The Australian-based model who claims to have had an affair with English football superstar David Beckham said on Tuesday that she had put her life on hold for two years after he told her he loved her. But Sydney’s Daily Telegraph published a story on Tuesday quoting ”friends” of Marbeck who have their doubts about her claims.
Arsenal need just nine points from their last six matches to clinch the Premiership title after Aston Villa crushed Chelsea’s lingering hopes of catching the Gunners on Monday. A shock 3-2 win gave Villa’s own hopes of European football next season a lift and did Manchester United a huge favour in their race with Chelsea for second place.
Kaizer Chiefs strengthened their grip on top of the Castle Premiership League log with a 1-0 win over Dynamos in Giyani on Monday. Jabulani Mendu scored the all-important goal in the 43rd minute and the adoring capacity crowd went into a frenzy.
Floods caused by heavy rains have forced an estimated 2 000 people out of their homes in western Kenya and claimed the at least four lives, officials said on Monday. The government and the Kenya Red Cross Society have advised people living in flood-prone areas to move to higher grounds.
<img src="http://www.mg.co.za/ContentImages/41909/10-X-Logo.gif" align=left>New National Party leader Marthinus van Schalkwyk promised jobs, more police officers, teachers, the rapid roll-out of anti-retrovirals and the rights of parents in school governing bodies while touting family values at a rally at Eastridge, Mitchells Plain, on Monday.
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Peruvian authorities on Sunday helicoptered hundreds of stranded tourists away from the famed Machu Picchu Inca ruins after flash floods in the region that left one confirmed dead and 10 missing. About 15 homes were destroyed by Saturday’s avalanches, which killed one person in Aguas Calientes.
The wheels of justice turn slowly in the battered Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) province of Ituri, rich in gold and diamonds but poor in the milk of human kindness in recent years. Ituri is a northeastern region of the DRC, shattered by inter-ethnic violence between rival tribal-based militia groups.
Fiji, still reeling from a severe storm that killed seven people last week and left 10 missing, was braced on Monday for strong winds that the meteorology centre warned were on the way. A strengthening high-pressure system was expected to bring heavy ocean swells and strong winds within 24 hours.
Chinese officials are seeking to contact mediators to secure the release of seven Chinese citizens who have become the latest foreigners to be kidnapped in Iraq, a Chinese diplomat said. The Chinese Foreign Ministry said the hostages are from the eastern province of Fujian.
The ceasefire in the flashpoint Iraqi town of Fallujah has been extended until Monday night, with the agreement of both United States forces and insurgents, a mediator said. An AFP correspondent on the ground in Fallujah said the ceasefire seemed to be holding on Monday morning.