Archive for January, 2009

Obama’s Kenyan brother arrested

Saturday, January 31st, 2009

The Kenyan half brother of President Barack Obama has been arrested for alleged marijuana possession, say reports on AP and other media.
George Obama was arrested in Nairobi with one joint of marijuana, police chief Joshua Omokulongolo said.
“He is not a drug peddler. But it is illegal, it is a banned substance,” he told AP.
The US [...]

Thousands protest in Russian east

Saturday, January 31st, 2009

Several thousand people have held a rally in Russia’s Far East, demanding the government resign over the country’s growing economic problems.
The protesters in Vladivostok blamed Prime Minister Vladimir Putin’s cabinet for mismanaging the economy and suppressing political dissent.
The rally – which passed off peacefully – was the first in a series of protests expected in [...]

Risky move

Saturday, January 31st, 2009

As Zimbabwe’s Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) agrees to join a unity government with President Robert Mugabe’s ruling Zanu-PF, the BBC’s Brian Hungwe in Harare describes a sense of relief tinged with trepidation.
Curious human faces were peeping out of busy Harare skyscrapers, as crowds swelled around the MDC headquarters in central Harare.
It was a moment [...]

Clockwatch: Follow all the afternoon’s live action along with our football match reporters as the goals go in around the Premier League

Saturday, January 31st, 2009

1534: Here’s the latest…Arsenal 0-0 West HamAston Villa 0-0 WiganBolton 1-0 SpursFulham 1-0 PortsmouthHull 0-0 West BromMiddlesbrough 0-0 Blackburn

1532: GOAL Bolton 1-0 Tottenham (Puygrenier) Great ball from Davies releases Puygrenier and Bolton have the lead!

1531: Wigan should have taken the lead at Villa but De Ridder is denied by Friedel. Victory for Wigan [...]

Premier League: James Beattie scored as 10-man Stoke overcame Manchester City at the Britannia Stadium

Saturday, January 31st, 2009

This was physical, ill-tempered and had little continual quality. Stoke City, second-bottom when they woke this morning, will hardly mind though. Three points with 10 men will feel like a double victory and then some and is precisely what manager Tony Pulis would have asked for.
His team, despite the riches the visitor’s brought into town, [...]