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/ 12 January 2011
Business confidence in SA improved slightly in December but remains vulnerable due to shaky investment and household spending, a survey shows.
Lebanon’s government on Wednesday looked set to fall after Hezbollah and its allies warned they would quit unless demands over a UN tribunal are met.
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/ 12 January 2011
A troop of baboons has inadvertently discovered a new citrus cultivar for a farmer in the Western Cape.
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/ 12 January 2011
The National Union of Mineworkers (NUM) and platinum producer Lonmin have reached a wage agreement after protracted talks.
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/ 12 January 2011
Three valets at a Mauritius hotel are being held by police over the death of the daughter of a top Irish sports personality, who was strangled.
The DA on Wednesday expressed concern over reported plans by a senior police officer to present an apology to MP Winnie Madikizela-Mandela.
Australia’s third-biggest city, Brisbane, was besieged on Wednesday by once-in-a-century floods.
More than 60% of voters have already taken part in south Sudan’s independence referendum, meaning the result of the vote will now be valid.
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/ 12 January 2011
Heineken has acquired controlling interests in five breweries in Nigeria, expanding its capacity by nearly a third in the fast-growing African market.
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/ 12 January 2011
The status of the estimated 1,5-million to 2-million southerners living in northern Sudan is one of the major problems that need to be resolved.