Australia hit back with three wickets but South Africa’s run grind continued on the second day of the third cricket Test at the Sydney Cricket Ground on Tuesday. Century-maker Ashwell Prince (119) and wicketkeeper Mark Boucher (5) fell to contentious umpiring decisions in the middle session.
How is a small country to compete in a global marketplace where size is rewarded? Case in point is the tiny Southern African country of Swaziland, nestled between geographic giants South Africa and Mozambique. Its neighbouring countries also have booming economies, while Swaziland is mired in its 10th year of declining economic growth.
South Africans are quite optimistic about 2006, a Gallup International Voice of the People survey shows. While almost half (48%) of the 52Â 000 world citizens who were interviewed in the global survey felt that 2006 would be a better year than 2005, about 60% of South Africans believed it would be better.
Cashing in on a high birth rate and the enormous potential of stem-cell research, India’s biotechnology firms are coaxing more parents to bank blood from their newborn’s umbilical cord. Stem cells are master cells from which the body’s immune and blood system originate and which can develop into cells of any organ.
”Grabbing the handle of his grandly titled ‘Service provider to Mondi Recycling Waste Paper Dealer’ trolley, he heads off along the dark road in search of valuable refuse. His most fertile gathering ground is the OK Bazaars in the centre of Danville.” Photojournalist Nadine Hutton experiences the lives of South Africa’s poor whites from the inside.
The year 2005 will go down in history as another difficult 12 months for the tiny, famine-stricken Southern African nation of Malawi. More than 4,7-million Malawians, out of a population of 12-million, are experiencing food shortages, according to official statistics. Malawi does not have enough food stocks to last until the next harvest in April 2006, aid agencies warn.
The hours may be too long to be legal, and the stress is like no other job in politics, but being Britain’s Prime Minister has its rewards, Tony Blair is telling visitors to his official website. In a show of candor for the public that re-elected his Labour Party to a third straight term last year, Downing Street has put together a ”day in the life of Tony” film.
South Africans Jacques Kallis and Ashwell Prince blunted Australia’s bowlers with a record century stand after the home team’s early success, supporting skipper Graeme Smith’s decision to bat in the final cricket Test Monday.
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