Mahendra Dhoni’s confident century on Tuesday fashioned India’s 58-run victory over Pakistan in the second limited-overs international. Dhoni, playing only his fifth one-dayer, punished the Pakistan attack for a 123-ball 148, his maiden one-day century, and boosted India to 356 for nine in 50 overs — its highest total against Pakistan.
An uninhabited Pacific reef 1Â 600km due south of Tokyo makes an unlikely battlefield. But wars have been fought over less. And Okinotori Shima, as this hazard to shipping is known, is rapidly becoming a focal point of rising tension between China and Japan. Only two small outcrops of the reef, sovereign Japanese territory that is administratively part of Tokyo, remain above water at high tide.
About three million children are likely to die from malaria in Africa this year, despite the fact that simple mosquito nets draped over their beds could offer effective protection against the deadly disease. A mosquito net costs only , but a family which has practically no income cannot afford even this amount of money according to internationally renowned US economist Jeffrey Sachs.
It is good to hear a wise and sensitive voice on immigration controls. Mamphela Ramphele — former vice-chancellor of the University of Cape Town, former MD of the World Bank — is studying the management of migration trends as co-chairperson of the United Nations Commission on Migration. She brings a breath of fresh air to the challenges that migration poses.
If you own an elephant and don’t know how to keep it happy, you could learn a few lessons from Parbati Barua, Asia’s only female mahout (elephant handler).
Did you know that elephants have a ”sour tooth”, with a particular liking for tamarind? Or that they enjoy a daily, hour-long massage, preferably in a circular motion with a pumice stone?
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The South African embassy in Harare denied knowledge on Monday of alleged brutal treatment of 67 citizens held in prison in that country on mercenary charges. Die Beeld newspaper quoted a friend of one of the alleged mercenaries on Monday as saying the men have been without running water for nearly a month, and were covered in lice.
Deputy Chief Justice Pius Langa expressed his impatience with the speed of transformation of the judiciary during his interview for the post of chief justice in Cape Town on Monday. Quizzed by fellow judges on the Judicial Service Commission and the minister and deputy minister of justice, Langa dismissed reports that he was a transformation ”gradualist”.
The world is undoubtedly a better place for the legacy and the teachings Pope John Paul II has left behind, former president Nelson Mandela said on Monday. Mandela joined the millions of Roman Catholics around the world in mourning the death of Pope John Paul II, the Nelson Mandela Foundation said in a statement.