Goals rained down on Saturday, with Arsenal beating Newcastle 7-3 and Manchester City edging Norwich City 4-3 to keep pace with Manchester United.
Congressional negotiators burrowed into their offices on Saturday to see if they could stop the US economy from falling off of a "fiscal cliff".
Rebels in the Central African Republic have seized another town in their advance on the capital, forcing an army retreat.
The death of a Indian woman after being gang raped reverberated beyond Asia to SA, a country battling its own levels of sexual violence.
Thousands of Indians have joined protests in a mass outpouring of grief and anger after a gang-rape victim died in a Singapore hospital
Six people have died from suspected dehydration after taking part in a KwaZulu-Natal traffic department recruitment fitness test, say SABC news.
The chairman of Zimbabwe’s human rights commission, appointed to help curb rights violations, has quit citing inhibiting laws and lack of resources.
Queen Elizabeth II has bestowed the bi-annual British honours. Recipients included a fashion designer, an illustrator and a scientist.
Cricket commentator Tony Greig – who helped revolutionise the game of cricket – never forgot his SA roots, former cricketer Ali Bacher has said.
Russia has warned that Syria president Bashar al-Assad would not be persuaded to leave, but insists a political solution to the conflict is possible.