WEDNESDAY, 10 MARCH 2010 - 05:56, SAST
WorldChina and India endorse Copenhagen climate planYesterday at 21:23, SAST China and India signed up to the Copenhagen Accord for fighting climate change today, joining almost all other major greenhouse gas emitters in endorsing the non-binding pact. Greece calls for ban on speculative trading Yesterday at 21:18, SAST Greek Finance Minister George Papaconstantinou has proposed a ban on derivative trading techniques that increase debt costs for countries like Greece which struggle to cut their deficits. Ex-Cyprus president's body stolen for ransom Yesterday at 21:00, SAST Cyprus today announced that ransom was the motive of thieves who stole the body of former President Tassos Papadopoulos, found in a shallow grave yesterday, three months after it disappeared from its tomb. Germany gives Burundi 22.5 mln euros for water, poverty fight Yesterday at 15:57, SAST Germany today gave Burundi a 22.5 million euro grant to help the tiny central African country improve its water supply and reduce poverty. New Iran destroyer test fires missile - report Yesterday at 15:40, SAST A newly inaugurated Iranian destroyer test fired a surface-to-surface missile in the Gulf today, Iran's Fars news agency reported. The Islamic Republic, embroiled in an escalating row with the West over its nuclear programme, often announces advances in its military capabilities and stages missile tests in an apparent bid to show its readiness to counter-attack. Haiti frees US missionary held over kidnapping Yesterday at 11:43, SAST A court in Haiti yesterday freed a US missionary jailed for weeks on charges of kidnapping children in the chaos that followed the country's devastating January 12 earthquake, witnesses said. Charisa Coulter was due to fly out of Haiti for the United States. AU welcomes signing of electoral code of conduct in Sudan Yesterday at 10:38, SAST The Commission of the African Union (AU) has welcomed the National Congress Party's (NCP) signing of the electoral code of conduct in Khartoum, Sudan yesterday. Soccer World Cup fever hits the United States Yesterday at 08:30, SAST Enthusiasm for Africa's World Cup is growing around the globe, even in a country where soccer does not rank highly in the national psyche. The United States has purchased the most number of tickets for the FIFA spectacle. Rapper Lil Wayne heads to jail Yesterday at 07:00, SAST After whirlwind goodbyes to fans, diminutive rapper Lil Wayne was sentenced to one year in jail yesterday and taken from a courtroom in handcuffs after pleading guilty to a gun possession charge. Aid arrives after Turkey quake Yesterday at 05:40, SAST Turkey's paramilitary and police are directing operations on the outskirts of villages affected by the earthquake and a Red Crescent team has set up a crisis centre. They are distributing food and other emergency supplies to survivors of yesterday's 6.0-magnitude earthquake. Source: SABC News |
Top StoriesMalema: If I've broken the law, arrest meYesterday at 16:11, SAST ANC Youth League president Julius Malema says if anyone can prove any wrongdoing against him, they should arrest him. ANC spokesperson under fire for Zuma comments Yesterday at 17:32, SAST The ANC has distanced itself from comments attributed to it on the controversy surrounding President Jacob Zuma's assets. Source: Mail & Guardian Online AfricaCongo-Kinshasa: Marching for the Women of CongoYesterday at 11:34, SAST On a warm spring day on Monday, activists and supporters from the Enough Project and Women for Women marched with colorful banners across the Memorial Bridge in Washington, D.C., to the steps of the Lincoln Memorial to raise awareness about the ... Africa: Create Jobs and All Else Will Follow Yesterday at 22:08, SAST Bill Gates' commitment at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, to give $10 billion over the next decade to develop and distribute vaccines to children in the world's poorest countries has stimulated an interesting discussion on what would ... Source: All Africa BusinessFood firms face fixing blowToday at 04:00, SAST The country's big four consumer food groups - Tiger Brands, Pioneer Foods, Foodcorp and Premier Foods - will come before the Competition Tribunal again for a ruling on alleged price-fixing in their milling divisions since 2006. World Cup's main beneficiary is Fifa, and SA's slice slims Today at 04:00, SAST Early estimates of the economic benefits to South Africa from the World Cup seem to have been too optimistic. Source: Business Report |