FIFA president Joseph Blatter announced Friday from Cairo that the disciplinary committee of the world organization would open a case on Argentine coach Diego Maradona’s comments following the qualifier victory over Uruguay last Wednesday.
Venezuela’s capital Caracas Mayor Antonio Ledezma said that President Hugo Chavez suffers from “ideological delirium symptoms” because one day “he enshrines Fidel Castro, another Mao” and sometimes he “even praises Pinochet and Hitler”.
The United States federal deficit is at an all-time high, 1.42 trillion US dollars for fiscal year 2009, which ended September 30. However it was lower than forecasted In August, 1.58 trillion and much less than in May 1.84 trillion US dollars.
The US Treasury has criticised China for what it described as the lack of flexibility of the Chinese currency, the Yuan. It also criticised the rapid build-up of China's foreign exchange reserves in a report to the US Congress.
The tax affairs of 27 British Members of Parliament are being investigated following inspections of their taxpayer-funded expenses payouts, it has emerged. It follows a warning from the head of HM Revenue and Customs Dave Hartnett in July that politicians would be placed under increased scrutiny in the wake of the exposure of their claims.