An academic has come forward with what appears to be the first Mandela art fraud.
Indonesian scientists have placed 11 volcanoes under close watch after a series of powerful quakes increased the chances of a major eruption. Tens of thousands spent a third night in temporary camps after fleeing the slopes of Mount Talang on Sumatra island, where hot ash has been raining down since Monday, more volcanoes began rumbling into life.
A pair of car bombs exploded near government offices in the Iraqi capital on Thursday, killing 18 and wounding three dozen, as insurgent attacks against the nation’s nascent security forces left at least eight others dead. On Wednesday, an American was shown at gunpoint on a videotape aired by al-Jazeera television.
Microsoft launched a scaled-back version of its Windows operating system in Brazil on Wednesday, hoping to get more people using computers in Latin America’s largest country while cutting down on rampant software piracy. Brazil becomes the first country in the western hemisphere to get the low-cost XP Starter Edition.
The JSE Securities Exchange (JSE) was weaker in noon trade on Thursday — having traded at its worst level since February earlier in the session — despite a softer rand. Negative global sentiment and poor performances by heavyweight dual-listed stocks offshore were weighing on the local bourse, dealers said.
New Zealand ended a miserable 12 months of Test cricket when they comprehensively outplayed Sri Lanka to win the second Test by an innings and 38 runs inside four days in Wellington on Thursday and take the series 1-0. The win was set up by a magnificent 224 from Lou Vincent.
Border Bulldogs flyhalf Reinhardt Gerber missed three goal kicks in his team’s 15-12 loss to the Lions in their Vodacom Cup match two weeks ago. The fact that he was kicking in the most atrocious weather did not matter. He still missed three kicks, and took it so personally that he spent hours after the match practising.
Italian Premier Silvio Berlusconi said on Wednesday that ”drastic measures” may be needed to stem the rise of violence at Italian soccer stadiums. Tuesday’s Champions League second-leg quarterfinal between Inter Milan and AC Milan was cut short late in the second half after Inter fans threw flares on to the field.
Juventus and Liverpool fans hurled objects at one another during a pre-game ceremony on Wednesday recalling the Heysel Stadium tragedy. Liverpool visited Juventus for the first time since 39 people were crushed to death in riots blamed largely on Liverpool supporters at the 1985 European Cup final in Brussels, Belgium.
Tyron Henderson blazed his way to another match-winning innings to send the Warriors to their second successive victory when they defeated the KwaZulu-Natal Dolphins by six wickets in their Standard Bank Pro20 Series cricket match at St George’s Park on Wednesday.