In an interview on a U.K. channel rapper and actor Ice-T defended the constitutional right of Americans to bear arms. The debate on gun-control has been rekindled by the Colorado shooting that took place Friday, resulting in the death of 12 and injury of 59.
On Wednesday, team Greece's triple jumper Voula Papachristou has been expelled from the Olympics game this Friday for posting on her Twitter and Facebook page inappropriate comments about the African immigrants in Greece. The Hellenic Olympic Committee confirmed the news saying that she has been dismissed from the team "for statements contrary to the values and ideas of the Olympic movement," as reported by the Associated Press.
On Tuesday, Ghana's president John Atta Mills died shortly after reports of throat cancer. The 68-year-old died in a military hospital in the nation's capital, Accra.
On Tuesday, Egypt's newly elected president, Mohamed Morsi of the Muslim Brotherhood, appointed Hisham Qandil as the country's prime minister. The water resource minister has been asked to form a cabinet as the new Prime Minister.
