A 56-year-old man was on Wednesday night pulled alive from the rubble of the Bam earthquake in southwest Iran, 13 days after the tragedy, medical officials said on Thursday morning. More than 30 000 people are believed to have died in the quake, which struck the town before dawn on December 26.
The total volume of goods transported in South Africa during October 2003 rose by 3,6% y/y and 6,3% m/m to a record 65,181-million tons, Statistics South Africa said on Thursday.
United States overseer Paul Bremer’s decision to free about 500 Iraqi prisoners shines the spotlight on the US-run penal system in Iraq, where human rights groups and family members complain people just vanish.
US to release Iraqi prisoners
After trading weaker all morning in a lethargic market, the JSE Securities Exchange South Africa (JSE) perked up in noon trade when the rand weakened suddenly — and sharply — against the dollar. Dealers expected more strength from stocks if the rand remained at weaker levels.
South African Airways and Singapore Airlines said on Thursday they would comply with a controversial new US government directive banning passengers from loitering near toilets on flights to the United States.
Nasa is delaying rolling its <i>Spirit</i> rover off the spacecraft that brought it to Mars and on to the Red Planet’s rocky soil in order to give engineers more time to clear its path. The earliest the six-wheeled <i>Spirit</i> will roll on to the Martian landscape is January 14, or about three days later than originally planned.
America’s first family has its share of parenting headaches with George Bush’s twin daughters acting out their resentment at his chosen career with underage drinking binges and other escapades, excerpts from a new book published on Wednesday said.
The restitution of land to those previously dispossessed of it will not result in a stoppage of agricultural production in South Africa, the Land Claims Commission said on Wednesday.
Prices of some commodities, particularly furniture and electrical goods, have started dropping drastically in Zimbabwe, but a crisis in the banking sector continues to hound depositors. Economists say businesses are trying to raise cash to invest on the money market, where interest rates have shot to more than 700%.
Shares in South African retailer Woolworths lost ground in morning trade on Thursday after the group released a trading update for the six months to July showing a disappointing performance from its Australian subsidiary and slightly softer-than-expected sales for the Christmas period.