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Officer killed in cash heist shootout

Independent Online - ‎2 hours ago‎
A police sergeant was shot dead and another wounded in a gun fight between police and robbers who held up two cash-in-transit cars on the N1 on Saturday morning, Gauteng police said.

Israeli troops board aid ship bound for Gaza

Times Online - James Hider - ‎1 hour ago‎
Israeli naval forces boarded an Irish-owned ship bound for Gaza today, just five days after killing nine passengers in a bloody raid on a previous aid convoy.

Body found in Orange Farm

Independent Online - ‎1 hour ago‎
The body of a man with two gun shot wounds to his head was found in an open field in Orange Farm on Saturday, Johannesburg police said.

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No chance of full scale war on Korean Peninsula: Lee Myung-bak

Xinhua - Zhang Xiang - ‎2 hours ago‎
SINGAPORE, June 5 (Xinhua) -- South Korean President Lee Myung- bak said Saturday here that there will be no full-scale war on the Korean Peninsula despite rising tensions over there.

Divided loyalties

BBC News - Jonathan Head - ‎2 hours ago‎
The Israeli commando raid on a Turkish ship carrying aid to Gaza has seen Turkey in the role of mouthpiece for the fury of the Muslim world.

Cyprus tells Pope split threatens heritage

Reuters - Tony Gentile - ‎1 hour ago‎
Pope Benedict XVI reviews an honour guard during a welcoming ceremony at the Presidential Palace of the Republic of Cyprus in Nicosia June 5, 2010.

India, SA support each other's bid for UNSC seat

Economic Times - ‎15 hours ago‎
NEW DELHI: India and South Africa agreed to focus on expanding bilateral economic relations and supported each other's bid for the UNSC non-permanent seat for 2011-12.

Several arrested for Congo activist's death

The Associated Press - ‎34 minutes ago‎
KINSHASA, Congo - A police commander in Congo's capital says several police officers have been arrested in connection to the killing this week of a leading Congolese human rights activist.

South Africa's Zuma faces another family scandal

Reuters - Thomas Mukoya, Ed Cropley - ‎39 minutes ago‎
South Africa's President Jacob Zuma attends the 20th World Economic Forum on Africa in Tanzania's commercial capital Dar es Salaam, May 7, 2010.
Zuma's fury over sex slur Independent Online

Vavi receives death threats

Independent Online - ‎4 hours ago‎
By Political Bureau As tripartite alliance tensions threaten to boil over, Zwelinzima Vavi has been threatened with death. An anonymous letter sent to the trade union boss warned that he would "die like Molefi".
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Dandala may decide to quit

Dispatch Online - ‎9 hours ago‎
CONGRESS of the People (Cope) parliamentary leader Mvume Dandala has for the first time confirmed that he sent a text message to deposed party president Mosiuoa Lekota about his intention to quit the organisation.

Zille claims 'toilet wars' conspiracy

Independent Online - ‎1 hour ago‎
By Christells Terreblanche While Western Cape premier Helen Zille claims a deeper political conspiracy behind the "toilet wars", the Human Rights Commission found that her administration "violated the rights" of Khayelitsha residents by not enclosing ...

Telkom CEO September To Step Down In November

Wall Street Journal - Robb M. Stewart - ‎Jun 4, 2010‎
JOHANNESBURG (Dow Jones)--The chief executive officer of Telkom SA Ltd. (TKG.JO), South Africa's dominant fixed-line phone company, will step down after three years in the post when his contract expires in ...

Gautrain readying for official launch

Fin24 - ‎6 hours ago‎
Johannesburg - Gautrain, the multibillion rand rapid rail project, will formally be launched on Saturday, erasing any doubts that the first phase of the R25bn project will be finished in time before the 2010 FIFA World Cup gets under way next week.

G20 shifts from stimulus to austerity

Times Online - ‎49 minutes ago‎
A meeting of G20 finance ministers ended in South Korea today with a clear call on governments around the world to put their fiscal houses in order as the global economy remains in the grip of deepening market turmoil and uneven growth.

Joy Ride becomes Project Natal launch game

Computerandvideogames.com - ‎21 hours ago‎
Microsoft's arcade racer Joy Ride has been reworked as a Natal launch title, CVG can reveal. According to a senior retail source, the title will be available on Natal from day one later this year - and will no longer be free-to-play.

Could Chrome OS revive slumping netbook numbers?

ZDNet (blog) - Zack Whittaker - ‎Jun 3, 2010‎
Google's new Chrome operating system will be out later this year. With XP in decline, has the netbook playing field opened up to increase success in the neglected device range?

SpaceX Falcon 9 achieves orbit on maiden flight

Register - ‎14 hours ago‎
The SpaceX Falcon 9 launched on its maiden flight on Friday at 11:45pm Pacific Daylight Time, 15 minutes short of the end of its four-hour launch window.

Andries Bekker's mistress says reports on her untrue

NewsTime - ‎4 hours ago‎
By Sthembile Shelembe ; Alet Strydom, the 22-year old mistress of Andries Bekker, has denied the reports on her sexual behavior while admitting to having an affair with the Stormers player in the knowledge that he was married when she met him.

Attorney: Gary Coleman has will from 1999

The Associated Press - Brock Vergakis - ‎13 hours ago‎
SALT LAKE CITY - A Utah attorney said Friday a client of his has been named the executor of Gary Coleman's estate with the power to make funeral arrangements for the late actor.
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Burnout at Bushfire

Mail & Guardian Online - Lloyd Gedye - ‎Jun 3, 2010‎
The corporate sponsorship buck plays a huge role in the South African arts sector. Think the First National Bank Joburg Art Fair, the Standard Bank Joy of Jazz, the MTN South African Music Awards and the Absa Design Indaba.
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Sir Paul brings down the House

Times LIVE - ‎Jun 3, 2010‎
US President Barack Obama and his family got into the swing of things at a White House concert staged as a tribute to British pop legend Sir Paul McCartney.

William says England morale high

The Press Association - ‎23 minutes ago‎
Prince William has said morale was high in England's World Cup dressing room despite the injury to Rio Ferdinand which has forced the team captain to pull out of the tournament.

Amnesty fires warning over lethal force during World Cup

AFP - ‎1 hour ago‎
JOHANNESBURG - South Africa police must not resort to a policy of shoot-to-kill just to relieve the pressure to protect football World Cup tourists from criminals, Amnesty International said on Saturday.

Dispute over Butch James shows players' welfare is being ignored

The Guardian - ‎17 hours ago‎
Premier Rugby's refusal to release Butch James for tomorrow's friendly between Wales and South Africa in Cardiff, a game arranged on a weekend designated by the International Rugby Board as a rest before summer tours, highlights the increasing demands ...

World Cup 2010: using football to kick out Aids in South Africa

Telegraph.co.uk - Jim White - ‎Jun 4, 2010‎
Witbank, like the whole of South Africa, is mad for football. Here, though, it is not glittering trophies at stake, but the safeguarding of young people from HIV and Aids, and a growing number of women players are helping to pass on a serious message ...

World Health Organization Scientists Linked to Swine Flu Vaccine Makers

ABC News - Todd Neale - ‎1 hour ago‎
Scientists who advised the World Health Organization on its influenza policies and recommendations—including the decision to proclaim the so-called swine flu a "pandemic" had close ties to companies that manufacture ...

In Sierra Leone, Children Must Not Serve As Bread Winners

Awareness Times - Aruna Turay - ‎20 hours ago‎
The universal definition of a child is someone below the age of eighteen years, entitled to such rights as care and protection, including the mandate on their parents and guardians and the government to give them decent education, ...
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