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/ 20 November 2004
Democratic Alliance leader Tony Leon on Saturday announced plans for a major shake-up in the party as part of a ”revisioning” process. This will include organisational restructuring and an urgent programme for more diversity in membership and leadership structures, he told delegates to the DA’s federal congress in Durban.
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/ 20 November 2004
A celebration at the gates of Togo President Gnassingbe Eyadema’s palace turned into a stampede on Saturday, killing at least 13 people as excited crowds tried to surge on to palace grounds. A government statement confirmed the 13 deaths. Officials warned the toll could climb, as hospitals treated scores of other victims.
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/ 20 November 2004
United Nations Secretary General Koffi Annan admitted on Friday there is clear evidence that civilian staff and a small number of troops in its peacekeeping force in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) committed sexual abuse, saying he is outraged by the incidents. ”This is a shameful thing for the UN to have to say,” Annan said.
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/ 20 November 2004
Violet-eyed Hollywood legend Elizabeth Taylor is suffering from congestive heart failure and crippling spinal problems, but the movie icon says she is not afraid of death. The star (72), once hailed as the world’s most beautiful woman, revealed in a rare interview that she is once again staring death in the face.
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/ 20 November 2004
Fred Hale Snr, documented as the world’s oldest man, has died. He was 113 years old. Hale died in his sleep on Friday at The Nottingham in suburban Syracuse, while trying to recover from a bout of pneumonia, said his grandson, Fred Hale III. He was 12 days shy of his 114th birthday.
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/ 20 November 2004
President Sam Nujoma’s chosen successor, Hifikepunye Pohamba, won an overwhelming victory in elections in Namibia, garnering more than 77% of the vote, results from more than half of counted ballots showed on Friday. Pohamba is to become Namibia’s second president since independence from apartheid South Africa in 1990.
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/ 20 November 2004
Alan Greenspan, United States Federal Reserve chairperson, on Friday gave the dollar a further push lower as he said the huge US current-account deficit threatens to scare off foreign investors. His comments followed remarks from the US Treasury Secretary, John Snow, that poured cold water on the idea of intervention to support the greenback.
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/ 20 November 2004
New evidence has emerged in South Africa linking Mark Thatcher directly to the alleged coup plotters against the West African oil state of Equatorial Guinea. Lawyers acting for one of the alleged British-led plotters, Greg Wales, on Friday night tried to prevent publication of the information.
Thatcher charged in alleged coup plot
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/ 20 November 2004
Tourists descend on the Turkish town of Canakkale to gawp at the Hollywood star — a 12-tonne fibreglass horse, held together with bolts, ropes and nails, which dominates the seafront. It was a gift from Warner Brothers and a small consolation for the fact that Troy, the -million blockbuster starring Brad Pitt, was not made in Turkey.
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/ 20 November 2004
For most Germans, its demise was regrettable. But three years after the Deutschmark was abolished, the currency is to make a surprise comeback in the run-up to Christmas. The move has less to do with nostalgia and more to do with hard-headed economics.