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/ 21 November 2005
The prospects for checking the pandemic growth of malaria looked brighter this week after scientists reported that, after 18 months, young children in Mozambique were still enjoying protection from the vaccine they are testing. Malaria takes more than a million lives every year.
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/ 21 November 2005
The African Peer Review Mechanism’s appraisal of South Africa will be skewed and lack credibility if resources are not urgently allocated so that the process reflects the daily hardships of ordinary South Africans. Civil society activists are adamant that soliciting input takes time and money.
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/ 21 November 2005
The Vuna Awards, South Africa’s ”municipal Oscars”, have dropped off this year’s social calendar without anyone batting an eyelid. Could this be because there are no suitable candidates? Or because the event risked being mobbed by angry local residents demanding better services?
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/ 21 November 2005
For Tamils erecting lifesized posters to mark the forthcoming Heroes’ Day, when Tiger rebels remember their fallen, the election of Mahinda Rajapakse as new Sri Lankan president is a matter of concern. ”We know Mahinda. He has been a politician for a long time. And we don’t trust him,” said Daruniali Saravanam, owner of a roadside eatery outside Kilinochchi, political capital of the rebels.
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/ 21 November 2005
Australia mopped up a nine-wicket victory over the West Indies to claim the second cricket Test and retain the Frank Worrell Trophy series at Bellerive Oval on Monday. Australia were left with the modest target of scoring 78 runs for victory after being forced to bat a second time following a record 182-run seventh wicket partnership between Dwayne Bravo (113) and Dinesh Ramdin (71) on Sunday’s fourth day.
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/ 21 November 2005
At least 30 people were killed on Saturday when a suicide bomber ploughed his car into a tent full of Shi’ite mourners and blew himself up, pushing the death toll of two days of violence in Iraq to over 130. At least 200 people, mainly Shiites, were wounded in the string of bombings.
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/ 21 November 2005
The British government is pressing ahead with plans on Thursday to extend pub opening hours in England and Wales, amidst controversy surrounding the country’s growing binge-drinking culture. Denounced as the ”new British disease” by Prime Minister Tony Blair, binge drinking and the millions of young people who drink to get drunk every weekend has become an alarming problem in Britain.
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/ 21 November 2005
Its scent has drawn comparisons to garbage and spoiled meat, but that isn’t stopping crowds from flocking to see — and smell –- an unusual plant in bloom at the United States Botanic Garden. The titan arum plant, nicknamed ”corpse plant” for its rank smell, is attracting thousands of visitors during the day or two it remains in bloom.
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/ 21 November 2005
The second round of Egypt’s parliamentary election was marred by deadly violence and voter intimidation on Sunday as the regime appeared bent on curbing the surge of the outlawed Muslim Brotherhood. The polls that kicked off on November 9 claimed their first victim when the driver for an independent candidate was beaten to death by thugs hired by the ruling National Democratic Party, independent vote monitors said.
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/ 21 November 2005
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The woman accusing African National Congress deputy president Jacob Zuma of rape has vowed not to drop the charges, media reports said on Monday. According to weekend reports, police have asked Zuma for blood samples to determine whether the former deputy president could be conclusively linked to the alleged rape.