Foreign

Iraq doing its best to disarm, say SA experts
BAGHDAD -- South African disarmament experts visiting Iraq said yesterday they are convinced Iraq is doing its best to disarm, and appealed to the UN Security Council to give weapons inspections more time to work before authorising war. Egypt's n...

Blair unbowed by Labour rebellion on Iraq war
LONDON -- British Prime Minister Tony Blair's government stood firmly by its hardline Iraq policy yesterday despite a dramatic revolt in parliament by more than 120 Labour MPs opposed to war. With Blair due to fly to Spain later yesterday for tal...

Zim food aid not enough
HARARE -- Food shortages in Zimbabwe have rapidly worsened and regular supplies not provided by aid agencies remained "grossly inadequate," the World Food Programme said yesterday. While about 7,2 million people -- more than half the population -...

Formula One start steeped in conflict
LONDON -- This year's Formula One season opens in turmoil. Two of the most successful teams in the sport -- McLaren and BMW Williams -- are involved in an open, legal challenge with the world governing body over rule changes aimed at cutting cost...

Mitzna predicts harder times ahead
JERUSALEM -- Israeli Labour party chief Amram Mitzna warned yesterday that the economic and political situation in Israel would worsen under Ariel Sharon's new right-wing government. Addressing Sharon shortly after he presented his new cabinet li...

Activist loses citizenship case
HARARE -- A human rights activist was ordered yesterday to renounce New Zealand nationality she has never taken up or lose the right to citizenship of Zimbabwe, the country of her birth. Supreme Court Judge Luke Malaba refused Judith Todd's appli...

WORLD WATCH
18 million left in the dark COTABATO -- Muslim separatists blacked out a third of the southern Philippines in co-ordinated overnight sabotage attacks, leaving about 18 million people in the dark, officials said yesterday. The government fired ...