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/ 8 February 2012
The US’s chief envoy to Afghanistan, Marc Grossman, has met with Taliban leaders in Qatar as part of efforts to get the rebels to negotiate.
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/ 8 February 2012
Chinese leader-in-waiting Xi Jinping’s visit to the US next week could set the mood for the next decade that he is likely to serve as president.
Barack Obama says the US has a good idea of the progress of Iran’s nuclear programme and has a military response ready should it be necessary.
Republican White House hopeful Mitt Romney romped to victory in the Nevada caucuses, cementing his position as frontrunner to take on Obama.
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/ 5 February 2012
China has become Iran’s top trading partner as the sanctions against the Islamic republic have become progressively tougher.
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/ 4 February 2012
Iran has pledged to aid any nation that challenges Israel, staking out a hard line to suggestions that military strikes are an increasing possibility.
The site is expected to sell a 10% stake for as much as $10-billion but there are doubts about its value.
Facebook has finally opened its kimono and started the process of offering its shares for public trading, writes <b>Alistair Fairweather</b>.
Angelo Dundee, the trainer who helped guide the careers of boxing giants Muhammad Ali and Sugar Ray Leonard, has died at the age of 90.
Angelo Dundee, the trainer who helped guide the careers of boxing giants Muhammad Ali and Sugar Ray Leonard, has died at the age of 90.
Facebook has filed to go public and is seeking a $5-billion initial public offering — the largest flotation by a Wall Street-listed internet company.
Leading scientists have complained that a <i>Wall Street Journal</i> article disputing climate change is akin to "dentists practising cardiology".
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/ 29 January 2012
Mitt Romney stormed towards a likely Tuesday victory in Florida that would make him strong favourite for the Republican presidential nomination.
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/ 26 January 2012
<b>Verashni Pillay</b> wishes the ANC would let its wannabe leaders be as open as the US Republicans.
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/ 25 January 2012
US military forces flew into Somalia to free hostages and killed nine pirates in a night-time helicopter raid.
As Republicans feud, President Barack Obama this week takes his re-election blueprint of economic justice, direct and unfiltered, to the voters.
A British journalist managed to book a cruise on the Costa Concordia — two days after the liner ran aground near Italy’s Giglio island.
The DA says Lindiwe Sisulu must take full responsibility for the use of two back-up aircraft to shadow Jacob Zuma’s jet to the United States.
As many as 10-million women worldwide have risked having the operation. <b>Kira Cochrane</b> asks why.
US government in danger of missing out on historic peace settlement in Afghanistan.
The protest against Sopa and Pipa has shown that governments of all stripes need to fear the internet, writes <b>Alistair Fairweather</b>.
Inventors of the hand-held camera and one of the US’s best-known companies Eastman Kodak has filed for bankruptcy, securing a $950-million lifeline.
US boxing champion Muhammad Ali has celebrated his 70th birthday, with friends and fans worldwide seeing him as "still the greatest".
Hillary Clinton has arrived in Côte d’Ivoire for the first time since 1986 to show US "commitment to strengthening democratic institutions".
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/ 13 January 2012
Environmental groups have praised US President Barack Obama’s move to limit uranium mining near one of the world’s natural wonders, the Grand Canyon.
Fred Karger will certainly not win the Republican nomination, but he has made history as the first openly gay candidate to run in the race.
Republican frontrunner faces dirty tricks and a ‘bare-knuckles’ contest in South Carolina.
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/ 13 January 2012
The survivor of a shooting, US Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords returns to the scene of the crime a year after 19 people were gunned down in Arizona.
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/ 13 January 2012
UK-based carmakers making a fortune from emerging markets’ penchant for luxury vehicles.
Barack Obama’s re-election campaign and Democratic allies have raised more than $68-million in the last three months, surpassing the Republicans.
Pretoria has yet to decide how it will respond to a call by the US to decrease oil imports from Iran — the source of 25% of SA’s overall supply.
Europe has been plunged in to the midst of the US presidential race after Mitt Romney accused Barack Obama of wanting a Euro-style welfare state.