At least 27 people, including one child and four women, were killed and almost 200 wounded in explosions at a mosque in Baghdad on Tuesday as they gathered for a religious holiday. ”Until now we have received 27 corpses, most of whom suffered terrible wounds to the head and abdomen,” said Abdallah Hatem, the head of the morgue of a nearby hospital.
Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger insisted on Monday his Premiership leaders would not become complacement in their quest to bring the title back to Highbury. Last weekend’s 2-1 win against Charlton left Arsenal nine points clear of Chelsea and champions Manchester United.
The present Ferrari team received an unlikely boost on Monday just six days away from the first race of the season when the technical director of archrivals Williams told the BBC he thought they were the greatest team ever to race in formula one. Patrick Head also paid rich tribute to their extraordinary German driver Michael Schumacher.
Determined to get the English and other leagues to cut down by at least two clubs, Fifa president Sepp Blatter says he plans to get a mandate to force the issue. ”Twenty clubs are too many,” he said on Monday in a reference to England’s Premier League. ”Those who play now also know it.”
Opener Michael Papps made a painstaking 92 to steer New Zealand to a five-wicket win on Tuesday over South Africa in the sixth limited-overs cricket international, completing an historic 5-1 series win.
Zimbabwe will repay its long-standing debt to the International Monetary Fund to avoid losing its membership, the state news agency quoted Information Minister Jonathan Moyo as saying on Monday. ”What we need to do is to stop the process of withdrawal. If you’ve got a debt, you must pay,” said Moyo.
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Zimbabwe will repay its long-standing debts to the International Monetary Fund (IMF) to avoid losing membership in the global lender, the state news agency quoted Information Minister Jonathan Moyo as saying on Monday. An IMF board last year said it was initiating the withdrawal of Zimbabwe from the body.
South African and Zimbabwean church leaders agreed at a meeting on Monday to create a task team to promote talks between Zimbabwe’s ruling Zanu-PF and the opposition Movement for Democratic Change. The agreement, however, is in principle, said Russel Botman, the president of the South African Council of Churches.
Côte d’Ivoire refugees living in West African neighbour Liberia stormed their embassy on Monday to protest their treatment by diplomatic representatives, an AFP reporter saw. About 30 Ivorian men, women and children pulled down the orange, white and green Ivorian flag from outside the mission and took an embassy vehicle.