(Al Jazeera English News Headlines: June 11, 2010) The 2010 World Cup kicked off today with the premiere tournament between South Africa and Mexico, but Nelson Mandela was absent from the opening ceremony after the loss of his thirteen-year-old great-granddaughter in a fatal car crash. Ethnic riots in Kyrgyzstan have killed at least 37 people and injured more than 500. And, animal rights groups are calling for an end to Thailand's unusual spectator sport, orangutan kickboxing, raising questions of animal cruelty.

(Al Jazeera English News Headlines: June 11, 2010) The 2010 World Cup kicked off today with the premiere tournament between South Africa and Mexico, but Nelson Mandela was absent from the opening ceremony after the loss of his thirteen-year-old great-granddaughter in a fatal car crash. Ethnic riots in Kyrgyzstan have killed at least 37 people and injured more than 500. And, animal rights groups are calling for an end to Thailand's unusual spectator sport, orangutan kickboxing, raising questions of animal cruelty.