China’s government announced food subsidies for poor families on Wednesday as it tries to cool a double-digit surge in prices that communist leaders worry might stir unrest. The Cabinet promised to ease shortages of vegetables and grain that helped push up food prices by more than 10% in October. It promised more supplies of diesel […]
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/ 17 November 2010
The <i>M&G</i> reviews Harlem’s second album, <i>Hippies</i> and Gospel artist Lizz Wright’s latest offering, <em>Fellowship.</em>
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/ 17 November 2010
Retailers can expect a good festive season as consumers plan to spend on furniture, appliances and electronic goods.
Clinton Nassif’s "contradictory" testimony gives the state grey hairs in trying to keep Glenn Agliotti in court.
The ANC Youth League does not want academic research on the nationalisation of mines, and it does not want the research to be independent of the ANC.
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/ 17 November 2010
The 26-year-old Khayelitsha man, taken in for questioning on Tuesday in connection with the hijacking of a British couple, has been formally charged.
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/ 17 November 2010
Amritpal Singh, owner of a building that collapsed in New Delhi, killing 67 people, was arrested on Wednesday.
London’s burgeoning folk scene seems to have sprung up out of nowhere.
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/ 17 November 2010
Aid workers in South Sudan have criticised the government for not helping with the influx of citizens hoping to vote from the north.
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/ 17 November 2010
A koala has caused a stir at an Australian pub, wandering inside during a stormy evening and taking up a position above the bar before promptly falling asleep.