Indonesia first topped the world piracy league several years ago and its unique geographical, political and economic circumstances means its dominance — 27% of all reported attacks to the International Maritime Bureau in the first quarter of this year — is unlikely to be threatened in the near future.
The Max Factor heir who was recaptured in Mexico last week after fleeing a 124-year rape sentence justified his crimes in a journal he kept while on the run. He also wrote a ”payback” list which included the prosecutor in his case and two of his victims.
French troops exchanged fire on Sunday with gunmen in the volatile northeastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) town of Bunia and were targetted by a hand grenade that failed to explode, a spokesperson for their force said.
The first legal arguments in the treason trial of 22 alleged Boeremag members are expected to be heard in the Pretoria High Court on Monday — more than a month after the hearing was to have started.
On the southern side of Madagascar lies a wilderness paradise. The Indian Ocean washes over white sands. There is a primeval rainforest which is home to thousands of plant and animal species found nowhere else.
Israel delivered another blow to the faltering road map to peace yesterday with the assassination of a Hamas leader, drawing threats of retaliation from the Islamic organisation and implicit criticism from the US secretary of state, Colin Powell.
Israel considered assassinating Arafat
South African President Thabo Mbeki, as chair of the African Union (AU), is to hold discussions with President Joachim Chissano of Mozambique on Tuesday, the Department of Foreign Affairs said in a statement at the weekend.
Seven months after its launch at the Paris Motor Show, Renault’s all-new Megane II, Europe’s <i>Car of the Year</i> for 2003, is here.
Groundwater, the source of life for two billion people, is diminishing almost everywhere in the world, says a recent study by the United Nations Environment Programme (Unep).
Washington’s determination to find an alternative energy source to the Middle East is leading to a new oil rush in sub-Saharan Africa that threatens to launch a fresh cycle of conflict, corruption and environmental degradation in the region.