American indie rock kings The Killers rounded off the second day of the Glastonbury festival with a storming one-and-a-half hour set that left the main stage audience cheering for more. ”Glastonbury, we are all yours!” front man Brandon Flowers in gold lamé shouted as the Las Vegas group lit up the art and music festival where heavy rain ensured the traditional mud bath.
Britain’s Ricky Hatton knocked out Jose Luis Castillo of Mexico in the fourth round to retain his IBO light welterweight title in Las Vegas on Saturday. The end came two minutes 16 seconds into the round when a Hatton left hook to the ribcage caused Castillo to grimace in agony, turn away, and fall to one knee, where he remained while referee Joe Cortez counted to ten.
Jay Williamson, who is ranked 299th in the world, shot a three-under 67 to take a one-shot lead after the third round of the -million dollars PGA Travelers Championship. Williamson, who entered Saturday’s round tied for the lead with David Toms at eight-under, is at 11-under 199.
Three under-aged boys have died after their penises were severely mutilated during separate initiation ceremonies in Port St Johns and Potchefstroom on Saturday, the Health Department said. In the Port St Johns incident, the illegal initiation school was run by a 17-year-old boy.
Western and emerging Asian powers so keen to diversify oil supply sources to feed growing needs have recast their attention to West Africa following the latest discovery of new potential reserves. British oil and gas company Tullow Oil last week annonced that it had discovered up to 600-million barrels of oil on the West Cape Three Points block off Ghana’s coast.
Fernando Joaquim points to corrugated iron shacks at the feet of one of Angola’s new neighbourhoods and despairs: ”Look at the misery that the government has forced on us!” Joaquim’s was one of nearly 400 families who were left destitute when their homes were demolished to make way for upmarket housing.
She’s one of the most beautiful women in the world, a talented actress who lives with a man many claim is the sexiest man on the planet and she has a penchant for doing high-profile good deeds. But now — perhaps inevitably — the Angelina Jolie backlash has begun.
Four foreign hostages employed by oil services giant Schlumberger were released unharmed on Saturday after more than three weeks in captivity, security sources said. The men, from Britain, France, The Netherlands and Pakistan, were abducted on June 1 from the company’s residential compound in Nigeria’s oil capital Port Harcourt by kidnappers disguised as riot police.
Captain Richie McCaw and wing Joe Rokocoko scored late tries to snatch a 26-21 win for New Zealand over South Africa in their Tri-Nations match in Durban on Saturday. South Africa ruled the opening quarter by kicking much of their possession downfield and using their superior lineout to continue the attack..
Judgement has been reserved on a Treatment Action Campaign application for the reinstatement of 41 dismissed Khayelitsha health workers. Cape High Court’s Justice Siraj Desai said at the end of an afternoon of legal argument on Friday that he would give a ruling ”with or without reasons” at 10am on Tuesday.