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  • Bush puts trade, aid to Africa, climate change high on his agenda at G-8 summit 6 Jul 2008 13:30 GMT
    ... President George W. Bush put aid to Africa and advancing world trade talks high on his ... Merkel said in her weekly video message. South African President Thabo Mbeki, whom Zimbabwe's opposition has ... such as China, India, Brazil, Mexico and South Africa. Leaders of those nations are to meet ...

  • Bush puts trade, Africa, climate change high on his agenda at G-8 summit 6 Jul 2008 11:51 GMT
    ... emphasized the urgency of providing aid for Africa. He called on wealthy nations to provide mosquito nets ... discuss how they can toughen sanctions on Zimbabwe in the wake of President Robert Mugabe's ... Merkel said in her weekly video message. South African President Thabo Mbeki, whom Zimbabwe's opposition has ...

  • Bush: Olympic boycott would insult Chinese 6 Jul 2008 10:15 GMT
    ... and food prices and possible steps against Zimbabwe were likely to be high on the ... be joined Monday by leaders from seven African countries: Algeria, Ethiopia, Ghana, Nigeria, South Africa, Tanzania and Senegal. On Wednesday they will ...

  • Dogan's death too hard to bear 6 Jul 2008 10:15 GMT
    ... helm during the 2010 World Cup in South Africa and Euro 2012 in Poland and Ukraine.  “I ... was also a member of the Turkish Olympic Committee, Beşiktaş executive board and Turkish Boxing ...

  • Bush 'concern' at N Korea issues 6 Jul 2008 10:14 GMT
    ... 62nd birthday in Japan. China, India and South Africa will be among other key nations attending. Speaking ... he would attend the opening of the Olympic Games in Beijing in August. Why not ...

  • Athletics: Battling Crane driven to reach fresh heights 6 Jul 2008 09:55 GMT
    ... was within a centimetre of fulfilling her Olympic dream. Hours later she was lying in ... be her third failure at 1.91m and South Africa's Anika Smith took the gold. She said: ...

  • Bush raises North Korea concerns 6 Jul 2008 09:31 GMT
    ... Fukuda said he would attend the Beijing Olympics opening ceremony, which other leaders have vowed ... 62nd birthday in Japan. China, India and South Africa will be among other key nations attending. Japan ...

  • > Vlasic extends winning streak 6 Jul 2008 09:19 GMT
    ... Bulgaria's Stefka Kostadinova. Her arch-rival and reigning Olympic champion Yelena Slesarenko was third with a ... in Osaka. In the men's 800 metres, South Africa's Olympic silver medallist Mbulaeni Mulaudzi edged out ...

  • EU seeks better way of setting its table 6 Jul 2008 09:19 GMT
    ... moulded into a butter ramp to launch Olympic ski jumper Eddie "The Eagle" Edwards. Eddie's ... countries such as China, India, Brazil and South Africa. "Can we get a trade breakthough?" one ...

  • Chinese VP arrives in Hong Kong amid democracy calls 6 Jul 2008 09:16 GMT
    ... main purposes were to inspect Hong Kong's Olympic equestrian venues and gauge changes in the ... from soaring food and fuel prices to African poverty and global warming amid doubts about ... her sister said. Agence France-Presse HARARE - Zimbabwe's political impasse looks set to drag on ...

  • Turkish Soccer Federation President dies 6 Jul 2008 08:14 GMT
    ... helm during the 2010 World Cup in South Africa and Euro 2012 in Poland and Ukraine.  “I ... was also a member of the Turkish Olympic Committee, Beşiktaş executive board and Turkish Boxing ...

  • Battling Crane driven to reach fresh heights 6 Jul 2008 07:54 GMT
    ... was within a centimetre of fulfilling her Olympic dream. Hours later she was lying in ... be her third failure at 1.91m and South Africa's Anika Smith took the gold. She said: ...

  • Crisis talks as secret film reveals vote-rigging 6 Jul 2008 05:31 GMT
    ... SOUTH African president Thabo Mbeki held crisis talks in ... main political and economic supporter together with South Africa. China will have to decide whether or ...

  • Cycling News Roundup - 4 July 2008 6 Jul 2008 04:31 GMT
    ... thought in this starting’s eve: Robert Hunter. South African sprinter became a daddy just on Thursday morning, ... class 200m outdoor wood velodrome designed by Olympic track designer Dale Hughes. “The International Velodrome ...

  • Why it isn't a moral issue for the BCCI 6 Jul 2008 04:31 GMT
    ... of the problem with dealing with the Zimbabwe issue is the fact that this isn't ... all. Dileep rightly points out that in South Africa's case, SA were already thrown out of ...

  • Weekend Calendar | Events for July 5-6 6 Jul 2008 04:26 GMT
    ... at low tide, noon-2 p.m. Saturday at Olympic Sculpture Park, Seattle; at all other locations, ... or seafair.com ). Ongoing Pink Flamingos exhibit, African Savanna, African Village with Maasai Journey programs, ... that takes place in the oceans of South Africa. 45 minutes. No rating. (IMAX at the ...

  • High 5 for Phelps, Hoff; Hoelzer, Weber-Gale thrive; Torres advances 6 Jul 2008 02:56 GMT
    ... their fifth individual events at the U.S. Olympic Swimming trials, while Saturday produced a banner ... relay team, Jones is just the third African-American swimmer in the history of the U.S. ... besting the previous old world mark of Zimbabwe's Kirsty Coventry (2:06.39) from this February. Elizabeth ...

  • 2008 Olympic Day Run kicks off in Zambia 6 Jul 2008 02:30 GMT
    ... Hundreds of Zambians, together with local Chinese community, joined in ... local Chinese community, joined in the 2008 Olympic Day Run in cities of Lusaka and ... practice of participation of sports in the African country. The Olympics-themed event came just one month ...

  • Vlasic jumps to 31st straight win 6 Jul 2008 01:50 GMT
    ... a Grand Prix meeting in Madrid. Vlasic finished ahead of Spain's Ruth Beitia and Olympic champion Yelena Slesarenko, who both cleared 2.01m. South Africa's Mbulaeni Mulaudzi broke a meeting record when he ran the 800m in one minute ...

  • Phelps caps trials with another win 6 Jul 2008 01:50 GMT
    ... their fifth individual events at the U.S. Olympic Swimming trials, while Saturday produced a banner ... relay team, Jones is just the third African-American swimmer in the history of the U.S. ... besting the previous old world mark of Zimbabwe's Kirsty Coventry (2:06.39) from this February. Elizabeth ...

  • Waitakere United celebrate stellar season 5 Jul 2008 23:15 GMT
    ... tackle on Springboks captain John Smit. — South Africa had their colours lowered for the first time ... to a second successive win in their Olympic qualifying buildup in Canada today.

  • ATHLETICS: This is the race of my life but one day I'm certain to lose it 5 Jul 2008 23:14 GMT
    ... 16 years since John Walker, the 1976 Olympic gold medallist in the 1500metres at the ... should never mix.' Four years earlier, the African nations boycotted Montreal following New Zealand's rugby ... Zealand's rugby tour of the then apartheid South Africa. This meant that Bayi, who beat Walker ...

  • Croatia's Vlasic extends high jump winning streak 5 Jul 2008 22:15 GMT
    ... Bulgaria's Stefka Kostadinova. Her arch-rival and reigning Olympic champion Yelena Slesarenko was third with a ... in Osaka. In the men's 800 metres, South Africa's Olympic silver medallist Mbulaeni Mulaudzi edged out ...

  • Thorn to face judiciary 5 Jul 2008 20:50 GMT
    ... tackle on Springboks captain John Smit. — South Africa had their colours lowered for the first time ... to a second successive win in their Olympic qualifying buildup in Canada today.

  • Mokola wins SA Nedbank marathon 5 Jul 2008 16:51 GMT
    ... marred though by the perennial problem facing South African road races, on-coming traffic. At times the runners ... race, last years winner Helaria Johannes of Namibia won again, but the title of South African Champion ...


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