Fresh waves of air strikes rocked Baghdad today as US-led bombing squads struck surface-to-air missile sites, a presidential palace and the main training ground for Saddam Hussein’s fedayeen paramilitary forces.
The doctor who first identified the deadly flu-like virus that has claimed the lives of 54 people worldwide and infected thousands of others, fell victim to the disease and died yesterday.
Representatives of big business in South Africa expressed broad satisfaction with the state’s macroeconomic policies on Saturday, following a two-day meeting with government.
Bafana Bafana used their territorial advantage to their best ability but were made to sweat before beating Madagascar’s ”B” team 2-0 (1-0 half-time) at FNB Stadium on Saturday.
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The last remaining South African ”human shields” in Iraq will return home next Tuesday after they decided to leave the war-torn country, the Iraq Action Committee said on Friday
The World Trade Organisation was last night facing the prospect of a repeat of its disastrous Seattle meeting, after talks on agreeing a framework for cutting farm subsidies ended in deadlock.
Trade and Industry Minister Alec Erwin has expressed his satisfaction with progress made at the bilateral economic forum meeting between South Africa and Mozambique in Cape Town on Friday.
An explosion in a busy Baghdad marketplace has killed at least 50 people and left scores more wounded.
Senior American and British military commanders were last night accepting the unwelcome reality that the strategy of a quick war leading to an early collapse of Saddam Hussein’s regime has failed.