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/ 25 November 2004
An inexpensive antibiotic often used to treat lung infections could help prevent deaths in children infected with HIV. A multinational research team tested the preventative effect of the widely-available antibiotic co-trimoxazole in 540 Zambian children between the ages of one and 14 years, The antibiotic cut Aids-related deaths such as pneumonia in the HIV-infected children by almost half at 43 percent.
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/ 25 November 2004
President George W Bush’s foreign policy is simple: don’t mess with the United States. The same, it appears, applies to economic policy. Last Friday, the dollar fell sharply against the euro following comments by Federal Reserve chairperson Alan Greenspan, which — by his own cryptic standards — were unambiguous. ”It seems persuasive that, given the size of the US current account deficit, a diminished appetite for adding to dollar balances must occur at some point,” Greenspan said.
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/ 25 November 2004
Driving through western Ukraine on a hot spring day in the mid-1990s, I passed an idyllic scene. Scores of Ukrainian army conscripts lay around a radar antenna, sound asleep in the rich long grass and flowers, soaking up the sun, expressions of pure serenity on their faces. Now, however, it is worth remembering how many times, and with how little fuss and blood, Ukraine has stepped back from the brink before.
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/ 25 November 2004
Australia coach Eddie Jones said domestic rugby in the southern hemisphere had much to learn from the ”intensity” of the English Premiership if it was to prepare players properly for the Test arena. The Super 12, the southern hemisphere’s leading club rugby union event, has been derisively branded ”basketball”.
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/ 25 November 2004
A brace of goals in the space of two minutes by Sandile Ndlovu gave Dynamos their second win of the season when they beat Santos 3-1 at the Greenpoint stadium on Wednesday night. Dynamos, who controlled the first half, were outplayed in the second half, but poor passing and feeble shooting at goal cost Santos three points.
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/ 25 November 2004
Wits University played to a goaless draw against Ajax Cape Town in a Castle Premiership match at the Bidvest Stadium on Wednesday night. Ajax CT missed an opportunity to advance to the fourth position of the premiership log table when they failed to beat the hosts.
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/ 25 November 2004
Annika Sorenstam and Tiger Woods meet in a golf showdown this weekend at the -million skins game with Australian Adam Scott and 2003 winner Fred Couples completing the fab foursome. Sweden’s Sorenstam, whose eight titles this year included a major at the LPGA Championship, has been the top women’s golfer for years.
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/ 24 November 2004
One of the two main rebel groups in Sudan’s war-torn Darfur region said on Wednesday that it considered truce agreements it signed with the Khartoum government effectively over and warned i t would resume fighting. ”All the agreements signed in Abuja and Ndjamena have broken down,” Mahjoub Hussein, spokesman for the Sudan Liberation Movement (SLM), said.
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/ 24 November 2004
Most of Johannesburg’s western suburbs were heading for another night of candles, cold baths and takeaways as only about 10% of the area’s power had been restored by late Wednesday afternoon. City Power spokesperson Sol Masolo said that while technicians had made progress in their round-the-clock repairs which began on Monday night after the Hurst Hill transformer burst into flames, nobody knew when all power would be restored.