Foreign
30 children die in ambush
KAMPALA -- The Ugandan army has killed 30 children in an ambush in northern Uganda's Kitgum district after mistaking them for rebels, the weekly Rupiny newspaper reported yesterday. The paper said the children, who reportedly died on March 1, were...
Journalists shot in Arab, Israeli riots
JERUSALEM -- Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu defended yesterday the Israeli army's tough handling of Palestinian rioting which erupted after the slaying of three Arab workers by Israeli troops last week. Mr Netanyahu later termed the shooting a ...
Clinton to push for Irish settlement
LONDON -- Prime Minister Tony Blair, who believes a peace agreement in Northern Ireland is ''agonisingly close'', is ready to intensify his involvement as talks move towards a climax, his office said yesterday. The peace talks, which began in June...
Death for Chinese embezzler
BEIJING -- A town government and Communist Party official has been executed for embezzling about R10,1 million in the southern Chinese province of Guangdong's largest case of misuse of public funds, a local newspaper reported. Cen Huanreng, the vi...
Elton John in legal battle
POP superstar Elton John is taking legal action against a trainee solicitor he claims hacked into his computer and obtained details of his credit card and bank spending which were then published in the press. John's management company John Reid En...
German aid worker shot
NAIROBI -- The murder of a German aid worker in the Kenyan capital has created a climate of fear and insecurity which scares off tourists and investors, Germany's ambassador said yesterday. The German was the fourth foreigner killed in Kenya in a ...
23 die during Hindu Holi festival
NEW DELHI -- At least 23 people were killed and scores injured in drunken brawls during India's festival of colours, the United News of India reported. It said most killings occurred during the festival of Holi on Friday, while some group clashes ...
Vajpayee appointed India's new PM
NEW DELHI -- Hindu nationalist leader Atal Behari Vajpayee was named prime minister-designate yesterday by India's president, ending two weeks of political uncertainty after deadlocked national polls. President KR Narayanan invited Mr Vajpayee's B...
200 Hutu 'infiltrators' killed
KIGALI -- The Rwandan Patriotic Army (RPA) has killed 200 "infiltrators", as officials refer to armed Hutu rebels, and taken 11 prisoners in the past two weeks, the national information service said yesterday. The service said the infiltrators wer...
38 Kurdish rebels killed
ANKARA -- Thirty-eight members of the outlawed Kurdish Workers Party (PKK) were killed in a Turkish military operation backed by the air force in southeastern and eastern Turkey launched four days ago, Turkish press reports said yesterday. Turkish...
Sri Lanka claims 3600 rebels killed
COLOMBO -- Sri Lanka's biggest military drive against Tamil Tiger rebels has entered its 11th month, claiming over 5 000 lives, but the bloodiest fighting is yet to come, officials said yesterday. Government forces began their latest campaign, cod...
10000 left homeless after quake
GOLBAF -- Relief workers worked yesterday to restore essential services in the southeast Iranian town of Golbaf, where a powerful earthquake killed five people and injured 50, Iranian officials said. The magnitude 6,4 quake destroyed about 2000 ho...
Not tonight, I'm recharging
BEIJING -- A Chinese inventor has developed a pocket-size male contraceptive device that makes a user sterile for one month after an hour's use, the state-run news agency Xinhua said yesterday. Worn inside the underwear, it emits pulses that affec...
Albanian party discusses plans for talks with Serbs
PRISTINA, Yugoslavia -- Mr Ibrahim Rugova, head of the main ethnic Albanian party in Serbia's southern Kosovo province, met his party leadership yesterday to discuss a strategy for talks with Serb officials. Belgrade last week sent a delegation he...
Actor let out of jail early
ACTOR Christian Slater was freed from jail on Saturday after his 90-day sentence was reduced for good behaviour. He had been jailed since January 14. Slater, 28, left the La Verne city jail in east Los Angeles shortly after midnight accompanied by...
Teen idol
DENIED an Academy Award nomination despite a leading role in the blockbuster hit Titanic, actor Leonardo DiCaprio, 23, is fast becoming the biggest screen heart throb in the United States. Newsweek magazine has dubbed him "America's newest teen id...
Southern African tourism targets SE Asia
KUALA LUMPUR -- About 40 Southern African companies will this week market their tourist attractions at a three-day convention to be held in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. This platform would for the first time be open to all countries in the region, and ...
