The powerful Austrian Catholic Church was plunged into its second big sex scandal in a decade on Monday when a seminary run by arch-conservatives was alleged to be the site of orgies among young priests and their teachers. The Vienna news magazine Profil has published pictures of priests and students engaged in sexual acts.
American officials are discussing the possibility of postponing November’s presidential election, for the first time in United States history, in the event of a devastating terrorist attack, it emerged on Monday. The Homeland Security Department has warned that al-Qaeda is plotting to disrupt the November 2 election.
The National Tuberculosis (TB) Control Programme of the Department of Health will be hosting the First Coalition against Tuberculosis Summit on July 14, it was announced at a media briefing in Johannesburg on Monday. The national director of the TB control programme, said employers need to be educated about TB and the treatment thereof.
Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon and the opposition Labour party on Monday took the first step towards forming a coalition government to see through the withdrawal of Jewish settlers from Gaza in the face of a growing revolt within the prime minister’s Likud party. The two party leaders agreed to begin negotiations next week.
The United States administration is negotiating with Poland and the Czech Republic over its controversial missile defence programme, with a view to positioning the biggest missile defence site outside the US in central Europe. The project is supposed to shield the US and its allies from long-range ballistic missile attacks.
South African oil and chemicals group Sasol recently opened its 100th service station and is on course to achieve its target of opening 150 service stations by the end of the year. The roll-out of Sasol’s service stations follows the merger between Sasol Oil and Exel Petroleum.
The South African rand, along with the Turkish lira, is among the most vulnerable currencies to a possible reversal in risk appetite among investors, according to international investment bank Lehman Brothers. Investor sentiment could be tested after the upcoming release of United States inflation data, a recent research note said.
General Motors have given us a sneak-peek at the new Opel Corsa Ute, and we think it’s a stunner.
Triumph chewed up and spat out the rule book when they built a motorcycle with a gargantuan 2,3 litre three cylinder engine. Although officially classed as a Cruiser, the bike recently launched in Johannesburg is quite simply the fastest accelerating machine in the world. And it’s starter motor puts out as much power as Triumph’s first motorcycle did 102 years ago.
Reality is sucking a little too much these days, so I figured for a change, a column filled with stupid stuff <i>and</i> serious stuff might relieve the boredom. Let’s dive straight into the deeply serious stuff with a little game known as Rock, Paper — Saddam!