adminJapanese car sales slump in China
TOKYO. — Japan’s top three carmakers yesterday said annual sales in China last year slumped as a consumer boycott sparked by a nasty Tokyo-Beijing territorial row took a heavy toll. Nissan — whichItaly pledges action on football racists
MILAN — Italian interior minister Annamaria Cancellieri yesterday called for “more incisive” action to be taken to end the abuse of non-white players by racist fans. Cancellieri was speaking after AC Milan’sDjokovic, Azarenka top seeds
SYDNEY — World number ones Novak Djokovic and Victoria Azarenka were named the top seeds yesterday for next week’s Australian Open tennis tournament in Melbourne. Djokovic, who beat RafaelGunners’s fixtures pile-up
LONDON — Arsene Wenger admitted he will have to step up his move into the transfer market after his Arsenal battlers left themselves with a fixture pile-up following the FA Cup soccer draw at SwanseaLampard to quit end of season
LONDON — English soccer star Frank Lampard on Sunday night publicly accepted his Chelsea career will be over this summer. Suggestions over the weekend that owner Roman Abramovich wasSaudi girl (15) locks herself in after being married to 90-year-old
A 90-year-old Saudi Arabian man is suing the family of his 15-year-old child-bride after she shut herself in her bedroom on their wedding night. The terrified teen locked the door from the inside so that herCat caught sneaking saw, phone into Brazil prison
A cat carrying a saw and a mobile phone was “detained” as it entered a prison gate in north-east Brazil, Brazilian media reported on Saturday. Prison guards were surprised when they saw a white cat crossingDrunk passenger duct-taped after causing chaos on plane
NEW YORK — A passenger aboard a flight to New York was restrained with duct tape by co-passengers after he allegedly attacked a woman and screamed the plane was going to crash, according to mediaWoman fired for being ‘too attractive’
A dental assistant fired because her boss thought she was too attractive wants the Iowa Supreme Court to reconsider its decision rejecting her discrimination lawsuit. Melissa Nelson’s attorney askedECZ in drive to promote ethical standards
Bulawayo BureauTHE Engineering Council of Zimbabwe will this year compile a list of registered engineers to promote ethical standards within the profession. ECZ is a statutory body established to regulate members of the