Kevin Pietersen walks back to the Trent Bridge pavilion after being bowled off an inside-edge by Mohammad Asif for nine. Photograph: Tom Shaw/Getty Images The Pakistanis complimented Kevin Pietersen by using both of their reviews in an attempt to get rid of him. This was based more on Pietersen’s reputation than the evidence of their [...]

Hundreds of people looking for employment wait in line at an over-50s job fair in New York in April. US joblessness now stands at 9.5% and one in six are believed to be under-employed. Photograph: Spencer Platt/Getty Images A crippled housing market. Stubbornly high levels of unemployment. Falling consumer confidence. Slower growth in industrial production. [...]

Digging for diamonds in Marange, Zimbabwe. Photograph: Tsvangirayi Mukwazhi/AP Gamba has just bought big. This week he paid $22,000 (£14,300) for a single diamond. Judging by the big wad of folded US dollar bills in his pocket, it will not be his last. In three years Gamba estimates he has made more than $200,000 from [...]