STRONG winds, rain and hail hit Johannesburg and its surrounding areas on Wednesday night blowing roofs of houses on the East Rand and overturning light aircraft at a Midrand airport. Grand Central Airport manager Jeanette Rennie said that gale-force winds had hit the airport on Wednesday night and described the scene as ”sheer devastation.” Two […]

AFGHANISTAN’S ruling Taliban on Thursday denied a report that Saudi fugitive Osama bin Laden had been placed under house arrest, the Afghan Islamic Press news service said. ”This morning Taliban sources in Kabul told AIP that these news stories that Osama or any of his associates have been arrested are false and fabricated,” the Pakistan-based […]

US Central Intelligence Agency Director George Tenet promised Wednesday to pierce ”the shield of fanaticism,” as US officials pondered a response to this week’s terrorist attacks on major US buildings. ”The shield of fanaticism — wielded by those ready to forfeit their lives to achieve their twisted dreams — is not easily pierced,” Tenet said, […]

VOWING to strike with a hammer of vengeance, the United States hunted for those behind the deadly attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon – with exiled Saudi-born militant Osama bin Laden as the prime suspect. In New York, officials sought 6 000 body bags as rescue workers sifted through the rubble of […]

THE US Federal Bureau of Investigation has asked the Indian government to provide details of all known and suspected activities of Saudi dissident Osama bin Laden in India, a report said on Thursday. The Times of India quoted official sources as saying a formal request letter had been received from the FBI on Wednesday evening. […]

US SECRETARY of State Colin Powell said on Wednesday the attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon were an act of war and promised the United States would respond ”as if it is a war.” Interviewed on ABC’s Good Morning America, Powell said: ”The American people have a clear understanding that this is […]

Tripoli | Wednesday LIBYAN leader Moammar Gadaffi on Tuesday condemned the “terrible” attacks on the United States and said his country was ready to send aid to the American people, the official Jana news agency reported. “Different policies and the conflicts with America shouldn’t be a psychological obstacle to sending humanitarian aid to the American […]

Johannesburg | Wednesday THE All Share Index on the Johannesburg Stock Exchange (JSE) recovered gradually towards noon on Wednesday after dropping 6% following news of the attacks on the United States on Tuesday, an analyst said. The JSE’s overall market indicator was at 8_103 points around 12pm (10H00 GMT) after opening at 7 952 points, […]

SUDAN on Monday ordered the temporary suspension of the civil war-torn nation’s sole English-language paper, the Khartoum Monitor. The NPC ordered the daily banned for three days starting on Tuesday for articles said to have damaged relations between the southern part of the African nation, where rebels are fighting the north for self-determination. “The punishment […]

David Le Page, Grahamstown | Tuesday THE twin towers of the World Trade Center in New York have collapsed — most likely with thousands of people still trapped within them. The collapse followed the flying of two hijacked passenger aircraft through highly restricted airspace into the towers. THE attacks on the New York World Trade […]