No image available
/ 14 February 2005
A feasibility study for the second phase of the multibillion-dollar Lesotho highlands water project will begin at the end of April, Lesotho’s natural resources minister said on Monday. The study — funded by the Lesotho and South African governments — is expected to take two years.
No image available
/ 14 February 2005
There were some sterling performances in the second-day events for individuals at the 32nd Halfway Telkom Midmar Mile at the popular Midlands resort on Sunday. Keri-Anne Payne of the United Kingdom — who was the junior champion in 2001 before her family relocated to Sheffield, England — brilliantly defended the senior women’s title she won last year.
No image available
/ 14 February 2005
Councillors in Alice Springs have offered to take Prince Charles on an Aussie-style stag night when he visits next month, while promising the heir to the throne will not end up chained naked to a lamp post. Charles will arrive in Australia for a five-day visit taking in the remote Northern Territory town on February 28.
No image available
/ 14 February 2005
A Hong Kong tree that according to legend is imbued with lucky powers proved unlucky for two people when part of it collapsed on them, police and government officials said on Sunday. A huge branch from the city’s famous Lam Tsuen Wishing Tree fell on a 62-year-old man and a four-year-old boy.
No image available
/ 14 February 2005
A Swedish woman said on Sunday that she found a penis in a bottle of ketchup. However, Viktoria Ed said she was lucky enough to discover the organ before putting the sauce on her bread rolls, unlike her husband, Stefan, and their children, Madeleine and Simon.
No image available
/ 14 February 2005
A major Indonesian food manufacturer has secured a place in the <i>Guinness Book of Records</i> by producing the world’s largest packet and the largest serving of instant noodles. The giant packet, created by PT Indofood Sukses Makmur, was 3,4m long, 2,35m wide and 0,47m thick.
No image available
/ 14 February 2005
A Sydney shopping mall launched a "cereal dating" night at its supermarket on Monday, telling singles to come "get frisky at the fruit counter" for a Valentine’s night out. Singles eager to meet a kindred soul can cruise the supermarket aisles with message-sending breakfast-cereal boxes perched on their carts.
No image available
/ 14 February 2005
Reigning Masters champion Phil Mickelson fired a one-over 73 on Sunday to capture the ,3-million Pebble Beach National Pro-Am, his second PGA victory in as many weeks. Mickelson beat Canada’s Mike Weir by four strokes and accomplished his first back-to-back and wire-to-wire victories on the tour.
No image available
/ 14 February 2005
Minardi team owner Paul Stoddart said on Monday he will take motor sport’s governing body to court if it prevents his team from racing at the Australian Grand Prix in Melbourne next month. Minardi plan to use an updated version of their 2004 model car for the first three races of the season.
No image available
/ 14 February 2005
High production output and sales volumes helped push Anglo Platinum’s (AngloPlat) headline earnings for 2004 to R2,62-billion, the company said on Monday. This was 25,1% above headline earnings in 2003, Anglo Platinum’s chief executive Ralph Havenstein said.