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/ 17 September 2004
Three South Korean dog-meat lovers were facing a  000 lawsuit after cooking and eating their employer’s pedigree dog, a news report said on Friday. The men, all in their 50s and employed at a car-hire firm, killed and served up the dog in a traditional Korean soup dish during the employer’s absence from the company parking lot where the animal was tethered, Yonhap news agency reported.
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/ 17 September 2004
The South African Broadcasting Corporation (SABC) on Thursday presented an application to split its radio and television services into public and commercial broadcasting. The split would see three radio stations (Metro FM, 5fm and Good Hope FM) and television channel SABC3 broadcasting commercially.
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/ 17 September 2004
A task team has been appointed to explore all possible options in an attempt to break the public-service pay hike impasse. Union officials said the team — which includes members from both the government and labour — will report back on Friday afternoon to the Public Service Coordinating Bargaining Council.
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/ 17 September 2004
A powerful blast on an oil tanker in the Siberian region of Yakutia left four people dead, six injured and three missing, Itar-Tass news agency said on Friday. The explosion occurred Thursday when oil was being poured into the tanker, which was docked on the Anabar river in the city of Yuriung-Khaya.
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/ 17 September 2004
Zambia has temporarily suspended exports of crude oil to neighbouring Zimbabwe and the Democratic Republic of Congo after fuel shortages hit the Southern African country, state media reported on Friday. The suspension will remain in force until the situation improves in Zambia.
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/ 17 September 2004
Eight public service unions and government representatives were meeting in Pretoria on Friday to discuss a pay dispute which resulted in a national strike on Thursday, and may be extended to next week. Union representative Fikile Hugo said the unions would urge the meeting to appoint a facilitator for continued negotiations.
‘Biggest strike’ in South African history
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/ 17 September 2004
The JSE Securities Exchange (JSE) was in positive territory in noon trade on Friday, fuelled by strength in world markets and a light weakening in the rand. However, dealers said that the market could turn negative later in the day on profit taking following Thursday’s futures closeout.
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/ 17 September 2004
A brilliant blue wave breaks, perfectly curled by a steady offshore breeze. Like their baggy-shorted brethren the world over, surfers spring upright on their boards, then drop down into a plunging, right-breaking barrel. But at this beach, mosques in pastel colors crumble on the shores, haggard cattle munch the weeds, and the drinks are sweet tea, cooked over open fires in dented aluminum pots on the sand.
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/ 17 September 2004
A man who has turned state witness in a weapons of mass destruction (WMD) case has allegedly received death threats, the Vanderbijlpark regional court heard on Friday. This emerged during a bail application by two Randburg engineering company directors who were arrested during an international investigation into a nuclear trafficking network.
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/ 17 September 2004
Hurricane Ivan drilled southern American states along the Gulf Coast with 209kph winds that inflicted far less damage than feared everywhere except Florida’s western Panhandle, where residents were left with surge-ravaged beachfronts, flooded streets and homes ripped apart by deadly tornadoes.