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/ 24 February 2005
A partially sighted man who allegedly bit his guide dog on the head and kicked it has been charged with animal cruelty, Scottish police said on Thursday. An eyewitness reported seeing the 34-year-old bite the Labrador and kick it repeatedly at a shopping mall in Edinburgh on February 8.
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/ 24 February 2005
Somalia’s exiled president and prime minister left Kenya on Thursday on their first visits home since taking the helm of the country’s transitional government last year, officials said. President Abdullahi Yusuf Ahmed and Prime Minister Mohammed Ali Gedi left the Kenyan capital, Nairobi, in separate planes.
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/ 24 February 2005
The African Union’s Peace and Security Council is to meet to consider further sanctions against the government of Togo, where the military installed Faure Gnassingbe as president to replace his late father. His accession has been deemed a power grab by much of the international community, further isolating the West African state.
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/ 24 February 2005
The suicide of a South Korean movie star who hanged herself after succumbing to depression illustrates a tragic trend in South Korea where more people than ever before are killing themselves. Lee Eun-Joo (24) was found dead inside the walk-in closet of her bedroom in the southern suburbs of Seoul on Tuesday.
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/ 24 February 2005
After a trial and appeal process lasting close to seven years, it would surely not be fair to allow Dr Wouter Basson to be tried afresh, the Constitutional Court heard in Johannesburg on Thursday. Basson’s lawyer was arguing against the state’s application for leave to appeal against issues arising from Basson’s acquittal on a variety of charges in 2002.
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/ 24 February 2005
Democratic Alliance chief whip Douglas Gibson said he could never have made remarks comparing his son with African National Congress Youth League (ANCYL) spokesperson Zizi Kodwa, as was reported last week. He was commenting on a South African Press Association article about his return from Zimbabwe.
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/ 24 February 2005
A statement from the Police and Prisons Civil Rights Union (Popcru) condemning violence was welcomed by Minister of Correctional Services Ngconde Balfour on Wednesday. Popcru can reinforce its commitment to discipline and order, Balfour said, by condemning other criminal acts, often committed in prisons.
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/ 24 February 2005
I remember my first cellphone. It weighed me down like a full nappy, and was about as entertaining to play with. I must confess that if I had been asked, back then in 1995, to draw up a list of things I needed or wanted to do with my phone, taking photos certainly wouldn’t have been in the top 10.
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/ 24 February 2005
Heads should roll in the royal household over a series of missteps in the preparations for the wedding of Britain’s heir to the throne Prince Charles and Camilla Parker Bowles, experts say. From the rushed marriage announcement to the sudden decision by Queen Elizabeth II to miss her son’s civil ceremony, has tarnished the whole family’s reputation, they say.
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/ 24 February 2005
Ajax Cape Town gained three points with a 2-1 local derby win against Santos at Athlone Stadium on Wednesday night, but the general feeling afterwards was that it was an undeserving victory. Ajax can thank their reserve goalkeeper, Andre Petim — their regular ‘keeper, Moeneeb Josephs, is suspended — as he brought off several excellent saves.