West Indies captain Brian Lara has demanded his batsmen rediscover their killer instincts in the remaining five one-day internationals against Zimbabwe. The West Indies enjoyed back-to-back wins by five wickets and 98 runs against the tourists at the Antigua Recreation Ground on Saturday and Sunday.
Most people decorate their offices with potted plants, portraits of their families or humorous desk tidies, but a businessman in China has splashed out on something that conveys an altogether more forceful corporate image: a MiG fighter plane. In a swoop on eBay, Zhang Cheng has snapped up the plane for 730 (about R148 300).
The last time Sinnathurai Kandasamy saw his wife was a little more than two weeks ago, when she left home for a hospital check-up. Hours later Sinnathurai found his wife in a mortuary. A bullet had blown her cheek away. Her eye was missing. Gone too were her earlobes and fingers — chopped off for the gold jewellery she adored.
It is suffering from a crippling trade embargo and is locked in a war of words with its neighbour, the Russian Federation. Things are so bad for Georgia that the tiny Caucasus state has decided only one thing can rescue its image: Jennifer Lopez. It has offered her 000 to go to Georgia to celebrate Independence Day on May 26.
It is being billed as The Great American Boycott 2006. On Monday, international labour day in the United States, thousands or perhaps millions of people are expected to join in a nationwide boycott to protest against proposals that would toughen existing immigration laws.
On the platform at the White House Correspondents’ Association dinner, standing together at the podium, was not one George Bush, but two. Faced with the daunting annual ritual of having to be intentionally funny, Bush had arranged for an impressionist, Steve Bridges, to share the burden with him.
Hopes for a breakthrough in peace talks on the Darfur conflict were dashed on Sunday night when two of the main rebel groups refused to sign a proposed agreement only hours before a deadline expired. The Sudanese government and the rebels had been under enormous pressure to reach a deal over the conflict.
A report detailing white South Africa’s deadly military involvement during apartheid’s dying days has been made public for the first time, the Sunday Independent reported. The Steyn report details how the army helped destabilise the country during the turbulent early 1990s.
Namibia’s relaxed approach when it comes to celebrity is one of the main reasons why Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt chose this arid stretch of Africa to have their baby — and they should be left alone, locals say. In early April, Hollywood’s golden couple quietly jetted into Namibia where Jolie (30) is expected to give birth to their child.
A fishing trawler that was sinking with 21 crew members on board was safely towed to Port Elizabeth, the National Sea Rescue Institute (NSRI) said on Sunday. NSRI Port Elizabeth deputy station commander Paul Killeen said the boat was successfully towed by rescue craft Spirit of Toft.