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/ 4 January 2008

Obama, Huckabee win first 2008 US vote

Barack Obama took a big step on Thursday towards becoming the first black United States president as his campaign for change caught fire in Iowa and swept him past Hillary Clinton in the opening Democratic nominating contest. Republican underdog Mike Huckabee capped a stunning political rise to beat rival Mitt Romney in Iowa.

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/ 3 January 2008

White House rivals hit finishing tape in Iowa

Hillary Clinton, Barack Obama and other White House hopefuls beseeched Iowans to vote to change America as they sought to land an early blow in Thursday’s crucial first 2008 nominating clash. Both Democratic and Republican races were too close to call, before more than 200 000 activists cast their judgements in the fabled Iowa caucuses.

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/ 12 November 2005

Security guard fired for seeing ghosts

A judge has ruled that a former security guard who was fired for seeing ghosts cannot be denied unemployment benefits. The issue started on September 11, when Wade Gallegos alerted his supervisor at Neighbourhood Patrol of Urbandale that ghosts were haunting a neighbourhood he was guarding.

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Africa
/ 28 October 2005

Rwanda hopes to build nation on science and technology

The Rwandan government is working to transform its blood-soaked image from the genocide of 1994 into that of an educated and productive leader in central Africa. ”We are telling people some of the challenges we are meeting in rebuilding our country after the genocide and some of the successes we have made in particular in building a stable government,” said Romain Murenzi, Rwanda’s minister of education, science, technology and research.

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/ 20 October 2005

Second-richest lottery in US history won

A ticket sold in Oregon, United States, has matched all six numbers drawn in the Powerball lottery game to win the -million jackpot. The drawing on Wednesday capped off a day of heavy sales in all 27 states where Powerball is played, plus the District of Columbia and the US Virgin Islands.

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