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/ 31 October 2006
India’s dashing middle-order batsman, Yuvraj Singh, has been ruled out of next month’s one-day series in South Africa, the cricket board said on Tuesday. Yuvraj suffered a tear in his left knee during a warm-up ahead of Sunday’s Champions Trophy clash against Australia and was rushed to Mumbai to see the board’s medical consultant, Anant Joshi.
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/ 31 October 2006
An appeal to uphold sexual harassment findings against former ambassador Norman Mashabane was again delayed in the Pretoria High Court on Tuesday. Mashabane was to have appeared in the court but the case was put down for December 1.
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/ 31 October 2006
Cemeteries in the Zimbabwean capital Harare are almost full and it is getting increasingly difficult to find space to bury people. The Harare city council has six cemeteries — Warren Hills, Pioneer, Mabvuku, Greendale and Granville A and B — but two are no longer accepting burials and the remaining four are up to 75% full.
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/ 31 October 2006
The JSE was steaming ahead in noon trade on Tuesday, powered primarily by a softer rand. Dealers were unable to explain some of the strength, however, and postulated that there could be a buying programme going through the market. By 12.08pm, the all-share and all-share industrial indices added 0,57% and 0,52% respectively.
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/ 31 October 2006
While feminist Gloria Steinem can be credited with the original ”a woman without a man is like a fish without a bicycle”, it was Bono who made the saying famous on an entirely different level. Just about every other woman who got into the Mercedes-Benz S-Class 320CDi I was test-driving questioned why any woman who owned an S-Class would ever need a man, writes Sukasha Singh.
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/ 31 October 2006
Car shows are to motoring enthusiasts what fashion week is to fashionistas. It is a chance to take a sneak peek at what the next season has in store, it gives you the opportunity to be in the same venue as those you worship and, most importantly, it gives you a heads-up on important concept vehicles and makes you seem far more knowledgeable than you might actually be.
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/ 31 October 2006
Nasa chief Michael Griffin is expected to announce on Tuesday whether there will be a final space shuttle mission to keep the aging Hubble Space Telescope in orbit an additional five years. Griffin is expected to announce his decision at 3pm GMT, after meeting on Friday with top National Aeronautics and Space Administration officials to discuss the issue.
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/ 31 October 2006
Thousands of tribesmen chanting ”Death to America” rallied against the Pakistani and United States governments on Tuesday ahead of nationwide protests over a raid on an Islamic school that killed 80 people. Pakistan launched its deadliest airstrike to date on Monday against a madrasa in the troubled Bajaur tribal region bordering Afghanistan.
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/ 31 October 2006
China has not only rolled out the red carpet, it has also redecorated its capital in red as it prepares to host more than 40 African heads of state for a summit billed as a warm-up to the 2008 Beijing Olympics. About 1Â 700 delegates and hundreds of journalists are expected for the November 1 to 6 China-Africa forum.
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/ 31 October 2006
Buranee Clausen headed straight past the designer bags and swish clothes in one of Bangkok’s toniest malls to dive into a section of the store dedicated to Thailand’s hottest new import: Halloween. In a city that loves to celebrate any holiday, Halloween is catching on, not just as a kid’s party at international schools, but as a big night out on the town — and a marketing opportunity to draw more shoppers into stores.