Prisoners in some of Zimbabwe’s jails have to stay naked because of a shortage of uniforms that highlights deteriorating conditions.
On the back of dire poverty and legal shortcomings a new mafia is prospering in Egypt and turning the country into the regional hub for the human organs trade. There are no official statistics but in a country where social inequality is high and a quarter of the population is believed to live under the poverty line, more and more destitute Egyptians are falling prey to the phenomenon.
The French Open will offer equal prize money to the men’s and women’s champions for the first time. Each champion will receive â,¬940 000 (,13-million), the French Tennis Federation said on Monday. ”We’re following the evolution of tennis in general a little bit,” said Stephane Simean, the federation official in charge of setting the prizes.
The long-time chairperson of Australia’s national cricket selectors, Trevor Hohns, announced his resignation on Tuesday after coming under increasing criticism over a series of controversial team choices. Cricket Australia said Hohns was quitting after a decade as chairperson of the selectors’ panel to devote more time to his business interests.
The big winners at the Nasdaq-100 Open were Svetlana Kuznetsova, Roger Federer and video replay. Former United States Open champion Kuznetsova earned her first title in 18 months, while Federer won the men’s final for the second year in a row and remained unbeaten in the United States since August 2004.
Depending on whom you believe, it is either an exposé of ”the secret world of the president’s stealth counsellor”, or a valentine of ”fluffball quotes”. The disagreement will probably only help sales of a biography of Laura Bush, published today after weeks of anticipation.
A jury found on Monday that Zacarias Moussaoui, the only person to be prosecuted in connection with the terrorist attacks of September 11 2001, was eligible for the death penalty. The verdict, after less than three days of deliberation, comes as a boost to federal prosecutors, who had seen their case almost derailed by the alleged coaching of witnesses by a government lawyer.
Blood spattered dockets lay strewn around the offices of the Kagiso police station in Krugersdorp after four policemen were shot dead by a senior police officer on Monday night. The police officer — who went on a rampage killing eight people — was shot dead by police in Sebokeng in the early hours of Tuesday morning after an extensive manhunt.
Jared Nissim wanted to make one thing clear. ”This is definitely not a dating service,” the 32-year-old New Yorker explained, as a motley group of 18 men and women, many unknown to each other, gathered around a long table at a Manhattan restaurant.
Top United States film director John McTiernan, the maker of such blockbusters as the Die Hard movies, was charged on Monday in connection with a fast-spreading Hollywood wiretapping scandal. McTiernan (55) is the 14th person to be charged in a snowballing criminal investigation that has threatened to envelop some major stars over alleged phone bugging.