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/ 18 January 2007
Australian Robert Allenby fired a nine-under 63 here on Wednesday to seize a two-shot first round lead in the -million, five round Bob Hope Chrysler Classic. Allenby, who began on the back nine at La Quinta Country Club, carded a 32 on his first nine holes that included a pair of putts of more than 20 feet.
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/ 18 January 2007
”Four years ago, I was fab, fit and in my 40s with a dynamic marketing and media business, exciting social life and active sporting schedule. My lifestyle was exciting and affluent.” But devastating symptoms forced Sarah Dacre, now 50, to transform her life.
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/ 18 January 2007
A 34-year-old truck driver was fined on Wednesday for illegally dumping rotten chickens at a railway train station near Tembisa, Ekurhuleni metro police said. Inspector Mveli Nhlapo said the man received a fine of R1 500 and his truck was impounded.
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/ 18 January 2007
It’s the out-of-alpha-into-beta form of the Venice Project. Still bemused? The Venice Project was a cool codename for an online television system, and in reality came from a hotel conference room: not one Cornetto required. Now it’s called <a href="http://www.joost.com" target="_blank" class="standardtext">Joost</a> which, if it’s Dutch, should start with a Y sound and rhyme with host, or toast.
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/ 18 January 2007
It was still not clear whether Kebble murder-accused Glenn Agliotti would be charged with involvement in a multimillion-rand drugs syndicate, media reports said on Thursday. His name was expected to be added to the charge sheet ahead of the appearance in court on Thursday of Stephanos Paparas (45).
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/ 18 January 2007
Eskom will conduct load-shedding ”equitably” throughout the country, the power utility said on Thursday. The parastatal’s regional centres would have information on which areas would be affected and at which times. Eskom has not yet been able to establish the reason for an unexpected huge surge in demand, which came while maintenance was being carried out at power stations. ”There is a national alert,” said Spokesperson Tony Stott.
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/ 18 January 2007
Kim Clijsters and Martina Hingis have developed a friendly rivalry over who can dispose of their opponents quickest in the Australian Open’s early stages. The two former world number ones have both been in dominant form at the season-opening Grand Slam, where a scheduling coincidence has meant they took to the court at the same time for their matches in the first two rounds.
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/ 18 January 2007
A senior commander of Colombia’s right-wing militias has admitted taking part in some of the country’s most grisly crimes in the first of what could become a flood of confessions from demobilised paramilitary leaders. Salvatore Mancuso told a prosecutor in MedellÃn this week that he was responsible for hundreds of kidnappings, murders and massacres.
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/ 18 January 2007
Militants in Nigeria released five Chinese hostages and one of three Italian oil-workers seized in separate attacks in the country’s oil-rich southern delta region, officials and militants said on Thursday. Nigerian militants have frequently taken foreign workers hostage since launching a wave of attacks on the country’s oil industry since early 2006.
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/ 18 January 2007
Hillary Clinton risked being outflanked in the race for the United States Democratic presidential nomination on Wednesday when she revised her stance on the Iraq war but failed to go far enough to satisfy anti-war critics. Clinton took to television and radio studios for a media blitz on Wednesday morning to set out a new position after a visit to Iraq and Afghanistan last week.