South African Student Nabbed For Drug Trafficking – On the day a South African woman was executed in China for smuggling drugs, a young Johannesburg student was arrested in Thailand for allegedly trying to smuggle cocaine hidden in her dreadlocks into the country. Follow link to see how she hid it. [Daily Dispatch]

James Murdoch Says He Didn’t Read The Email Properly – Remember when James Murdoch denied he ever knew anything about phone hacking? So a whole bunch of people said he was talking crap and they eventually found proof of an email sent to him, warning him of the phone hacking going on. So now he admits he got the email but, wait for it… he didn’t read it properly. [guardian]

Shrien Dewani “May Kill Himself If Extradited” – The British man accused of murdering his wife on honeymoon ‘could kill himself’ if he is extradited to South Africa to face allegations of masterminding the killing, the High Court was told today. Shrien Dewani’s mental health has deteriorated to the point where he was ‘too ill to be extradited’ and was a suicide risk, his barrister said. Come on, Shrien! Pappa wag vir jou! [dailymail]

Facebook Launches Suicide Help Service – A program launching Tuesday enables users to instantly connect with a crisis counselor through Facebook’s “chat” messaging system. The service is the latest tool from Facebook aimed at improving safety on its site, which has more than 800 million users. Earlier this year, Facebook announced changes to how users report bullying, offensive content and fake profiles. [associated]

Cameron Diaz And P Diddy An Item? – Cameron Diaz and Sean “Diddy” Combs are bonding over more than just a “movie project” — they were caught kissing Saturday night at PH-D at the Dream Downtown Hotel. “They were kissing and making out,” and continued being “very affectionate” while they danced, our sources said. [nypost]

American Airlines Might Ban 30 Rock – Don’t mess with the flight attendants! Alec Baldwin had a good time spoofing the tantrum that got him kicked off an American Airlines flight on “Saturday Night Live” — but the union may get the last laugh. The Association of Professional Flight Attendants wants Baldwin’s hit show, “30 Rock,” banned from all AA flights. [nypost]

Apple About To Buy Anobit For $500 Bar – Apple Inc is in talks to buy Israel’s Anobit, a maker of flash storage technology, for as much as $500 million, according to a report published on Tuesday. Anobit has developed a chip that enhances flash drive performance through signal processing. The chip is already incorporated in Apple devices such as the iPhone, iPad and the MacBook Air. [reuters]

Dubai Firm Buys SA’s Berco Express For R460 Bar – Dubai’s Aramex paid $55.5m from its internal cash balance for the acquisition of South African logistics firm Berco Express, the company said on Tuesday. The UAE-based logistics company said on Sunday that it had completed the acquisition of Berco and would look to further expansion across southern Africa by opening additional offices and warehouses. [fin24]

Italian Man Opens Fire On African traders In Florence – An Italian man has opened fire in two markets in central Florence, killing two Senegalese traders and injuring three others. The attacker, 50-year-old Gianluca Casseri, belonged to a far-right group, Italian media said. He killed two men and injured a third in Dalmazia Square before opening fire in San Lorenzo Square, wounding two. [bbc]

Microsoft Co-Founder Unveils Commercial Spaceship – Allen, 58, said he will build the world’s largest ever plane to carry the space rocket to 30,000ft before it is released and a booster takes it into orbit. His new company Stratolaunch will start with unmanned space vehicles which will be used to transport government and commercial cargo and satellites, and later move on to carrying out human missions. [telegraph]

Video Game “Call Of Duty” Hits $1 Billion – Sells Faster Than Avatar – The newest Call of Duty video game blasted through the $1 billion sales mark in a record 16 days, the game’s distributor, Activision Publishing. Activision said the $60 game even beat out the blockbuster movie “Avatar,” which took 17 days to reach sales of $1 billion. [nydailynews]

Founding Apple Contract Sells For $1.6 Million – A three-page contract that established Apple Computer Co. (AAPL) sold for $1.59 million at Sotheby’s (BID) in New York yesterday, soaring past the presale estimate of $100,000 to $150,000. The bidding started at $70,000 in a half-empty room attended by about 20 people and almost as many Sotheby’s staffers manning the phones. Six telephone and online bidders competed for the lot, which finally went to Eduardo Cisneros, chief executive officer of Cisneros Corp., according to Sotheby’s. [bloomberg]

Russian Magazine Execs Fired Following Fraud Election Coverage – A high-ranking editor and a top executive from one of Russia’s most respected news publications were dismissed on Tuesday after an apparent conflict over coverage that appeared to highlight widespread anger with the results of parliamentary elections this month. [nytimes]