By Nadim Ladki BEIRUT- Israel blockaded Lebanese ports and struck Beirut airport and two military airbases on Thursday, expanding reprisals that have killed 53 civilians in Lebanon since Hizbollah captured […]
Archive | August, 2006
SA gig for local artists
August 28, 2006 in Entertainment
Oliver Shambira BARELY three months after putting on two well-attended shows at the 2010 Centre Thohoyandou, Limpopo province, trailblazing musician Mitchell Jambo is se (more…)
S.Africans to strike Thursday for jobs, less poverty
August 25, 2006 in International
By Lucia Mutikani JOHANNESBURG – Workers represented by South Africa’s biggest labour federation COSATU will strike on Thursday against unemployment and poverty, the union said. Congress of South African Trade […]
Iran’s Ahmadinejad scorns EU atomic incentives
August 25, 2006 in International
By Christian Oliver TEHRAN – Accepting EU incentives that urge Iran to stop making atomic fuel would be like trading candy for gold, Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said on Wednesday. […]
Foreign oil workers kidnapped in Nigeria
August 25, 2006 in International
By Austin Ekeinde PORT HARCOURT, Nigeria – Three foreign oil workers, including an Italian, were kidnapped from a car under armed escort in Nigeria’s oil capital Port Harcourt on Thursday, […]
ElBaradei urges compromise over Iran atomic row
August 25, 2006 in International
By Emma Thomasson AMSTERDAM – The head of the U.N. nuclear watchdog welcomed on Thursday moves to avert possible U.N. sanctions against Tehran over its nuclear programme and appealed for […]
Larger breasts confer higher breast cancer risk
August 25, 2006 in International
By Anne Harding NEW YORK – Women with larger breasts have a greater risk of developing breast cancer before menopause than smaller-breasted women do, a new study shows. While the […]
Darfur rebel makes peace overture, talks intensify
August 25, 2006 in International
By Estelle Shirbon ABUJA – A factional rebel leader from Sudan’s Darfur region, under intense pressure to join a peace deal, has made a tentative overture to the Sudanese government […]
3rd term heads for defeat in Nigerian Senate
August 25, 2006 in International
By Tume Ahemba LAGOS – A bill to change Nigeria’s constitution to allow President Olusegun Obasanjo to seek a third term in elections next year headed for defeat after more […]
Defiant Zim launches drive to revive economy
August 25, 2006 in International
ZIMBABWE on Wednesday launched a new drive to revive its ailing economy, saying it would do away with past obstacles to growth, but vowed to press on with policies that […]
