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President Obama’s new war plan swung into action on Thursday as US marines launched a major offensive into the Taliban heartlands of southern Afghanistan.
The King of Pop was preparing for his London tour before he died. See video footage of his final rehearsal.
One US soldier and an Afghan have been killed when a suicide bomber tried to attack a base in southeast Afghanistan, officials say.
President Jacob Zuma is to open a conference hosted by Constitutional Court Chief Justice Pius Langa on issues plaguing the judiciary.
Outgoing US ambassador to Zimbabwe James D McGee promised more United States support for the country but says democratic reforms needed to be in place first.
Four men have appeared before the Mthatha Magistrate's Court for allegedly defrauding the King Sabata Dalindyebo municipality of more than R360 000.
New Defence Minister Lindiwe Sisulu says she is "really satisfied" with the state of combat readiness of the SA National Defence Force, but the Democratic Alliance warns it is in "deep trouble".
Microsoft's latest move can only be the product of decades of extreme arrogance, writes Alistair Fairweather.
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Sport24 chief writer Rob Houwing isn’t convinced by the live TV format used for the SA Cricket Awards.
ON DISPLAY: Mock missiles are displayed at the Korea War Memorial Museum in Seoul, South Korea. (AP)
PROTEST: A supporter of ousted Honduran President Manuel Zelaya participates in a rally to protest against the military coup in Tegucigalpa. (Jose Cabezas, AFP)
SMOOTH CRIMINAL: A Michael Jackson fan does the moonwalk while attending a tribute to the music icon at Nelson Mandela Square in Johannesburg. (Werner Beukes, Sapa)
HATS OFF: A model presents a creation from designer Guido Maria Kretschmer during the Mercedes Benz Fashion Week in Berlin. (Maya Hitji, AP)
DEVASTATION: Stranded passengers look on as a machine clears a road blocked by landslides caused by heavy rain on a highway in the eastern Indian state of West Bengal. (Tarun Das, AP)
EMPHATIC: President Jacob Zuma talks to reporters after attending the closing session of the 13th African Union summit of heads of state and government in Sirte, Libya. (Nasser Nasser, AP)
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Preschoolers who nap exhibit better psychosocial functions.
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The state has started paying welfare grants to an additional 300 000 teenagers and 70 000 elderly men in the past year, Social Development Minister Edna Molewa says.
UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon is "deeply disappointed" after the Myanmar junta rejected his second and final request to meet Aung San Suu Kyi.
SA's policy of targeting inflation has helped to stabilise prices and grow the economy and will remain in place, Finance Minister Pravin Gordhan says.
Volkswagen AG hopes to introduce its first electric cars on the market in 2013, the German automaker's chief executive says.
Swiss national Werner Greitner, kidnapped by al-Qaeda's north African branch in January, is suffering a lot and hardly eating, an official says.
South African captain John Smit says he hopes that there is no bad blood between the Boks and British and Irish Lions.
Iron Man Gwyneth Paltrow says would happily leave New York and move to Spain for good.
Despite efforts to underplay his legacy, many of us will remember Mbeki as a man who dedicated his life to the service of his country, says News24 User Mphatjie Monareng.
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