Month: June 2010

(CNN) — South African activists are staging a “Poor People’s World Cup” to protest the exclusion of poor communities from the FIFA tournament. The Cape Town-based Anti-Eviction Campaign (AEC) says it is staging the event […] […]

PORT ELIZABETH, SOUTH AFRICA—Substitute Mark Gonzalez headed in the only goal in the 75th minute Monday, giving Chile a 1-0 win over 10-man Switzerland at the World Cup. Gonzalez headed in a pass from Esteban […] […]

A CARE assistant looking for love was murdered and dumped in a suitcase by a man she had met on the internet weeks earlier, a court heard today. The naked remains of 37-year-old Leah Questin […] […]

Jon Venables, one of the killers of toddler James Bulger, will appear in court next month charged with child porn offences, it has been confirmed. Venables, 27, is expected to enter his pleas to two […] […]

CAPE TOWN, SOUTH AFRICA—Portugal revived its World Cup campaign with a 7-0 rout of North Korea in Group G on Monday, eliminating the Asian team from the competition. Cristiano Ronaldo scored the sixth goal of […] […]

The World Cup fan who burst into the England dressing room and berated the players was today hailed a “national hero” by his friends as he appeared in court in South Africa. As Pavlos Joseph […] […]