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 Malema's double whammy weekend
ANC Youth League leader Julius Malema is in for a momentous weekend as he appeals against his temporary suspension today and the league’s executive holds its twice-postponed special meeting tomo... (photo: AP / Str) Independent online
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 Trayvon Martin death raises issue of racism in law enforcement, says Toni Morrison
| Nobel prize-winning novelist says Republican presidential hopefuls used hateful language against Barack Obama Toni Morrison says the Trayvon Martin case exposes racism in the US law enforcement syst... (photo: AP / Gary W. Green, Orlando Sentinel) The Guardian
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 South Sudan refuses to withdraw troops from oilfield
The President of South Sudan, Salva Kiir, has said he will not withdraw his troops from the Heglig oilfield on its disputed border with Sudan. | Speaking in parliament, M... (photo: UN / Tim McKulka) BBC News
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 Analyst says Somali pirates have new weapons from Libya
| CAPE TOWN (Reuters) - Somali pirates have acquired sophisticated weaponry, including mines and shoulder-held missile launchers from Libya, and are likely to use them in... (photo: AP / Gregorio Borgia) Daily Press
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 Future of Mali tourist attraction uncertain
When turban-swathed Tuareg rebels swept into Timbuktu last Sunday to plant the flag of their northern Mali homeland, they found very few tourists in the bars, hotels, mus... (photo: Creative Commons / Rgaudin) Independent online
Attraction Future Mali Photos Tourism Wikipedia: Mali |
 Günter Grass, Israel and the crime of poetry
| On Wednesday, April 4, 2012, the German newspaper Süddeutsche Zeitung published Nobel laureate Günter Grass’ poem (the German original) that has created... (photo: AP / Fritz Reiss) Al Jazeera
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 Airlines expanding into Africa
Africa is attracting more airline services and more hotel companies as business opportunities increase and tourism industries grow. | Low-cost airline 1Time, which is sti... (photo: WN / Dominic Canoy) Independent online
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 Rhinos killed for Asian cure-all
| Poaching on the rise as horns sell for more than cocaine in Vietnam. | Nguyen Huong Giang loves to party but loathes hangovers, so she ends her whiskey benders by tossi... (photo: Creative Commons / Neal Jennings from Toronto, ON, Canada) NZ Herald
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 Fears abound after fatal croc attack
Authorities at the Isimangaliso Wetland Park say they are monitoring their population of the reptiles after a woman was killed by a crocodile there on Tuesday. | CEO Andr... (photo: WN / Arturo Ubaub) Independent online
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 ‘Felt like rag doll when tiger grabbed me’
| South African conservationist and film-maker John Varty said he felt like a rag doll when one of his tigers recently attacked him and tried to drag him into its ... (photo: Creative Commons / Paxsimius) Independent online
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 ArcelorMittal SA nearly doubles CEO’s pay
| ARCELORMITTAL SA , a unit of the world’s largest steel maker, paid its CEO Nonkululeko Nyembezi-Heita R8m last year, almost double her remuneration in 2010, when no s... (photo: GFDL) Business Day
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