Irish charity fundraiser John O'Shea attacks Manchester United football manager Sir Alex Ferguson as "greedy" for demanding £90,000 to attend a Cancer charity function in Ireland in 1999. According to O'Shea, a sports celebrity demanding 'appearance money' from a charity is unheard of in his experience. Ferguson's appearance fee amounted to half the money raised. The fundraisers, until now unaware that Ferguson had taken half the proceeds, denounce his behaviour and say if they had known about it at the time they would have cancelled the event.
Former Argentinian president Carlos Menem is charged with tax fraud for failing to declare a Swiss bank account containing $600,000. If convicted he could be debarred from public office. {Link without Title}
Zimbabwe an opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai tells his supporters to "fight fear" as they campaign against President Robert Mugabe . His comments follow the decision of Zimbabwe's police to occupy the offices of Zimbabwe's only privately owned Newspaper in defiance of a court order that the newspaper could resume publication. {Link without Title}
