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/ 24 December 2008
<i>Mail & Guardian</i> reviewers celebrate the page-turners and head-turners in their Best Reads of 2008.
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/ 23 December 2008
Mutinous Guinean soldiers launched a coup attempt on Tuesday hours after the death was announced of long-serving President Lansana Conte.
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/ 23 December 2008
The Australian government said on Tuesday it would begin testing a pilot system next month to filter harmful information from the internet.
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/ 23 December 2008
Egypt confirmed their place among the giants of African soccer by winning the major national team and club competitions this year.
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/ 23 December 2008
A report, due out on Tuesday, is expected to clear US President-elect Barack Obama’s staff of any improper dealings with the governor of Illinois.
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/ 23 December 2008
Mining deaths have dropped by 23% despite the absence of a presidential audit report, trade union Solidarity said on Tuesday.
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/ 23 December 2008
Two more people have been admitted to hospital with suspected cholera in the KwaZulu-Natal Midlands, the provincial health department said on Tuesday.
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/ 23 December 2008
Three people were arrested in Daveyton, Benoni, for hijacking a taxi at gunpoint, police said on Tuesday.
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/ 23 December 2008
A masterful 197 by Chris Gayle saved the West Indies and ensured a drawn series as New Zealand gave up their run chase on Tuesday.
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/ 23 December 2008
Chelsea manager Luiz Felipe Scolari left Goodison Park seething on Monday and refused to talk to the media after captain John Terry was sent off.