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New York mayor orders 250 000 to evacuate
Article
/ 26 August 2011

New York mayor orders 250 000 to evacuate

New York City mayor Michael Bloomberg has ordered a mandatory evacuation from several low-lying areas as Hurricane Irene looms.

By Staff Reporter
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/ 26 August 2011

Buffett invests $5-billion in Bank of America

Warren Buffett has thrown a lifeline to the Bank of America, nnouncing he would invest $5-billion in the beleaguered United States banking giant.

By Staff Reporter
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/ 26 August 2011

Escape from New York as Irene bears down

New Yorkers living in low-lying areas should think about moving out on Friday before Hurricane Irene hits the city of 8.4-million people.

By Joan Gralla
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/ 26 August 2011

Asian stocks rattled ahead of Bernanke’s speech

Asian stock markets were unsteady as investors waited to see whetherBen Bernanke would promise new steps to help the US economy ward off a double-dip.

By Pamela Sampson
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/ 25 August 2011

Irene batters Bahamas, threatens US north-east

Hurricane Irene battered the Bahamas on Wednesday on a track to the North Carolina coast that forecasters say could threaten the US north-east.

By Neil Hartnell
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Article
/ 24 August 2011

Steve Jobs quits as Apple CEO, hands reins to Tim Cook

Steve Jobs resigned as CEO of Apple on Wednesday and passed the reins to his right-hand man Tim Cook.

By Edwin Chan and Poornima Gupta
Tripoli falls, but SA still reluctant to recognise rebels
Article
/ 23 August 2011

Tripoli falls, but SA still reluctant to recognise rebels

More than 30 countries have recognised Libya’s rebel council, but SA has so far refused to accept its legitimacy, and criticised Nigeria for doing so.

By Katharine Child
Once-a-century quake rattles US East Coast
Article
/ 23 August 2011

Once-a-century quake rattles US East Coast

A strong earthquake rattled the US East Coast on Tuesday, sending tremors as far as Canada, damaging well-known buildings in the nation’s capital.

By Staff Reporter
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Article
/ 23 August 2011

Irene strengthens to Category Two hurricane

Hurricane Irene strengthened into a Category Two hurricane as it swept north of the Dominican Republic on Monday.

By Manuel Jimenez
US, Japan will bounce back, says Biden
Article
/ 23 August 2011

US, Japan will bounce back, says Biden

Joe Biden warned the world not to underestimate Japan and the US, saying the two countries are still Pacific powers and will overcome their problems.

By Jeff Mason
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Article
/ 23 August 2011

Counting the cost of the 9/11 wars

The global conflicts that have raged since 9/11 have seen no clear winners but many losers — at least 250 000 people have been killed.

By Staff Reporter
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Article
/ 21 August 2011

9/11 ten years on

"I think you’d better wake up," said a voice in my left ear. "The World Trade Centre’s on fire." It was very decent of my partner to stir me.

By Ed Vulliamy
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Article
/ 21 August 2011

Tinariwen: From the Sahara to New York City

Tuareg rockers Tinariwen have been exporting their acclaimed brand of desert rock to a worldwide audience for a decade.

By Staff Reporter
Please don’t wear our clothes … we’ll pay you
Article
/ 20 August 2011

Please don’t wear our clothes … we’ll pay you

Abercrombie & Fitch offered to pay a character in reality show <i>Jersey Shore</i> to stop wearing its clothes, fearing its image is being tarnished.

By Staff Reporter
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Article
/ 17 August 2011

US cigarette makers choke on new labelling rules

Four big cigarette makers have sued the US Food and Drug Administration, seeking to void as unconstitutional new graphic labels.

By Jonathan Stempel
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Article
/ 16 August 2011

Australian collar bomb suspect arrested in US

A man wanted in Australia for allegedly strapping a fake bomb to the neck of a teenage girl, has been arrested in the United States.

By Ivonne Rovira
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Article
/ 16 August 2011

North Korea warns of war as South, US float their boats

South Korea and the US have launched a massive joint military exercise, drawing condemnation from the North, which warned of "all-out war".

By Staff Reporter
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Article
/ 16 August 2011

GM maize being developed for fuel instead of food

Campaigners say plants being grown in US may worsen global food crisis, while farmers express cross-contamination fears.

By Staff Reporter
Obama’s election machine revs its engines
Article
/ 15 August 2011

Obama’s election machine revs its engines

President Barack Obama has begun a bus tour of the Midwest, focusing on jobs and the economy, and aiming to leave behind doubts about his leadership.

By Alister Bull
Bachmann eyes White House after Iowa poll victory
Article
/ 14 August 2011

Bachmann eyes White House after Iowa poll victory

Michele Bachmann won the Iowa straw poll on Saturday in the first big test of the 2012 Republican presidential campaign.

By Staff Reporter
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Article
/ 13 August 2011

US calls for Syrian oil and gas boycott

The US called on countries to stop buying Syrian oil and gas to pressure Syrian President Bashar al-Assad to step down.

By Arshad Mohammed
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Article
/ 13 August 2011

US court deals blow to Obama health care law

A US court on Friday dealt a new blow to the health care reform law, declaring its centrepiece provision unconstitutional.

By Stephen Collinson
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Article
/ 12 August 2011

Monsanto: The black stain on the biotech industry

The notorious agriculture company is walking a tightrope over evolution’s fiery maw with its practice of monoculture.

By Staff Reporter
The memorial architect: Arad’s 9/11 moment arrives
Article
/ 11 August 2011

The memorial architect: Arad’s 9/11 moment arrives

Architect Michael Arad first imagined the reflecting pools with waterfalls — he calls them voids — as two empty spaces in the Hudson River.

By Karen Matthews
Media-savvy lawyer for maid in Strauss-Kahn case
Article
/ 11 August 2011

Media-savvy lawyer for maid in Strauss-Kahn case

It was Kenneth Thompson’s role in the prosecution of police accused of beating and sodomizing a Haitian immigrant that put the lawyer on the map.

By Staff Reporter
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Article
/ 11 August 2011

White House rejects claim about Bin Laden raid film

Filmmakers producing a film about the US special forces raid that killed Osama bin Laden are getting help from the Pentagon.

By David Alexander
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Article
/ 11 August 2011

Wall Street slumps again as investors shun risk

US stocks tumbled more than 4% as rumours about the health of French banks sparked concern that the eurozone’s debt crisis could claim new victims.

By Staff Reporter
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Article
/ 10 August 2011

SA hit by global turmoil, bond yields driven down

Gloomy comments from the reserve bank were the backdrop to a fall in bond yields and a volatile day for the rand, which ended down against the dollar.

By Stella Mapenzauswa
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Article
/ 10 August 2011

Leukaemia tumours destroyed in gene therapy breakthrough

Scientists have for the first time used gene therapy to destroy advanced tumours in cancer patients — a goal that has taken 20 years to achieve.

By Deena Beasley
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Article
/ 10 August 2011

Get off our continent, pro-Libya SA group tells Nato

A civil society group has criticised the United States for trying to be the "policeman of the world" and interfering in the affairs of other nations.

By Hlengiwe Nhlabathi
Polygamous leader to keep grip on church from jail
Article
/ 10 August 2011

Polygamous leader to keep grip on church from jail

A polygamous sect leader whose followers believe he is a prophet who speaks directly with God is likely to continue to lead his church from jail.

By Jennifer Dobner
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Article
/ 9 August 2011

Texas polygamist sentenced to life in prison

The leader of a polygamist sect in Texas has been sentenced to life in prison for sexually assaulting two young girls.

By Staff Reporter
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