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  • The Gleaner: Reggae Boyz arrive in S Africa
  • JOHANNESBURG, South Africa:JAMAICA'S ReggaeBoyz arrived in South Africa yesterday evening, keen on recharging their batteries for Tuesday night's friendly international against the hosts, following some energy-sapping travelling and unexpected airport delay on their arrival here near 5:30 p.m. (10:30 a.m. Jamaica time). The Jamaicans departed Kingston near 2 p.m. on Thursday and travelled on a four-hour path toAtlanta. After hustling through US immigrationand customs, approximately two hours...
  • Wall Street Journal: New York, Court Brace for Logistical Hurdles
  • By SUZANNE SATALINE The federal trial of Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and his four co-defendants is expected to be one of the costliest cases tried inNew York City, with security precautions that will likely exceed previous high-profile terror and mobster cases. Federal and city officials will have to bolster the infrastructure at the U.S. District courthouse downtown, including barriers, guard houses and a special area for reading classified documents. And a large number of federal marshals will be...
  • The Hindu: India, South Africa to widen trade basket
  • Special Correspondent Working towards early conclusion of SACU Preferential TradeAgreement...
  • MSNBC: New Yorkers voice concerns about 9/11 trial
  • NEW YORK - The move to put the self-proclaimed Sept. 11 mastermind on trial just blocks from ground zero raises a host of legal, political and security questions, chief among them: Can a fair-minded jury be found in a city still nursing deep wounds from the attack on the World TradeCenter Some also worry that the trial of Khalid Sheikh Mohammed will make New York an even bigger terrorist target, and that he will use the proceedings to incite more violence against Americans. The loudest protests...
  • Taipei Times: Tainted food proving deadly for adults, WHO says
  • A WHO official says millions of people die every year from preventable diseases and modernfood production helps spread diseases Millions of adults die every year from bugs and toxins in what they eat, according to new WHO data that shows food-borne diseases are far more deadly than the UN agency previously estimated. The research faults unsafe food for 1.2 million deaths per year in people over the age of five in Southeast Asia and Africa — three times more adult deaths than the Geneva-based...
  • The Guardian: The Namibian conservation safari that keeps everyone happy
  • Sleeping under the stars, meeting villagers and monitoring wildlife on foot ... this Namibianconservation project gives a glimpse of an Africararely seen on safari Trunk road ... volunteers stop at a baobab tree. Photograph: Kevin Rushby After dark we sit around the campfire listening to the sounds of the Namibian bush. An owl calls, then comes the pulsating thrum of a nightjar, plus all the insects and the unidentifiable rustlings of the leaf litter. In this dry season the mopane trees are...