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/ 1 September 2004
An Islamist group on Tuesday released video footage showing 12 Nepalese workers dying in the worst mass killing of hostages since Sunni Islamist extremists embarked on a spree of kidnappings in April. News of the killings overshadowed international efforts to secure the release of two French journalists held by a separate Iraqi group of militants.
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/ 1 September 2004
At least 16 people were killed and almost 100 injured after Israel’s five-month period of relative peace was shattered on Tuesday with a double suicide bombing on two buses in the southern town of Beersheba. The bombings, which came 15 seconds apart and killed a three-year-old boy, 10 women and five men, were claimed by Hamas as a revenge attack for Israel’s assassination of its leaders Sheik Ahmed Yassin and Abdel Aziz Rantisi earlier this year.
Delayed attack likely to backfire
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/ 1 September 2004
Sudan’s government and its rebel foes returned to the negotiating table on Tuesday as African Union-led attempts to reach a deal on ending Darfur’s humanitarian crisis were overshadowed by kidnapping claims. As delegates to the African Union peace conference in Abuja held their eighth day of talks, they had yet to reach agreement on the first agenda item: how to ensure the safety of the Darfur region’s 1,2-million displaced people.
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/ 1 September 2004
There are a few ways to look at the release from jail of Charmaine Phillips. Phillips was christened Bonnie in what was in 1983 the story of how a couple went on a murder and robbery spree. Bonnie was sentenced to life imprisonment. First, and probably the most obvious, is the futility of sending people to jail for more than one life term.
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/ 1 September 2004
"There I was, driving along in the little Kia Picanto LX — weighing in at all of 1100cc and R72 995 — and my cell phone rang. If I liked, I was told, I could drop off the little Kia and pick up a Mercedes- Benz C230K Sports Coupé for the rest of the week. So what did I do? I turned the offer down." Gavin Foster tells us why.
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/ 1 September 2004
With the all-new Ninja ZX-636R, the Big Green K is out to prove you can have your cake <i>and</i> eat it too. With a new 636cc engine, tuned to give even more grunt, married to host of features previously found only on the ZX-6R track model, the new Ninja now delivers better-than racetrack performance on the road.
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/ 1 September 2004
It’s obvious that the Brazilians who designed the new Opel Corsa bakkie intended it to be taken seriously. It has the biggest cab and deepest bin, and boasts the healthiest ground-clearance of all competing bakkies in its class.
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/ 1 September 2004
When her husband died two months ago, Albertina Come did not only lose him. She also lost their house and belongings acquired through hard work over ten years of marriage. Come’s husband is among some 97Â 000 Mozambicans who health authorities say will die of HIV/Aids this year alone. And Come’s situation is not unique.
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/ 1 September 2004
South Africa’s best selling car — it’s held that title for an incredible 22 years on the trot — has had a facelift, along with a model realignment that sees the Toyota Corolla 180i GLE and 180i GLS Auto replaced by the 180i GLS and the 180i GSX AT respectively.
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/ 1 September 2004
Apathy should become the eighth deadly sin of the modern age, taking its place alongside the traditional vices of greed, gluttony, envy, sloth, pride, lust and wrath, a British poll said on Wednesday. Religion itself narrowly missed out on a top 10 place, while less traditional sins also included ”celebrity-ism”.