Richard Wright, a founding member of the rock group Pink Floyd, died on September 16. He was 65.

A giant inflatable pig that went missing from a Southern California music festival at the weekend has been found in tatters in a desert town. The pig, which has been a signature Pink Floyd stage prop since its appearance on the 1977 cover of Animals, broke away from its tethers on Sunday night at Coachella Valley Arts and Music Festival.

Russia's next president Dmitry Medvedev pledged to uphold Vladimir Putin's policies on Monday after a big election win that critics said was stage-managed to let the outgoing Kremlin leader keep his grip on power. Medvedev (42) who will be the youngest Russian leader since Tsar Nicholas II when he is sworn in on May 7, has asked former KGB spy Putin to be his prime minister.

So you think today's Formula One cars are fast? How about 70 years ago, when drivers wearing cloth helmets and short-sleeved shirts wrestled massive cars shod with skinny little tyres around grand prix circuits, reaching speeds of more than 320km/h?

Former South African president Nelson Mandela on Wednesday announced a giant benefit concert in London next June to promote his 46664 campaign against HIV/Aids. The gig will take place in Hyde Park on June 27 to mark his 90th birthday the following month, Mandela said at the unveiling of a statue of him in London's Parliament Square.