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For now, at least, there is justice in the world, and it looks like this: Pietersen, caught Smith, bowled Nel. The World Cup has given the Proteas plenty to chew on, but nothing would have been sweeter than the sight of the rash faux-Englishman in his little blue pyjamas scratching his way to 3 before being force-fed humble pie by his two nemeses, writes Tom Eaton.
It has taken nearly half a century but Nigeria will finally hold an election on Saturday that sees one elected leader pass power to another for the first time since independence from Britain. As always, the contenders for president are promising things will be different — and the provision of electricity is at the top of the pledges.
Alberto Gonzales, the United States Attorney General, is struggling to hang on to his job after a disastrous performance before the Senate judicial committee investigating the sacking of eight federal prosecutors. By late afternoon, it looked as if Gonzales, despite his insistence that he had done nothing wrong, and saw no need to resign, was being dragged towards the exit.
A British mercenary accused of plotting to overthrow the government of Equatorial Guinea three years ago has told a court in Zimbabwe that he will be killed if he is extradited to the Central African country, state radio said on Friday. It was the first court appearance by the former SAS officer since his trial in 2004.
Police, students and victims’ relatives turned against the United States network NBC on Thursday for broadcasting the chilling rant of the Virginia Tech killer, as it became clear he had gone to great lengths to amplify his notoriety with a package of video clips, photographs and invective.
Wikipedia is not only one of the world’s biggest and most cited websites, but also probably the internet’s most daring project. Matthew Buckland, together with the South African blogosphere, posed some tough questions to Wikipedia co-founder Jimmy Wales, who is in South Africa for the Creative Commons Digital Freedom Expo.
World Bank president Paul Wolfowitz cancelled a speech to a health conference on Thursday as the bank’s board met late into the night to discuss a controversy over the promotion of his girlfriend, which has paralysed the poverty-fighting institution. The bank’s staff association, which has led the calls for Wolfowitz to step down, called on the board, which usually operates in secret, to make its decision public.
Troops have intercepted a truck-load of already completed ballots the day before Nigeria’s presidential election, the opposition said on Friday, heightening fears the vote will be rigged. The accusation followed widespread abuses and violence in regional elections last week.
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An inquest into the murder of Pakistan cricket coach Bob Woolmer at the World Cup scheduled to start on Monday has been postponed because of ”recent and significant developments” in the case. Woolmer was found lifeless in his Kingston hotel room on March 18 and later pronounced dead in hospital.
A couple of old actors are sitting around in their local coffee shop, checking the obituaries to see if any of their contemporaries has died.