Sirte was protected by the Muammar Gaddafi regime but now his forgotten hometown is simmering with anger at being side-lined in a "new" Libya.
Disgraced former national police commissioner Jackie Selebi is yet to apply for medical parole, despite being "seriously ill" in hospital.
A Norwegian report concluding that the anti-Islam militant who killed 77 people in July is insane, has been approved by a medical review commission.
ArcelorMittal SA believes that Sishen Iron Ore Mining Company Limited is obliged to continue supplying iron ore in terms of an existing agreement.
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/ 22 December 2011
From the malign to the ridiculous, the madcap to the simply weird — there was no shortage of offbeat moments in world sport this year.
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/ 22 December 2011
In an educational revolution of sorts, a growing number of Israeli schools are taking a new approach to teaching Arabic: They’re hiring Arab teachers.
Trade and Industry Minister Rob Davies says there is no confusion regarding the beneficiaries of the B-BBEE Amendment Bill.
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/ 22 December 2011
Reporters without Borders claims 66 journalists have killed this year — many of them covering Arab revolutions or political turmoil in Pakistan.
A medical review panel is split on a report that concluded the Norwegian militant who killed 77 people in July is psychotic and unfit to go to jail.
Human Rights Watch says DRC security forces have killed 24 people since President Joseph Kabila won a disputed presidential election.