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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.
A US report hinted at an improvement in labour market conditions after unemployment benefit claims rose less than expected last week.
As Apple chairperson, inventor and entrepreneur, Steve Jobs made an unprecedented impact on the world’s consumer electronics markets.
As Apple chairperson, inventor and entrepreneur, Steve Jobs made an unprecedented impact on the world’s consumer electronics markets.
Researchers are studying a new field of fossilised dinosaur tracks discovered in Arkansas, including those of a large three-toed predator.
Thousands of anti-corporate demonstrators backed for the first time by trade unions have raised the stakes in the revolt on Wall Street.
Tiger Woods has signed a partnership deal with Rolex, the world’s biggest luxury watch brand, marking his first major endorsement since his 2009 fall.
Amanda Knox has returned home to Seattle, one day after an Italian court cleared the 24-year-old college student of murder and freed her from prison.
Canadian cell biologist Ralph Steinman, who was awarded the Nobel Prize for medicine on Monday, died of pancreatic cancer last week.
Texas Governor Rick Perry expressed fresh doubt on Saturday about whether humans are causing climate change.
Captured American fugitive George Wright will claim a new identity to prevent the US from extraditing him, his lawyer say.
But the digital age may confront the old ways of hiding behind wealth and patronage.
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/ 29 September 2011
Warner is to unveil a web show that will create a new genre it calls a "social series" which uses pictures and music from a viewer’s Facebook page.
Italy overcame a determined effort by the United States to claim a 27-10 bonus-point victory on Tuesday and set up a Pool C decider against Ireland.
Amanda Knox is a "witch" whose lying ways belied her fresh-faced "soap and water" looks, a lawyer has told the court hearing her murder appeal.
A grim outlook for the US economy from the Federal Reserve and signs of a slowing in China and Germany has sent world stocks tumbling.