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/ 27 October 2008
Ethiopia’s Foreign Ministry on Monday vowed to comply with a UN-sponsored deal signed a day earlier by rival Somali factions for a phased withdrawal.
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/ 27 October 2008
Sudanese security officers burst into a theatre in the cultural capital of war-torn Darfur and arrested three actors when the curtain came down.
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/ 27 October 2008
SA police warned on Monday they would take action against hate speech by politicians, who are making tough remarks about the breakaway faction.
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/ 27 October 2008
A Frenchman became trapped while trying to fish his cellphone out of the toilet on a train, forcing firefighters to cut through the U-bend.
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/ 27 October 2008
Syria protested vehemently on Monday over what it said was a US attack on a border village that left eight civilians dead.
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/ 27 October 2008
Public servants, such as teachers, healthcare workers, policemen and women are (or should be) a valued part of any developmental effort.
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/ 26 October 2008
The ANC said it would not attend a convention by a dissident faction aimed at launching a rival party to contest next year’s elections.
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/ 26 October 2008
The deepening economic crisis may appear to be the perfect storm for environmentalism, but many in and around the green movement contend the opposite.
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/ 26 October 2008
Israeli Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni was expected to announce her failure to form a new government on Sunday and call for snap general elections.
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/ 25 October 2008
Catholic bishops meeting in Rome said on Friday they want the word of God to be heard through what could be considered an unlikely channel: iPods.
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/ 25 October 2008
More than 500 Palestinian security reinforcements deployed in the southern West Bank town of Hebron on Saturday.
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/ 25 October 2008
A draft US Army report has identified the popular micro-blogging service Twitter and Global Positioning System maps and as potential terrorist tools.
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/ 24 October 2008
World stock markets plunged deep into negative territory on Friday as gloom gathered over the global economy.
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/ 24 October 2008
The Nicolas Sarkozy "voodoo manual" hit the top of internet retailer Amazon’s bestseller list in France on Friday, despite his attempts to ban it.
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/ 24 October 2008
Zambia’s acting President Rupiah Banda on Friday called for peace and unity ahead of next week’s presidential elections.
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/ 24 October 2008
While it’s a formality for Bills that squashed the Scorpions to be approved in the NCOP, in reality the unit was already on the skids.
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/ 24 October 2008
Beset by Islamic militancy and economic woes, Pakistani lawmakers now face a new challenge — an infestation of rats.
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/ 24 October 2008
Zimbabwe’s opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai will attend a summit next week aimed at saving a troubled power-sharing accord.
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/ 24 October 2008
ON CIRCUIT: <i> Lakeview Terrace</i>, starring Samuel L. Jackson and <i> Max Payne</i>, starring Mark Wahlberg.
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/ 24 October 2008
Like all government departments the Scorpions had its troubles and challenges, but there are a number of bodies in need of more urgent attention.
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/ 23 October 2008
The Competition Commission has recommended that the Competition Tribunal approve BHP Billiton’s proposed merger with Rio Tinto — with conditions.
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/ 23 October 2008
Zakes Mda rebuts Stephen Gray’s reports of plagiarism.
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/ 23 October 2008
Asian stocks tumbled on Thursday as fears that the world’s biggest economies are shrinking sparked fresh panic.
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/ 23 October 2008
There is a growing pressure on the modern man to embody the perfect male images we see around us every day.
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/ 23 October 2008
He might not be as well known as some of his contemporaries, but it is not surprising that JMG Le Clézio has been awarded the coveted prize.
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/ 23 October 2008
The secrecy and tight restrictions on information give rise to suspicion and mistrust.
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/ 22 October 2008
The rand fell to a six-year low against the dollar on Wednesday, losing about 60% of its value this year as it dipped as low as 11,07 to the dollar.
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/ 22 October 2008
Sri Lanka’s Tamil Tiger rebels struck back against a major government offensive on Wednesday with suicide attacks on merchant ships.
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/ 21 October 2008
Opposition parties on Tuesday had mixed reactions to Finance Minister Trevor Manuel’s Medium-Term Budget Policy Statement.
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/ 21 October 2008
Woolworths and the South African Commercial, Catering and Allied Workers’ Union have reached agreement to resolve an organisational dispute.
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/ 21 October 2008
Martin Amis and Ian McEwan are among several literary figures to rally in support of Roberto Saviano, author of a best-selling mafia exposé.
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/ 21 October 2008
Optimism grew on Tuesday that the global financial crisis was being brought under control as stock markets surged.