Sophie Anderson evicted from Celebrity Big Brother
SHE could have potentially had to stay in the Celebrity Big Brother house for three weeks — if she had been popular enough to stay until the final. So Sophie…
Army summoned to quell violence
LUCKNOW. — The Indian army was called in, an unusual measure, to contain communal violence pitting Hindus against Muslims that killed at least 15 people in northern Uttar Pradesh state.…
Notorious B.I.G. autopsy report released
THE Notorious B.I.G. (real name Christopher Wallace) sustained four gunshot wounds the night he was murdered in L.A. back in 1997, according to a just-released autopsy report. Wallace, who was…
Boks buzzing
AUCKLAND – Heyneke Meyer’s South African side arrived in New Zealand yesterday bristling with confidence and already focussed on what could be the defining clash of this year’s Super Rugby…
Amr Moussa returns
CAIRO. —Amr Moussa, a stalwart of the government of Egypt’s veteran autocrat Hosni Mubarak, has been selected to chair the committee entrusted with amending a constitution pushed through by the…
Unlocking Zim’s artistic conscience
At the gallery In 1962, Frank McEwen found the need of establishing a school to bestow the National Gallery with works for exhibitions here and abroad. In its studio space,…
Tokyo win games bid
BUENOS AIRES -The International Olympic Committee went for a familiar, trusted host, selecting Tokyo for the 2020 Summer Olympic Games and signaling that playing it safe was preferable to more…
Misbah wanted doubled ton
HARARE. — Misbah-ul-Haq wanted Younis Khan to reach his double-century before calling an end to Pakistan’s second innings but said the senior batsman would have been fine even if the…
Stage set for World War lll
St Petersburg. — Battlelines are drawn between cold war rivals, the United States and Russia over Syria with the former angling for military action while the later pledged to stand…
Africa passed the test
Tichaona Zindoga The word expediency means doing what is convenient rather than what is morally right. In politics, this is one word that is often pouted by those with, or…



