Greece’s interim government has pledged to create 150 000 new jobs in the first quarter of 2012 to alleviate the effects of an acute financial crisis.
Minority Front leader Amichand Rajbansi has died, aged 69, after being admitted to hospital for a respiratory infection earlier this year.
A little too late to benefit most motorists returning from their end-of-year holidays, the price of petrol and diesel is to drop next week.
The dispute over the Democratic Republic of the Congo’s presidential election has fizzled out, but a crisis over legislative polls is far from over.
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/ 29 December 2011
Hundreds of former Libyan rebels who helped topple Muammar Gaddafi this year have started filling out applications for jobs with the new government.
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/ 29 December 2011
Samoa is poised to leap into the future this week, losing Friday completely as it switches timezones to be closer to its major trading partners.
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/ 29 December 2011
An explosion at a warehouse in Burma’s biggest city has killed at least 17 people and injured dozens — but was not caused by a bomb, officials say.
President Jacob Zuma has named controversial advocate Nomgcobo Jiba to act as head of the NPA, replacing "invalid" appointee Menzi Simelane.
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/ 28 December 2011
The ANC Youth League has expressed their sadness at the lost of national executive and working committee member Vusi Mhlongo on Christmas Eve.
Six children and an adult have been hurt in a blast at an Arabic school in Nigeria, after deadly Christmas Day attacks on churches around the country.
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/ 28 December 2011
Zimbabwean police have arrested the owner of the boat that capsized on Christmas Day, killing 11 children, on charges of culpable homicide.
It might be unconstitutional, but that hasn’t stopped the transport minister from instructing police to confiscate the licences of traffic offenders.
President Barack Obama’s job approval rating climbed steadily this month as he fought Republicans over the extension of a payroll tax cut.
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/ 28 December 2011
Barely two weeks after the execution of an SA drug mule in China, three more South Africans have been arrested for drug trafficking.
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/ 27 December 2011
Sweden has sought the help of the US and European Union to secure the release of two of its journalists jailed in Somalia for supporting terrorism.
A Muslim leader has tried to calm tensions in Nigeria after deadly Christmas Day attacks claimed by Islamists that risk inflaming sectarian divisions.
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/ 27 December 2011
Government is yet to set a date for its planned HIV testing programme in schools around the country as a number of issues still remained unresolved.
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/ 27 December 2011
The Road Traffic Management Corporation has said more than 900 travellers have been killed on South Africa’s roads so far this December.
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/ 27 December 2011
Italy’s anti-trust authority has decided to impose a €900 000 fine on Apple for misleading consumers on assistance services and product guarantees.
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/ 27 December 2011
The department of correctional services has until January 6 to lodge an appeal against house arrest rulings handed to two of the Waterkloof Four.
Sachin Tendulkar has missed his 100th ton after he was sensationally bowled out on the second day of the first Test against Australia.
Prime Minister Vladimir Putin is ready for dialogue with the Russian protest movement to ensure that presidential polls are fair.
The death toll from killer floods in the Philippines has surged by more than 200, over a week after the disaster struck with officials expecting more.
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/ 27 December 2011
JC Kannemeyer, a leading authority in Afrikaans literature, died from a stroke on Christmas Eve.
Correctional services will apply for a review of the court order that allowed the changing of the sentences of two of the Waterkloof Four.
Kim Jong-Il’s son, Kim Jong-Un, is being lauded as the head of the workers’ party central committee while his uncle shapes as power-broker.
Jacob Zuma has condemned a series of bomb attacks in Nigeria and conveyed his condolences to his Nigerian counterpart, President Goodluck Jonathan.
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/ 26 December 2011
Chelsea have endured a third consecutive draw, with Clint Dempsey’s equaliser for Fulham further denting their rival’s Premier League title hopes.
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/ 26 December 2011
Extra Israeli police patrolled the streets of Jerusalem after a campaign by ultra-Orthodox Jews to segregate men and women erupted in violence.
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/ 26 December 2011
The electoral commission in the DRC has halted the vote count for parliamentary elections until experts arrive from the US and United Kingdom.
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/ 26 December 2011
Christian shops were burnt and hundreds of residents sought to flee one violence-torn city in Nigeria’s north-east, residents have said.
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/ 26 December 2011
Alex Ferguson has urged winger Ryan Giggs to extend his contract with the Premier League champions for another season.