Bus driver from Guangdong dies after testing positive for the H5N1 strain, despite having had no apparent contact with poultry.
South Africa’s ruling party said to be rewriting the past to give itself the starring role as it celebrates its centenary.
Electricity lines that carry no current are strewn across eastern Cameroon, but residents hope a diamond mine will help turn on the lights.
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/ 31 December 2011
Manchester United wasted the chance to start the new year at the top of the Premier League when they were stunned 3-2 by strugglers Blackburn.
South Africa had lost a political heavyweight with the death of Minority Front Amichand Rajbansi, said IFP leader Mangosuthu Buthelezi on Saturday.
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/ 31 December 2011
A cavalcade of cars, motorbikes, quads and trucks set off from Mar del Plata on Sunday for the 33rd edition of the Dakar Rally.
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/ 31 December 2011
Ilse Naude, the wife of Afikaner theologian and anti-apartheid activist Beyers Naude, has died after a heart attack.
Burma has set a date of April 1 2012, for by-elections that could see pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi enter Parliament.
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/ 31 December 2011
Noo Saro-Wiwa was 14 when she found out her father, Ken, had another family. It took years — and his death — for her to begin to understand him.
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/ 30 December 2011
Warriors spin bowler Simon Harmer steamrolled the Cape Cobras, bagging career-best figures as the visitors stormed to a 139-run win in Paarl.
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/ 30 December 2011
Umalusi has announced its approval of the release of the 2011 matric exam results after decreeing the exams ‘valid, fair and credible’.
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/ 30 December 2011
State-owned oil company PetroSA has denied responsibility for the oil pollution at Diaz Beach in Mossel Bay following an investigation.
The World Bank has released $500-million to help the Philippine government’s recovery and reconstruction efforts after Tropical Storm Washi.
Kenyan troops clashed with al-Shabaab militants leaving several dead — the latest casualties in weeks of dragging conflict in southern Somalia.
Internet activists are urging regime opponents, emboldened by the presence of observers, to take to Syria’s streets despite unrelenting bloodshed.
The year has ended well, says President Jacob Zuma, with great strides made in improving education, healthcare and the fight against crime.
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/ 30 December 2011
Médecins Sans Frontières has confirmed that two staff members, a Belgian and an Indonesian, have been killed by a gunman in war-torn Mogadishu.
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/ 30 December 2011
Australian media has welcomed the return of the ‘killer instinct’ after the inconsistent team humbled India’s distinguished batting order to win.
Proteas skipper Graeme Smith has denied any thoughts of resigning after his team suffered a humiliating 208-run defeat by Sri Lanka at Kingsmead.
Warning of "seas of fire" and calling opponents "foolish", the new leaders of North Korea say the country’s stance against South Korea won’t change.
The funeral service for Minority Front leader Amichand Rajbansi, who died on Thursday, will be held at the Chatsworth stadium in Durban on Saturday.
Church leaders in Nigeria say Muslim extremists have made a "declaration of war" on Christians after a series of fatal attacks by Boko Haram.
A Zimbabwean parliamentarian has been held in custody for seven days after saying President Robert Mugabe had gay sex with another politician.
KZN DA leader Sizwe Mchunu, the man once labelled an ornament by Minority Front leader Amichand Rajbansi, was one of the first to send condolences.
An NGO that defends journalists’ rights in the DRC has denounced an ‘escalation of repression’ in the media around elections last month.
The past year has seen a record number of large ivory seizures across the world, confirming a sharp increase in the illegal trade in recent years.
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/ 29 December 2011
The international relations and cooperation department says the ashes of executed drug mule Janice Linden have been returned to her family.
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/ 29 December 2011
Britain-made, female-driven anthology <em>Bayou Arcana</em> is causing a stir for more than just its haunting images and storylines.
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/ 29 December 2011
Ségolène Bergeon Langle and Jean-Pierre Cuzin have quit advisory posts over The Virgin and Child with St Anne’s restoration.
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/ 29 December 2011
A Barcelona clinic has reported an 81% rise in demand for painful laser treatment to remove tattoos as competition for work intensifies.
Minority Front leader Amichand Rajbansi has died, aged 69, after being admitted to hospital for a respiratory infection earlier this year.
Doubts have been raised after a Sudanese general said the situation in Homs is ‘reassuring’ despite footage of monitors witnessing casualties.