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/ 30 November 2004
A suicide car bomber attacked a police checkpoint in western Iraq on Monday, killing at least seven people and injuring nine. The seven dead men were Iraqi police or national guardsmen standing by the checkpoint in the town of Baghdadi, 160km northwest of the capital. One report suggested they were waiting to collect their salary when the bomber struck.
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/ 30 November 2004
Chicago is selling all the memorabilia it can get its hands on, from an original Playboy bunny outfit to old manhole covers and parking meters, in an eBay auction this week aimed at funding the arts in a budget crisis. The city claims to be the first to use a charity online auction to help solve its financial problems, in what it is calling the Great Chicago Fire Sale.
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/ 30 November 2004
The Sudanese government appeared to bow to international pressure on Monday night and postponed its planned expulsion of senior staff at two British aid agencies, Save the Children and Oxfam. Sudan claimed they had breached the law by making political statements about the crisis in Darfur.
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/ 30 November 2004
The Ukrainian government made a significant climbdown on Monday night in its stand-off with the opposition when outgoing president Leonid Kuchma said another round of elections might be required because the ”country needs a legitimate president”.
Threat to split Ukraine in two
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/ 30 November 2004
As the year is hurtling to a close, it’s time to relax. So this week is dedicated to a large array of interestingly silly stuff, as well as fun things to idly look at — while killing time at the office and waiting to go on holiday. Perhaps … find out where you are in relation to overhead satellites? Or browse through the unusual gallery of artworks created with the female breast.
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/ 30 November 2004
The tourism industry is becoming more colourful. After years of white domination, innovative new businesses are being set up by communities who once saw tourism as a curse and a burden upon themselves. Nevertheless, there is still much to be done, before tourism can be beneficial to everyone in South Africa. Many believe tourism holds the key to economic upliftment, but who really benefits?
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/ 30 November 2004
The numbers for effective land restitution and redistribution are astronomical, the time short and sometimes it seems that only a miracle can ensure the success of the programme. Although most land stakeholders agree that land reform is too slow and that finances present a major obstacle to reform, different people have different ideas of how to overcome the department’s money blues. We take a closer look at these options.
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/ 30 November 2004
<img src="http://www.mg.co.za/ContentImages/142915/aids_icon.gif" align=left>A year ago the government approved a national plan for the management, care and treatment of HIV/Aids. Its aim was to provide free anti-retroviral drugs in the public health sector. The HIV prevalence rates range from an estimated 13,1% in the Western Cape to a very high 37,5% of adults in KwaZulu-Natal. A <i>M&G</i> assessment as World Aids Day approaches reveals the leaders and laggards.
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/ 30 November 2004
The Transformation Audit of the Institute for Justice and Reconciliation is a revolutionary idea, because it is an audit of national performance; it questions how we, the South African society, are doing. Apartheid and colonialism erected a massive scaffold during the three centuries before our freedom. Simply agreeing to our national settlement cannot remove the whole of the intricate framework that apartheid put in place.
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/ 30 November 2004
The battle for control of Russia’s biggest oil company, Yukos, intensified last week with the government setting a date of December 19 for an auction of the company’s main production unit, and shareholders hitting back with threats of prolonged litigation. In an attempt to frighten off bidders, shareholders of the Yukos oil group have threatened to sue the company that wins its Siberian unit.