(Reuters) – South Africa captain AB de Villiers will miss the remaining two one-day internationals against New Zealand after being suspended for the team’s slow over rate in Saturday’s series opening defeat. “(Match reeferee) David Boon… imposed the suspension after the Proteas were ruled to be six overs short of their target at the end of the match when time allowances were taken into consideration,” the ICC said in a statement on Sunday. The ICC warned that should De Villiers be found guilty of the offence again in the next 12 months then he could be banned for eight ODIs or four tests. …
Airstrike near Syrian capital kills at least 7
BEIRUT (AP) -- Syrian activists say a government airstrike in a village near Damascus has killed at least seven people, including a mother, father and three children from the same family. What a Brazilian clown reveals about the crisis in legislatures
(Reuters) – Cross-dressing, semi-literate, potty-mouthed clowns aren't supposed to run for Congress. And if they do, they sure as hell aren't supposed to win. But Francisco Everardo Oliveira Silva--better known by his clown name Tiririca (Grumpy)--broke those rules, and several more, when he ran for Brazil's House of Deputies in 2010. Campaigning under the slogan "It Can't Get Any Worse" and wearing a women's blonde wig, Tiririca took satirical aim at Brazil's reviled Congress, where gridlock and corruption are rife. His campaign ads were hugely popular on television and the Internet. … 
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