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/ 25 October 2010
An anti-Iraq War activist dramatically hurled shoes at former Australian prime minister John Howard on live national TV on Monday.
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/ 25 October 2010
BP will not quit the US over the oil disaster that had "threatened the very existence" of the energy giant, its new CEO said on Monday.
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/ 25 October 2010
The state’s handling of the trial of Glenn Agliotti, accused of the murder of Brett Kebble, came under fire at the South Gauteng High Court on Monday.
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/ 25 October 2010
The United Kingdom’s armed forces announced it will no longer be able to mount the kind of operations conducted in Iraq and Afghanistan.
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/ 25 October 2010
South African Conrad Stoltz won the 15th annual Xterra World Championship off-road triathlon in Makena, Maui, on Sunday.
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/ 25 October 2010
The National Union of Mineworkers (NUM) expressed concern on Monday that assets at Aurora’s Orkney and Grootvlei mines were being sold as scrap.
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/ 25 October 2010
Roger Federer won the Stockholm Open on Sunday, his 64th career title, which pulled him level with Pete Sampras to fourth on the all-time title list.
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/ 25 October 2010
The top UN diplomat in Afghanistan said on Sunday he will help with efforts to find a negotiated end to a war he believes has no military solution.
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/ 25 October 2010
Slain mining magnate Brett Kebble’s murder trial was set to continue in the high court in Johannesburg on Monday morning.
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/ 25 October 2010
South Africa’s government denied media reports on Sunday that pro-business planning chief Trevor Manuel might leave his job.
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/ 24 October 2010
South Africa’s government on Sunday vowed to reduce violent crime by signing a delivery pact which sets out a programme of action.
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/ 24 October 2010
Seven Kenyan football fans were killed on Saturday when crowds jostled to enter a stadium in the capital Nairobi.
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/ 24 October 2010
A former Fifa general secretary identified officials he said could take money in return for votes in the race to host the World Cup.
SA photographer Joao Silva lost portions of both his legs during a landmine blast in Afghanistan, yet continued to take pictures.
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/ 24 October 2010
Felling trees to meet demand for garden furniture is devastating villages, livelihoods and food supplies, and threatening endangered species.
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/ 24 October 2010
The wife of Clive Derby-Lewis was on Saturday caught trying to smuggle a laptop into hospital where he is being kept, correctional services said.
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/ 24 October 2010
The UN has called on Barack Obama to order a full investigation of US forces’ involvement in human rights abuses in Iraq.
South African photographer Joao Silva has been severely injured in southern Afghanistan, the <i>New York Times</i> reported on Saturday.
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/ 23 October 2010
Sandile Majali was released on bail early on Saturday after an urgent application was lodged in the Johannesburg High Court, his lawyer said.
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/ 23 October 2010
Colombian artist Fernando Botero is happy with the intimate attention New Yorkers and tourists pay to his giant bronze statue of a naked Adam.
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/ 22 October 2010
Centuries from JP Duminy and AB de Villiers propelled SA to the second biggest win in one-day internationals as they crushed Zimbabwe on Friday.
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/ 22 October 2010
The work of Durban’ s Bronwen Vaughn-Evans takes the from of intricate, mysterious and multi-
layered palimpsests.
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/ 22 October 2010
Hard-hitting poetry is highlighted in the Urban Voices Poetry Festival.
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/ 22 October 2010
Solidarity may approach cto halt Standard Bank’s retrenchment process if the bank does not immediately send a Section 189 notice to the trade union.
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/ 22 October 2010
ANCYL president Julius Malema’s attorneys have applied for a condonation order after he failed to pay a R50 000 fine, his lawyer said on Friday.
<i>The Medea Project: Theatre for Incarcerated Women</i> and <i>Urban Voices</i> return to Sun City (Johannesburg Prison) for Serious Fun. This year, Chinese-American poet and actor Beau Sia makes a second visit to SA and spends some time helping the female inmates find their voices.
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/ 22 October 2010
Haitian President Rene Preval said on Friday cholera had killed at least 138 people in the quake-hit country’s central region.
State Security Minister Siyabonga Cwele came in for criticism on Friday following his presentation dealing with the Protection of Information Bill.
Wayne Rooney performed a shock u-turn on Friday by signing a new five-year contract with Manchester United.
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/ 22 October 2010
Flooding in the West African state of Benin has affected 680 000 people, UN officials said on Friday.
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/ 22 October 2010
The fraud case against businessman Sandile Majali was postponed in the Johannesburg Specialised Commercial Crimes Court on Friday.