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Breaking News Wed, 16 May 2012
Southern African countries collaborate on plans for climate research centre
African   Angola   Climate   Photos   Research   Wikipedia: Angola  
 The Guardian 
Southern African countries collaborate on plans for climate research centre
| Windhoek-based facility to open in August after South Africa, Angola, Botswana, Zambia and Namibia commit to project Sand dunes in Kunene, Namibia. Scientists believe southern Africa will be particu... (photo: EC / EC)
Climate change - sun and clouds in the sky - environment  Scoop 
Steps from historic Durban Climate Change Conference
Tuesday, 15 May 2012, 2:38 pm | Press Release: UNFCCC | Governments meeting in Bonn embark on next steps following historic Durban Climate Change Conference | Bonn, 14 May 2012 – Building on th... (photo: WN / Aruna Mirasdar)
Climate   Durban   Environment   Photos  
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)  Business Day 
Zuma’s approval rating falls, survey shows
| PRESIDENT Jacob Zuma 's approval rating fell to 46% in April, from a 55% high in February, TNS South Africa said on Monday. | "It was at this time that the e-tolling saga was at its height (but befo... (photo: AP / Schalk van Zuydam)
Business   Election   Photos   Politics   Wikipedia: Jacob Zuma  
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Alexis Tsipras, head of the Radical Left Coalition (SYRIZA) exits the Presidential Palace after his meeting with Greek President Karolos Papoulias, to formally take the mandate to form a coalition government in Athens, Tuesday, May 8, 2012. Al Jazeera
Why a repeat election is likely for Greece
| Political parties in Greece began a third and final attempt on Friday to form a government. Coalition talks have, so far, foundered on the fact that last Sunday’s... (photo: AP / Kostas Tsironis)
Election   Europe   Greece   Photos   Wikipedia: Greek legislative election, 2012  
David Peters, right, and Luke Whited, a gay couple who were joined in a civil union in their home state of Illinois, show their rings inside the Bourbon Pub, a gay bar, after being interviewed about President Obama's statement of support of gay marriage, in New Orleans, Wednesday, May 9, 2012. my SA
Gay marriage a distant dream around the world
| BANGKOK (AP) — China's government considered homosexuality a mental disorder until 2001. Mobs in Senegal have disinterred bodies of men they believe were gays and dra... (photo: AP / Gerald Herbert)
Activists   Gays   Marriage   Photos   Wikipedia: Homosexuality  
Death penalty opponents hold a sign outside the Governor's Mansion in Oklahoma City, Tuesday, May 1, 2012, to protest the execution of Michael Bascum Selsor. Al Jazeera
Anatomy of an American Execution
| In 2010, while making an episode of Fault Lines on the death penalty in the US, Josh Rushing interviewed death row inmate Michael Selsor. It was the only interview Sels... (photo: AP / Sue Ogrocki)
Crime   Justice   Photos   US   Wikipedia: Capital punishment in the United States  
Illegal gold mines imperil Peru's Amazon Al Jazeera
Illegal gold mines imperil Peru's Amazon
| Illegal gold miners in Peru are destroying thousands of hectares of the Amazon jungle that are home to some of the world's most important biologically diverse... (photo: UN / Devra Berkowitz)
Amazon   Mines   Peru   Photos   UN   Wikipedia: Amazon rainforest  
In this Thursday, Dec. 3, 2009, file photo, Iraq's vice President Tariq al-Hashemi speaks during a news conference in Baghdad, Iraq. Al Jazeera
Iraqi VP put on Interpol wanted list
| Tariq al-Hashemi, the Iraqi vice president, has been placed on an Interpol "red notice". | The notice pressures all 190 members of the Lyon-based police co-operative to... (photo: AP / Karim Kadim)
Business   Photos   Politics   Terrorism   Wikipedia: Tariq al-Hashimi  
Jacob G. Zuma, President of South Africa Business Day
Early prisoner release is fixing wrong problem
| THOUSANDS of offenders will be released from prison from next week following President Jacob Zuma ’s announcement last month that the government will grant a special ... (photo: World Economic Forum / Michael Wuertenberg)
Africa   Business   Photos   Prison   Wikipedia: Jacob Zuma  
A glass of clean drinking  water. Business Day
More drinking water meets global standard — report
| CAPE TOWN — The quality of drinking water in South Africa has improved significantly in the past year, with a "blue drop" score nationally of 87,6% — 15 percentage ... (photo: WN / Priya Dashini)
Africa   Environment   Health   Photos   Wikipedia: Water  
Call center agents - Night shifts - Workers Al Jazeera
Night shifts 'promote diabetes and obesity'
Changing the body's sleep cycle to fit shift-based work cycles could increase your risk of diabetes and obesity, research shows. | Medical researchers at Brigham and... (photo: WN / Yolanda Leyba)
Diabetes   Glucose   People   Photos   Wikipedia: Obesity  
Palestinian hunger strikers' appeal rejected Al Jazeera
Palestinian hunger strikers' appeal rejected
| Israel's Supreme Court has rejected an appeal by two Palestinian prisoners on hunger strike in protest at being held without charge, their lawyer has said. | The two pr... (photo: WN / Ahmed Deeb)
Court   Hunger   Israel   Palestinian   Photos   Wikipedia: Palestinian people  
View from Sir Lowry's Pass towards Somerset West and Helderberg. Sir Lowry's Pass is a mountain pass on the N2 national road in the Western Cape province of South Africa. Independent online
SA ‘now a global leisure destination’
South Africa's status as a premier global leisure destination is now firmly established, Tourism Minister Marthinus van Schalkwyk said. | “We have the capability an... (photo: Creative Commons / Andresdewet)
Africa   Culture   Leisure   Photos   Tourism   Wikipedia: South Africa  
Politics Wild Life
- ANC policies may dictate credit rating
- Rand recovers from five-month low
- Alexis Tsipras: Austerity will send us 'directly to the
- Birthdays, Suits and Presidents
Helen Zille, Cape Town city mayor and leader of the main opposition party, center, outside the court in Cape Town, South Africa, Tuesday, Sept. 11, 2007. Zille appeared briefly in court in connection with a demonstration outside the houses of alleged drug dealers. Police say that Zille is encouraging self-style vigilantes to take the law into their own hands, whilst her supporters say the demonstrations reflect growing fury that drug lords are targeting children and ravaging entire communities with impunity.
Zille speech interrupted
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- Congo-ex general said to be recruiting child soldiers again
- With Open Arms: How a Congolese Refugee and a Few Hard Worki
- Group: Congo general recruiting children again
- Carbon Survey Aims to Help Reduce Nation's Greenhouse Ga
 The leader of the Lord´s Resistance Army, Joseph Kony , left, and his deputy Vincent Otti (dn1)
Kony's right-hand man captured in riverbank ambush
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Economy Society
- Stefanutti results ‘reflect conditions’
- Cargo Carriers posts revenue rise
- Growth in Africa depends on food security, says UN
- Prasa pleased by response to tender for rolling stock projec
File - A woman and her children are pictured on the outskirts of Fertait, a village in Jonglei, South Sudan, burned down during the recent escalation of ethnic clashes in this area, 7 January, 2012.
Half of South Sudan facing food shortages, warns UN
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- What's wrong with bribing a foreign official or two?
- E-tolling threatens South Africa's credit rating
- Savannah View: Mandela’s Autopsy, Miranda’s Passion
- AGCO building distribution center in Johannesburg
Helen Zille, Cape Town city mayor and leader of the main opposition party, center, outside the court in Cape Town, South Africa, Tuesday, Sept. 11, 2007. Zille appeared briefly in court in connection with a demonstration outside the houses of alleged drug dealers. Police say that Zille is encouraging self-style vigilantes to take the law into their own hands, whilst her supporters say the demonstrations reflect growing fury that drug lords are targeting children and ravaging entire communities with impunity.
Zille speech interrupted
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Industry Health
- Paul G. Marshall, entertainment lawyer, dies
- Fight climate change
- India says it is acting to resolve its workers' crisis i
- Virgin Atlantic to stop Kenya flights by Sept
Ethiopian Airlines
Ethiopian Airlines ignores turbulence to focus on growth
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- Nation At 65th World Health Assembly
- Expert wants structures in place before Ghana’s GMO la
- Calls for Zille’s resignation
- Zille ‘not fit to hold office’
Death penalty opponents hold a sign outside the Governor's Mansion in Oklahoma City, Tuesday, May 1, 2012, to protest the execution of Michael Bascum Selsor.
Anatomy of an American Execution
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