Ian Bell made a century and Alastair Cook and Paul Collingwood half centuries as England continued its impressive Ashes build-up.
Madagascar troops who staged a mutiny and claimed to have seized power on the island were negotiating with the regime, a military source said.
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/ 18 November 2010
The man accused of killing honeymooning tourist Anni Dewani made a brief appearance in Cape Town’s Wynberg Regional Court on Thursday.
Guinea was under a state of emergency on Thursday amid growing international concern over deadly post-election violence.
Artlogic, the group that succesfully invented the Joburg Art Fair, has engineered a new concept aimed at festive-season shoppers.
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/ 18 November 2010
The sign says "Beware of Bees" as you enter the West Coast National Park.
New Zealand’s Richie McCaw and Mils Muliaina are set to become the most-capped All Blacks off all time against Ireland on Saturday.
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/ 18 November 2010
A 15-year-old girl gave birth to conjoined twins at Chris Hani-Baragwanath Hospital in Johannesburg, the <em>Star</em> reported on Thursday.
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/ 18 November 2010
A 26-year-old man accused of killing a tourist in a Cape Town township at the weekend was expected to appear in court on Thursday.
A sneaky 85th-minute goal earned the US a 1-0 win over Bafana in the annual Nelson Mandela Challenge at the Cape Town Stadium on Wednesday night.
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/ 18 November 2010
BlackBerry maker Research In Motion is ready to allow Indian authorities access to the emails and messages of its corporate customers.
A prima facie case exists against Glenn Agliotti, and his application for a discharge should therefore be dismissed, the state will argue on Thursday.
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/ 18 November 2010
Zimbabwe authorities arrested a journalist on Wednesday for a story alleging police recruited war veterans to take over senior posts, media reported.
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/ 18 November 2010
Twitter co-founder Evan Williams said the company was not running low on capital, amid media reports that it was considering raising funds.
African National Congress Youth League spokesperson Floyd Shivambu called for the creation of a state bank on Thursday.
The public protector’s office said at a conference it was in the process of reviewing the latest draft of the Protection of Information Bill.
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/ 17 November 2010
A 15-year-old schoolgirl and two boys, who allegedly raped her at a high school, were charged with statutory rape on Wednesday.
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/ 17 November 2010
The National union of Mineworkers called the South African Chamber of Mines liars for saying there has been an improvement on safety in mines.
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/ 17 November 2010
Shongweni massacre accused Sandile Ndlovu surprised his lawyer by pleading guilty in the Pinetown Regional Court.
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/ 17 November 2010
Women with stressful jobs that offer little room for decision making or creativity have an increased risk of suffering a heart attack.
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/ 17 November 2010
The Union of Angolan Journalists said it was worried by a recent rise in violence against reporters after a journalist was murdered.
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>
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
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
Voters in Madagascar are lining up to vote "yes" or "no" on a new constitution that calls for keeping a coup leader in power indefinitely.
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/ 17 November 2010
The new BMW 5 Series could well be the best of its type. The problem for <strong>Steve Smith</strong> is the type.
<b>Azad Essa</b>, a South African writer based in Qatar, gives us some insight into his life.
South Africa’s Bjorn Basson has proclaimed his innocence after he and a teammate failed doping tests.
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/ 17 November 2010
A sleepy pilot was to blame for a passenger plane crash in Southern India in in May that claimed 158 lives, reports said Wednesday.