Australia’s John Senden recorded his first USPGA Tour win on Sunday at the John Deere Classic and clinched a berth in the British Open. Senden moved atop the leaderboard for good with a birdie on the 17th hole and parred the 18th after an impressive bunker shot to win the -million event.
They have the flowing black robes to lend them dignity and gravitas. They have gavels to command attention from the wise guys in court. Now judges in New York have been given permission to carry guns while carrying out their duties. The ruling was prompted by a query from one of New York state’s 3 400 judges, who asked whether it was ”ethically permissible” to carry a firearm in court.
Australia’s second Bledisloe Cup match against New Zealand in Brisbane later this month sold out on Monday, with officials hoping for a record crowd at Lang Park. The last 1 500 tickets for the July 29 Tri-Nations clash were snapped up less than an hour after they went on sale on Monday morning.
At least 25 villagers were hacked to death and 21 others injured in a major attack by Maoist rebels in India’s central Chhattisgarh state on Monday. ”Between 500 to 800 rebels surrounded a village in Dantewada district shortly after midnight and killed 25 people using axes and knives,” OP Pal, the district’s superintendent of police told Deutsche Presse Agentur.
The death toll from severe rainstorms and flooding across China in the aftermath of severe Tropical Storm Bilis has risen to 154, state media said on Monday. Torrential rain hit several provinces including Fujian, Hunan, Guangdong, Jiangxi and Zhejiang in the aftermath of the storm, forcing millions of residents to be evacuated and wreaking havoc on transport and communications.
Michael Schumacher cruised to a polished victory for Ferrari in Sunday’s French Grand Prix and then set his sights on a remarkable eighth drivers’ world title. The 37-year-old German, seven-times drivers’ world champion, drove a faultless race to finish ahead of defending champion Fernando Alonso of Spain.
A heavyweight government salvage team has been sent into the Department of Home Affairs to rectify the financial disarray graphically detailed in a recent report by Auditor General Shauket Fakie. The task team began its work on July 1 and has a time-frame of six months.
In the charming if somewhat rundown marina of Larnaca, the cedar-emblazoned flag of Lebanon flies proudly from a yacht as nearby Israelis clad in <i>kippa</i> and prayer shawl prepare for the Sabbath. The holiday island of Cyprus and its coastal resorts, which have long played host to sworn foes in the Middle East, is once again gearing up to serve as safe haven for a troubled region.
The Fourth of July was celebrated with all the usual pomp and swagger in the United States, but less attention across the news media was given to another Fourth of July celebration right here on the African continent. This has become a day of national commemoration of the arrival of liberation forces in the wake of the unspeakable genocide in Rwanda in 1994.
The boss of the online betting group BetonSports was detained at an airport early on Monday morning by the FBI after he touched down in the United States on his way from Britain to the company’s main operational base in Costa Rica. Investors feared that the move marked the start of a broader crackdown on internet gambling, which is judged to be illegal by the US justice department.