A California judge has sided with Google in an age-discrimination lawsuit filed by a former manager who alleged the online search-engine leader had fired him because he didn’t fit in with the company’s youthful culture. Brian Reid had been 54 when he filed the suit more than 14 months ago.
West African leaders brought a summit on the crisis in Côte d’Ivoire to an end Friday but warned that they would not immediately make public their decision on how to avert a looming political crisis in the bitterly divided country. Ivorian President Laurent Gbagbo’s mandate expires on October 30.
Libyan leader Moammar Gadaffi said on Friday that his country seeks ”friendship” with the United States and that the time for confrontation with the superpower has passed, according to comments aired on official television. ”America equally needs us and its oil companies can now work in Libya,” Gadaffi said.
When it comes to problems piling up for Bafana Bafana, the old dictum that ”it never rains, but it pours” would not be inappropriate. On Friday, not long after the squad was named for the African Nations Cup qualifying game against the Democratic Republic in Congo, both Bradley Carnell and Dillon Sheppard withdrew from the squad.
The Blue Bulls secured their place in the semifinals of this year’s Currie Cup competition with a flawless 59-0 victory over Griqualand West at Loftus Versfeld on Friday night. The defending Currie Cup champions were ruthless in their execution and demolished a Griqua pack that almost upset the Lions a week ago in Kimberley.
The Pumas beat the Griffons 40-27 in a first-division Absa Currie Cup semifinal played at Witbank on Friday night. They will face either the Falcons or Elephants in the final. The half-time score was 16-13. The Pumas have only lost two games in their group but were made to fight for their points.
South Africa’s southpaw fighter Gabula Vabaza successfully defended his WBA super-bantam title when he outpointed his Ghanaian challenger Anyetei Laryea during their title contest at the Graceland Casino in Secunda in the early hours of Saturday. Vabaza had to chase his challenger in an attempt to connect him with some blows.
Arsenal boss Arsene Wenger believes the decision by bookmakers to pay out on Chelsea defending their Premiership title will backfire and spur his side to challenge their London rivals. While Chelsea are 11 points clear of Arsenal and 10 clear of Manchester United, Wenger insists the race is far from over.
Officials evacuated about 50 people from low-lying areas in the western Mexican resort city of Cabo San Lucas on Friday as newly formed Hurricane Otis swept toward a sparsely populated stretch of Baja California. Meanwhile, Taiwan on Saturday issued a sea and land warning for Typhoon Longwang.
New Zealand’s ruling Labour Party seems set to form a new minority government after the Electoral Office confirmed on Saturday it has the biggest number of seats in the nation’s Parliament. Labour took 50 seats in the September 17 election, two more than the main opposition National Party, final election results show.