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/ 27 January 2004
There is a dispiriting resemblance between recent news about former Yugoslavia and news about Iraq, the two places that bracket the modern era of intervention. Several factors suggest the necessity not only for reform, but for a new modesty
in the West’s approach to intervention.
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/ 27 January 2004
A heated debate is underway in Swaziland about whether children who fail English should be forced to repeat the academic year. ”The English language requirement is a millstone around the neck of every Swazi school child,” says Agnes Khumalo, a public school teacher in the northern Hhohho province.
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/ 27 January 2004
Hobbits, wizards and elves are marching on the Academy Awards, with The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King emerging as front-runner for Hollywood’s top honour. Voters in the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences never have crowned a fantasy film as best picture.
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/ 27 January 2004
It seems the waiting is finally over for Mzonke ”The Rose of Khayelitsha” Fana to fight for the WBC junior lightweight title. But Fana, the WBC international champion, will first have to brush Rand Suico aside in April. Fana occupies the number-one spot while the undefeated Filipino is rated second.
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/ 27 January 2004
Tottenham Hotspur striker Freddie Kanoute stole the headlines on Monday as he scored twice to give Mali an opening 3-1 in the African Nations Cup over Kenya while co-favourites Senegal could only draw 0-0 with Burkina Faso in the other Group B match.
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/ 27 January 2004
One of English cricket’s senior administrators admitted on Monday they might be legally obliged to go ahead with their tour of Zimbabwe even though they are contemplating a withdrawal.
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/ 27 January 2004
Four-time winner Andre Agassi is through to his sixth Australian Open semifinal after Sebastien Grosjean succumbed to a groin strain early in their last-eight match in Melbourne on Tuesday. The 33-year-old American will now take on world number one Andy Roddick or unseeded Russian Marat Safin.
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/ 27 January 2004
Top-ranked Justine Henin-Hardenne advanced to the Australian Open semifinals with a 7-5, 6-3 win over number five Lindsay Davenport on Tuesday, and fourth-seeded Amelie Mauresmo pulled out of her quarterfinal with torn back muscles. ”I did [hit] a lot of winners today, there was no easy points to her,” said Henin-Hardenne.
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/ 27 January 2004
Boxing promoter Don King won the first round of a legal battle with WBC world heavyweight champion Lennox Lewis on Monday when a judge refused to throw his libel action out of an English court. King is suing Lewis, his promotions company and lawyer Judd Burstein for libel, arising out of interviews Burstein gave to two websites.
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/ 27 January 2004
Italian-based Siyabonga Nomvethe scored twice in the second half to give South Africa a 2-0 victory against minnows Benin in an African Cup of Nations Group D match played in Sfax on Tuesday. Benin belied their minnow status by taking the game to the South Africans and should have received a penalty midway through the first half.