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Catherine Brahic, Marina Lemle and Sophie Hebden

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Catherine Brahic, Marina Lemle and Sophie Hebden

Connectivity in SA: ‘Heads should roll’

Despite the massive growth in broadband connectivity, the number of South Africans with access to the internet will grow by little more than 3% in 2007. A report shows that…

High-speed internet coming to Eastern Cape

Residents and businesses in the Amathole district in the Eastern Cape will enjoy high-speed internet access as well as free voice-over-internet-protocol (VoIP) phone calls within…

Small-arms conference ends without agreement

The United Nations world conference on small arms has collapsed without agreement — despite the majority of governments, including the European Union and many African and Latin…

Iraqi intellectuals targeted by assassins

Iraqi assassins are being asked to take aim at hundreds of intellectuals whose names appear on a hit list circulating in the country by an unknown group, according to media…

Getting serious about global warming

The Kyoto Protocol will cut the developing world’s greenhouse-gas emissions — implicated in runaway global warming — by at least one billion tonnes by the end of 2012, according…

New worm targets Yahoo! Mail users

A new JavaScript worm has been identified that exploits an unpatched vulnerability in Yahoo! web mail. The worm, JS.Yamanner@m, spreads from person to person when the user opens…

World needs renewed focus on ‘neglected diseases’

Medicines to treat common diseases in poorer countries tend to be old and are often ineffective. But the pharmaceutical industry has little incentive to research new drugs:…