As Conrad Murray waits to hear his sentence for involuntary manslaughter, a tv interview is due to reveal he thought Michael Jackson was an addict.
In a report derided by Iran and likely to stir tension in the Middle East, the IAEA says Tehran has been trying to design an atomic bomb.
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/ 8 November 2011
Chinese-American designer Vivienne Tam has lifted the made-in-China label out of the discount bins and onto the world’s catwalks.
Muhammad Ali’s greatest foe, boxing legend Joe Frazier, has died just one month after being diagnosed with liver cancer at age 67.
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/ 8 November 2011
Michael Jackson’s personal doctor has been found guilty of involuntary manslaughter in the star’s death in 2009 but may not spend much time in jail.
The US says Boko Haram could attack three luxury hotels in Abuja after a report that more than 100 people have been killed in Nigeria since Friday.
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/ 6 November 2011
Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda is to announce Japan will join negotiations in Asia-Pacific trade agreement talks, despite opposition from farmers.
The US cut off funds to the Unesco as a punitive action after the Palestinian Authority was accepted into the United Nations agency as a full member.
New York’s billionaire mayor has lashed out at Occupy Wall Street protesters, calling them despicable after reports of self-policing in the movement.
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/ 2 November 2011
The US has expressed disappointment with Israel’s decision to speed up settlement building following Unesco’s grant to the Palestinians.
A key US senator is due to unveil a Bill that will triple US exports into Africa as China continues to expand its economic ties to the continent.
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/ 1 November 2011
A study has shown that women are more likely to sustain injuries in an auto accident because safety features are designed more with men in mind.
Iran has demanded an official apology from the Obama administration over US claims that Tehran plotted to kill the Saudi ambassador to Washington.
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/ 1 November 2011
Google Street View is taking its users into shops, gyms and restaurants in an effort to provide them with a better understand of what’s on offer.
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/ 1 November 2011
An American security commission has been accused of ulterior motives in claiming that US satellites were targeted by Chinese hackers.
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/ 31 October 2011
The US announced it has stopped funding Unesco, following its vote to grant the Palestinians full membership on Monday.
Palestine has become a full member of Unesco in a highly divisive move that the US and other opponents say could harm renewed Mid East peace efforts.
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/ 30 October 2011
The trial of Michael Jackson’s doctor Conrad Murray enters its final act as a jury prepares to consider whether the medic is guilty over his death.
Palestine’s bid to become a full member of the UN has received the full backing of South Africa, which has called for a speedy decision on the matter.
Days after a visit to Kabul visit by Hillary Clinton, Afghan President Hamid Karzai, says he would side with Pakistan in the event of war with the US.
President Barack Obama said on Friday the United States will fulfill its pledge to pull troops out of Iraq by the end of the year.
A Buddhist temple in Penang has held a religious ritual in which mourners bit an apple to hasten Apple visionary Steve Jobs’s reincarnation.
North Korea and the US will hold new talks in Geneva to discuss ways to restart regional talks on disabling North Korea nuclear weapons programme.
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/ 17 October 2011
The next three weeks are likely to determine the fate of global markets for the remainder of the year, writes <b>Matt Quigley</b>.
With two Mormons contending for the presidency and a growing media profile, the church has never been so popular — nor so closely scrutinised.
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/ 14 October 2011
Anti-Wall Street protesters vowed a pre-dawn show of strength to prevent their eviction from the symbolic Manhattan square.
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/ 13 October 2011
The ANC Youth League says the US’s incarceration of the "Cuban Five" proves that it has no respect for humanity and justice.
Iran has complained to the UN about an "evil plot" by the US, which claims Tehran is behind a plan to assassinate the Saudi ambassador to Washington.
The trial of Michael Jackson’s doctor Conrad Murray enters a third week, with the spotlight on alleged inconsistencies of the star’s final hours.
Hertz has suspended 34 Muslim shuttle drivers at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport for praying on company time.
Wall Street demonstrators in the US say politicians from both major parties are to blame for policies they say protect corporate America.
Five international bidders are sniffing around SA’s biggest ever tender: an estimated R1-trillion contract to build six new nuclear reactors by 2030.