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/ 15 January 2009
A 54-year-old Japanese man was caught impersonating his 20-year-old son during an exam, even getting a perm to make himself look younger.
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/ 15 January 2009
A Burma court has jailed a student activist for 104 years, officials said on Thursday.
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/ 15 January 2009
A commander who claims to have overthrown Laurent Nkunda as rebel leader in eastern DRC has set up a ruling committee, his spokesperson says.
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/ 15 January 2009
Russia’s refusal to pump gas to Europe and Ukraine’s reluctance to let any gas through left European leaders spluttering in fury on Wednesday.
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/ 15 January 2009
President-elect Barack Obama said on Wednesday that al-Qaeda and Osama bin Laden remain the "number one threat" to US security.
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/ 14 January 2009
SMS technology is now being used by health workers in Africa to monitor nutrition levels in their communities.
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/ 14 January 2009
Connoisseurs of early modern smut know that somewhere in Hieronymus Bosch’s 16th-century <i>Garden of Earthly Delights</i> there is a nude figure.
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/ 14 January 2009
It is not the first time I have woken up to find make-up smeared down my face after a late night.
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/ 13 January 2009
Pick ‘n Pay was on Tuesday voted the world’s best retailer by international retail organisation, the National Retail Federation.
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/ 13 January 2009
The DA’s new policy statement on energy and the environment, released on Tuesday, calls for a new ministry to be created.
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/ 13 January 2009
Business did not experience a good holiday period and retail sales are still down, the SA Chamber of Commerce and Industry said on Tuesday.
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/ 13 January 2009
South African stocks plunged more than 600 points by midday on Tuesday weighed by falling resource counters and continued global economic worries.
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/ 13 January 2009
The World Economic Forum (WEF) took a grim view of prospects for the world economy this year in a report released on Tuesday.
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/ 13 January 2009
Bernard Madoff, the financier accused of running a massive swindle, is to remain in his apartment after a judge rejected calls for him to be jailed.
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/ 13 January 2009
Russia on Tuesday vowed to fully restore the flow of gas to the European Union as quickly as possible, and blamed Ukraine for the crisis.
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/ 13 January 2009
Prolonged bickering by Zimbabwe’s political leaders is exacerbating the nation’s economic woes, the chief justice of its high court said on Monday.
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/ 12 January 2009
Investors may fear that a renewed focus on politicking after Monday’s Jacob Zuma judgement will divert attention from the reassurance they seek.
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/ 12 January 2009
ANC officials decided last month to reinstate former Nelspruit municipal manager Jacob Dladla — despite corruption allegations against him.
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/ 11 January 2009
The ANC election manifesto was "long on promises and short on credibility", Democratic Alliance leader Helen Zille said on Saturday.
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/ 11 January 2009
Toyota said on Saturday it plans to launch an electric car in the US by 2012 and boost its gas-electric hybrid offerings to as many as ten models.
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/ 10 January 2009
After years of state domination, private newspapers, radio stations and most recently a television channel are shaking up Angola’s media landscape.
Sasol plans to invest $10-billion by 2015 to develop coal liquefaction plants in Indonesia, it was reported on Friday.
Israel’s heavy-handed response to Hamas rocket attacks is an unfolding horror story, and each day brings fresh news of desperation and despair.
The JSE remained in positive territory in "dull" trade by midday on Friday as market players await the release of jobless figures in the US.
South African new vehicle sales continued to decline in December, falling 27,1% compared with December 2007, it was reported on Friday.
West African foreign ministers are set to gather in Abuja for the first part of a meeting that could formally suspend Guinea from the Ecowas group.
The Competition Tribunal on Thursday unconditionally approved cellphone operator MTN’s acquisition of a 69,4% stake in Verizon SA.
November manufacturing data released on Thursday reflects the reality of what could be a fairly fast slowdown in South Africa’s economy.
Japanese scientists said on Thursday they had successfully cloned the ancestral bull of a luxurious brand of beef.
Cellphone operator MTN said on Thursday that its acquisition of Verizon SA won’t thwart competition.
The wall between televisions and computers is crumbling and internet pioneer Yahoo! is swinging a virtual hammer.
President-elect Barack Obama on Wednesday warned "Wall Street has not worked" and promised a "substantial overhaul" of the US financial markets.