The "forcible rape" canard has been around for a while. The problem is in trying to police the kind of trauma that merits the right to an abortion By Erika Christakis | @erikachristakis | August 21, 2012 | + It's code red as Republicans try to distance … Higher wage demands spread to other SAfrican mines
Demands for higher wages spread to at least two other platinum mines in South Africa and raise fears instability could spread to more of the country’s mines that provide 75 percent of the world’s supply of the precious metal.
Concerns over growth and Europe push markets lower
Concerns over economic growth pushed global markets down on Wednesday, with investors watching meetings between Greek and European leaders for signs the country will get more time to meet its debt reduction targets. S.Africa prepares memorials for mine deaths
South Africa on Wednesday readied for nationwide memorials to honour the 44 people killed during a wildcat strike at the Lonmin platinum mine, most of them shot by police. Syria regime planes 'pound Aleppo district'
Syrian military planes pounded a rebel-held area of the northern city of Aleppo on Wednesday as opposition fighters claimed to have seized parts of a town on the Iraqi border, a watchdog said. Eight dead in Lebanon street battles over Syria
At least eight people have been killed in days of fighting between rival Muslim communities in the Lebanese port city of Tripoli sparked by the conflict in Syria, security sources said Wednesday. Mali hostages urge governments to negotiate their release: Al Jazeera TV
ABU DHABI (Reuters) – Three Western hostages seized by al Qaeda militants in Mali last year have urged their governments to negotiate their release, Al Jazeera television reported, showing what it said was footage of the captives. The three men appeared in good condition in the video broadcast by Al Jazeera on Tuesday night and posted on its website. The hostages – Sjaak Rijke from the Netherlands, Stephen Malcolm, who has dual South African and British citizenship, and Sweden’s Johan Gustafsson – were seized on November 25 while walking along a street in the northern Malian town of Timbuktu. …
Egypt says formally requests $4.8 billion IMF loan
CAIRO (Reuters) – Egypt has formally requested a $4.8 billion loan from the International Monetary Fund, a spokesman for its president said on Wednesday during a visit to Cairo by IMF chief Christine Lagarde to discuss support for the country’s ailing economy. Egypt’s finance minister said last week Cairo would discuss the possibility of the bigger-than-expected loan from the fund. Egypt’s previous government had requested a $3.2 billion package but the deal was not finalized. …
Bans cut for S. Korean Olympic badminton players
South Korean badminton authorities on Wednesday reduced bans for four players accused of trying to lose matches at the London Olympics from two years to six months after an appeal. Greece seeks more time; Juncker heads to Athens
Greece needs more time to implement tough financial reforms and spending cuts, Prime Minister Antonis Samaras says as he starts the first of a series of top-level European meetings to discuss his debt-ridden country’s international bailout.
Berlin zoo's panda Bao Bao dies
The Berlin zoo says Bao Bao, who was given to West Germany by China in 1980 and was one of the world's oldest giant pandas, has died. Israel's Lieberman urges vote to see Abbas ousted
Israeli Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman has called on the Middle East peacemaking Quartet to force elections on Palestinians in a bid to oust president Mahmud Abbas and revitalise the dormant peace process.
Syrian regime tanks, troops storm Damascus neighbourhood, kill 11 suspected rebels
BEIRUT – Activists say Syrian troops backed by tanks have stormed an upscale Damascus neighbourhood, killing at least 11 suspected rebels.
Arsenal's Andre Santos arrested after car chase
Arsenal defender Andre Santos was arrested on suspicion of dangerous driving after a car chase the day before the club's first Premier League game of the season, police said. Unrest spreads in violence-hit South Africa mining belt
RUSTENBURG, South Africa (Reuters) – Labor unrest in South Africa’s platinum belt spread on Wednesday, raising concerns that anger over low wages and poor living conditions could generate fresh violence after 34 striking miners were shot dead by police last week. The strike that started last week at Lonmin’s Marikana mine has pushed up platinum prices and stoked worries about investing in Africa’s biggest economy, where chronic unemployment and massive income disparity threaten social stability. …
German customs 'demand $500k for musician's violin'
German customs seized a $1.2 million violin from a Japanese professional musician and are demanding she pay almost $500,000 to get it back, reports said on Wednesday. South African farmhand jailed for life for Terre'blanche murder
JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) – A South African court sentenced a black farmhand to life in prison on Wednesday for the axe murder of Eugene Terre’blanche, a white supremacist prominent during the dying years of apartheid. Chris Mahlangu killed Terre’blanche over a pay dispute in April 2011 at the white farmer’s home in Ventersdorp, about 125 km (80 miles) west of Johannesburg. Judge John Horn said the attack was not racially motivated. Many South Africans see Terre’blanche as a relic from a bygone era and his murder did little to stir racial tension. …
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