IT WAS a dismal afternoon in Aberdeen, but a bright match to which both sides contributed massively went some way to lifting the gloom.

The Giants wanted to take Seattle's roaring, allegedly enhanced crowd out of the game early. Plunging into the deepest first-half hole in their 82-year history probably wasn't what New York had in mind.

Reserve Bank Governor Tito Mboweni has warned consumers to either adjust their appetite for credit spending or face the possibility of having their goods repossessed as recent interest rate hikes begin to take effect.

Colin Montgomerie and Paul Casey put Europe on the brink of capturing the Ryder Cup for the third time in a row by winning their singles matches on Sunday.

ARA Trust Management, the manager of Suntec Real Estate Investment Trust (Suntec Reit), has launched a programme to acquire office units in Suntec City Office Towers not presently owned by the trust, according to a statement it filed with the

UN relief agencies serving in southern Somalia have deserted Wajid district in Bakol region, about 420 km south of the capital Mogadishu.

In the race for Cook County board president Republican candidate Tony Peraica will debut his first television ad on Monday. Peraica says there are a lot of questions his opponent, Democrat Todd Stroger, needs to answer about his campaign and

A child is hospitalized after a trip to a dentist. The parents of five-year-old Diamond Brownridge say she is on life support after a routine dental procedure. The girl's appointment was for caps and fillings.

SEOUL, REPUBLIC OF KOREA (MARKET WIRE) The Open Mobile Alliance (OMA), an international specifications setting body, announces the public availability of its Client Side Content Screening Framework Enabler Version 1.0 and its Games Services Client Server Interface Enabler Version 1.0

Players in street game tried for a little while Sunday to control all the payphones in an area near New York's Washington Square.

The Ethiopian Roads Authority (ERA) yesterday signed an over 301.9 million birr contract with Keangnam Enterprise Limited on the Ambo-Gedo Road Rehabilitation Project.

Phil Angelides says if elected he would call immediately on President Bush to withdraw California National Guard troops from Iraq.

Speaking at Heritage Day celebrations President Thabo Mbeki called on record companies to respond to the plight of South African musicians, who despite contributing immensely to the music industry, still die poor.

UN relief agencies serving in southern Somalia have deserted Wajid district in Bakol region, about 420 km south of the capital Mogadishu.

As liberation movements go, the African National Congress (ANC) is a juggernaut. It is up there with once well-regarded organisations like the PLO, Swapo, Zanu-PF, Frelimo, CCM, and of course, Kanu and NRM in Nairobi and Kampala respectively. Well-regarded, that

Speaking at Heritage Day celebrations President Thabo Mbeki called on record companies to respond to the plight of South African musicians, who despite contributing immensely to the music industry, still die poor.

President Thabo Mbeki is to host Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh for discussions next week, around various bilateral political and economic relations issues.