Richard Holbrooke, the US diplomat who brokered the accord that ended the war in Bosnia died on Monday after emergency heart surgery.
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/ 10 December 2010
The ripples from the WikiLeaks scandal made a fairly gentle landfall in South Africa last week.
US diplomats were scathing about SA government leaders who splashed out millions of rands on fancy cars while many lacked access to basic services.
The US embassy in South Africa decided in 2001 that it would deal with a "prickly, hyper-sensitive, shrill and defensive" president Thabo Mbeki.
Zuma’s intelligence and tactical acumen acknowledged
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/ 10 December 2010
WikiLeaks has released a secret diplomatic United States embassy cable listing two SA companies seen as critical to American interests.
Communist allies North Korea and China proclaimed their unity as the North’s leader held a meeting with a senior Chinese envoy.
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/ 8 December 2010
What you learn in school appears to be critical to your health, according to a study released in the United States.
Australian Foreign Minister Kevin Rudd on Wednesday said the US, not WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange, was to blame for the leak of secret cables.
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/ 8 December 2010
Peace talks between Israel and the Palestinians appeared to have collapsed on Wednesday after Washington admitted its attempts have failed.
Nato has drawn up plans to defend the Baltic states against Russian threats, US diplomatic cables released on Tuesday by WikiLeaks showed.
The trustee charged with recouping assets for victims of fraud convict Bernard Madoff is suing banking giant HSBC and related entities for $9-billion.
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/ 7 December 2010
The US, South Korea and Japan all urged China to help rein in its ally North Korea and vowed solidarity in defending Seoul from any further attacks.
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/ 6 December 2010
WikiLeaks reveals the fear of African embassy officials that US-China relations might hamper Chinese funding to the region.
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/ 6 December 2010
Developer Wraypex was dealt a severe blow on Monday in the North Gauteng High Court when it lost its claim against four green lobbyists.
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/ 6 December 2010
When your high-profile divorce hits the media, it may hurt your company. Here’s why.
Japanese, South Korean and United States foreign ministers meet on Monday to plot strategy towards an increasingly provocative North Korea.
WikiLeaks has divulged a list of key infrastructure sites that the US believes could pose a critical danger to its security if they come under attack.
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/ 5 December 2010
Leaked diplomatic memos said EU president told the US ambassador that the EU no longer believed in success in Afghanistan.
Tiger Woods takes his first victory in more than a year at the World Challenge golf tournament in California.
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/ 5 December 2010
World climate talks in Cancún enter their final stretch with fears of a repeat of the failures that nearly wrecked the 2009 Copenhagen summit.
China accused some developed nations on Friday at the UN climate talks of seeking to kill the Kyoto Protocol pact to curb global warming.
The WikiLeaks website was fighting to stay online on Saturday after Sweden issued a new arrest warrant for its elusive chief.
The latest revelations could mean the end of Zim’s unity government
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/ 2 December 2010
The United States is worried about a "considerable deterioration" in press and other freedoms in Madagascar.
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/ 2 December 2010
Neutron bomb inventor Samuel Cohen died from complications of stomach cancer on Sunday at his home in Los Angeles.
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/ 2 December 2010
An United Nations Security Council committee blacklisted a commander in the army of the Democratic Republic of the Congo for ordering massacres.
The United States on Wednesday faced a storm of anger from foreign governments who were scrutinised in leaked cables.
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/ 1 December 2010
Complacency among young people is causing a new surge of the Aids epidemic in the United States and European nations a top United Nations expert said.
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/ 1 December 2010
For the John F Kennedy-assassination conspiracy junkie who has everything: Lee Harvey Oswald’s coffin. Body not included.
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/ 1 December 2010
To many fans of The Simpsons, it seemed that the long-running cartoon might at last have overstepped the line.
After the latest WikiLeaks revelations, the US government is reversing almost a decade of post-September 11 efforts into sharing sensitive documents.