Israeli helicopters blew apart a car carrying Hamas activists in Gaza last night as the army followed through on its threat to ”liquidate” members of the Islamic resistance movement. But the helicopters missed their target and instead killed an elderly man.
It was late June and the searing heat of summer was taking hold when finally, after weeks of searching, I found what I had been looking for. Over several days I met a group of extraordinary young Iraqis who — without anger, fear or hatred — were beginning to shape the outlines of a bright future for their country.
President George Bush is now unarguably a model president. That is to say, a 30-centimetre model of the president dressed as a fighter pilot is on the market.
Justice Minister Penuell Maduna has defended National Director of Public Prosecutions Bulelani Ngcuka’s decision not to prosecute Deputy President Jacob Zuma, while opposition parties renewed their calls for Zuma to step down.
The debate about nuclear power has escalated with the approach of the final deadline on Monday for appeals against Minister of Environmental Affairs and Tourism Mohammed Valli Moosa’s approval of a pebble bed modular reactor in the Western Cape.
Four species of the mosquito-borne plasmodium parasite cause malaria, but scientists are now discovering that a small population of the protozoan infecting the human body could save millions of lives.
Do you know there’s a tracking device fitted inside your razor blade? And how would you feel knowing that your photo is taken by a spycam every time you pause by a certain shaving product shelf?
It was called the Athletic Club but what went on in its basement in the San Telmo district of Buenos Aires has no place in a sporting manual. About 1 500 young men and women considered opponents of the military government in Argentina between 1976 and 1983 were tortured and murdered there.
After the announcement of 40 players from whom the 30-man squad for this year’s World Cup campaign will be drawn, Springbok coach Rudolf Straeuli has nowhere left to hide.
Newly crowned 400m world champion Jerome Young won an Olympic gold medal in the relay in Sydney in 2000 despite having tested positive for steroids in 1999, it was reported on Wednesday.