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Malema: Information blackout in place

Independent Newspapers Julius Malema. Photo: Phill Magakoe Johannesburg – There was an information blackout on the appeal hearing of African National Congress Youth League chief Julius Malema as it started in Johannesburg on Monday. It was not known whether the proceedings would continue on Tuesday. Earlier, ANC spokesperson Keith Khoza said party members had been

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Egyptian parliament elected in first post-Mubarak vote begins first session

AP January 22, 2012: Officials are seen in the People's Assembly in Cairo, Egypt. CAIRO –  The parliament elected in Egypt’s first legislative vote after Hosni Mubarak’s ouster nearly a year ago held its inaugural session on Monday, with Islamists dominating the 498-seat chamber. The session was chaired by Mahmoud el-Saqqah, the chamber’s oldest lawmaker.

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Human Rights Watch calls for acceptance of Islamist rise to power

Photo / AP The United States and other Western governments must accept the new reality that Islamists have emerged to fill the power vacuum in the Arab world after a wave of popular uprisings, Human Rights Watch said in its annual report Sunday. The New York-based group also urged Islamist parties, which have emerged as

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New ‘mafia’ hits Cape clubs

Ex-QDMS A new “mafia” has moved in to take control of the lucrative protection business in Cape Town’s clubland in the wake of the assassination of crime boss Cyril Beeka. Controlled by Beeka’s one-time rival in the club security business, Andre Naude, and Sea Point businessman Mark Lifman, new security outfit Strategic Protection Services (SPS)

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Hamas: Leader Khaled Mashaal won’t seek new term

AP Khaled Mashaal, Hamas leader, center, attends his father’s funeral at a Mosque in Amman, Jordan, in this Aug. 29, 2009 file photo. GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip –  Hamas chief Khaled Mashaal won’t seek re-election, said the Palestinian Islamic militant group in a statement Saturday. The move opens the group to a leadership struggle, as

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Officials: Arabs likely to extend Syria mission

Jan. 20, 2012: A pro-Syrian regime protester holds a portrait of Syrian President Bashar Assad during a demonstration to show support for their president, in Damascus, Syria. BEIRUT — The Arab League is likely to extend the organization’s observer mission in Syria, despite complaints from the Syrian opposition that it has failed to curb bloodshed

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Kiwi company tracks cruise ship’s last moments

Kiwi-based company PlanetinAction.com has tracked the final moments of the Costa Concordia’s doomed voyage. Photo / supplied A New Zealand-based company has created a simulation of the Costa Concordia in the moments before it hit rocks off the Italian island of Giglo last week. PlanetinAction.com owner Paul van Dinther, from Waitakere City, Auckland, told the

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Backup plane used to shadow Zuma

INDEPENDENT NEWSPAPERS President Jacob Zuma. Photo: Simphiwe Mbokazi A backup plane was chartered to shadow President Jacob Zuma’s jet during his recent visit to the US, the department of defence said on Thursday. “There were two aircraft, but one of them turned back halfway and landed on a nearby island,” defence spokesman Ndhivuwo Mabaya said.

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Another hand found in LA park

Reuters LAPD, Los Angeles County Coroner, and Los Angeles Fire Department officials search a hilly area below the iconic Hollywood sign in Los Angeles, California. A decapitated human head was found by hikers below the sign on Tuesday, while investigators discovered a pair of severed hands in the same general area of Griffith Park on

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