David Emil’s ‘Windows on the World’ was touted as the world’s most lucrative restaurant before the terrorist strikes of September 11 brought it crashing down 107 floors.
Lesotho High Court judge Semapo Peete on Friday postponed an application by opposition Basotho National Party (BNP) leader Major General Metsing Lekhanya, who accused the Independent Electoral Commission (IEC) of vote rigging.
KirchMedia, the insolvent arm of the collapsed Kirch media empire, could be carved up and sold off in bits rather than in one piece as originally planned.
The third and final piece of the stolen Axum obelisk arrived home in Ethiopia from Italy on Monday nearly 70 years after it was plundered by fascist troops. ”I am very happy,” Ethiopian Prime Minister Meles Zenawi said as the giant Russian-built Antonov cargo plane touched down at the small airport in northern Ethiopia at 6.20am.
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/ 20 December 2001
RUGBY’SYEARIN REVIEW Andy Capostagno A traumatic year for Springbok rugby began with a false dawn. The Sharks and the Cats played each other in the semifinal of the Super 12, a fact that not only prompted talk of South African teams having finally come to terms with the competition, but guaranteed one of them a […]
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/ 30 September 2001
New York | Wednesday NEW York Mayor Rudy Giuliani warned grieving families that thousands of bodies missing in the charred ruins of the World Trade Center would never be recovered. ”We are going to end up in a situation where we do not recover a significant number of human remains, so people have to focus […]
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/ 14 September 2001
The FBI is struggling to reconstruct how the hijack operation was masterminded Duncan Campbell The four planes that were to change the way Americans live their lives set off within 12 minutes of each other from three different airports, all of which were on Wednesday examining their security procedures and wondering how four teams of […]
AN alcoholic who claimed Satan forced him to rape his 11-year-old niece over two years was handed a life sentence on Monday. The 57-year-old man from Mandulo village south of Malelane in Mpumalanga pleaded guilty to rape in the Nelspruit circuit of the Pretoria High Court. He admitted he raped her three times in 1998 […]
Seyed Abdollah Hoseini Right of Reply The front page picture of last week’s Mail and Guardian was a distorted, sensational depiction of Ashura, a sacred period on the Muslim calendar, and created negative perceptions about the grandson of the Prophet Muhammad (S), Imam Hussein (AS), and his martyrdom. It likely also had the effect of […]
Khadija Magardie Both newcomers and veterans in the field of private dispute resolution are jostling for first place in the booming labour litigation industry. Most say their motives are philanthropic to provide a service where business and labour can resolve issues without resorting to lengthy and often costly litigation. But there are significant pickings involved, […]