It is not yet certain whether five black minors from North West, who are accused of murder, will appear in court tomorrow. This is according to police spokesperson Sabata Mokgwabone, and follows after the arrest of the minors along with two older suspects for allegedly killing a schoolboy at Kgakala township in Leeudoringstad. Mokgwabone says
Whatever became of economists and the American economy?
According to the official economic fairy tale, the US economy has been in recovery since June 2009. This fairy tale supports America’s image as the safe haven, an image that keeps the dollar up, the stock market up, and interest rates down. It is an image that causes the massive numbers of unemployed Americans to
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Mossad contradicts Bibi’s bom
Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu’s 2012 statement at the UN, in which he warned the world of Iran being too close to making a nuclear bomb, allegedly contradicted his country’s intelligence assessments, according to leaked spy documents. The Mossad shared the information with South Africa’s State Security Agency a few weeks after the prime minister’s UN
‘Oz needs PM, not Shylock and drug dealer’s cousin’
Indonesians have mobilized in record numbers to collect cash for the Australian PM, who touched a raw nerve by bringing up Australia’s $1 bn in tsunami relief aid to Jakarta while making a clemency appeal for convicted drug traffickers. Images of Australian Prime Minister Tonny Abbott with red tape crossed over his mouth can be
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CIA sting spurs reassesment of Iran’s nuclear
Details of a CIA sting emerging from a court case in the U.S. may prompt United Nations monitors to reassess some evidence related to Iran’s alleged nuclear weapons work, two western diplomats said. International Atomic Energy Agency inspectors in Vienna will soon have to review intelligence they received about Iran as a result of the
Russia ratifies $100 billion BRICS development bank
The Russian State Duma has ratified the $100 billion BRICS bank that’ll serve as a pool of money for infrastructure projects in Russia, Brazil, India, China and South Africa, and challenge the dominance of the Western-led World Bank and the IMF. The New Development Bank is expected to start fully functioning by the end of
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State Department’s Nuland wants to ‘fight against the Europeans’
There are increasingly signs that Angela Merkel and Francois Hollande operated behind the backs of the Americans, when they traveled to Minsk last week, in an attempt to reach an agreement between the warring factions. The 53-year-old European representative of the US government, Victoria Nuland, is responsible for guiding the United States through the Ukraine
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US, EU companies say ANC legislation a cause for concern
European and US businesses with operations based in South Africa said legislation coming from the ANC was a cause for concern. The compulsory black ownership element in the new broad-based black economic empowerment codes were weighing on US companies in SA. American Chamber of Commerce SA executive director Carol O’Brien said they were struggling with
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Dutch soccer fans trash Rome
Rotterdam 2005, was just another ugly chapter during De Klassieker, when hundreds of Ajax fans had spent the journey down from Amsterdam trashing the train. Once on the platform outside the stadium they started to tear down the wire fencing. On the opposite side of the barricades, their Feyenoord rivals were waiting. Rotterdam is barely
Putin says US is already arming Ukraine
Russian President Vladimir Putin says the US is supplying Kiev with lethal weapons, telling reporters that the conflict in Ukraine will not be resolved through military escalation. “According to our intelligence, [US] weapons are already being delivered,” Putin was shown on state television Channel One as telling a press conference on Tuesday, when asked if
Serial killer German nurse may have killed 178
A German nurse admitted to at least 30 killings. “A German nurse has admitted killing 30 of his patients by injecting them with cardiovascular medication. The 38-year-old, identified only as Niels H, told a court-appointed psychiatrist that he had wanted to show off his ‘excellent’ resuscitation skills. He is suspected of having killed 178 patients
Richer than the Vatican
The Roman Catholic archdiocese of Cologne has disclosed it is worth €3.35 billion ($3.82 billion), making it richer than the Vatican, Reuters said. Cologne church officials announced their report on Ash Wednesday, the start of the Lenten period. They said the extensive holdings helped care for 2 million Catholics, 60,000 staff and 1,200 churches and
Statin drug scandal continues
Dr. MaryAnne Demasi’s documentary on the criminal activity of the pharmaceutical industry regarding cholesterol-lowering statin drugs sent shock waves through the mainstream media in Australia at the end of 2013. Published in two parts on the popular news show The Catalyst, the pharmaceutical industry complained loudly after the first show, and requested the network not
Obama says Islam has always been part of United States
We hear a lot about the United States’ Judeo-Christian heritage, but according to President Obama, “Islam has been woven into the fabric of our country since its founding.” That’s what the president told a White House conference on “countering violent extremism” on Wednesday. In his speech on Wednesday, Obama was making the point that Western
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