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/ 1 November 2011
Scientists have entered a new path for regenerative medicine by altering age-worn cells in people over 90 into rejuvenated stem cells.
The Chinese artist who was held in detention for close to three months says he has been ordered to pay the tax but would challenge the demand.
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/ 1 November 2011
Gabon’s constitutional court has ruled that elections must take place in December, overruling ruling party and opposition bids to delay.
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/ 1 November 2011
President Jacob Zuma says he will testify at the inquiry into the multi-billion rand arms deal.
Amnesty International says Uganda is resorting to increasingly repressive measures, including the arrest and harassment of activists and journalists.
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/ 1 November 2011
The UN Security Council has condemned piracy in the Gulf of Guinea off the West African coast and backed regional plans to tackle the growing problem.
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/ 1 November 2011
A leading anti-mafia campaigner and MP is preparing to flee Brazil after receiving a barrage of death threats from Rio de Janeiro’s violent mafia.
Thailand is trying to stem growing anger among victims of its catastrophic floods as the government plots the economy’s recovery.
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/ 1 November 2011
NUM has reached a wage agreement with Exxaro Coal, which included the joining of its non-member operations to the Chamber of Mines by 2013.
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/ 1 November 2011
A fourth person has died in a Benoni hospital after contracting the antibiotics-resistant superbug New Delhi metallo-beta-lactamase.