Grenade attacks on the homes of five prominent Burundian opposition politicians wounded two bystanders but did not injure their intended target, a police official said. A police spokesperson said attackers dressed in civilian clothes carried out a ”meticulously prepared” attack on Monday.
Rob Styles has apologised to Liverpool after admitting on Monday that he made a mistake in awarding a penalty to Chelsea during their 1-1 draw at Anfield at the weekend. Styles also caused confusion by appearing to issue a second yellow card to the Blues’ Michael Essien.
Reigning champions Western Province (WP) and co-favourites Southern Gauteng both won their opening games at the Spar Women’s Interprovincial Tournament being played at the Hartleyvale Astro in Cape Town on Monday. WP showed their pedigree with a 3-1 win over Northerns, while Southerns beat KwaZulu-Natal 3-0.
It was indeed a surprise when Bafana Bafana arrived in Aberdeen on Monday for their friendly international against Scotland without crafty Mamelodi Sundowns midfielder Surprise Moriri, who had reported to the team camp in Johannesburg shortly before the squad’s departure with an injury.
Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva on Monday launched a massive, -billion initiative to tackle high levels of violence in a country that records more than 40 000 homicides per year. The Citizens’ National Security Programme is a five-year plan that primarily targets juvenile delinquents.
The snow-preserved body of an Indian soldier was given to his family on Tuesday, nearly 40 years after he died in a plane crash in the Himalayas, an official said. Soldiers discovered the frozen bodies of Mahendranath Phukan and two other victims half-buried in snow on a glacier at an altitude of 5 300m.
The ongoing love affair between the American networks and the extremes of reality TV has led to accusations that ABC television has subjected seriously obese people to unacceptable levels of risk in its new show, Fat March. The network has filmed a dozen contestants who weigh up to 235kg as they complete a 920km walk.
Bernard Kouchner, the French Foreign Minister, held talks on Monday with Iraqi leaders in the first visit by a French minister to Baghdad since Paris’s opposition to the United States-led invasion in 2003. The highly symbolic three-day visit marked France’s wish to forge a role in Iraq and build bridges with the US.
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Academics from around the world have protested to Germany’s federal prosecutor about the arrest and detention of a Berlin sociologist who is accused of associating with a terrorist group — apparently on the basis of his academic work. Andrej Holm was arrested three weeks ago on suspicion of aiding a militant organisation.