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/ 21 October 2009

My left foot

Ah yes, the gap between theory and practice. Science and engineering are littered with examples. And Land Rover may have just added to that list.

By Staff Reporter
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/ 21 October 2009

Reitz victim unhappy with UFS decision

A University of Free State cleaner involved in the Reitz racism saga said nobody had consulted them on a decision to invite the student back.

By Staff Reporter
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/ 20 October 2009

Zim Cabinet meet goes ahead despite boycott

President Robert Mugabe led a Zimbabwe Cabinet meeting on Tuesday despite a boycott by unity partner Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai.

By Staff Reporter
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/ 20 October 2009

Nigerian president in talks with rebel leader

Nigerian President Umaru Yar’Adua has held his first-ever meeting with the leader of the main rebel group in the oil-rich Niger Delta.

By Staff Reporter
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/ 20 October 2009

Niger goes to polls amid opposition boycott

Voting on Tuesday got under way in parliamentary elections in Niger despite an opposition boycott and calls for a postponement.

By Staff Reporter
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/ 20 October 2009

Apple bucks recession trend with record sales and profits

Apple has surprised Wall Street by announcing record sales and profits, as the Californian technology company continues to defy the recession.

By Staff Reporter
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/ 19 October 2009

Egypt’s Brotherhood denies leader has quit

The deputy leader of Egypt’s Muslim Brotherhood denied reports on Monday that Supreme Guide Mohammed Mahdi Akef has quit.

By Staff Reporter
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/ 19 October 2009

Guns and grenades for Somali quiz winners

A ticket to jihad was the prize for the winners of a team quiz organised by Somalia’s insurgent Shebab group recently.

By Staff Reporter
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/ 19 October 2009

Seventy percent oppose ban for UK filesharers

Plans to force internet service providers (ISPs) to disconnect suspected illegal downloaders have been roundly rejected in a new poll.

By Staff Reporter
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/ 18 October 2009

UFS drops racist video charges

The ANC has criticised a university rector’s decision to drop disciplinary charges against four white students whose video sparked a race outcry.

By Staff Reporter
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/ 18 October 2009

Pakistan sends troops for assault on Taliban

More than 30 000 Pakistani soldiers launched a long-expected assault on the Taliban lair of South Waziristan on Sunday.

By Staff Reporter
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/ 18 October 2009

Microsoft opens Windows 7 with a Tupperware touch

Somewhere in your email inbox last week you may have received from an acquaintance an invitation to a "Windows 7 Launch Party".

By Staff Reporter
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/ 17 October 2009

Müller the Nobel madam: An extract

Romanian-born German writer Herta Müller took the 2009 Nobel Prize in Literature, beating longstanding favourite Amos Oz.

By Staff Reporter
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/ 17 October 2009

‘Drawn into a scandal where none exists’

In the spirited articles that the <i>M&G</i> has published on me since 2007, facts and my side of the story have always been insufficiently consulted.

By Staff Reporter
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/ 17 October 2009

Baby survives after train hits pram

The CCTV footage shows a baby’s pram rolling off a train platform as the mother makes a desperate lunge to save her son.

By Staff Reporter
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/ 16 October 2009

Google delivers forecast-beating financial results

The California-based company reports revenues of $5,94-billion for the last three months, with profits up 27% in the same period.

By Staff Reporter
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/ 16 October 2009

Rethink deployment

An important lesson President Jacob Zuma is learning during the resurgence of service delivery protests is that a charm offensive can go only so far.

By Staff Reporter
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/ 15 October 2009

Courses, Seminar & Events

Courses, Seminars & Events

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/ 15 October 2009

EU, Greenpeace row over safety of GM food

The EU Commission stressed on Thursday that health and environmental factors were foremost in approving genetically modified foodstuffs.

By Staff Reporter
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/ 15 October 2009

Pull the other one

Heard the one about a telecom company being a law firm with an antenna stuck on top? Except it’s not funny.

By Staff Reporter
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/ 15 October 2009

The rationale for reviewing mergers

Errol Tyobeka explains the need for a conference
to assess the incoporation process of higher education institutions.

By Staff Reporter
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/ 15 October 2009

Arctic summer ice could disappear within decades

An expedition has confirmed that ice is thinner than expected, highlighting fears that the region could be free of ice within a few decades.

By Staff Reporter
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/ 15 October 2009

Fugitive caught after updating his status on Facebook

Some people take to becoming a fugitive like a duck to water. They lay low, go out only in disguise, even create whole new identities. Others do not.

By Staff Reporter
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/ 14 October 2009

Gabon opposition rejects court validation of Bongo win

Gabon’s failed opposition candidates on Wednesday urged mass resistance and rejected a top court’s validation of the contested poll win of Omar Bongo.

By Staff Reporter
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/ 14 October 2009

Japanese airline asks fliers to flush first

A Japanese airline is taking its weight-saving efforts to new heights, asking passengers on some of its flights to visit the restroom before flying.

By Staff Reporter
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/ 14 October 2009

‘Hitler salute’ garden gnomes invade German town

A German town was bracing on Wednesday for a rally by 1 250 garden gnomes with their arms raised in a Hitler salute — all in the name of art.

By Staff Reporter
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/ 14 October 2009

Unsafe abortions kill 70 000 a year

About 70 000 women die every year and many more suffer harm as a result of unsafe abortions in countries with restrictive laws on ending pregnancy.

By Staff Reporter
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/ 14 October 2009

New Leonardo da Vinci painting ‘discovered’

Art experts believe a new portrait by Leonardo da Vinci may have been discovered thanks to a 500-year-old fingerprint.

By Staff Reporter
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/ 13 October 2009

Pakistan jets bomb Taliban’s tribal sanctuaries, killing six

Pakistani fighter jets on Tuesday killed six suspected militants in fresh strikes on Taliban strongholds in the northwest, officials said.

By Staff Reporter
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/ 13 October 2009

Narina Trogon: Cool sophistication, fantastic food

I want to live at Narina Trogon. I want those beautifully designed tables and chairs, bright, airy spaces and intriguing artwork to be mine.

By Staff Reporter
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/ 13 October 2009

Apple admits existence of data-eating bug

Apple has acknowledged that a bug in its Snow Leopard operating system can delete all of a user’s documents, music and video files.

By Staff Reporter
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/ 13 October 2009

Reggae, blues and electro-pop

<I>M&G</i> reviewers have been hard at work selecting sounds to look out for this summer.

By Staff Reporter
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