The Cassini-Huygens space probe discovered two new moons around Saturn, which could be the smallest spotted to date around the ringed planet, Nasa officials said on Tuesday. The moons — measuring 3km and 4km in diameter — are located 194 000km and 211 000km respectively from Saturn.
A nurse at Sterkfontein mental hospital has been suspended for allegedly using the same needle on several patients, an action that could spread the HI virus. The Gauteng health department said on Tuesday the senior nurse was conducting routine glucose needle-prick tests on patients at the hospital in Krugersdorp last Wednesday.
The body of a Free State man whose resurrection was predicted by a ”prophet” after his death six weeks ago is on its way to a state mortuary, if a local undertaker gets his way. On Monday some disgruntled family members and town residents protested in front of the Meintjes family home.
Minister of Environmental Affairs and Tourism Marthinus van Schalkwyk on Tuesday gave an undertaking to sceptical representatives of the Western Cape fishing industry that he will ensure fishing quotas are allocated in an open and honest way. He was addressing several hundred members of the fishing community.
Delegates from Iraq’s National Conference arrived at the Imam Ali Shrine on Tuesday, amid heavy fighting, to urge militia leader Moqtada al-Sadr to vacate the city’s mausoleum, an AFP correspondent said. Continuous, heavy gunfire raged throughout the day in Najaf, peppered with mortar blasts.
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A pesky wasp triggered an accident on a German superhighway when a driver lost control of his lorry and spilled 15 tons of marmalade jars on the road, police reported on Tuesday. The accident happened on the A1 autobahn near Greven in north-western Germany late on Monday.
More than 100 snakes invaded a Ukrainian railroad building, forcing workers inside to evacuate the premises and so halting rail traffic for several hours, according to a Tuesday Fakty newspaper report. The incident took place in Ukraine’s south-eastern steppe zone along a rail line connecting the cities Donetsk and Mariupol.
Rescue workers combed a coastal village in north Cornwall on Tuesday for missing persons after a flash flood sent a wall of water tearing through the picturesque tourist spot the day before. More than 50 automobiles were swept into the sea at the height of Monday’s torrential rainstorm and a half-dozen buildings collapsed.
The wage dispute between trade union Solidarity and steel producer Iscor was resolved on Tuesday when the two parties signed a wage agreement. The agreement — which comes after a month-long wage dispute — includes, among other things, a three-year moratorium on forced retrenchments.
Short-term insurance policy holders in South Africa are under-insured by about 45% on average, according to market research conducted by Santam, South Africa’s largest short-term insurance company. This means policy-holders will only receive partial compensation after submitting an insurance claim.