President George Bush and Democratic challenger Senator John Kerry are running neck and neck in United States voter support, according to a New York Times/CBS News poll published on Tuesday. Bush and Kerry share a 46-43% support — a tie since the difference matches the poll’s margin of error.
The war on spam is hotting up. A flurry of announcements recently from some of the wired world’s biggest names — including Microsoft, Yahoo!, HP and Sun — has raised the prospect that we may now see a fightback against junk mail. But will these new plans really have any effect on the rising tide of spam?
The Judicial Officers’ Association of South Africa said on Tuesday it was shocked and dismayed at the lack of security that contributed to the escape of six suspects, who pointed a firearm at the presiding officer, from the Roodepoort Magistrate’s Court.
Spanish police have identified six Moroccans who they suspect carried out last week’s bomb attacks in Madrid, it was reported on Tuesday. According to unnamed sources cited by Spain’s El Pais newspaper, five of the men are on the run but one — Jamal Zougam — was among a group of suspects arrested on Saturday.
‘You can’t organise a war with lies’
Power balance blown apart
Microsoft used rumours, strong-arm tactics, technical sabotage and deceit to establish its monopoly over the world of computer operating systems, an attorney told a jury. The charges came on the opening day of the nation’s first consumer class action lawsuit against the software giant in the Midwestern state of Minnesota.
"I fell in love with Thailand the moment I stepped off the plane in Bangkok. The country greeted us with a blast of humid air and mixture of smells I had never whiffed before." If affordability is a consideration for your next overseas trip, Thailand wins hands down. Yolandi Groenewald reports.
The poor infection control practices in some of South Africa’s top academic hospitals raise the spectre of ”unexplained” HIV/Aids transmission, an article in the SA Medical Journal says. ”There is an urgent need to re-evaluate and improve infection control practices in health care settings,” the article concludes.
United States officials displayed equipment on Monday which they claimed was meant for making nuclear weapons in Libya, and said its surrender by Moammar Gadaffi this year was partly due to the Iraq invasion.
The deposed Haitian president, Jean-Bertrand Aristide, flew back to the Caribbean on Monday, bringing hope to his supporters and objections from United States and Haitian officials, who believe his presence in the region will increase the tension in the country.
Standard Bank, the Development Bank of Southern Africa and several international partners have successfully closed one of the biggest infrastructure deals in Africa, which will see them providing nearly R3,83-billion in debt finance for Sasol’s multi-billion rand natural gas project.