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/ 22 November 2004
You can say what you like about a Greek hero — just don’t suggest he was gay. That’s the message from a group of Greek lawyers who are threatening to sue director Oliver Stone over his portrayal of Alexander the Great as a battle-hardened fop frequently enjoying affairs with younger men.
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/ 22 November 2004
Iraqi election officials announced on Sunday that the first democratic elections in decades would be held in less than 10 weeks, despite the relentless violence of the insurgency. The decision, taken by the independent electoral commission of Iraq, reflects a determination in Washington and London to press ahead with the political process, however fragile, in the hope it will eventually resolve the security crisis.
Red Cross condemns Iraq abuses
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/ 22 November 2004
"When I mention Sophiatown people say one of two things; one is that it is pointless going there because there is very little left to see; the other is that it has already "been done" — in photographs, books and films about the glamorous 1950s, the halcyon days before the bulldozers moved in." Sue Krige goes on a walking tour of Sophiatown and discovers the area’s architecture of memory.
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/ 22 November 2004
More than six million children die each year in the developing world from diseases that could be prevented by simple interventions. While effective mechanisms for getting the result of biomedical research to the patients who could most benefit from it remains near the top of the priority list, little research is invested in the ‘how’.
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/ 22 November 2004
Jewish settlers from the Gaza Strip and the northern West Bank will be able to use the compensation they receive from Israel to build homes in other West Bank settlements, the director of the agency responsible for evacuating settlers said last week. ”They are free people — they can go where they want. They can go to Canada, Jerusalem or any of the settlements in the West Bank,” he said.
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/ 22 November 2004
A 34-year-old cyclist who suffered a heart attack during the Pick’nPay 94.7 Cycle Challenge was ”quite stable and doing very well” Netcare spokesperson Mande Toubkin said. He was rushed to Unitas Hospital in Pretoria on Sunday after suffering a heart attack 15km from the finish-line, said event organiser Tanya Harford.
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/ 22 November 2004
Ricardo Katza’s lone header was enough to propel SuperSport United into the semifinals of the Coca-Cola Cup in a match against Jomo Cosmos at the Loftus Stadium in Pretoria on Sunday. Both sides missed chances, which could easily have turned the game into a high scoring affair.
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/ 22 November 2004
Northampton have sacked their South African director of rugby Alan Solomons after the side’s eighth straight league defeat against Worcester left them just one point off the bottom of the Premiership table. A group of players and some of the coaching staff will now take temporary charge of first-team affairs. ”Alan is a great coach but for whatever reason it has not worked out,” said Saints chairperson Keith Barwell.
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/ 21 November 2004
Gale-force winds dumping heavy snow caused havoc across Austria on Saturday, blowing cars across roads and into deadly collisions, knocking out power to thousands of homes and tearing a balcony off a building that critically injured a man below. In neighbouring Slovakia, the winds were clocked at 173kph.