United Nations human rights officials said on Thursday that at least 173 people have been killed in Côte d’Ivoire in the past week.
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/ 23 December 2010
Scores of people were injured, some critically, by the strong winds and hail that hammered parts of the Eastern Cape.
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/ 23 December 2010
Legislation aimed at closing loopholes in land tenure will be published on Friday, the Rural Development Department said on Thursday.
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/ 23 December 2010
The UN Security Council has voted to increase the number of AU peacekeepers supporting Somalia’s government against al-Qaeda-inspired rebels.
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/ 23 December 2010
Global resources giant Anglo American said on Thursday that it has completed the sale of its interests in five undeveloped coal assets in Australia.
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/ 23 December 2010
Ownership targets still trump other aspects of transformation, which could remove the advantages for small business.
North Korea criticised major land and sea military exercises staged by the South on Thursday, but stopped short of threatening a retaliatory strike.
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/ 23 December 2010
Rio Tinto has offered $3,9-billion to buy Australian-listed coal miner Riversdale in an agreed deal.
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The head of the ground staff at the Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG) says there is no conspiracy in his switch of drop-in pitches for the fourth Test.
The international community may bolster the UN force in Côte d’Ivoire to head off any potential challenge by supporters of Laurent Gbagbo.