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.
The Indian Supreme Court has issued a tourism ban in more than 40 government-run tiger reserves, in an attempt to strengthen protection of the endangered wild beast. The interim ban ordered by the nation's apex court is the first of its kind, which prevents any commercial activities in the "core zones" of the Project Tiger Forest.
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.
