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Press Photo Exhibition Opens in K�pavogur
The annual exhibition of the Icelandic Press Photographers? Association opened at the Gerdarsafn art museum in K�pavogur yesterday, where the best press photographs taken in 2010 are on display.
Defendant in Glitnir Case Hands in Declaration
A declaration by P�lmi Haraldsson, one of the defendants in the damages case of Glitnir?s winding-up committee, saying that his assets in the US will be reclaimable if the committee wins the case against him, was handed in to a New York court yesterday.
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Kenyans targeted as ?mercenaries?
Kenyans who fled unrest in Libya say they faced attacks and hostility from locals and officials who branded them as mercenaries.
|||Nairobi - Kenyans who fled unrest in Libya said on Monday they had faced attacks and hostility from Libyan citizens and officials who branded them as mercenaries supporting Muammar Gaddafi's rule.
A Kenya Airways flight landed in Nairobi with 90 Kenyans and another 64 citizens from South Sudan, Uganda, Zimbabwe, Lesotho, Zambia, Rwanda, South Africa, Tanzania, Democratic Republic of Congo, Sierra Leone and Burundi, according to officials.
“We were being attacked by local people who said that we were mercenaries killing people. Let me say that they did not want to see black people,” Julius Kiluu, a 60-year-old building supervisor, told Reuters.
“Our camp was burnt down, and we were assisted by the Kenyan embassy and our company to get to the airport,” he said.
Libya's former ambassador to India, Ali-al-Essawi, told Reuters last week that African mercenaries were being used by Libya to crush protests, prompting some army troops to switch sides to the opposition.
Another Kenyan worker said government officials were taking telephones, tearing open bags and throwing their contents onto piles at the packed airport in Tripoli.
“When they saw a black person, they immediately saw a mercenary, and if you dared use your telephone in public, it was grabbed and the sim card removed. If your telephone was cheap you got it back, but if it was expensive it was pocketed,” said Kenyan worker Francis Ndung'u.
Antony Mwaniki, Kenya's ambassador to Libya, was among those aboard the flight from Libya.
“We have evacuated 154 people of whom 90 are Kenyan nationals,” he said.
“The situation in Tripoli right now is calm ... but it would be difficult to know what will happen today, tomorrow or in a few days time so it was paramount and critical that we leave,” he told reporters at Nairobi's international airport.
But many Kenyans said they would return to Libya if it stabilised because they were earning good money in the north African country's construction sector.
“If there is peace tomorrow I will go back, there are no jobs here and I was making a good salary,” Kiluu said. - Reuters
Source: http://www.iol.co.za/kenyans-targeted-as-mercenaries-1.1033532
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Traffic light scheme boosts hospital experience for patients with learning disabilities
MICKEY Arnold doesn't like having the skin around his eyes touched or custard with skin on, but he loves pop music and going to theme parks.
This is the sort of information staff can learn about patients with learning disabilities thanks to the Hospital Traffic Light Assessment scheme.
It is a colour-coded document which gives essential information about a patient's medical history, routine, likes and dislikes.
"I've had some bad experiences with hospitals before," said Mr Arnold, 45, who has a mild learning disability.
"I don't like having my eyes touched as they are painful and nurses have been quite rough in the past."
Mr Arnold, of Beechdale, filled out the traffic light form before he went into hospital for a back operation last September. He said it made a big difference.
"I was very nervous and used the traffic light form to tell them about my negative past experiences. They took me on a tour of the operating theatre and told me what would happen and it made me feel a lot happier.
"I was also able to talk to the nurses better, as my traffic light had told them what I was interested in."
The assessment is filled out by patients or carers before they go to hospital. They have a traffic light sticker above their bed to show they have the assessment.
The system was introduced to Notts last summer, but the team behind the scheme want more people to know about it.
George Badiali, learning disability support team leader for Notts Healthcare Trust, said: "People with learning disabilities are often unable to communicate their needs, or feel intimidated by the hospital setting. Staff can be so busy that it can be difficult to assess what a patient wants.
"The traffic light system is so simple, but effective, as all that information is there ready."
More than 3,000 staff in Notts hospitals have been trained to use the system.
The colour red covers issues that staff must know, such as allergies or medication.
Amber deals with things that are important, including daily routine and issues such as how patients like to take medication. Green covers a patient's likes and dislikes and subjects they like to talk about.
Mr Badiali said: "People with learning disabilities can have quite specific routines. Knowing what a patient likes can also help to build a relationship with the staff."
The form is available from disability nurses, GP surgeries or the Learning Disability Team on 0115 969 1169 or email ALLDT@nottshc.nhs.uk.
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Defendant in Glitnir Case Hands in Declaration
A declaration by P�lmi Haraldsson, one of the defendants in the damages case of Glitnir?s winding-up committee, saying that his assets in the US will be reclaimable if the committee wins the case against him, was handed in to a New York court yesterday.Source: http://icelandreview.com/icelandreview/daily_news/?cat_id=29314&ew_0_a_id=374420
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Prison probe into Okah cellphones
An internal investigation has been launched following the discovery of unauthorised items in possession of Nigerian terror accused Henry Okah.
|||An internal investigation has been launched following the discovery of unauthorised items in possession of Nigerian terror accused Henry Okah, the Department of Correctional Services said on Thursday.
“Eight cellphones with airtime, a list of cellphone numbers, two chargers and a map were confiscated from Henry Okah on Tuesday evening, by the Correctional Services emergency support team following a tip-off from Colonel Zeeman who works for the Hawks and is also an assigned investigation officer in Okah’s case,” said spokesperson Manelisi Wolela.
He said Zeeman suspected that Okah had unlimited communication with the outside world.
Okah is awaiting trial for sabotage and acts of terrorism which took place in Nigeria. He failed to convince the court that he was not the leader of the Movement for the Emancipation of Niger Delta, which claimed responsibility for the Independence Day bombings. He is due to appear in court on April 18.
“The Department of Correctional Services has launched an internal investigation to establish how Mr Henry Okah got prohibited items in his possession. In terms of Correctional Services policy offenders or awaiting trial detainees are only allowed to use landline telephones during the day, only under strict supervision from correctional officials.
“Cellphones are one of the completely prohibited items inside Correctional Centres,” Wolela said.
The confiscated items were handed over to the Hawks to conduct further investigations with a possibility of additions to Okah´s charge sheet, he said. -
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Source: http://www.iol.co.za/prison-probe-into-okah-cellphones-1.1033216
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Mugabe ?did not learn from Arab revolt?
The US State department has said Zimbabwe’s President Robert Mugabe had failed to heed the lessons of Arab revolts.
|||Washington - The US State Department said on Tuesday that Robert Mugabe had failed to heed the lessons from Arab revolts against longtime autocrats after the arrest of scores of Zimbabweans who met to discuss them.
“Activists meet in Zimbabwe to discuss the implications of Egypt and Tunisia and end up arrested. Mugabe did not learn the right lessons,” spokesman Philip Crowley wrote on the micro-blogging website Twitter.
Zimbabwean police had detained a former lawmaker and 46 others at a meeting discussing the protests in Egypt which pushed President Hosni Mubarak out of power after a 30-year-reign, a lawyer said on Monday.
“They were picked up late Saturday afternoon at a meeting where they were discussing the events in Egypt and whether other countries would follow what happened there,” attorney and rights activist Rose Hanzi told AFP.
Among the arrested were Munyaradzi Gwisai, a university lecturer and former lawmaker from Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai's Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) party, members of the audience and some passers-by.
Mugabe, who has been in power since 1980, has been nominated by his party to stand again for president in elections expected later this year, which will end his shaky power-sharing government with long-time rival Tsvangirai. - Sapa-AFP
Source: http://www.iol.co.za/mugabe-did-not-learn-from-arab-revolt-1.1033223
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Sunday, February 27, 2011
Clinton: We?re ready to aid Libyan opposition
American Secretary of State Hillary Clinton says the US is willing to offer “any help needed” by Libyans seeking to oust Muammar Gaddafi.
|||Washington - The Obama administration stands ready to offer “any type of assistance” to Libyans seeking to oust Muammar Gaddafi, US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said on Sunday, adding a warning to other African nations not to let mercenaries go to the aid of the long-time dictator.
Clinton made no mention of any US military assistance in her remarks to reporters before flying to Geneva for talks with diplomats from Russia, the European Union and other powers eager to present a united anti-Gaddafi front.
Shortly before she left, two senators urged the administration to help arm a provisional government in Libya, where Gaddafi is in the midst of the desperate and increasingly violent bid to retain power.
Senators John McCain, an Arizona Republican, and Joseph Lieberman, a Connecticut independent, also called for the United States and its allies to enforce a no-fly zone over Libya to prevent the military from again firing on civilian protesters from the air.
The White House had no immediate comment on their recommendations.
Clinton spoke to reporters one day after President Barack Obama branded Gaddafi an illegitimate ruler who must leave power immediately. “We want him to leave,” Clinton said. “We want him to end his regime and call off the mercenaries and forces loyal to him. How he manages that is up to him.”
The United Nations Security Council voted late on Saturday to impose new sanctions against the Gaddafi government, in power since 1969 in the oil-rich nation along Africa's Mediterranean Coast.
“We are just at the beginning of what will follow Gaddafi... But we've been reaching out to many different Libyans who are attempting to organise in the east and as the revolution moves westward there as well,” she said. “I think it's way too soon to tell how this is going to play out, but we're going to be ready and prepared to offer any kind of assistance that anyone wishes to have from the United States.”
Efforts are under way to form a provisional government in the eastern part of the country where the rebellion began at midmonth.
The United States, Clinton said, is threatening more measures against Gaddafi's government, but did not say what they were or when they might be announced.
Addressing the rulers of unnamed neighbouring countries, she said: “You must stop mercenaries, you must stop those who may be going to Libya either at the behest or opportunistically to engage in violence or other criminal acts. And we will be working closely with those neighbouring countries to ensure that they do so.
The African fighters that Gaddafi is allegedly using against protesters come from several nations, including Mali and Niger.
Clinton's remarks did not go as far as those of McCain or Lieberman.
“Libyan pilots aren't going to fly if there is a no-fly zone and we could get air assets there to ensure it,” McCain said. But he added: “I'm not ready to use ground forces or further intervention than that.”
He said the US should “recognise some provisional government that they are trying to set already up in the eastern part of Libya, help them with material assistance, make sure that every one of the mercenaries know that any acts they commit they will find themselves in front of a war crimes tribunal. Get tough.”
Lieberman spoke in similar terms, urging “tangible support, (a) no-fly zone, recognition of the revolutionary government, a citizens’ government and support for them with both humanitarian assistance and I would provide them with arms.”
He likened the situation in Libya to the events in the Balkans in the 1990s when he said the US “intervened to stop a genocide against Bosnians. And the first we did was to provide them the arms to defend themselves. That's what I think we ought to do in Libya.”
McCain and Lieberman spoke on CNN's State of the Union from Egypt, where a largely peaceful popular uprising recently toppled President Hosni Mubarak from power after a reign of nearly three decades.
It was one of numerous rebellions across Northern Africa and the Middle East in recent months, all of them far less violent than the events in Libya, where Gaddafi has used his military and foreign mercenaries to try and crush a revolt and has threatened to begin arming Libyans who support his rule.
The rebellion began on February 15 in Benghazi, where a member of the city council said on Sunday that an ex-justice minister was appointed to lead a provisional government for cities under rebel control.
McCain and Lieberman also said Obama was slow to react to Gaddafi’s brutal response to the protests. The administration has said the president did not want to risk any attack on Americans who had been trying to leave the country, and waited until a ferry loaded with evacuees reached Malta after spending two days in the harbour at Tripoli, the capital, because of bad weather.
“The British prime minister and the French president and others were not hesitant and they have citizens in that country,” said McCain, who also appeared on NBC's Meet the Press.
Lieberman said he understood why the administration hesitated, but added: “I wish we had spoken out much more clearly and early against the Gaddafi regime.” - Sapa-AP
Source: http://www.iol.co.za/clinton-we-re-ready-to-aid-libyan-opposition-1.1033149
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Councillors asked: 'Where were you for vote on budget cuts?'
SEVEN councillors who either left a meeting early or didn't attend have explained why they missed the crucial vote on Stoke-on-Trent City Council's budget.
The authority approved a controversial budget which includes a �35.6 million package of cuts, including two swimming pools, two libraries, two care homes, the City Farm and the Willfield Community Centre.
Councillors voted 40-13 in favour of the budget proposals.
Three of the missing councillors gave their apologies before the meeting.
Labour councillor Jean Edwards has been on long-term sick and was not well enough to attend the council chamber, while Sarah Hill, also Labour, had suffered a family bereavement.
Unaligned councillor Roy Naylor had to stay home to look after his wife, who has not been well, but did manage to follow the meeting online.
He said: "I would have voted against it.
"I think it's a totally ill-thought out budget which hits too many people."
Councillor Gavin Webb, of the Libertarian Party, also didn't attend the meeting, but failed to send his apologies.
He said: "I needed to work on my business. I'm coming to the end of my term, I'm standing down in May.
"From previous experience of budget meetings, everyone says how horrified they are, but then they vote for it anyway."
Of the remaining three councillors, Barbara Beeston and Rita Dale, both with the City Independents, left together before the vote.
Mrs Beeston said: "I was against the budget, I left my vote with someone else.
"I had to take Rita Dale home. She wasn't well and had been struggling with terrible pain in her shoulders."
Mrs Dale said: "I went to the hospital on Tuesday, I have got two frozen shoulders and had to have injections in both of them.
"I did manage to sit through a couple of hours, but it got too much.
"I would have voted against it, but it wouldn't have made a difference.
"Labour have got such a large majority at the moment it makes it very difficult for us."
City Independents councillor Randy Conteh said: "I had another appointment which I couldn't get out of.
"There was a vote to move for an earlier budget vote, but unfortunately it was defeated. I would probably have voted for the budget.
"I made the submission regarding the Merit School in Penkhull, so I would have voted for the budget which was going to save the Merit.
"I'm fully supportive of the concept of Shelton Pool, but we just haven't got the money."
Even if all seven councillors had voted against the budget, it would have had no effect on the vote.
But Staffordshire county councillor Christina Jebb, (Liberal Democrat) who has spoken out against city council proposals to axe Stanley Head Outdoor Education Centre, said: "I'm disappointed councillors didn't vote although I'm sure many of them had honourable reasons.
"All councillors have a responsibility for setting and maintaining the budget.
"It is the council's budget, not the administration's."
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India, England tie thriller
Masterly centuries by Sachin Tendulkar and England captain Andrew Strauss saw the two teams finish even in their World Cup match.
|||Bangalore – A masterly century by Sachin Tendulkar and an inspired bowling spell by Zaheer Khan led India to a nail-biting tie against England in their World Cup Group B match on Sunday.
After India slammed 338 runs, England were coasting before Zaheer produced a superb bowling spell to take three quick wickets to revive India's fortunes.
The match went down to the last ball with England needing two to win but they managed to get one to tie the match – a result that was loudly cheered by all those lucky enough to witness it at the M Chinnaswamy Stadium.
Earlier India's total revolved largely around Sachin Tendulkar's (120) 47th one-day international century and a record fifth in World Cups.
In reply, England's run-chase was set well on its way helped by a cracking century by skipper Andrew Strauss (158), the first century by an English captain in a World Cup. – Reuters
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Pub regulars' 1,000,001 charity darts challenge
A TEAM of amateur darts players have taken to the oche for a mammoth charity challenge.
Eight regulars at the Bunkers Hill pub, in Hockley, last night began a million-and-one countdown.
The challenge is a twist on the traditional leg of darts, usually played over 501 points.
The players face having to throw darts around-the-clock for 48 hours to complete the game, then check out on a double.
Organiser Paul Hanson, of Sneinton, set up the event in memory of his dad, Barry, who died of cancer in 2009, aged 56.
Mr Hanson, 30, who works at Ye Olde Salutation Inn, in Nottingham city centre, said his dad was a keen club darts player and did the 1,000,001 challenge himself 28 years ago.
He said: "I'm very much an amateur player but darts has always been in my family.
"This is a tribute to my dad. He did the 1,000,001 challenge with three mates and it took them about 46 hours to finish.
"They were all completely knackered by the end of it and my dad couldn't use his throwing arm for a couple of days afterwards."
Mr Hanson said he and the other seven players had been practising their darts at Bunkers Hill on Saturday nights for the past three months to build up their stamina for the challenge.
He said: "I'm right-handed but I've been practising throwing with my left hand, too, albeit not that successfully.
"Our biggest problem will be fatigue. We're bringing a couple of inflatable beds along so those who aren't at the oche can get some rest.
"We've also been practising our doubles so we can finish it. Personally, my favourite is double 16, but I'll take any double except double one."
Mr Hanson said the team planned to stay teetotal throughout their stunt.
"When the tiredness sets, I think the last thing we'll want is a beer. I think we'll save the drinking for celebrating afterwards," he said.
The other regulars involved in the challenge are Leigh Metcalf, brothers Paul and Kev Newton, Chris Oysten, Mark Pilgrim, David Dawson, and Grant Mellows.
Money raised will go to Macmillan Cancer Support. The team will collect donations at the bar throughout the challenge and people can contribute online at www.justgiving.com/1000001-darts-challenge.
A team of eight darts players from the Weigh Inn Bar, in Omagh, Northern Ireland, holds the Guinness World Record to finish a game of 1,000,001 in the fewest darts: 35,698
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MP targets speeding drivers in his village
MP Paul Farrelly is joining residents to help tackle motorists speeding through the village where he lives.
The MP for Newcastle has been trained along with 12 other volunteers to launch a Community Speed Watch scheme in Alsagers Bank.
Mr Farrelly has been campaigning to slow drivers down in the area for years since his son was almost run over in the village.
The Speed Watch scheme was launched on High Lane yesterday and volunteers will now be stationed in the village and the surrounding areas on a rota basis.
Mr Farrelly said: "About five years ago, my son was nearly knocked over by a speeding driver in Alsagers Bank and last month, a car overturned while speeding in the village.
"It is high-time that the scheme is set up and it has taken 18 months to get off the ground.
"People must learn our villages are not places where you should speed, because it is only a matter of time before someone gets killed.
"When I am back from Parliament, I will be putting on the florescent yellow shirt from time-to-time and join volunteers out on the watch."
The initiative is being led by the Staffordshire Safer Roads Partnership.
Volunteers have been trained to use a hand held radar device to record the speed, registration number, make and model of vehicles caught exceeding the 30mph speed limit in the village.
Motorists flouting the limit by the team will be sent two warning letters and, if caught for a third time, will then be visited by a police officer.
Janette Bissell, aged 43, of High Street, Alsagers Bank, who is leading the team, said: "The support from Paul Farrelly has made a huge difference in getting this scheme running. We now want to get permanent Speed Watch signs in place."
One of the residents helping out with the scheme lives on High Lane, Alsagers Bank, where he says there are a number of speeding drivers.
Christopher Coates, aged 64, said: "Speeding is a significant problem on my road.
"Some motorcycles drive through in a controlled manner but there are some which come down at a ridiculous speed.
"I hope the knowledge that Speed Watch people are going to be out here will encourage people to slow down."
Fellow volunteer Lionel Turner, aged 61, of Station Road, Miles Green, said: "We had to get together to reduce the speed of traffic in the area, particularly around the local schools.
"There aren't a huge number of accidents, but you hear about a lot of near misses.
"We hope it will make people become more sensible drivers."
There are currently 47 Community Speed Watch schemes running in Staffordshire with 370 volunteers.
In 2010, they carried out more than 380 hours of speed checks which resulted in 1,078 initial warning letters being issued, 29 second time letters and three third time visits.
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Iceland?s J�nsi Wins First Ever Nordic Music Prize
Icelandic musician J�nsi was honored with the first ever Nordic Music Prize for his album Go during the by:Larm music festival in Oslo February 17-19. His album was nominated among the work of 11 other Nordic artists.Source: http://icelandreview.com/icelandreview/daily_news/?cat_id=29314&ew_0_a_id=374442
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A Sunday Tribune journalist has laid assault charges against convicted fraudster Schabir Shaik after he lashed out and slapped her face in a fit of rage.
|||A Sunday Tribune journalist has laid assault charges against convicted fraudster Schabir Shaik after he lashed out and slapped her face in a fit of rage yesterday.
Acting on an anonymous tip-off that Shaik was playing at the Papwa Sewgolum golf course in Reservoir Hills yesterday, reporters Amanda Khoza and Charmel Bowman went to the course with a freelance photographer to establish whether he was in breach of his parole.
In March 2009 Shaik, supposedly gravely ill, was released on medical parole after serving two years and four months of his 15-year sentence for bribery and corruption while acting as financial adviser to then ANC deputy president Jacob Zuma.
While Bowman remained at the entrance to the course, Khoza followed a lead from golfers that Shaik had last been seen playing a shot on the sixth hole. She and the photographer headed in that direction.
The two spotted someone who looked very much like Shaik, clad in cargo pants and wearing a hat and a white golfer’s glove. He was accompanied by two other golfers.
At this point, the driver of a golf cart approached the Tribune staffers, asking what their business was. He told them this was a tournament “for disabled people” and that Shaik was not one of these players.
Convinced that Shaik was indeed on the course, they continued to follow the players in question.
Realising one of the players was about to take the shot, Khoza moved behind a tree to ensure she was not in the line of play. The man then walked towards her, telling her to get away from the tree, at which stage she was able to see it was indeed Shaik.
He then said he understood she had been looking for him and demanded to see her business card. Without warning, he grabbed her by the throat and slapped her right cheek.
Khoza shouted to the photographer to take a picture. She was still standing, shocked in disbelief, when Shaik hit her other cheek, shouting, “who sent you, how do I know that you are not a terrorist?”
The other men in the party then went after the photographer, hit him and grabbed his camera.
In an attempt to record this onslaught on the photographer, Khoza whipped out her cellphone. Seeing this, the men chased her, as she ran away screaming for help.
No-one came to her aid.
One of the men, whom she took to be the caddie, shouted as he chased after her. “Come here you black girl, come sit here on the golf cart.”
He demanded her cellphone, threatening her. “You know what I can do to you,” before using foul language. Khoza ran towards Bowman.
Shaik, driving another cart, then arrived. “Sister, what are you doing here? You are invading my privacy,” he said to Bowman.
He denied that he had hit Khoza, and said journalists always lied. He claimed she had been rude to him and had not produced her business card. He informed the two that while they were still in their mothers’ wombs, he had been “fighting for people like you to have rights”.
He asked them if they knew what it was like to have white people in shopping malls spit on one, to come home after two years in prison to an empty house, instead of a wife and child.
Journalists, he said, always claimed he was at different golf courses, but never checked to see whether he was entitled to be there, because it was in free time outside of his parole restrictions.
“Why didn’t you phone my parole officer?” he demanded, mentioning the tensions of having people camped outside his home at 3am.
Shaik phoned his parole officer while talking to Bowman, saying he was allowed to be there.
Identified only as Gouws, the officer said Shaik was allowed free time on Saturdays and Sundays from 2pm to 6pm, and free time during the week.
Shaik pointed out his credentials as an ANC cadre, and the fact that he had flown with presidents.
Although he later became apologetic and wanted to hug Khoza, he did not apologise for his behaviour.
The freelance photographer, who would not be named for fear of victimisation, corroborated Khoza’s statement.
He said Shaik and his friends approached them demanding to know why they were at the golf course. The photographer said Shaik hit Khoza after she had asked if his parole conditions permitted him to play golf.
“He kept asking for our press and business cards and why we were there. He apologised for losing his temper, gave me his number and said he wanted to speak to our editor.
“He offered to drive us back to our car in his golf cart after he saw Amanda sobbing after being chased by his caddy in another golf cart.
“I declined, saying we would rather walk.”
Dianne Kohler Barnard, the DA’s Shadow Minister of Police, questioned how a person with “terminal illness could be playing golf and then physically assault a reporter”.
“How dare he? He escaped serving a single day in prison, faking his illness and when questioned about playing golf and not dying, he has the audacity to assault someone.
“Who does this man think he is?” she asked.
Kohler Barnard said she would raise the matter in Parliament on Tuesday in the presence of the ANC so they knew exactly what Shaik was capable of doing.
Her DA colleague James Selfe, spokesman for correctional services, said any person on parole was under very strict conditions and those included not committing any crime. If you show aggressive behaviour then the expectation is that you have not fulfilled your parole conditions and that either your parole conditions should be reviewed, or you should be returned to jail, he said.
Manelisi Wolela, Department of Correctional Services chief director of communications, said yesterday when contacted to find out what repercussions Shaik faced because he was still on parole: “We cannot comment on what the media is saying, we need to get a report from the police or the court, not from the media.”
When asked what was the general repercussion for any parolee who was charged with assault, Wolela said: “I wouldn’t want to speculate and can’t comment. What else do you want me to say?”
Sunday Tribune editor Philani Mgwaba said: “It’s unacceptable that Mr Shaik, who should know better, should attack a reporter in the course of her duty.
“That Amanda is a young woman makes it even worse. No one is above the law or should be above it, no matter who they are or their friends are. We shall be taking this matter up with the authorities who hopefully will take appropriate action.” - Sunday Tribune
Source: http://www.iol.co.za/you-know-what-i-can-do-to-you-1.1032898
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Traffic works set to begin on busy city highway
MAJOR traffic works on a busy road will start on Monday.
The work includes installing three pedestrian islands, one zebra crossing on Ford Green Road and a partial one-way system on Robert Heath Street, Smallthorne.
New traffic signals will also be installed at the junction of Chell Heath Road and Ford Green Road, which will link with the existing pedestrian crossing near Sparrow Street.
The work, which will be carried out on weekdays between 9.30am and 3.30pm, is due to be completed in May.
Temporary traffic lights will be in place.
The idea is to help people crossing Ford Green Road and better manage traffic movements around the Community Drive and Robert Heath Street junction.
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Councillors asked: 'Where were you for vote on budget cuts?'
SEVEN councillors who either left a meeting early or didn't attend have explained why they missed the crucial vote on Stoke-on-Trent City Council's budget.
The authority approved a controversial budget which includes a �35.6 million package of cuts, including two swimming pools, two libraries, two care homes, the City Farm and the Willfield Community Centre.
Councillors voted 40-13 in favour of the budget proposals.
Three of the missing councillors gave their apologies before the meeting.
Labour councillor Jean Edwards has been on long-term sick and was not well enough to attend the council chamber, while Sarah Hill, also Labour, had suffered a family bereavement.
Unaligned councillor Roy Naylor had to stay home to look after his wife, who has not been well, but did manage to follow the meeting online.
He said: "I would have voted against it.
"I think it's a totally ill-thought out budget which hits too many people."
Councillor Gavin Webb, of the Libertarian Party, also didn't attend the meeting, but failed to send his apologies.
He said: "I needed to work on my business. I'm coming to the end of my term, I'm standing down in May.
"From previous experience of budget meetings, everyone says how horrified they are, but then they vote for it anyway."
Of the remaining three councillors, Barbara Beeston and Rita Dale, both with the City Independents, left together before the vote.
Mrs Beeston said: "I was against the budget, I left my vote with someone else.
"I had to take Rita Dale home. She wasn't well and had been struggling with terrible pain in her shoulders."
Mrs Dale said: "I went to the hospital on Tuesday, I have got two frozen shoulders and had to have injections in both of them.
"I did manage to sit through a couple of hours, but it got too much.
"I would have voted against it, but it wouldn't have made a difference.
"Labour have got such a large majority at the moment it makes it very difficult for us."
City Independents councillor Randy Conteh said: "I had another appointment which I couldn't get out of.
"There was a vote to move for an earlier budget vote, but unfortunately it was defeated. I would probably have voted for the budget.
"I made the submission regarding the Merit School in Penkhull, so I would have voted for the budget which was going to save the Merit.
"I'm fully supportive of the concept of Shelton Pool, but we just haven't got the money."
Even if all seven councillors had voted against the budget, it would have had no effect on the vote.
But Staffordshire county councillor Christina Jebb, (Liberal Democrat) who has spoken out against city council proposals to axe Stanley Head Outdoor Education Centre, said: "I'm disappointed councillors didn't vote although I'm sure many of them had honourable reasons.
"All councillors have a responsibility for setting and maintaining the budget.
"It is the council's budget, not the administration's."
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Sharks down Blues
The Sharks overcame difficult handling conditions to beat the Auckland Blues 26-12 in round two of the Super 15.
|||The Sharks overcame difficult handling conditions to beat the Auckland Blues 26-12 in round two of the Super 15.
On a humid Saturday in Durban, the home side were never behind and led 16-9 at halftime, thanks to a converted try and three penalties from flyhalf Patrick Lambie.
Springboks wing JP Pietersen came off the bench to score in the second half and Lambie added a penalty and a conversion, for a personal tally of 21 points.
The Blues' points came from flyhalf Stephen Brett, who kicked three penalties and Luke McAlister, who added one.
The match marked the return to action of Springboks captain John Smit, who came on for hooker Bismarck du Plessis in the second half, after a five-month layoff due to neck surgery. – Sapa-AP
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Mapetla fears for her life
Nomonde Mapetla is being punished for doing her job - bringing top South African property mogul Wendy Machanik to book.
|||Persecuted for doing her job. Punished for having the gall to throw the book at top South African property moguls for making millions illegally. And now she is shadowed by a bodyguard after threats to her life.
This is Nomonde Mapetla’s story, the CEO of the Estate Agency Affairs Board (EAAB) who was suspended after she brought down Wendy Machanik when she was found to have abused her agency’s R25 million trust account.
Machanik’s business was provisionally liquidated, a number of agents were left stranded and she is expected to face criminal charges.
Mapetla said her life had changed since she, acting on behalf of the board and the South African consumer, took action against Machanik.
“We are required by law to act in the way that we did against a number of estate agents. In terms of a 1976 law governing estate agents, we are required to inspect trust accounts to make sure that there is compliance.
“The law also prescribes what should happen in case of non-compliance. We are also required, in terms of the Prevention of Organised Crime Act, to report any violation. If the board did not report then I, as CEO, would be charged with whoever had infringed the law.
“The act is in place to protect people. So whether I like it or not I have to report incidents of non-compliance.”
Mapetla questioned why no noise had been made when the EAAB took action against a Durban-based estate agent, M Mseleku, who was found guilty of using R450 000 from her trust account and sentenced to 10 years in prison.
She said that when she took on Machanik, she was followed by strangers in unmarked cars. On one occasion her office had to call for security back up.
“Then my dog was brutally attacked by people who mutilated its ears.”
EAAB insiders expressed their concern about the developments of the past week.
The board had “literally” moved into the EAAB offices and taken over, they said.
“They have appointed an acting CEO but they are here every day. They have changed everything.”
One insider said there were fears that other investigations involving top agents would be swept under the carpet.
They were concerned too that there would be a witch hunt for staff who had signed a petition in protest against the new order.
Source: http://www.iol.co.za/mapetla-fears-for-her-life-1.1032808
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Police hunt four men after city stabbing
FOUR men are being hunted by police after a stabbing outside a city centre clothes store.
Police said the men casually walked away, leaving their 19-year-old male victim with stab wounds.
The attack happened outside Bank in Clumber Street at about 3.20pm on Thursday.
Yesterday, the victim was still in the Queen's Medical Centre in a stable condition after treatment to his injuries.
The attackers headed in the direction of Bridlesmith Gate.
Three were believed to be black or mixed race, the other was white. All were wearing dark clothing.
Following the stabbing, police cordoned off the shop. Yesterday, it was open for business again.
No one from the company was available for comment.
A member of staff in a nearby shop said: "The first I knew something had happened was when police cars suddenly pulled up outside my shop.
"They taped the area off. We were very quiet after that. I think people thought we were closed.
"It is shocking this can happen in the city centre, especially in the middle of the day."
Witnesses or anyone with information are asked to contact DC Ebbins at Meadows CID on 0300 300 99 99 ext 853 6464 or call Crimestoppers anonymously on 0800 555 111.
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Final act to deliver �4.1m makeover on Mitchell theatre
A LANDMARK theatre shut for two years for a multi-million pound makeover could soon be staging performances.
Building work at the Mitchell Memorial Youth Arts Theatre, which closed in May 2009, is expected to be completed within the next two months.
The �4.1 million project has involved the creation of new dressing rooms, a revamped backstage area, lifts, roof terraces, function rooms, a dance studio with sprung floor and a new cafe bar extension.
Stoke-on-Trent City Council is organising a "modest" ceremony on March 23 to mark the completion of the original refurbishments, and the handing over of the running of the building to the Mitchell Memorial Youth Arts Centre Trust Ltd.
The ceremony will give those involved with the project the chance to take a look around the building.
Once in ownership of the venue, the trust will stage its own official opening on a larger scale sometime before the end of April, although plans have not yet been finalised.
Work on the cafe bar extension is expected to be complete around March 28.
The theatre could start putting on its first shows by in the early summer.
Members of the city council's Mitchell Memorial Youth Arts Committee met yesterday to discuss the project.
John Holmes, cultural development manager for the authority, said: "The actual work on the building will be finished by March 23, but it will take a couple of weeks after that to put all of the equipment and fittings in.
"We are looking at having a modest ceremony to mark the handing over on March 23, with possibly one or two local brass bands performing.
"Once the trust is running the building, there will be a much bigger ceremony."
The project has been jointly funded by the council, the Big Lottery Fund and the Coalfields Regeneration Trust.
The original construction budget was �3.5 million, and the cafe extension has cost an extra �600,000.
Non-Aligned councillor Alan Rigby, who is a member of the committee, said: "This project has been a good news story all the way through from the start.
"It has been well supported throughout and it is the only thing I can think of in my four years as a councillor that everyone has agreed on.
"The work which has been carried out has been fantastic and I can see this venue becoming a listed building in the future."
Fred Hughes, chairman of trustees, said when finished, the venue could be a valuable asset to the city.
He said: "This building is not just a theatre, but a place for the whole community with conference suites, a bar and cafe, lecture rooms and a spectacular dance studio. As soon as we take control of the building we can start to look at putting on a programme of events for the whole community."
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Brent oil near $120 on Libya
Oil prices hit 29-month highs on Thursday to near $120 a barrel on growing fears that the unrest in Libya could spread to other oil producing countries in the Middle East, threatening to derail global growth.
|||Oil prices hit 29-month highs on Thursday to near $120 a barrel on growing fears that the unrest in Libya could spread to other oil producing countries in the Middle East, threatening to derail global growth.
World stocks and copper prices fell for the fourth straight day as investors cut their risk exposure, while safe-haven gold, Swiss francs and U.S. Treasury prices rose.
Libyan security has cracked down on anti-government protesters and fighting has spread to the capital Tripoli after erupting in Libya's oil-producing east last week with no signs of leader Muammar Gaddafi stepping down after 41 years in power.
“There has been another spike in oil and the general unrest in the Middle East has knocked all the confidence out the market,” Mark Priest, senior equities trader at ETX Capital, said. “We cannot see a turnaround unless suddenly the situation is resolved in Libya.”
London Brent crude futures rose 5.4 percent to trade above $117 a barrel after touching a 29-month high of $119.79, while U.S. crude futures advanced 3.9 percent to above $101 a barrel.
The surge in oil prices is threatening to put an end to the recovery in the developed economies and add further inflationary pressure in booming emerging countries.
World equities measured by MSCI All-Country World Index dropped 0.5 percent, falling for the fourth day in a row after hitting a 30-month high on Friday. The index is still up 2.2 percent this year.
MSCI emerging markets index lost 1.1 percent to extend the loss for the year to 5.9 percent as investors shift out of developing economies to developed markets on concerns over higher inflation.
Europe's FTSEurofirst 300 index lost 0.7 percent, down for the fourth straight session. In Asia, Japan's Nikkei average fell to a three-week low, down 1.2 percent.
SHELTERS SOUGHT
The dollar was down 0.6 percent at 0.9273 Swiss francs and 0.6 percent at 81.95 yen, while the euro lost 0.8 percent to 1.2727 francs.
“There is a lot of safe haven demand for the Swiss and the yen but the dollar's downside against these currencies could be limited because for a lasting trend to arise you need U.S. Treasury yields to fall,” said Manuel Oliveri, currency strategist at UBS.
Yields on benchmark 10-year U.S. Treasuries eased 4 basis points to 3.4403 percent, down about 33 basis points from a nine-month high hit earlier this month, while those on German Bunds slipped 1 basis points to 3.120 percent.
Gold added 0.3 percent after gaining 0.9 percent in the previous session, though copper eased 1 percent after falling 4.4 percent in the previous three sessions. - Reuters
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Blind man threatens action after Subway refuse him service
A BLIND man wants to take food chain Subway to court after he was refused service at a city centre branch because he had a guide dog.
Joe Loughrey, 46, of Bramcote, said he was "absolutely devastated" after being told he and his dog were not allowed inside the store.
"I've had the same problem with the store before," he said. "I can't believe this is happening again."
He said he was refused service at the store in Long Row on Tuesday and once before in 2009.
"I said it was a guide dog and showed my dog's ID," he said. "The member of staff said he knew it was a guide dog but insisted I wasn't allowed in."
In an e-mail to Subway, he wrote: "On the previous occasion you promised training and gave me your word I would not face this level of discrimination again. I feel totally humiliated."
A spokesman for Subway said it had all been a "genuine mistake".
She added: "Staff members quickly realised their mistake and tried to tell Mr Loughrey, but unfortunately they could not find him after he'd left.
"He just was not being co-operative by that stage."
However, Mr Loughrey said: "I showed him my dog's ID, he accepted it was a guide dog and made the decision not to serve me.
"I'm taking them to court."
A spokesman for Guide Dogs for the Blind said restaurants and food shops often referred to hygiene issues.
But the Chartered Institute of Environmental Health Officers confirmed that there was no conflict with hygiene laws.
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Camera stolen after kitchen window left insecure
POLICE are appealing for help in solving a spate of crimes in and around West Bridgford and Gamston.
A small petrol-driven generator from a snack bar trailer was stolen from a layby in Bar Road, Gamston, at about 10am on Monday, February 14.
A camera and electrical items were taken from a property in Richmond Road, West Bridgford, after a burglar climbed in through an insecure kitchen window.
The burglary took place between 6.30am on Monday, February 7, and 10.30pm on Thursday, February 11.
Police are also hunting the vandal who sprayed graffiti in white paint on the side of a property in Church Drive, West Bridgford, between 8am on Saturday, February 12, and 12.30pm on Friday, February 17.
A thief drove off empty-handed after trying to rip lead flashing from above the front door of a property in Loughborough Road, West Bridgford, around 7.10pm on Thursday, February 17. He had driven a van up to the front door and climbed on to the roof.
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Town set for more traffic chaos
MOTORISTS and traders face six more weeks of major traffic disruption as work continues on a multi-million pound gas pipeline scheme.
Traders fear roadworks in Leek, which are causing traffic gridlock, are forcing shoppers to steer clear of the town centre.
And commuters have complained that four-way traffic lights at the Compton junction have added up to hour on their journey to and from work.
Those traffic lights at Cheadle Road, Broad Street, St Edward Street, and Brook Street, are due to be lifted tomorrow.
But as work switches to other main roads in the town, residents and businesses have called for contractors to work around-the-clock to complete the project ahead of schedule.
The work is being carried out by National Grid, which is replacing gas mains with plastic pipes throughout the town.
Commuters between Stoke-on-Trent and Leek will be held up next week by two-way traffic lights near to the Morrisons supermarket on Newcastle Road.
Further chaos is expected the following week when work switches to St Edward Street in the town centre, where work is expected to take four or five weeks.
Families have complained lengthy tail-backs have led to commuters taking rat runs on residential streets.
And traders are angry that traffic lights have remained at the Compton junction for the last three weekends, even though no work has been done.
Barry Birch, landlord of The Swan, on St Edward Street, called for contractors to work overnight.
He said: "It is not doing the town any good at all. Roadworks disrupt everything. It is bound to affect our business, people get sick of sitting in traffic. The junction outside my pub on St Edward Street is bad enough as it is, I do not know what it will be like when they start work.
"They have told me they want to cut my gas off at 8am when it begins, but I have told them I have got a business to run and have got to make a living. We are not very happy about it."
County councillor Steve Povey, pictured below, called on residents and traders to blow the whistle on the contractors if work was not completed by deadline.
He said: "I accept the work has to be done, but it has to be done to a timescale to avoid causing even more misery. I understand one contractor has already been fined for running over schedule.
"There has been some very long tailbacks and there was one morning when it took some people an hour and a half to get into Leek.
"I am also concerned that over the last three weekends there have been traffic lights in place and no-one doing any work."
National Grid spokesman Jane Taylor urged motorists to be patient.
She said: "We understand people do not like roadworks, but it is only in the short term and there is a long term gain.
"We are laying several miles of new pipes and once they are in the ground they should last for up to 80 years and that cuts down the potential for emergency work.
"We are trying to plan it so it does not cause too much disruption. Our main objective is not to over run and to get the work done on time."
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Gaddafi rants as rebels close in
Fighting raged as Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi made an extraordinary rambling speech on TV.
|||Colonel Muammar Gaddafi was preparing last night for a blood-soaked final stand in Tripoli.
Thousands of hired fighters were massing on roads from the capital to join army units battling the uprising which had spread to within 50km of the dictator’s stronghold.
Fighting raged as Gaddafi made an extraordinary rambling speech on TV in which he compared himself to the Queen and blamed the revolt on Osama Bin Laden.
He claimed the protesters who have seized control of much of the east of the country he has ruled for 41 years were fuelled by milk and Nescafe spiked with hallucinogenic drugs.
In a bizarre message to protesters, he said: “You need to listen to your parents. If people disobey their parents they end up destroying the country.
“The same as in Britain (where) for 57 years the Queen has been ruling. I have been in the same situation.”
He went on: “Bin Laden ... this is the enemy who is manipulating the people. Do not be swayed by Bin Laden.”
Gaddafi’s former long-time ally and justice minister Mustapha Abdeljalil predicted yesterday that the Libyan leader would follow in Adolf Hitler’s footsteps by killing himself rather than give up power.
Abdeljalil, who resigned on Wednesday in protest at the bloody crackdown, said he expected Gaddafi to make good on his pledge to die on Libyan soil rather than slink into exile.
“Gaddafi’s time is up,” he said. “He is going to go like Hitler. He is going to commit suicide.”
As the death toll passed 2 000 with an estimated 300 000 refugees on the move, dozens more anti-government supporters were reported to have been killed and wounded in a series of counter-attacks yesterday by the army.
Dissident militias supported by defecting military units claimed to have the upper hand in a swathe stretching from the Egyptian border to the outskirts of Tripoli.
In the latest blow to the Libyan leader, a cousin who was one of his closest aides, Ahmed Gadhaf al-Dam, announced that he has defected to Egypt in protest against the regime’s bloody crackdown against the uprising.
He denounced what he called “grave violations to human rights and human and international laws”.
Many of those violations were said to be continuing in Tripoli, a city of two million, where pro-Gaddafi militia have clamped down since the Libyan leader called on his supporters to take back the streets.
Residents say militia roam the main avenues, firing in the air, while neighbourhood groups have barricaded side streets trying to keep the fighters out.
At the same time, members of the feared internal security force run by Gaddafi’s brother-in-law, Abdullah Senussi, have launched raids on homes around the city.
A resident in the Ben Ashour district said vehicles full of armed men swept in on Wednesday night, broke into his neighbour’s home and dragged out a family friend as women in the house screamed. He said other similar raids had taken place yesterday in other districts.
In Zawiya, about 50km west of Tripoli, an army unit attacked a mosque where regime opponents had been camped for days. The soldiers opened fire with automatic weapons and hit the minaret with an anti-aircraft gun. A doctor at a field clinic set up at the mosque said he saw ten bodies, shot in the head and chest, as well as around 150 wounded.
The witness said that a day earlier an envoy from Gaddafi had come to the city and warned protesters: “Either leave or you will see a massacre.”
Zawiya is a key city near an oil port and refineries. Despite the assault, thousands massed in the main Martyrs Square by the mosque, shouting “leave, leave” to Gaddafi, the witness said. “People came to send a clear message: We are not afraid of death or your bullets.”
What Gaddafi said:
YOUNG PROTESTERS
“Their ages are 17. They give them pills at night. They put hallucinatory pills in their drinks, their milk, their Nescafe.
“They are criminals ... is it logical that you let this phenomenon continue in any city? We do not see what is happening in Egypt and Tunisia (where governments were toppled) happening in Libya, ever!”
MORAL AUTHORITY
“Those (in Egypt and Tunisia) are people needing their governments and they have demands, our power is in the hands of the people.
“From a national, moral, ethical standpoint ...they should stop. I have no authority coming from laws or decisions or anything else, I just have moral authority. I only have moral authority. I am like the Queen of England. I have jurisdictions.”
BIN LADEN
“This is the enemy who is manipulating people. You people of Zawiya (a city west of Tripoli where fighting has been heavy), stop your children, take their weapons, bring them away from Bin Laden, the pills will kill them. You are the extension of the republic system, not Bin Laden. He is the criminal, catch him and present him to court. He is the one in charge of any murder or any disaster. Do not be swayed by Bin Laden.
“Al Qaeda will not succeed in Zawiya - those of Bin Laden, they are tricking your children. I cannot believe the country is being dragged down to this degree.”
PARENTS’ DUTY
“The constitution is clear. Take their weapons. The fathers and the mothers and the brothers of people in Zawiya are they backing this? Stop them (the protesters). Are they standing behind those people. What is this farce? What is happening in Zawiya is a farce!
“I wait from you people of Zawiya to show that I see you in the right light. Zawiya is the land of 1 000 martyrs who fought against the Italians and it is the mother of tribes. Zawiya! Be what I expect of you.
“Remember in the Iraq war, the United States and Britain said they had reason to intervene. Qaeda and the international terrorists work together ... Saddam Hussein had a relationship to Qaeda ... look what America did.” - Daily Mail
Source: http://www.iol.co.za/gaddafi-rants-as-rebels-close-in-1.1032152
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