Australia’s third-largest city, Brisbane, was turned into a "war zone" on Thursday with whole suburbs under water.
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/ 13 January 2011
The M&G’s <b>Faranaaz Parker</b> rounds up five odd things you may have missed this week, including solitary trips to Mars and Big Brother US.
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/ 13 January 2011
(DRC government troops have been blamed for abuses, including rapes and looting, in of Sud-Kivu to avenge the death of one of their colleagues.
Lebanon faces a political impasse after Hezbollah and its allies toppled the government over a United Nations-backed tribunal.
Obama implored Americans to cleanse their corroded democracy to fulfill the hopes of a nine-year-old girl gunned down in the Arizona shooting.
No problems were reported on the first day of the school year on Wednesday, education authorities said.
Parts of Abidjan were under a curfew imposed by Côte d’Ivoire strongman Laurent Gbagbo on Thursday.
Police have seized a service pistol and cellphone belonging to the police officer who had an altercation with Winnie Madikizela-Mandela, reports say.
South Africa’s fast bowlers struck early to set up a comprehensive 135-run win in the first one-day international against India on Wednesday.
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/ 12 January 2011
Prominent people have signed a petition in support of Archbishop Emeritus Desmond Tutu, after he was labelled an anti-Semite for his views on Israel.