Condolences on the death of Transport Minister Dullah Omar — who died in a Cape Town hospital in the early hours of Saturday morning — poured in from well wishers. Omar will be given an official funeral with ”all the honours due to a serving member of cabinet” government spokesperson Joel Netshitenzhe said.
Omar: A biography
Omar wanted ‘simple burial’
International concern about Iran’s suspect nuclear projects deepened last night when Tehran barred the International Atomic Energy Agency’s nuclear inspectors. It told the IAEA that its inspectors could not return to resume their search for evidence for at least six weeks.
Dullah Omar, first names Abdullah Mohamed, was born in Cape Town on May 26, 1934. He became the first Minister of Justice of the new democratic South Africa.
He also became the first Cabinet Minister to be appointed as acting President of South Africa in the absence of the president and deputy presidents.
Britain won its first big Iraqi rebuilding contract yesterday as a -million project to help restore power supplies was handed to a joint venture 49% owned by engineering group Amec. Shares in the group rose 14,5p to 290,5p after the Pentagon confirmed that it had handed the contract to FluorAmec.
In the streets, Spanish flags with black ribbons clung to every available facade, lamppost, cashpoint, streetsweeping machine in Madrid. But there was a reticence before the grieving and demonstrations began. A fear that there could possibly be more to come: another blast, another explosion.
Within hours an extraordinary story unfolded in Zimbabwe to mirror the intrigue of Frederick Forsyth’s Dogs of War, in which a multinational company hires a bunch of mercenaries to overthrow an African dictator — based on a 1973 coup attempt in Equatorial Guinea.
Geoffrey Robertson’s future as president of the United Nations-backed war crimes court in Sierra Leone hung in the balance last night after the British barrister defied calls to resign over alleged bias against some defendants. Three appeal court judges are expected to rule over the weekend on the matter.
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Transport Minister Dullah Omar passed away in the Constantiaberg Medi-Clinic on Saturday morning, a family spokesperson said. Omar will be given an official funeral with ”all the honours due to a serving member of cabinet” government spokesperson Joel Netshitenzhe said.
Omar: A biography
Spurred by the attacks in Spain, Greece yesterday formally asked for Nato help in providing security for this summer’s Athens Olympics. The unprecedented request came as the government also stepped up security measures at airports, harbours and borders.