Greece’s new conservative government admitted on Monday it is still calculating the total cost of the August 13 to 29 Olympics, but insisted it will pay for multiple budget overruns. The government’s overall games budget is likely to exceed the targeted ,6-billion.
Talks between Zimbabwe cricket captain Heath Streak, who has reportedly resigned, and Zimbabwe Cricket Union chief executive Vincent Hogg are under way to try and resolve a looming crisis. But his father, former top-level cricketer Dennis Streak, was adamant that his son did not resign as captain or national player.
The Chiefs have a grand chance to force their way into the Super 12 top four in the next two weeks if they can pick up at least one win in South Africa and add some more bonus points. They arrived in the the country on Monday morning to prepare for matches against the Cats and Sharks over the next two weeks.
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Spain said on Monday it had arrested two more men linked to the Madrid train bombings after a weekend raid in which the alleged mastermind of the attacks and four accomplices blew themselves up. Police further tightened security on public transport, airports and strategic sites including nuclear reactors.
At least nine people were killed and three more were feared dead after a Bulgarian bus carring about 50 high school students crashed into a river between Serbia and Montenegro, police said on Monday. The bus was returning the students, aged from 13 to 17 years, and their teachers to Bulgaria after a field trip to Croatia.
The BBC announced on Monday that it will phase out ties between its popular children’s television characters and fatty or sugary snack foods. Teletubbies chocolate bars, Tweenies chocolate krispies and Fimbles shortcake are to be shunned in favour of more healthy themed products.
The state might challenge a Supreme Court of Appeal decision to substitute the life imprisonment imposed on a woman who hired two men to murder her abusive partner with a suspended sentence. The appeal court last week replaced the life sentence of Anieta Natasha Ferreira with one of six years.
A white zebra has been born in Nairobi’s national park, to the wonderment of visitors and researchers. The baby zebra was first discovered when a group of Masaai cattle herders living on the edge of the game reserve reported that a little calf was on the loose in the park.