Using hi-tech parts bought over the internet, a New Zealand handyman says he is building a cruise missile in his garage and has a message for anyone who wants to do the same: You don’t have to be a rocket scientist.
They troop in by the thousands, many with colourful clothing and loud music, and announce their message: the rich countries of the world are hogging the goods of the earth, ignoring the needs of impoverished millions.
Finnish cartoonist Leif Packalen is using comics to fight corruption in Africa. He leads a small voluntary organisation, World Comics, which has organised workshops for artists in India, Tanzania, Kenya and Mozambique for 10 years.
After a seven-year wait, Swazis were able to glimpse a draft of a new national constitution and found that while governing power remains firmly in the hands of the monarchy, the kingdom’s ruling authorities have bowed to domestic and international pressure and acknowledged the existence of human rights.
The National Union of Metal Workers of South Africa and South African steel group Iscor are expected to resume talks on Tuesday in an attempt to resolve a wage dispute as the strike enters its eighth day.
The leading industrial states last night sharply stepped up the pressure on North Korea and Iran to abandon covert nuclear weapons programmes when they instructed the two alleged ”rogue states” to comply with the global drive against terrorism and weapons of mass destruction.
The Bush administration faces a major test of its credibility from a Senate committee investigation into whether officials misused intelligence to make the case for a war on Iraq.
The Democratic Republic of Congo’s president, Joseph Kabila, has warned Britain and France that their troops might have to stay longer than planned to quell fighting in his country. His warning came amid reports of another massacre.
How do pole-vaulters do it the first time? Do they have the pole glued to their hands before being shot out of a small cannon to give them a taste of the glamorous new life that awaits them?