No image available
/ 19 January 2003
Year-on-year consumer price inflation excluding mortgage rates (CPIX) continued its decline last month, subsiding to 11,8% from 12,4% in December.
No image available
/ 19 January 2003
Italian tortellini pasta, Camembert cheese from France, or Thai oyster sauce: a delicatessen in the heart of sanctions-struck Baghdad sells all of life’s little luxuries, if you can afford them.
No image available
/ 19 January 2003
A High Court judge seen as having angered the government by ruling against it was released on Tuesday after 24 hours in police custody.
No image available
/ 19 January 2003
Former deputy minister David Malatsi and controversial Western Cape politician Peter Marais are to appear before a New National Party disciplinary hearing on Wednesday.
No image available
/ 19 January 2003
Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe was due to arrive in Paris on Wednesday ahead of a Franco-African summit likely to be dominated by his controversial presence and the absence of embattled Ivorian President Laurent Gbagbo.
No image available
/ 18 January 2003
A powerful earthquake hit west-central Mexico on Tuesday night, sending panicked residents spilling into the streets of major cities and knocking out power supplies to many areas.
No image available
/ 18 January 2003
The west is accused of ”unjustifiable and objectionable” protectionism in its dealings with developing countries, in a report attacking the ”shameful” level of global poverty.
No image available
/ 18 January 2003
Thousands of children are being smuggled into Europe from war-ravaged Somalia every year, with Britain the most popular destination, according to a UN report released yesterday.
No image available
/ 18 January 2003
The Saudi government is canvassing a plan to give Saddam Hussein a last-ditch chance to go into exile if the United Nations security council passes a new resolution authorising war against Iraq, western and Arab diplomats have confirmed.
No image available
/ 18 January 2003
Sony said on Wednesday it has begun sales in Japan of CD singles that require users to pay a small fee over the internet each time they make copies.