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/ 31 October 2005
Syria called for an emergency Arab League summit in a bid on Monday to rally regional support in the face of stern United Nations Security Council action that would force greater cooperation from Damascus in the probe of the assassination of a former Lebanese prime minister.
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/ 31 October 2005
Batting supremo Herschelle Gibbs and fellow all-rounder Nicky Boje are out of South Africa’s tour to India, again over fears of arrest for match-fixing that have haunted them for the past five years. Indian police are probing Gibbs and Boje’s alleged involvement in a match-fixing scandal dating back to 2000.
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/ 31 October 2005
Municipalities have neither the capacity nor the mandate to deliver housing, Minister of Housing Lindiwe Sisulu said on Monday. ”Together with my colleagues … we realised that municipalities have not been given a clear mandate for housing delivery,” she said in a speech prepared for delivery at the National Municipal Housing Indaba.
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/ 31 October 2005
Police on Monday stepped up what they called one of the biggest manhunts to date in the Indian capital, New Delhi, which was cloaked in tight security after a weekend attack claimed by Islamic militants. Another victim succumbed to his injuries from Saturday’s coordinated explosions, bringing the death toll to 62.
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/ 31 October 2005
More Britons believe in ghosts than in God, according to an informal survey published on Monday. Of 2 012 people who completed a questionnaire, 68% said they believed in the existence of ghosts and spirits, while 55% said they believed in the existence of a god.
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/ 31 October 2005
An 80-year-old Italian woman whose loan request was turned down brandished a kitchen knife on Monday and ordered bank officials to turn over their tills, reported Italian news agency Ansa. The woman initially asked for a loan of €2 000 to €3 000, but was told that the sum was too high.
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/ 31 October 2005
The Tshwane metro council has abandoned plans to make the race of a tenderer count for half the points awarded in considering tenders for the sale of municipal properties, the Freedom Front Plus said on Monday. A policy document approved in June had recommended the adjustment of the system by which points are awarded.
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/ 31 October 2005
Cyclists from all over the world are gearing up for Tour d’Afrique, the world’s toughest bicycle tour, which stretches from Cairo to Cape Town and covers 10 African countries and a distance of 12 000km. On January 14 next year, participants will start their 120-day journey from the ancient pyramids in Egypt.
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/ 31 October 2005
Embattled United States President George Bush on Monday nominated a conservative Appeals Court Judge, Samuel Alito, to the Supreme Court in a move expected to heal a rift in his Republican party. Bush called Alito ”one of the most accomplished and respected judges in America”.
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/ 31 October 2005
Laurent Gbagbo began his sixth year as president of Côte d’Ivoire on Monday in the face of fierce objections from the country’s armed and unarmed opposition, who are demanding he stand down. ”I will never allow the decapitation of the state of Côte d’Ivoire,” Gbagbo told the nation in a televised address.