Paris | Monday SCIENTISTS say they have pinpointed genes that cause a serious intestinal disorder, marking the first time that the multiple genetic causes of a disease have been identified. Variations in eight genes are implicated in Hirschsprung disease, a condition that affects about one newborn in 5 000, they report in research published online […]
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Not the movie of the week: The quirky styling of The Royal Tenenbaumsis just a veneer over a rather ordinary, and extremely shallow, movie, writes Shaun de Waal.
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Dakar | Monday THE New Partnership for Africa’s Development (Nepad) is a global plan aimed at lifting Africa out of its acute poverty through increased foreign investment, both private and public, and good governance by the continent’s leaders. A two-day summit on financing the initiative opens in the Senegalese capital Dakar on Monday in the […]
SUZANNE GOLDENBERG, Nablus | Friday The fight went out of al-Ayn refugee camp at dawn and the men came out with their hands in the air after a punishing Israeli bombardment forced them to the cruellest of choices: death or surrender. It’s not that we are scared to fight, but we have nothing to defend […]
Mail & Guardian reporter, Johannesburg | Friday A NEW “suspect” – the Reserve Bank, custodian of South Africa’s currency and reserves – is emerging in the quest to understand the rand’s nosedive late last year. Suspect number one – Deutsche Bank, fingered by South African Chamber of Business CEO Kevin Wakeford in a letter to […]
AFRICAN leaders were due to meet hundreds of global business chiefs in Dakar on Monday in a bid for cash to pay for an ambitious plan to lift the world’s poorest continent out of misery. But some continental heavyweights, who played a key role in putting the programme together, have pulled out at the last minute or are not attending.<br>
A DAY after a meeting in Harare between Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe and UN Security Council ambassadors ended in a heated argument, an explanation has emerged as to the cause of the outburst.