An Israeli army bulldozer crushed an American peace activist to death in the Gaza Strip yesterday in what witnesses described as a deliberate killing.
Rebels seized the capital of the Central African Republic at the weekend in a lightning attack which forced the government to flee to neighbouring Cameroon, further destabilising the already volatile region.
The rand is forecast to depreciate gradually over the next two years, reaching a median of R8,967 per dollar at the end of March 2004 and 9,478 at the end of March 2005, the March 2003 survey of economists by London-based Consensus Economics shows.
The United States Secretary of Defence, Donald Rumsfeld, recently argued that the military should again be allowed to use chemicals as weapons of war in Iraq. He wants to use the US’s stockpile of ”non-lethal” chemical agents, particularly those used for riot control. What Rumsfeld is proposing is illegal.
We’re all so fixated with the Middle East war that’s about to begin, we’ve stopped looking at the one that never seems to end. But the conflict between Palestinians and Israelis has not disappeared just because we’ve stopped paying attention. It’s still pressing on, stealing lives and breaking hearts every day.
The United Democratic Movement, which last year blocked the implementation of floor-crossing legislation, could be one of the key victims when the legislation finally goes on to the statute book.
Far from being daunted by a semifinal against India, the Kenyan squad is continuing what it’s been doing all World Cup: relaxing and enjoying.
Opening batsman Graeme Smith was on Sunday confirmed by the United Cricket Board CEO Gerald Majola as the new South African cricket captain at a press conference at Newlands in Cape Town.
After the Australian cricket tour of 2002, Jacques Rudolph was very negative. It was a traumatic tour for the South African batsman and he contemplated quitting the game all together. He even sought the help of a psychologist.
Sourav Ganguly said on Sunday he may not last long as Indian captain despite his team’s successful run in the World Cup. ”I’ve been captain for three years and I’ve grown old, lost hair and greyed,” he told the BBC.