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/ 24 February 2004
Ruud van Nistelrooy has admitted Manchester United’s faltering English Premiership challenge is partly down to David Beckham’s transfer to Real Madrid. United dropped seven points behind Arsenal following a 1-1 draw at home to lowly Leeds on Saturday.
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/ 24 February 2004
Six months before the Olympics, United States team officials should have every reason to be worried about medal hopes in Athens. They believe American athletes can do better than they did in Sydney in 2000. And they’re bringing everything from sports psychologists to home-cooked meals to Athens to get it done.
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/ 23 February 2004
Nissan South Africa announced on Monday that it has received a R1-billion contract to export locally built single cab pick-ups to Europe, Singapore, Australia and New Zealand from next year. The contract would see the company exporting about 4 600 cars annually.
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/ 23 February 2004
Osama bin Laden is still in Afghanistan and is planning further attacks on United States interests, a spokesperson from Afghanistan’s ousted Taliban regime said on Monday. The spokesperson read a statement that rubbishes claims by the US military that they are confident of capturing the al-Qaeda leader by the end of the year.
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/ 23 February 2004
Malawian President Bakili Muluzi abruptly dissolved his 45-member Cabinet on Monday without explanation. Muluzi’s Office of the President and Cabinet released a brief statement from the administrative capital Lilongwe saying that all official duties by the ministers and their deputies would be handled by the president’s office from Monday.
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/ 23 February 2004
A Nigerian judge refused to grant bail on Monday to three suspects charged with masterminding a -million fraud and then trying to bribe investigators to drop the case against them. The three suspects face 86 charges relating to the biggest alleged case to date of ”419 fraud”, a crime for which Nigeria has become notorious.
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/ 23 February 2004
Just months after its worldwide launch in October last year, Peugeot has introduced their new 307CC into the South African market. Unlike its smaller relative, the 206 CC, the 307 CC is a genuine coupé and a true four-seater cabriolet.
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/ 23 February 2004
Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat urged the International Court of Justice on Monday to rule against Israel’s West Bank barrier for the sake of peace, as his people readied a ”day of rage” to coincide with the court’s hearings, which opened at The Hague. Israeli police and security forces have been placed on alert amid fears of new attacks.
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/ 23 February 2004
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Two people are expected to appear in the Scottburgh Magistrate’s Court on Monday in connection with a shooting which the African National Congress in KwaZulu-Natal has branded political.