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/ 12 January 2004
Cameroon’s attempts to win the African Nations Cup for a third successive time are in danger of being overshadowed by a host of problems for the continental showpiece event, which starts in Tunisia on January 24. First and foremost will be the continuing lobbying for the host country for the 2010 Soccer World Cup.
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/ 12 January 2004
Zinedine Zidane did not appear in court on Monday to answer questions in a drug trial of two high-ranking Juventus officials accused of giving players banned substances. It was the second time in less than a month that the Real Madrid star did not answer a court summons.
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/ 11 January 2004
The United States is planning to replace its troubled, ageing fleet of space shuttles with a powerful new craft modelled on the Apollo vehicles that took US astronauts to the Moon 30 years ago. The new Crew Exploration Vehicle will be designed to ferry crew and cargo to and from the International Space Station, take men and women to the Moon, and eventually participate in manned missions to Mars.
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/ 11 January 2004
They had been watching him for months, aware that his pop star good looks concealed a secret life as one of Europe’s new terrorist kingpins. Finally, on a cold winter dawn, the police moved in. Abderrazak Mahdjoub did not resist as armed German officers surrounded his Hamburg home and led him away.
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/ 11 January 2004
The barmaid leaned over the counter, folded a beer mat into a crude ashtray, then stubbed her cigarette out in it. ‘We call that a Mike Bloomberg,’ she said with venom, referring to New York’s tough-talking mayor. One city newspaper asked last week: ‘Is Fun City turning into Blandsville?’.
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/ 11 January 2004
They were Africa’s Vikings. Tough, daring voyagers who sailed thousands of kilometres to pluck riches from unmapped lands known today as Zimbabwe, Mozambique, South Africa and Nigeria. Centuries before Europeans, mariners from Indonesia raided and traded across the continent, filling their vessels with gold and silver for the princes of Java and Sumatra.
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/ 11 January 2004
President Thabo Mbeki would resume his normal schedule on Monday after receiving medical attention on Sunday for an allergic reaction to food. Presidential spokesperwson Bheki Khumalo said Mbeki collapsed while addressing an ANC rally at the Harry Gwala stadium in Pietermaritzburg on Sunday.
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/ 10 January 2004
President Thabo Mbeki said on Saturday that the key to fighting poverty and creating jobs was the participation of all South Africans in the process. Launching the election manifesto of the African National Congress (ANC) at Durban City Hall on Saturday night, Mbeki said the document was about attending to the unskilled workers.
What’s good for the goose…
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/ 10 January 2004
Labour Minister Membathisi Mdladlana on Friday urged unemployed workers to establish skills development forums to channel existing social development funds towards skills development and job creation projects. Mdladlana made the announcement at Richards Bay in Kwazulu-Natal during the third leg of his five-day official visit to the province.