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/ 7 July 2005

New York Times journalist jailed

A New York Times journalist was jailed for up to four months for contempt on Wednesday after she refused to reveal the source in an investigation into the leak of an undercover CIA officer’s name. Judith Miller was sent to a Washington DC jail for a term that will last until October, unless she relents and reveals her source.

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/ 7 July 2005

Rape suspect commits suicide with electric grinder

A 20-year-old rape suspect committed suicide by cutting his throat with an electric grinder at the Tsolo police station in the Eastern Cape, the South African Broadcasting Corporation reported on Wednesday. A police official said the rape suspect grabbed the grinder, an exhibit in another case, from the charge office and connected it to a power point.

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/ 6 July 2005

Kidnappers threaten to kill top Egyptian in Iraq

Kidnappers of Egypt’s top diplomat in Iraq have threatened to kill him because Egypt has allied with ”Jews and Christians,” according to a statement posted on Wednesday on an al-Qaeda-linked website. Meanwhile, a senior aide to radical Shi’ite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr visited Bahrain’s diplomatic mission on Wednesday.

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/ 6 July 2005

R7,2bn Old Mutual BEE deal approved

Shareholders have given the thumbs-up for a R7,2-billion black economic empowerment deal (BEE) that will see 12,75% of Old Mutual plc’s South African operations going to black investors and staff. "We are pleased that shareholders have shown their strong support for our BEE ownership proposals," said chief executive Jim Sutcliffe.