Frank Arnesen’s office is neatly arranged. Shelves lining the room display dozens of football reference books and scouting videos. A map of Great Britain is marked with little red flags denoting the location of each Premiership club. The Dane charged with restoring greatness to Tottenham has meticulousness in his method.
On the death of a pope, his successor is elected by a college of cardinals meeting in conclave in the Sistine Chapel in the Vatican. The system of election has been changed several times over the 2 000 years of the papacy’s existence, with Pope John Paul II having himself introduced a new set of rules in 1996.
Since the foundation of the Christian religion nearly 2 000 years ago, about 264 popes have presided over the church’s fortunes, from Simon Peter of Galilee to the former Karol Wojtyla of Poland, better known as Pope John Paul II, who died on Saturday evening.
John Paul II revolutionised the papacy with his formidable energy and intellectual abilities but his most lasting memorial was to be achieved in the field of politics: the collapse of communism in Eastern Europe. The pope, who died on Saturday aged 84, gave the papacy a higher profile than it had ever had before.
Pope John Paul II, spiritual leader of the world’s 1,1-billion Roman Catholics, died on Saturday at 9.37pm, the Vatican announced. The 84-year-old pontiff died two days after suffering heart failure brought on by two months of acute breathing problems and other infections. Tens of thousands packed St Peter’s Square on Saturday.
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The Congress of SA Trade Unions (Cosatu) has called for investigations into allegations of fraud during Zimbabwe’s parliamentary elections. The union body — which staged a demonstration of solidarity with Zimbabwean workers — said it believed the elections took place in ”a flawed political and legal context”.
New captain Shivnarine Chanderpaul and Wavell Hinds both completed maiden double centuries Friday and the West Indies amassed a formidable 543 for five declared against South Africa at stumps Friday, the second day of the first Test at Bourda.
DaimlerChrysler came close to shutting down its Smart car business, the company admitted yesterday as it announced it was taking a â,¬1,2-billion charge on the heavily loss-making range and cutting up to 700 jobs.
Côte d’Ivoire officials say they pinning their hopes on a weekend peace summit lead by South African President Thabo Mbeki, who is trying to mediate an end to the West African country’s lingering civil conflict. Côte d’Ivoire has been divided along tribal and religious lines since a failed coup attempt in September 2002.
A group of Spanish priests have placed their faith in the country’s trade unions as they decided to fight salary cuts imposed by a bishop who lost millions in church money on internet stocks. A union said it was approached by the priests after the bishop reportedly suggested they dip into the church’s alms boxes to make ends meet.