England captain Michael Vaughan was full of admiration for Kevin Pietersen after the Hampshire batsman added to his growing list of breathtaking one-day innings with a commanding 91 not out in Sunday’s triangular series victory against world champions Australia. England was faltering in their pursuit of 253 but Pietersen saw them home at the County Ground.
The Rain Queen, Makobo Modjadji the Sixth, was buried at the royal cemetery at Ga-Modjadji in Limpopo on Monday, South African Broadcasting Corporation news reported. Only family members attended the funeral and thousands of mourners waited outside the cemetery.
They were hopelessly outnumbered, but even then the Greeks knew it would be the battle that could change history. The Asian invaders had entered the Aegean. The ”comeliest of boys” had been castrated; the throats of the ”goodliest” soldiers ripped out.
Condoleezza Rice, the United States secretary of state, announced on Sunday that Israel and the Palestinian Authority have agreed that the homes of 8 000 settlers in the Gaza Strip will be destroyed when they have been evacuated later this year.
Iran’s presidential election was thrown into uncharted territory on Tuesday after a hardline candidate who unexpectedly won his way into a run-off vote was accused of ballot-rigging.
Dozens of scholars, citizens and journalists will gather in a grand marble hall on Monday to watch a frail 80-year-old man for any sign of capitulation to age or ill health — aware that the looming battle to succeed him is likely to split the country in two.
Actress Lorna Thayer, the waitress who memorably refused to let Jack Nicholson order toast in the 1970 movie Five Easy Pieces, died on June 4 at the Motion Picture and Television Fund retirement home after a long battle with Alzheimer’s disease. She was 85.
Police in Zimbabwe say they are taking their controversial clean-up campaign to prosperous suburbs of the capital, where they will target ”illegal property developments” and houses that have been turned into offices, the state-run Herald newspaper said on Monday.
The Department of Environmental Affairs and Tourism will — by the end of July — appoint a service provider to identify the top 50 air polluting industries or sectors in South Africa, said Minister Environmental Affairs and Tourism Marthinus van Schalkwyk on Monday. "The web of life is more than just a poetic idea, it is a reality that defines our biggest social, economic and developmental challenges," he said.
Reports of intimidation and violence related to the one-day strike by taxi owners and drivers in KwaZulu-Natal have been received from around the province, traffic officials said on Monday. Thousands of commuters were stranded in the morning as taxi drivers embarked on a protest against the government’s taxi recapitalisation programme.