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Delhi Daredevils Kevin Pietersen, left, walks off the field as he lost his wicket against Perth Scorchers, as Luke Ronchi, right, reacts with team mates during a Champions League Twenty20 game in Cape Town, South Africa, Sunday, Oct 21, 2012.
Cricket   Photos   Sports   Star   Wikipedia: Champions League Twenty20		  The Times of India 
Kevin Pietersen flops again with bat at Champions League
CAPE TOWN: An unhappy Champions League Twenty20 tournament for recalled England batsman Kevin Pietersen continued Sunday when he made a meagre nine runs. Coming in one place lower than usual at No 4... (photo: AP / Schalk van Zuydam)
South African President Jacob Zuma speaks during a meeting at Khayelitsha township on the outskirts of Cape Town, South Africa, Tuesday, Oct. 20, 2009.
Business   Economy   Photos   SAfrica   Wikipedia: Jacob Zuma		  Independent online (SA) 
Zuma upbeat
President Jacob Zuma has engaged in a charm offensive this week, calling the business and labour constituencies to work with the government to stabilise the economy, emerging with an agreement for... (photo: AP / Schalk van Zuydam)
Striking mine workers armed with machetes, sticks, and spears march to a smelter plant at the Lonmin Platinum Mine near Rustenburg, Wednesday, Sept, 12, 2012 to hand over a memorandum to mine management and to ensure that workers had not reported for duty. Miners are refusing to return to work until their demands over low pay and working conditions are met. Strikes are spreading to nearby gold mines.  CNBC 
Analysis: "You're fired" - or maybe not, South Africa's mines say
JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - According to his "final ultimatum" to wildcat strikers, Gold Fields chief executive Nick Holland is hours away from firing 23,000 miners. In the poisonous atmosphere of the... (photo: AP / Denis Farrell)
Africa   Economy   Gold   Photos   Wikipedia: South Africa
Ford Fiesta  Detroit Free Press 
Ford recalls Fiestas for air bags
Ford is recalling more than 154,000 Fiesta subcompacts to fix a problem with the side air bags. The company says that if the front passenger seat is empty, the side air bag won't inflate to protect... (photo: Creative Commons / kappadueinnovazione)
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File - In this photo taken Friday, Feb. 10, 2012, embattled African National Congress Youth League (ANCYL) leader Julius Malema, gives a black power salute, near Pretoria, South Africa, during his first public appearance since an appeals ruling to dismiss him from the ruling party was upheld. The ruling ANC upheld the ruling to expel Malema from his position as ANCYL leader. Independent online (SA)
Malema: Zim is an inspiration to Africa
Harare - Expelled ANC Youth League leader Julius Malema has called on South African whites to surrender land and minerals resources because “when they came from... (photo: AP / Denis Farrell)
Business   Photos   Politics   SAfrica   Wikipedia: Julius Malema
South Africa labor turmoil hitting growth Reuters
South Africa labor turmoil hitting growth
JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - Two months of crippling labor turmoil are likely to force South Africa to look again at its economic growth forecasts, the central bank's deputy... (photo: US DoD / Glenn Fawcett)
Africa   Johannesburg   Labor   Photos   Wikipedia: South Africa
England's Kevin Pietersen reaches his 100 during the second day of the first Test Match against India at Lord's cricket ground, London, Friday July 22, 2011. Independent online (SA)
KP makes subdued return from exile
Centurion, Pretoria – Controversial England batsman Kevin Pietersen struck 14 runs off 18 balls when he ended his cricket exile Saturday by playing for Delhi... (photo: AP / Tom Hevezi)
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South African President Jacob Zuma seen before a meeting held at Cape Town, South Africa, Tuesday, Feb. 9, 2010. South Africa's polygamist president has apologized to the nation after being criticized for having an extramarital affair that resulted in a daughter born in October. (AP Photo/Schalk van Zuydam) Star Tribune
SAfrica's Jacob Zuma faces criticism for having his private home upgraded using taxpayer money
JOHANNESBURG - South African President Jacob Zuma is embroiled in a new scandal over costly additions to his private home at the taxpayers' expense. The revelations of... (photo: AP / Schalk van Zuydam)
Election   Photos   Politics   Safrica   Wikipedia: Jacob Zuma
South African Democratic Teacher's Union members protest in Johannesburg, South Africa on Thursday Aug. 19, 2010. Unions are demanding an 8.6 percent wage increase and a 1,000 rand ($137) housing allowance. Wall Street Journal
Strikes Weigh on South African Economy
By PATRICK MCGROARTY And DEVON MAYLIE JOHANNESBURG—The South African government, in the face of continuing labor turmoil, has preferred to let companies and unions... (photo: AP / Themba Hadebe)
Economy   Johannesburg   Photos   S.Africa   Wikipedia: Marikana miners' strike
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon (right) meets with Romano Prodi, Chair of the United Nations-African Union (UN-AU) Panel of Distinguished Persons and former Prime Minister of Italy. Huffington Post
A Wise Man for Sahel
Ban Ki-moon, the Secretary-General of the United Nations, has appointed the former Italian Prime Minister Romano Prodi as his special envoy to the Sahel region, a large... (photo: UN / Evan Schneider)
Peace   Photos   Sahara   UN   Wikipedia: Romano Prodi
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Myanmar soldiers salute during a ceremony to mark the 65th anniversary of the 1947 assassination of Myanmar opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi's father, Gen. Aung San, at the Martyrs' Mausoleum in Yangon, Myanmar on Thursday, July 19, 2012. For the first time in decades, Myanmar state television broadcast the memorial ceremony for the country's independence hero, the latest sign of change in the former pariah nation. US invites Myanmar to joint military drills Al Jazeera
In this Wednesday, Oct. 17, 2012 photo, citizen journalism image provided by Edlib News Network, ENN, which has been authenticated based on its contents and other AP reporting, a Syrian man searches for people from under the rubble of a building that was destroyed by a Syrian force airstrike, at Kfar Nebel town, in Idlib province, northern Syria. Dozens of children reportedly killed in Syria Al Jazeera
Soldiers stand next to the body of a rebel of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, FARC, after clashes in Puerto Rico, Colombia, Saturday, July 25, 2009. Colombia and FARC set stage for formal talks Al Jazeera
Business
Wheat grain - food - India The rising price of wheat Al Jazeera
A Platinum Mining Giant Just Fired 12,000 Protesting Workers In South Africa A Platinum Mining Giant Just Fired 12,000 Protesting Workers In South Africa Business Insider
South African Airways taking off in Cape Town, Hottentots Holland Mountains in the background South Africa offers $600 million loan backing to state airline Hartford Courant
Culture
Tim Berners-Lee's tweet, "This is for everyone". An extended dance sequence followed, with songs including "My Generation" by The Who, "(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction" by the Rolling Stones, "She Loves You" by the Beatles, "Trampled Underfoot" by Led Zeppelin, "Starman" by David Bowie, "Bohemian Rhapsody" by Queen (during which the sound of the TARDIS could be heard), "Pretty Vacant" by the Sex Pistols (during which dancers on power jumpers wearing large heads with Mohawk hairstyles performed a pogo dance), "Blue Monday" by New Order, "Relax" by Frankie Goes to Hollywood (during which Frankie, asked by June for his name, replies by revealing one of the band's "Frankie say..." T-shirts), "Back to Life (However Do You Want Me)" by Soul II Soul, "Step On" by Happy Mondays, "Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This)" by Eurythmics, "Firestarter" by The Prodigy, and "Born Slippy .NUXX" by Underworld, ending with a sequence where the cast sang "I'm Forever Blowing Bubbles" as Frankie and June walk towards each other Rolling Stones still rocking after 50 years Al Jazeera
Climate change - sun in the sky in between the clouds - environment ‘Adaptation to climate change’ should be focus Business Day
Bollywood stars, Saif Ali Khan, left, and Kareena Kapoor, step out on a balcony to greet waiting fans after getting married in Mumbai, India, Tuesday, Oct. 16, 2012. Bollywood 'first couple' tie the knot Al Jazeera
Sport
Senegal's Moussa Konate celebrates after scoring against Britain during their group A men's soccer match at the London 2012 Summer Olympics, Thursday, July 26, 2012, at Old Trafford Stadium in Manchester, England. Senegal kicked out of Africa Cup of Nations - CAF France24
Breaking the cycle of poverty with schooling Breaking the cycle of poverty with schooling Al Jazeera
South Africa's Benni McCarthy arrives for the team training at Mark's Park training ground in Johannesburg, South Africa South Africa coach regrets Steven Pienaar and Benni McCarthy retirements Goal
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