- Love Game
Love Game
MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) – Steffi Graf might make a comeback to tennis
at Roland Garros to honour a promise to husband Andre Agassi if he wins a fourth Australian Open.
Agassi on Tuesday said that if he can win the men’s title at Melbourne Park on Sunday, former women’s world No.1 Graf “has to play [mixed] doubles with me in Paris”.
“For the record, and you’re the first to know this, if I win here Stef has to play doubles with me in Paris”, Agassi told the Australian Open’s official web site when asked who his dream mixed double partner would be.
“You can print that and I’ll hold you to it”, he was quoted as saying.
- One Dead In Gas Leak
One Dead In Gas Leak
Moscow (AP) – One man died and 18 other people were hospitalised after a poisonous gas leak at a petro-chemical plant in the Samara region, officials said Thursday. A total of 52 people complained of the effects of the gas.
Workers began to feel ill late Thursday at the plant in the city of Novokuibyshevsk, said Emergency Situation Ministry spokesman Victor Beltsov.
A shift chief died of the effects of the gas, which he identified as isoprene. Many of those who felt ill were treated on the scene, but 15 were hospitalised. Hospital authorities said they were in satisfactory condition and some would be released soon, Itar-Tass reported.
- Zakayev Kept On Bail
Zakayev Kept On Bail
London (AP) – A British judge on Thursday ordered that Chechen rebel envoy Akhmed Zakayev, who is accused by Russia of crimes including mass murder, remain on bail while the British government considers whether extradition proceedings should continue.
At Moscow’s request, police arrested Zakayev, an aide to Chechen rebel leader Aslan Maskhadov, at London’s Heathrow airport on Dec. 5. He was freed the next day after posting £50,000 ($78,500) bail.
On Thursday, Judge Timothy Workman ruled that Zakayev could remain at liberty, and during a brief administrative hearing at Bow Street Magistrates Court in central London, adjourned the case until Jan. 31.
“The court has received a request from the Home Office for further time”, Workman said, adding that he could not proceed with the extradition hearing without the authority of Home Secretary David Blunkett.