -million in recruiting, supporting and promoting women. Lawrence Summers survived a no-confidence vote following his comments.
A Norwegian parachutist died after jumping from the second floor of the Eiffel tower when his chute snagged on the monument’s superstructure, Paris police said on Tuesday. A police spokesperson said the 31-year-old man was trying to film his stunt for a TV commercial advertising a brand of Norwegian clothing.
In a case of life truly imitating art, a celebrity impersonator sued by the mimic Robin Williams for being too convincing has agreed to stop posing as the Oscar-winning actor. Williams had accused his impersonator of duping a newspaper and a fire department into believing he was the actor.