Kim Jong-un has been identified as head of a top decision-making body of the Workers’ Party, giving him authority over political and military matters.
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/ 26 December 2011
Online volunteers could be set the task of spotting tell-tale signs of alien technology, evidence of mining and rubbish heaps in moon images.
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/ 26 December 2011
A new financial assertiveness and cultural self-confidence is growing in Africa, fuelled no less by a technology boom.
North Korea’s leading newspaper has referred to the son of Kim Jong-Il as head of a key ruling party body, suggesting he’s on track to take control.
Former Atalanta captain Cristiano Doni has reportedly admitted helping to fix Serie B matches involving his team last season.
North Korea has warned of ‘unpredictable catastrophic consequences’ for relations unless Seoul eases restrictions on visits to mourn Kim Jong-Il.
Sudan’s army has killed a key rebel leader from the Darfur region — three days after anti-government forces began advancing on the capital Khartoum.
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/ 25 December 2011
Tando Mabunu is forming an application against former president Nelson Mandela’s grandson and his now wife Nodiyala Mandela for contempt of court.
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/ 24 December 2011
Supporters of Côte d’Ivoire’s former president Laurent Gbagbo have protested outside The Hague, promising to celebrate Christmas with him.
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/ 24 December 2011
Syria’s Muslim Brotherhood has denied it was responsible for Friday’s Damascus suicide bombings that killed 44, saying the claims were fabricated.
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/ 24 December 2011
The death toll following violence over the past two days in northern Nigeria has risen sharply from seven to 46, medical sources have said.
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/ 24 December 2011
The Proteas’ latest fast bowling sensation has sustained a knee injury during practice for the second Test against Sri Lanka.
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/ 24 December 2011
Mandla Mandela is set to wed on Saturday morning despite being interdicted by his estranged first wife Tando Mabunu.
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/ 24 December 2011
Arab League monitors are to meet Syria’s top diplomat on Saturday, a day after suicide bombers killed 44 people in attacks Damascus blamed on Al-Qaeda
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/ 24 December 2011
Sharks flyhalf Frederic Michalak has reached a verbal agreement on a three-year contract to play for Toulon.
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/ 24 December 2011
South Africans are spending less on food and health care compared to the last two years, said debit and credit card distributor Sureswipe on Friday.
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/ 24 December 2011
Russian billionaire Dmitry Rybolovlev completed his takeover of Monaco on Friday and promised to invest at least $130 million in the struggling club.
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/ 24 December 2011
Veteran opposition leader Etienne Tshisekedi, who has rejected Joseph Kabila’s re-election, held his own "swearing in" ceremony at his home on Friday.
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/ 24 December 2011
Russia successfully tested on Friday its two new Bulava intercontinental missiles, which experienced several failures in the past.
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/ 24 December 2011
Fuel shortages at petrol stations in inland provinces will probably last until around the third week in January, the energy department said.
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/ 24 December 2011
The US Central Intelligence Agency has suspended drone missile strikes on gatherings of low-ranking militants in Pakistan.
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/ 24 December 2011
After testing your knowledge of the people, events, milestones and disappointments of 2011, see how much you remembered.
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/ 24 December 2011
Test your knowledge of the people, events, milestones and disappointments of 2011. No cheating!
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/ 23 December 2011
Archbishop Rowan Williams’s decision to probe the diocese of Chichester will throw the spotlight on abuse by clergy in the Anglican Church.
Democratic Republic of Congo police have fired teargas at supporters of opposition leader Etienne Tshisekedi and banned his "swearing-in" ceremony.
New Zealand’s Christchurch has been rocked by a fresh series of powerful earthquakes, sending terrified people fleeing into the streets.
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/ 23 December 2011
Convicted former police chief Jackie Selebi’s health does not look good and he needs the medical attention, according to his lawyer.
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/ 23 December 2011
Poet Rita Dove’s Penguin Anthology of 20th Century American Poetry attacked by renowned critic Helen Vendler for valuing ‘inclusiveness’ over quality.
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/ 23 December 2011
As Wi-Fi hotspots increase, small businesses are giving free access to smartphone and tablet users, turning a nice profit from increased customers.
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/ 23 December 2011
The SA National Roads Agency was contacting customers on Friday to reverse administration charges deducted erroneously from e-tag accounts.
Democracy champion Aung San Suu Kyi is due to visit Burma’s Parliament for the first time to meet with the powerful lower house speaker.
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/ 23 December 2011
Banyana Banyana crashed to a 3-0 defeat at the hands of a new-look Zimbabwe in the annual Unity Cup at the Rufaro Stadium on Thursday.