A restaurateur who admitted he exposed himself to a woman in a subway car, an act the woman captured with her cellphone camera, was sentenced on Tuesday to two years probation and ordered to undergo counselling. Daniel Hoyt (43), of New York, was sentenced in Manhattan Criminal Court on his guilty plea to public lewdness, a misdemeanour.
Ludovic Giuly scored off a pass from Ronaldinho on Tuesday to give FC Barcelona a 1-0 win over AC Milan in the first leg of the Champions League semifinals. The France forward beat an offside trap to send a left-foot shot past Milan goalkeeper Dida in the 57th minute after a chipped pass from the 2005 European and Fifa World Player of the Year at the San Siro.
A free-trade deal between the United States and five Southern African countries remains deadlocked over key issues following a day of talks in Pretoria, a top US official said on Tuesday. The free-trade agreement between the US and the Southern African Customs Union, was first mooted in 2002 and the deal was expected to be in place by December 2004.
Scientists have discovered the remains of seven carnivorous dinosaurs that travelled in packs throughout an area of southern Argentina nicknamed Jurassic Park, one of the palaeontologists said on Tuesday. ”This is a new type of carnivorous dinosaur, known as the Mapusaurus, that lived some 90-million years ago, said Argentine palaeontologist Rodolfo Coria.
President Robert Mugabe has threatened to bring down ”the full wrath of the law” against anyone who disturbs Zimbabwean peace and stability. The threat, made in a speech on Tuesday, came after calls by the country’s main opposition leader, Morgan Tsvangirai, for street protests to topple Mugabe’s 26-year rule.
The number of international refugees has fallen to its lowest level in a quarter of a century but civil wars have led to a big rise in those forced to flee their homes while staying within the boundaries of their country, according to the United Nations. With millions returning to countries such as Afghanistan, Angola and Sierra Leone, refugee numbers now stand at 9,2-million.
Hillary Clinton increased speculation about her presidential aspirations on Tuesday with the release of figures that reveal a White House-sized fundraising effort for her Senate re-election campaign. During the first three months of this year Friends of Hillary raised a shade over -million for her re-election in November, according to figures filed with the federal election commission.
The South African Democratic Teachers’ Union (Sadtu) has attacked the government for its poor handling of HIV/Aids and President Thabo Mbeki for ongoing mixed messages on the pandemic, following a meeting of its national executive committee in Johannesburg last month.
From March 1, homebuyers will no longer have to pay transfer duties on properties of less than R500 000 — that is, the tax paid to the government on these purchases. Though the saving will make buying a home a lot more affordable, there are still additional upfront costs you need to budget for.
Malawi’s forests are vanishing, victims of the world’s taste for cigarettes and the eternal search by local people for wood for cooking and heating. The small country holds Southern Africa’s melancholy record for deforestation: 2,8% of the forest cover vanishes each year, experts say.