Tutu Withdraws From Leadership Summit In Protest Of Tony Blair – Archbishop Desmond Tutu has withdrawn from participating in a leadership summit in Johannesburg to protest the presence of Tony Blair. [mail&guardian]

Mitt Romney Is Officially The Republican Candidate – Mitt Romney’s White House campaign was back on schedule on Tuesday night after he was formally nominated as the Republican presidential candidate and the party’s national convention managed to complete a full day of business. [guardian]

Yasser Arafat: France Opens Murder Inquiry – French prosecutors have opened a murder inquiry into the death of Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat in 2004. His family launched a case last month over claims that he was poisoned with polonium-210, a radioactive element. [bbc]

Lonmin In Bid To Stave Off $700m Debt Recall – LONMIN, the world’s third-largest platinum producer, is trying to stave off a recall of a $700m debt facility from a consortium of foreign banks as its profit-to-debt ratios reach critical levels, says its acting CEO, Simon Scott. [businessday]

Google Puts First Animated Ad on Homepage – It’s only been six weeks since Marissa Mayer left Google for Yahoo, and already the company is violating some of the tenets she established there. [mashable]

These Are The 6 Apple Patents Samsung Violated – Apple won its big patent lawsuit against Samsung. We’ve pulled together the six patents the jury says Samsung violated. [businessinsider]

Air France Attempts To Land During Hurricane [Video] – Hurricane Issac is currently hitting the US, but a bit earlier, it hit Saint Maarten, which is a well known airline spotting site. This video, taken yesterday, shows an Air France Airbus A340 trying to land, but deciding to go around. [seattle]

Samsung Vows ‘All Measures’ To Keep Products In US – South Korea’s Samsung Electronics vowed on Tuesday to take “all necessary measures” to keep its products on US store shelves, in response to Apple’s request for a ban on sales of some smartphones. [afp]

Artist Wants Zuma Painting On Display – Artist Ayanda Mabulu said if media publications don’t show his entire painting of President Jacob Zuma, he will put pictures of it all over Cape Town. [news24]

Revised Hawks Bill Seen As Constitutional Sham – The National Council of Provinces passed an amendment bill without debate yesterday which is intended to restructure the Hawks unit in line with the Constitutional Court’s ruling that part of the legislation used to disband the Scorpions was invalid. [timeslive]

SA’s Paralympians Set To Take London By Storm – The Paralympics begin in London today, and while the games mark Natalie du Toit’s swan song, SA’s young Paralympians are ready to take up her mantle. [mail&guardian]

Watch NASA Play The First Song Ever On Mars [VIDEO]– Mars: a great place to visit if you like rocks, red sunsets, giant dormant volcanoes and 300-mile-an-hour winds. But if you’re looking for a little music? Not so great. Not until Tuesday afternoon, when the Curiosity Rover broadcast a song by former Black Eyed Peas frontman and CNN hologram will.i.am. [mashable]

US MegaMillions Lottery Sitting On R700 Million Jackpot – It is our duty to alert you once the US lotteries go over half a billion Rand. Which has just happened! You can buy tickets for Friday’s US$83 million jackpot online. [tickets]

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Donald Trump Mocks Arianna Huffington – Billions of dollars can buy just about anything, but it can’t buy class — as is made painfully obvious by “Birther” billionaire Donald Trump on almost a daily basis. The Donald’s latest act of douchiness happened just a few hours ago — like a 13-year-old girl, he took to Twitter this morning to call Huffington Post founder Arianna Huffington ugly. [villvo]

Kristen And Robert To Mett Face-To-Face – Looks like Kristen Stewart has finally broken down Robert Pattinson as the star is said to have finally given in and agreed to meet with his estranged girlfriend for the first time since news broke that she had cheated on him with married director Rupert Sanders, after feeling sorry for the abuse she is suffering following the revelations. [entwise]

Mark Sanford, Prince Charles. Brad Pitt, Tom Hanks – and Other Men Who Married the Other Woman. [dailybeast]

What It Feels Like To Be Absolutely Loaded By Age 25 – Everyone dreams of retiring by age 25. But what does it feel like to make more money in your mid-20s than most people make in a lifetime? [businessinsider]

Whale-Eating Seagulls To Be Shot By Police – Environmentalists in Argentina have come up with a bizarre way of stopping seabirds attacking endangered whales. [skynews]

Why You Shouldn’t Trust Positive Online Reviews—Or Negative Ones, For That Matter – Researchers and online review sites alike are trying to root out efforts to manipulate the system. By outing dubious, planted, solicited, and otherwise inauthentic reviews, consumers will have more reason to trust the reviews that remain, the thinking goes. But judging on how prevalent the manipulation seems to be, it’s arguable that online user ratings and reviews are less trustworthy than ever. [time]

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COMING UP TODAY

Melanie Walker On Ep. 3 Of The IanF Show Old School Week At 09h00 – Melanie is probably best known for her derring-do and high flying stunts as ‘Treasure Hunt’s Action girl, which was on air in the late eighties and early nineties, for which she was nominated in the Best Presenter category at the Artes in 1989. She also has a ‘few’ other jobs – which include writing  for SA Garden and Home, presenting a gardening show, “Grounded” on 1485 am Radio Today and scriptwriting and researching for a few shows on DSTV, to name a few. She joins IanF at 09h00 in spirit of their Old School themed week. [2ovfm]

The Rolling Stone Chart – 2ov Radio has teamed up with Rolling Stone magazine to bring you the weekly charts at 12h45 each Wednesday – live to your radio / car / mobile phone on the Just Josie Show! [justjosie]

FRESH PODCASTS

Derek Watts’ View On Being A Butt Inspector – This stalwart of SA Television chats about his journey in media and journalism – how he got the Carte Blanch gig, what’s kept him hooked on the limelight after all these years and why it’s tough on him to be recognised by public – especially when he gets mistaken for Riaan Cruywagen. He also gives a sneak peak about what he’d like his next job to be! [podcast]

Inside Scoop On Peachy Keen – Peachy keen is a 5 piece band that combines Rockabilly, Country, Pop, Blues and Rock n Roll with full sleeve tattoos and way too much awesome. They joined Kamini and Angel from 2 Girls 1 Mic to chat latest band developments, tattoos and their gig guide. [podcast]