IN THE DOCK: Former Italian prime minister Silvio =20 Berlusconi, committed to trial in Milan on corruption =20
JAILED: Keith Moore, Sting’s former accountant, =20 sentenced to six years for stealing Stg 6-million from =20 the rock star=20
HONOURED: Cape Times editor Mogsien Williams named =20 Sowetan Journalist of the Year at a Press Freedom Day =20 function; guitarist Eric Clapton, (right), given the =20 outstanding individual achievement award by the British =20 Chemical Dependency Centre for breaking his drink and =20 drugs addition; Graca Machel, named by the UN High =20 Commission for Refugees as winner of the Nansen Medal =20 for her work on behalf of refugee children=20
MARRIED: Jayendra Naidoo, executive director of Nedlac, =20 and Liev Torres=20
REPRIEVED: Filipina au pair Sarah Balabagan, sentenced =20 to death in the United Arab Emirates for killing her =20 employer who she said had raped her =20
RETIRING: French designer Hubert de Givenchy, handing =20 on to British designer John Galliano=20
DIED: ANC senator Ernest Sipho Mchunu, killed in a car =20 crash in KwaZulu-Natal; Sir Philip Oppenheimer (83), =20 horse-breeder and former chairman of the Central =20 Selling Organisation, died in London; British writer =20 Edith Pargeter (82) who, as Ellis Peters, created the =20 Brother Cadfael medieval mystery series; Dr Wynand de =20 Villiers (66), former chairman of the Atomic Energy =20