Arsenal all but guaranteed themselves a place in the group stages of the Champions League in Zagreb on Tuesday after cruising to a 3-0 victory away to Dinamo Zagreb. A two-goal burst from Cesc Fabregas either side of a strike from Robin van Persie was just reward for the English Premiership side.
Top-seeded Swiss Roger Federer, playing for the first time since he captured a fourth straight Wimbledon title, picked up where he left off on Tuesday with a first-round victory in the Toronto Masters Series. Second-seeded Spaniard Rafael Nadal defeated Chile’s Nicolas Massu 6-3, 6-2.
News outlets across Africa are coming under increasing pressure that restricts their abilities and need defence and support to ensure viability and relevance, media officials said on Tuesday. They were speaking in the Kenyan capital, Nairobi, at a pan-African conference on the press.
At least 10 people die every day from cholera and malnutrition in a camp for displaced people in Ituri in the north-eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), a United Nations representative said on Tuesday. ”These deaths, for the most part children, are recorded every day in Gety,” Modibo Traore said.
The phrase ”window shopping” was never meant to be taken so literally. But New Yorkers whose attention is caught by the displays at one of Ralph Lauren’s Manhattan stores can now buy clothes without entering the premises, using a touch-screen system on the window.
America On Line (AOL) admitted to ”a screw-up” on Tuesday that resulted in 20-million search inquiries by more than half-a-million subscribers going public. There were fears that identities could be discovered from the searches, and some bloggers were said to have copied the information before it was taken down.
Surgeons in Salt Lake City successfully separated conjoined twins on Tuesday morning in a 25-hour operation. Four-year-old Maliyah and Kendra Herrin had been joined at the abdomen, had one set of legs and shared a kidney. ”Our little Maliyah is all done!” said a posting on the Herrin family’s website on Tuesday.
Bono may be celebrated for browbeating world leaders into funding debt relief for developing countries, but his Irish rock band are facing criticism for switching their financial affairs overseas to avoid paying higher taxes. Irish politicians have expressed surprise at U2’s decision to move part of its operation from Ireland to Amsterdam.
Israeli aircraft dropped leaflets over Tyre on Tuesday morning, warning people not to use vehicles south of the Litani River and heightening the city’s sense of isolation. All roads north and south of the port city have been cut by bombing in the past few days and Israeli authorities have refused permission for any ships to dock.
Lectures were suspended indefinitely at the University of Zululand on Tuesday after protesting students failed to heed an ultimatum to return to class. The university’s management decided to close down the university after a student meeting in the morning failed to resolve the crisis at the troubled institution.