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A Sudanese court sentenced four Islamists to death for a second time on Monday for the murder of a US diplomat and his driver in Khartoum last year.
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/ 12 October 2009
Barrack Obama reaffirmed an "unwavering" commitment to end discrimination against gay people, including the ban on openly serving in the military.
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/ 11 October 2009
German chancellor Angela Merkel on Saturday waded into the row over Google’s plans to build a massive digital library.
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/ 10 October 2009
The ANC said on Friday it had “read with regret” comments in the <i>M&G</i> attributed to national executive member Billy Masetlha.
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The higher education landscape used to consist of 36 institutions spread across the country. Some were in under-resourced rural areas, other in cities
It seemed the perfect gesture to burnish Jacob Zuma’s credentials as a man of the people. A hotline inviting South Africans to let off steam.
The new appointments at the grandiose-sounding State Security Agency should not fool anyone: they are about loyalty.
The tastes of all cinema goers are catered for this week, with a cheesy anime remake and an entertaining comedy also showing on circuit.
Readers of the <em>Mail & Guardian Online</em> can see a brand new episode of ZA News — the satirical puppet show — from Tuesday to Friday.
Your complete guide to the Johannesburg leg of the Spring Art Tour — what to see, what to do and where to eat.
Nissan has unveiled a concept car that tilts to the side when going around bends to make drivers feel like they are gliding through the air.
Burundian forces fired live rounds in the air to deter hundreds of Congolese refugees from returning home, officials said on Wednesday.
France’s Louvre says it is open to the idea of returning Pharaonic steles that Egypt has alleged the museum bought despite knowing they were stolen.
A Taiwan crematorium plans to use exhaust from its ovens to power its air-conditioning system, officials said on Wednesday.
The skier stands on top a vertiginous drop, the camera on top of his helmet picking up snowy peaks in the distance.
Britain on Tuesday expressed disappointment with Sri Lanka’s handling of war-displaced civilians.
Turkish riot police on Tuesday used tear gas and water canons to break up a rally by 2 000 anti-IMF protesters in Istanbul
Germany said on Tuesday that it saw a "moral hazard" in raising the resources of the International Monetary Fund.
He may be about to make history, but JM Coetzee will not be ruining his reputation as a reclusive writer by turning up at the Booker Prize ceremony.
Southern Africa is home to five of Africa’s best-governed countries, according to a study released on Monday.
A job centre in northern Germany has come up with a novel way to match unemployed people with potential employers: job speed dating.
Iraq’s top Shi’ite cleric has warned that he may call for a boycott of January’s election if MPs adopt a closed voting system, an aide said on Monday.
US women have attacked the film world’s backing for director who again faces threat of trial for unlawful sex with 13-year-old girl in 1977.
Thousands missing after earthquake devastates countryside and rescue workers begin to look for bodies rather than survivors.
Ireland has voted decisively in favour of the Lisbon treaty just 16 months after it first rejected the European Union reform plan.
Zimbabwe’s former information minister, reputed to be the mastermind behind Zimbabwe’s harsh media laws, has rejoined Zanu-PF.
A surfer from New Zealand has recounted how he survived the Pacific tsunami this week by riding out the succession of waves for almost an hour.
France is sitting on a time-bomb of massive public debt as a fragile economic recovery takes hold, the French head of the WTO warned on Friday.
China overtook the United States as South Africa’s biggest export destination in the first half of 2009.
Somali pirates on Friday captured a Spanish fishing boat in the Indian Ocean, marking a return of sea bandits from the lawless Horn of Africa country
ABB and the WWF have an international partnership that seeks to promote leadership in sustainability and alternative energy solutions
Law and order has almost always been a political no-brainer; even in the most tranquil of democracies voters thrill to the rhetoric of the big stick.