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Devotional self-flagellation
Devotional self-flagellation Shi'ite Muslims participate in a ceremony during the Ashura mourning period in Karbala, south of Baghdad, on Monday. More than 50 000 have converged on the city for the 10-day event . (Ahmad al-Rubaye, AFP) Read more
World Business

Obama presses US economic rescue

With the US economic outlook darkening, Barack Obama went to Congress two weeks before taking office to try to entice support for a stimulus package.
North Africa

Sudan says indicting president would risk bloodshed

Sudan's government accused Darfur rebels on Monday of planning to launch attacks if President Omar Hassan al-Bashir is indicted for war crimes.
Cricket

Australia turn the screws on SA

Australia were in a near impenetrable position at the close of the fourth day of the third Test against SA on Tuesday.
Middle East

Gaza peace talks under way in Egypt

A Hamas delegation was in Cairo on Tuesday to discuss an Egyptian-proposed ceasefire with Israel.
Education

DA: Teachers may have inflated matric results

Senior education officials allegedly instructed at least two teachers to inflate matric results, the Democratic Alliance said on Tuesday.
Southern Africa

WHO: Zimbabwe cholera death toll tops 1 700

Zimbabwe's cholera epidemic is picking up speed, with a total of 1 732 deaths out of 34 306 cases, the WHO said on Tuesday.
Environment

Premier warns of more KZN storms

More 'ferocious storms' may pound KwaZulu-Natal by as early as Friday, Premier S'bu Ndebele said on Tuesday.
Asia

India says Pakistan is whipping up war hysteria

Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh said on Tuesday that Pakistan was whipping up war hysteria.
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Time to re-think war on terror
Time to re-think war on terror
Gary Younge: Americans now realise that aggression fuels extremism
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Don't be fooled by the 'little' woman
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Israel pounds Gaza
Israel pounds Gaza
The UN Security Council on Sunday called for an end to all violence in Gaza. View the photo gallery
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Somewhere in the future I fear we will pay the price of the under-education of the OBE generation
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The long wait for help
Thembelihle Tshabalala goes to Musina and listens to Zimbabwean refugees suffering as they wait for asylum.
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Time to re-think war on terror
Israel has yet to learn the US lesson, that the war on terror was a failure
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Whenever "women and children" are killed -- the phrase has recurred in the coverage of the Israeli strike on Gaza -- we're meant to be horrified.
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Gas disruption bites in Europe
Russia halts gas supplies to the Balkans, Turkey and south-eastern Europe, while flows to Austria drop by 90% in a deepening price row
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Obama presses US economic rescue
With the US economic outlook darkening, Barack Obama went to Congress two weeks before taking office to try to entice support for a stimulus package.
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Australia turn the screws on SA
Australia were in a near impenetrable position at the close of the fourth day of the third Test against SA on Tuesday.
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Sundowns ready for Chiefs
Sundowns are looking to kick-start the second half of their Absa Premiership programme at the expense of Kaizer Chiefs on Sunday.
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Darfur peace push slowed by splits among rebels
International mediators pushing for new negotiations on Darfur are being hampered by divisions among Darfur's rebels.
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'We want to remain Ethiopian'
The mountainous region in north-eastern Ethiopia was ravaged by the border conflict that left about 80 000 dead between 1998 and 2000.
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Pakistan may outsmart India in diplomatic poker
India may be frustrated and even outwitted by Pakistan over the Mumbai attacks.
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Unemployment a social time bomb for Spain
Tensions mounting between native job-seekers and immigrants competing for a declining pool of work in Spain will intensify in 2009.
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Grand 'City of Music' sparks disharmony in Rio
At first glance, the "City of Music" appears to be in perfect harmony with Rio de Janeiro, Brazil's lyrical capital of Carnival.
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Saudis indulge long banned passion for silver screen
Decades ago film lovers in Saudi Arabia would crowd into clubs and halls to watch the same films enjoyed throughout the Arab world.
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Isn't it time for SA to take to two wheels?
It's not often that a politician proposes a change to the law that will loosen the state's grip on ordinary people's lives.
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China targets big websites in internet crackdown
China has launched a crackdown against websites that officials accused of spreading pornography and threatening youth morals, including Google.
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