9/9/2010 3:43:53 PM | 1 Comments Britain’s News of the World (NotW) tabloid is set to come under even more scrutiny from the authorities after Britain’s deputy prime minister Nick Clegg urged Scotland Yard to step-up their investigation into claims the newspaper was involved in widespread phone tapping.
This as a report in another newspaper quoted a former NotW journo saying that former editor, and now Pr ...»
9/10/2010 6:42:53 AM | 0 Comments By Mogomotsi Selebi
Ticket sales for tomorrow night’’s Soweto derby between Kaizer Chiefs and Orlando Pirates have been uncharacteristically slow.
These two traditional rivals face off in the first leg of the MTN8 semifinal at Soccer City but by close of business yesterday only 45 000 tickets had been sold.
A total o ...»
9/9/2010 5:39:47 PM | 0 Comments
The legendary producer was devastated at the loss of his close friend from acute Propofol intoxication in 2009 but insists he doesn’t hold anyone responsible.
When asked if he knew Michael had been ill before he died, he said: "No. There was no way to know. There’s no way anybody could be blamed for what happened.”
Although Michael’s personal physician Dr. Conrad Murra ...»
9/9/2010 5:51:23 PM | 0 Comments Terry Jones, the Florida preacher who planned on leading his congregation in a Koran burning ceremony on the anniversary of September 11 2001, has announced that the ceremony is only suspended and not cancelled.
On Thursday afternoon, the pastor had said he would cancel the event if a controversial mosque project near Ground Zero in New York is relocated and if he could have ...»
9/10/2010 7:06:15 AM | 0 Comments
Russia’s city of Vladikavkaz was left in a state of panic after a suicide car bomber set of his device at a market in the Russian Caucasus on Thursday killing 16 people and leaving more than 100 critically injured.
"A terrorist suicide bomber in a car parked at the entrance to the central market of Vladikavkaz ignited an explosive charge at 11:20 am (0720 GMT)," the invest ...»
9/10/2010 7:04:38 AM | 0 Comments
Caster Semenya put competitors under pressure by just another notch when she recorded her quickest time in another 800m comeback win in Milan last night.
1min 58.16sec was her quickest time since her comeback from an 11-month gender investigation which almost destroyed her career.
"I feel pretty happy," Semenya said. "I wasn't expecting a fast race. But my coach told me ...»
9/9/2010 10:44:18 AM | 0 Comments Fidel Castro has said that the Cuban economic model may no longer be viable.
In an interview with Jeff Goldberg of The Atlantic, Castro said :” The Cuban model doesn't even work for us anymore”. The was in response to a question about whether he would still advocate exporting the Cuban model to other countries. The answer echoes some of the statement made by Castro’s brother ...»
