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‘Dog eating newborn’s head’

A dog seen eating a newborn baby’s head led to the arrest of a woman on a charge of concealing a birth, Eastern Cape police said on Monday. Residents of Ngcingwana village, near Dutywa, saw the dog eating the decomposing head on Sunday evening, Captain Jackson Manatha said. They called the police, who found a

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Technology is the Opiate of the Masses

Everywhere I look outside my home I see people busy on their high tech devices, while driving, while walking, while shopping, while in groups of friends, while in restaurants, while waiting in doctor offices and hospitals, while sitting in toilets – everywhere. While connected electronically, they are inattentive to and disconnected in physical reality. People

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We need a new story

Every culture has a Story of the People to give meaning to the world. Part conscious and part unconscious, it consists of a matrix of agreements, narratives, and symbols that tell us why we are here, where we are headed, what is important, and even what is real. I think we are entering a new

Biting the hand that feeds you…

Evidence has been promised to a French court that could prove former President Nicolas Sarkozy accepted more than €50 million in campaign donations from ousted Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi. Information pointing to the existence of such documents was revealed late last year by Franco-Lebanese businessman Ziad Takieddine. He’s currently facing corruption charges and is under

Gerard Depardieu is granted Russian citizenship by Putin decree

President Vladimir Putin has signed a decree granting Russian citizenship to French film star and tax exile Gerard Depardieu, who is renouncing his French citizenship to search for an easier tax climate outside of his native country. The Academy Award-nominated Depardieu is a regular in Moscow. The actor made headlines across the world when he

Setting a new record: Chicago’s murder rate

With still a few days to go until the new year, 40-year-old Nathaniel T. Jackson became the five-hundredth person killed in Chicago, Illinois since the start of 2012. In 2011, the city saw only 435 homicides. Superintendent Garry McCarthy confirmed to the Chicago Tribune late Thursday night that the passing of Mr. Jackson marked murder

60 dead in Ivory Coast during New Year’s Eve stampede

The Ivory Coast on Wednesday began three days of national mourning after a stampede among crowds gathered for celebratory New Year’s Eve fireworks in Abidjan left at least 60 dead and dozens injured. An AFP journalist saw many injured children, while images broadcast by RTI television showed bodies stretched lifeless on the ground outside the

French immigrant youths burn 1200 cars for fun

A New Year’s Eve tradition for some in France of torching empty, parked cars has continued. Interior Minister Manuel Valls said Tuesday that 1,193 vehicles were burned overnight around the country, where the stunt began in the 1990s. There was no way to compare this figure to recent ones because the conservative government of former

US and Canada lock up blacks, Indians

By Matt Moir, The Tyee Idle No More is forcing many Canadians to be Willfully Blind No More. Ostensibly, the movement spearheaded by Attawapiskat Chief Theresa Spence is about the protection of First Nations’ treaty rights. At its core, though, might be something more profound, perhaps best described as a demand for all of us in

UK cuts social services to finance Afghan war

The UK has revealed that the cost of its involvement in the war in Afghanistan has reached $27.6 billion, and may end up being as much as $32.5 billion. Meanwhile, the UK continues to slash domestic social services to reduce its budget deficit. UK Prime Minister David Cameron said that Britain has no plans to

Minister stops meeting on South African farm murders

A meeting on rural crime between Police Minister Nathi Mthethwa and rightwingers was abandoned shortly after it began in Pretoria on Thursday. Mthethwa said afterwards he had taken exception to mention of the African National Congress at the beginning of deliberations. “As we started, the delegation raised issues about the ANC. I can’t talk about

Elderly couple savagely attacked

An elderly white South Coast couple were tied up with wire, brutally beaten, had paint poured on them and were left for dead this week. It was not until the next day that they were found. The couple, of Effingham Place, Trafalgar, south of Southbroom and San Lameer, were subject to the assault by a

Mozilla against secret Internet treaty

Add another name to the list of critics concerned with attempts to rewrite the International Telecommunication Union to give governments control of the Internet: Silicon Valley’s Mozilla now officially opposes the ITU. Mozilla, the makers of the highly successful Firefox Web browser for Macs, PCs and smart phones, have come out to condemn a top-secret