The Pentagon said on Wednesday night it would create military review panels to weigh the legality of detentions at Guantánamo, in a measure that critics said falls far short of a Supreme Court ruling that entitles prisoners to challenge their detentions in US courts.
French National Olympic Committee president Henri Serandour says he will not bar athletes from the Athens Olympics if they are implicated in doping cases. However, French Sports Minister Jean-Francois Lamour has said anyone being investigated for doping should be excluded.
Lawyers representing the Zimbabwe Cricket Union and 15 striking white players were in exploratory talks in Harare on Thursday to see if there is any way to break the three-month impasse caused by the sacking of captain Heath Streak. The International Cricket Council gave the union and players 14 days from June 30 to find a solution.
If records are anything to go by then world champion Michael Schumacher faces a tough task to bake his rivals and keep his victorious run alive in this weekend’s British Grand Prix. The dominant Ferrari driver is the favourite to take his astonishing winning tally this season into double figures on Sunday.
Five-time winner Lance Armstrong pulled on the Tour de France yellow jersey for the first time in the race after a blistering time trial performance by his United States Postal team over 64,5 km between Cambrai and Arras in France on Wednesday. US Postal were the winners of the team event last year.
Former France captain Marcel Desailly has denied reports he wants to play for Scottish champions Celtic. The most-capped player in French football history, who was released after six years with Chelsea, said he has yet to make his mind up about his future.
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Police in northern Mozambique have enlisted the help of local hunters to kill lions and other wild animals following a recent spate of attacks on locals, a spokesperson said on Wednesday. ”The populations of these areas have lived in an atmosphere of fear because of the high presence of wild animals out of control,” police said.
The South African Broadcasting Corporation (SABC) board has again denied reports that it is putting pressure on chief executive Peter Matlare to resign and disputed that there is a rift between him and the head of news, chairperson Eddie Funde said on Wednesday. ”We reject with contempt sloppy journalism,” Funde said.
The African Union pressed Sudan on Wednesday to ”neutralise” the Janjaweed militiamen and others involved in massive human rights violations in the Darfur region, but said it does not consider the attrocities to be genocide. Thousands have been killed by Arab militiamen in Darfur, an Iraq-sized region in western Sudan.