eo.st - Actualité et News en direct - L'actu en continu - 04/09/2009

Zille seeks advice over Hlophe
The Judicial Service Commission could find itself facing another challenge to its ...

Smit wary of do-or-die Aussies
Bok captain John Smit has warned against underestimating an Australian team that ...

Govt party costs R250 000
Almost a quarter of a million rand was spent on a lavish party in Cape Town to mark ...

Medics bring girl back to life
A 20-year-old girl who showed no signs of life after being caught in a house fire ...

IMF aids Zimbabwe
The International Monetary Fund has released $500m to Zimbabwe as the world slowly ...

Texas grandma made bomb threat
Officials accuse a 51-year-old San Antonio grandmother of phoning a bomb threat to ...

Biti warns IMF loan unaffordable
"It's not a grant, its a loan. It attracts interest", finance minister Tendai Biti ...

'No more people on their land to kill'
The outgoing UN peacekeeping chief in Sudan's Darfur region said the world should ...

Looting in Gabon amid new election tensions
Gangs looted stores and petrol stations in Gabon's second city of Port Gentil amid ...

Ugandan 'witchdoctors' nabbed in Lesotho
Seven Ugandans have been arrested in Lesotho over a fraud scheme in which they posed ...

Madagascar army rejects opposition call
The armed forces in Madagascar have rejected a call from the opposition to head a ...

Canada appeals controversial refugee case
Canada's government said on Thursday it was challenging a Canadian immigration board ...

Netanyahu to allow new Israeli settler homes, says aide
Benjamin Netanyahu will approve building settler homes before considering a freeze ...

Indonesian rescuers dig for trapped quake victims
Rescuers in Indonesia continued digging on Friday to reach dozens buried by a major ...

Fill in the gaps on Doha, says US
The US believes WTO members must work hard to fill in the remaining gaps to clinch ...

Nato strikes fuel tankers in Afghanistan, scores dead
Nato was investigating whether it killed scores of Afghan civilians on Friday after ...

Baby born with 'external heart' undergoes surgery
A baby born with a heart on the outside of his body is recovering in an Indian hospital ...

Dozens trapped as Indonesia quake toll rises
Rescue workers on Indonesia's Java Island searched by hand on Thursday for dozens ...

Suu Kyi's appeal to be heard
A court in Myanmar agreed to hear an appeal by Aung San Suu Kyi against her conviction ...

'I'm ready to return to Tibet'
The Dalai Lama says that he is "always ready to go back to Tibet", at the end of ...

H1N1 flu hits US universities
H1N1 flu has begun to spread through American universities where more than 1 600 ...

Garrido raped 14-year-old girl
The alleged kidnapper in the Jaycee Lee Dugard case drugged and raped a 14-year-old ...

Man charged with animal cruelty
A 56-year-old man found in a Detroit-area house with more than 100 living and 150 ...

Man gets 14 years for bomb plot
A man has been sentenced to 14 years in prison for his role in a foiled plot to bomb ...

Daily Al Jazeera news round-up

Madagascar army rejects opposition call to power
The armed forces in Madagascar on Friday rejected a call from the opposition to head ...

Looting in Gabon city amid new election tensions
Gangs looted stores in Gabon's second city of Port Gentil on Friday, amid new unrest ...

Michael Jackson laid to rest, surrounded by stars
Michael Jackson was laid to rest on Thursday at a funeral attended by family and ...

Unrest in Gabon as Bongo poll win disputed
Security forces clashed with opposition supporters in Libreville on Thursday after ...

Zambia leader denies influencing Chiluba case
Zambia President Rupiah Banda has denied influencing the decision to acquit former ...

Cost of living eases in Zimbabwe
The cost of living in Zimbabwe edged down by 1% in August, as locally manufactured ...

MSF: New fighting pattern in south Sudan targets to kill
Women and children are being deliberately targeted in ethnic clashes in south Sudan, ...

Policing forum chair killed
A 40-year-old Port Elizabeth man has been shot dead, just after being elected as ...

Strauss hands over Bok jerseys
Former Springbok and Wallaby loose forward Tiaan Strauss has handed over the Bok ...

CT cops find 2kg of heroin
Western Cape police have arrested five people and confiscated drugs with a street ...

Nurse mourns 'angel' daughter
Satirist Justin Nurse says time will hopefully heal the pain after a tragic car fire ...

Parker eyes extra bite upfront
Bernard Parker is hoping he has adequately shaken off a knee injury as he looks to ...

'I'm ready to return to Tibet'
The Dalai Lama says that he is "always ready to go back to Tibet", at the end of ...

Court orders Bemba to remain in custody
Former Democratic Republic of Congo vice president Jean-Pierre Bemba will remain ...

Darfur activist held in Sudan
Human rights activists have accused Sudan's security service of arresting a Darfuri ...

Rwandan genocide suspect pleads innocent
A Rwandan man accused of taking part in the African country's 1994 genocide took ...

Bongo declared winner of presidential poll
Ali Ben Bongo, son of Gabon's long-time ruler Omar Bongo, won an election to succeed ...

Burundi poll cash boost: 43-million reasons
Burundi's 2010 general election should cost 43-million dollars, with four-fifths ...

Somali refugee camps overcrowded: aid agency
Hundreds of thousands of Somali refugees are jammed into camps that are "barely fit ...

Ethiopian massacre: six sentenced to death
An Ethiopian court has sentenced six members of the Benishangule-Gumuz community ...

Software mogul attacked on safari by elephant
Silicon Valley billionaire Tom Siebel says he's recovering from broken ribs and legs ...

Kenya chided for anti-graft chief's return
The United States has voiced deep concern at the "troubling" reappointment by Kenyan ...

Month of murder for Kenya's taxi industry
Thirteen Nairobi taxi drivers have been killed and mutilated over the past month, ...

Principals and teachers living in fear
A 59-year-old teacher, who claims he was dismissed because he is white, is living ...

Director-general quits public enterprises
The director-general of public enterprises, Portia Molefe, has resigned after five ...

Malema has no worries about expensive cars
ANC Youth League leader Julius Malema says cabinet ministers who buy expensive cars ...

Expert to probe death of satirist's daughter
Vanilla Nurse's parents were unpacking groceries they had bought for her second birthday ...

Cops confiscate R300 000 in drugs
Five people have been arrested in Strandfontein, Western Cape police said.

Shop clerk made to take off heascarf
A Cape Town shop assistant says she is "disgusted" after being forced to remove her ...

Gang members held for business robberies
Thirty-seven suspects believed to be members of gangs responsible for business robberies ...

Mantashe vs Mbalula
A succession battle is emerging in the ANC between secretary general Gwede Mantashe ...

Radebe, Ngcuka and the mysterious death of a judge
The mystery surrounding the seemingly violent death of acting Cape High Court judge ...

Cosatu drops equality case against Zille
Cosatu has dropped its Equality Court complaint against Western Cape Premier Helen ...

Justin Nurse's daughter dies in car fire
Satirist Justin Nurse's two-year-old daughter Vanilla was killed when their car caught ...

Dept of Public Enterprises DG quits
The Director General of Public Enterprises, Portia Molefe, has resigned after five ...

JSC's Hlophe decision 'harmful to rule of law'
A law body headed by former judge Johann Kriegler intends challenging the JSC's decision ...

Kriegler to challenge Hlophe decision
Former Constitutional Court judge Johann Kriegler is to challenge the decision not ...

G20 to pledge stimulus until economic recovery certain
The G20 will promise this weekend to keep economic support packages in place until ...

Ministers meet to put 2010 Doha deal in sight
Trade ministers meet in New Delhi for talks that the WTO says could lay the groundwork ...

Scope for SA mini hydro power real, but finite
South Africa has scope to build mini hydro plants to help power communities but the ...

SA business confidence down slightly in August
SA's business confidence index fell slightly to 83 points in August from 83,2 in ...

Zimbabwe uncertainty hurts electricity drive
Zimbabwe's political uncertainty and the government's hold over electricity policies ...

Household spending weakens further
Household spending has weakened further, the South African Reserve Bank said on Thursday. ...

Sanlam first-half profit up
Sanlam reported a rise in first-half profit on Thursday thanks to relatively stable ...

Senegal military jet bombs ex-rebel bases
A Senegalese military jet bombed southern bases of a former rebel movement after ...

Looting in Gabon amid new election tensions
Gangs looted stores and petrol stations in Gabon's second city of Port Gentil amid ...

Israeli foreign minister arrives in Kenya
Israeli Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman arrived in Kenya for the second leg of ...

Angola polls could be delayed to 2012
Angola's long-awaited presidential vote could be put off for three years as the ruling ...

UN leader calls for calm in Gabon
United Nations chief Ban Ki-moon has urged the citizens of Gabon to exercise restraint ...

Policing forum chair killed
A 40-year-old Port Elizabeth man has been shot dead, just after being elected as ...

Strauss hands over Bok jerseys
Former Springbok and Wallaby loose forward Tiaan Strauss has handed over the Bok ...

CT cops find 2kg of heroin
Western Cape police have arrested five people and confiscated drugs with a street ...

Nurse mourns 'angel' daughter
Satirist Justin Nurse says time will hopefully heal the pain after a tragic car fire ...

Parker eyes extra bite upfront
Bernard Parker is hoping he has adequately shaken off a knee injury as he looks to ...

'I'm ready to return to Tibet'
The Dalai Lama says that he is "always ready to go back to Tibet", at the end of ...

2010 qualification race hots up
World Cup qualification action is heating up in football-loving countries all over ...

Current account, investment improve
South Africa's accounts with the rest of the world improved dramatically in the second ...

IFC, Absa to fund African infrastructure
The International Finance Corporation is to provide US$150-million (about R1.15-billion) ...

Angola seeks SA's energy expertise
Angola has called on South African companies to take advantage of opportunities in ...

Life gets better for South Africans
South Africans' living conditions are steadily improving, according to Statistics ...

R13.5bn in tax relief on the cards
New draft tax laws are set to give South Africans R13.5-billion in tax relief, thanks ...

Anti child porn strategy on the cards
The government, the South African Police Service and the National Prosecuting Authority ...

Myanmar court to hear Suu Kyi appeal: lawyer
A court in junta-ruled Myanmar agreed Friday to hear an appeal by opposition leader ...

Arson confirmed as LA fire rages on
The wildfire burning in the mountains above Los Angeles was started by arsonists ...

Quake levels houses in Indonesia
Indonesian villagers are searching through rubble with their bare hands in a desperate ...

Wealthy developer gunned down in Sydney
An Australian property developer who once tried to sue the sultan of Brunei was gunned ...

Canada seeks to mend SA relations
The Canadian government is scrambling to patch up relations with SA which have been ...