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latest news & developmentsQ&A Sessions: ‘I want to leave a legacy in Russian rugby’ — Vuyo Zangqa
Former rugby sevens player Vuyo Zangqa talks about taking the reins of the Narvskaya Zastava Rugby Club and growing the sport on snow-baked fields
Egypt’s lucrative tourist sector under threat, again
Just as tourism was beginning to recover, an attack on a busload of South Africans highlights the dangers of travelling in Egypt
The red-letter month that kind of wasn’t
‘Russians do not refer to “the Russian Revolution” — they call it “October”’
Growth needs to be sustainable, says Gordhan
Finance Minister Pravin Gordhan has said the outcomes of the G20 summit shows that everyone is aiming towards balanced economic growth.
From New Russia to love
In St Petersburg, an underground arts movement is challenging the zeitgeist of greed, using kindness to turn old buildings into Utopias of creativity.
St Petersburg passes ‘anti-gay’ law despite outrage
Saint Petersburg passed a controversial law banning "homosexual propaganda", in defiance of protests by gay rights groups.
Federer, Henin, Boks win Laureus Awards
Top-ranked tennis stars Roger Federer and Justine Henin received the Laureus Awards on Monday as the world’s top sportsman and woman for 2007. Federer won an unprecedented fourth…
Putin accuses US of meddling in Russia vote
President Vladimir Putin accused Washington on Monday of plotting to undermine December parliamentary elections seen widely as a demonstration of his enduring power in Russia.…
Davydenko fined for lack of effort
World number four Nikolay Davydenko has been fined 000 for not trying hard enough during his shock defeat by Croatian qualifier Marin Cilic at the St Petersburg Open on Thursday.…
Police beat anti-Putin protesters in St Petersburg
Riot police wielding batons beat, kicked and chased anti-Kremlin protesters through the heart of St Petersburg on Sunday, a day after Russian authorities snuffed out a similar…
Golf cart politics divide G8 leaders
To ride in a golf cart or not to ride? That was the question driving a wedge between Group of Eight (G8) leaders even before they sat down for talks on Sunday. The G8 leaders…
G8 launches new bid on global trade
Group of Eight (G8) leaders on Monday launched a fresh bid to pin down an elusive global trade pact, seeking to give a positive outcome to a big-power summit riven by discords…
Mbeki delivers Iran nuclear message to G8
Group of Eight (G8) leaders have been told Iran is seriously considering a package of incentives aimed at getting it to halt its nuclear programme, South African President Thabo…
Blair leads call for France to cut back farm subsidies
British Prime Minister Tony Blair was on Sunday night seeking to orchestrate concerted European pressure to prod a reluctant France into bigger cuts in farm protection as stalled…
G8: Middle East violence overshadows agenda
World leaders were concluding an annual economic summit on Monday in hopes that their statement blaming Middle East fighting on Hamas and Hezbollah and recognising Israel’s right…