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/ 10 November 2006
The International Energy Agency chief on Friday warned not to fight past battles over the Kyoto Protocol after the United States election, saying the pressing concern was drafting a successor. ”One can say that the US was wrong in not ratifying Kyoto, but today it is not the Kyoto protocol at issue. The problem is what next,” said Claude Mandil.
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/ 10 November 2006
In the wee small hours, when one’s writerly powers
Have abandoned one deep in the lurch
When the week’s submission won’t come to fruition
And you’ve nothing to say, but need the pay
There begins a frenzied search
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/ 10 November 2006
It is important to address challenges in relationships between the tiers of district and local municipalities to ensure better service delivery, President Thabo Mbeki said on Friday. Mbeki was speaking in Parys in the Free State at a sitting of the National Council of Provinces.
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/ 10 November 2006
The Public Protector’s finding that Social Development Minister Zola Skweyiya was not duly influenced in awarding a large government contract to an investment company defied common sense, the official opposition Democratic Alliance (DA) said on Thursday.
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/ 10 November 2006
Researchers in Timbuktu are fighting to preserve tens of thousands of ancient texts which they say prove Africa had a written history at least as old as the European Renaissance. Private and public libraries in the fabled Saharan town in Mali have already collected 150 000 brittle manuscripts, some of them from the 13th century.
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/ 10 November 2006
A Nigerian banker was named African Business Leader of 2006 in a competition to honour major contributors to economic development. Tony Elumelu, chief executive officer of the Lagos-based United Bank for Africa, was hailed by United Kingdom-based African Investor magazine as a believer in excellence.
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/ 10 November 2006
A rally in precious metals provided the spark to take the JSE higher on Friday morning. However, profit-taking prevented the market from firing on all cylinders and the advance resembled more of a Sunday drive than a grand prix. By 11.58am, the all-share index added 0,36%.
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/ 10 November 2006
A few thousand gay people and their supporters rallied in Jerusalem on Friday under heavy security, going ahead with a festival that has sparked religious protests and highlighted deep divisions in Israeli society. Organisers had planned a street parade but cancelled it after police said they needed to beef up security.
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/ 10 November 2006
The police need more dogs for the 2009 general elections and the 2010 Soccer World Cup, police Deputy National Commissioner Mala Singh said on Friday. She was speaking at a ceremony where four Star of Bravery medals were awarded to police dogs. Of the four, only one was still alive to receive the medal.
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/ 10 November 2006
Eight Nigerian hostages escaped and five others were released from an oil facility where they had been held since armed men raided the Italian-run pumping station earlier this week. Forty-eight Nigerian employees of Agip had been held in the south of the country since armed protesters overran and shut down Agip’s Tebidaba oil pumping station on Monday.