Fanning the flames of hate
[ South Africa ] From a distance, it looked like a pile of bedding that had been set alight, then a head peered through the top of the fiery mattress. Beauregard Tromp reports... Full Story ...
Astronomers mystified by 'weird' star
Astronomers are puzzled by the discovery of a pulsar with an unusual orbit never before seen in similar fast-spinning neutron stars that beam regular pulses of radio waves. Full Story ...
New coach: Joel Santana, right, arrives in Johannesburg. He will have the task of reviving Bafana Bafana before the 2010 World Cup. Full storyPhoto: AP
For sale: tiny island, includes own jail
There is a hotel with no clocks, televisions or telephones, plus other facilities built up in the last 50 or so years and includes self-catering cottages, shops, a campsite and housing for 150 people. Full Story ...
Eskom gets promise of government aid
Ahead of an election year, the government has agreed to provide "substantial fiscal injections" to help Eskom meet its capital expansion needs without resorting to massive tariff increases in any one year.
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Microsoft proposes alternative deal
Microsoft says it has proposed an alternative deal to Yahoo rather than a full acquisition, but the move is unlikely to win favour with financier Carl Icahn.
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Ashlee gets hitched
Singer Ashlee Simpson has married rocker Pete Wentz in a ceremony at her parents' home in California, according to reports.
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Spend a night in the von Trapp villa
The Sound Of Music, one of Hollywood's greatest money-spinners, will scale new heights when the original von Trapp family villa near Salzburg opens as a hotel in July.
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