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Amplats to resume South African operations on Wednesday

YoopyaFeb 19, 20130

(Reuters) – Anglo American Platinum (AMSJ.J) expects operations at its South African mines to resume on Wednesday after workers staged a one-day walk-out following union

Ivory Coast ex-President Laurent Gbagbo at ICC court

YoopyaFeb 19, 20130

Ivorian ex-President Laurent Gbagbo has appeared at the International Criminal Court to hear whether he could be tried on charges of crimes against humanity. The

China military unit ‘behind prolific hacking’

YoopyaFeb 19, 20130

A secretive branch of China’s military is most likely one of the world’s “most prolific cyber espionage groups”, a US cyber security firm has said.

Insight: “Triangle of death” looms over Congo’s mining heartlands

YoopyaFeb 19, 20130

(Reuters) – Trucks of workers and building materials hurtle through the mining town of Likasi at the heart of Congo’s copper producing south, evidence of

Pistorius says no intentions to kill girlfriend

YoopyaFeb 19, 20130

PRETORIA, South Africa (AP) — Oscar Pistorius told a packed courtroom Tuesday that he shot his girlfriend to death by mistake, thinking she was a

Oscar Pistorius ‘shot Reeva Steenkamp in bathroom’

YoopyaFeb 19, 20130

South African athletics star Oscar Pistorius killed his girlfriend by shooting her through a bathroom door at his home, prosecutors told a court. Details of

Euro, dollar up after G20, stocks ease on growth concern

YoopyaFeb 18, 20130

(Reuters) – The euro and the dollar rose against the yen on Monday after the G20 decided not to criticizeJapan for its expansionist policies, but shares

Future races canceled in wake of Pistorius charge

YoopyaFeb 18, 20130

JOHANNESBURG (AP) — Oscar Pistorius’ agent has canceled all future track races so the double-amputee Olympian can focus on the murder charge against him, underscoring

Social media gives Indonesian women new voice

YoopyaFeb 18, 20130

JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — A judge being interviewed for a Supreme Court job jokes that women might enjoy rape. A local official takes a 17-year-old

Ecuador’s Correa breezes to 2nd re-election

YoopyaFeb 18, 20130

QUITO, Ecuador (AP) — A landslide second re-election secured, President Rafael Correa immediately vowed to deepen the “citizen’s revolution” that has lifted tens of thousands