adminFriends want medical parole for Selebi
Johannesburg — A group calling itself “Friends of Jackie Selebi” wants the former national police commissioner to be released on medical parole, its spokesperson said yesterday.
Libya ‘must offer militia a way out’
Washington — Libya must offer its still-armed revolutionary fighters a future beyond the gun, the country’s former interim prime minister said on Thursday, warning that failure could spell destabilising violence.
Speaking in Washington days after violent clashes erupted in the capital Tripoli, Ali Tarhouni — an adviser to the current government — said disarming and integrating bands of militia fighters will be key to avoiding an escalation in violence.
Congolese refugees taken to Tongogara camp
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The 26 Congolese who have been staying at the African Methodist Episcopal Church in Zimbabwe (AMECZ) in Makokoba since Monday were yesterday taken to Tongogara Refugee Camp in Manicaland province.
Deadly bombing hits Damascus
Damascus — A suicide bombing hit Damascus yesterday, killing 25 and wounding dozens of mostly civilians, state media said, blaming “terrorists” for the second such attack on the Syrian capital in two weeks.
State television said the “powerful explosion” struck in the historic Midan quarter in the heart of the capital.
Castro warns of climate change
Havana — Cuba’s iconic revolutionary Fidel Castro warned that the world was on an “inexorable” march into the abyss this year because of climate change and the threat of nuclear war.
In an article published on Thursday — Castro’s first since November 2011 — the 85-year-old retired leader also took aim at the United States and at gas shale “fracking”, a new source of fossil fuels condemned by environmentalists.
Proteas claim series win over Sri Lanka
Cape Town — South Africa won their first home Test series in over three years, beating Sri Lanka by 10 wickets with more than a day to spare in Cape Town yesterday.
Carlos Tevez settles in Milan
AC Milan and crosstown rivals Inter Milan this week were wrestling over the transfer of Carlos Tevez from Manchester City, even as the Argentine striker appeared to be settling down in Milan.
Thierry return confirmed
Arsenal have completed the signing of Thierry Henry on a two-month loan from New York Red Bulls.
Ferguson warns Man City
Sir Alex Ferguson may be fending off doubts over his squad but the Manchester United boss is certain FA Cup foes Manchester City will be acutely aware of the threat they pose.
After successive defeats to Blackburn and Newcastle, Ferguson is again on the back foot.
Give former players their place in the sun
There is nothing that gives a man such a sense of freedom as being in the bush and well armed. He has the feeling of being as much part of the landscape as the wild animals. He moves cautiously, but with unbounded self confidence. He seems to be in the most natural of all possible elements, and all his senses — hearing, sight and smell — are on the alert. His eyes dart perpetually from point to point, sizing up everything that moves. In the bush there is only one enemy that matters, the beast of beasts, the most intelligent, the cruellest, the wickedest, the greediest, the vilest and also the most wonderful — man.