Tesco Is Selling Horse Meat – Tesco confirms there may be up to 60% horsemeat in the product, as the Government orders urgent testing. [skynews]
Horsemeat Scandal: France Summons Meat Industry Chiefs – French ministers are to hold talks with key players in the meat industry as the horsemeat scandal widens to up to 16 countries. Seven French supermarket chains have withdrawn frozen beef meals made by Findus and Comigel. [bbc]
SAA Farce Continues: New CEO Suspended After Four Months – SA Airways (SAA) has placed its acting CEO Vuyisile Kona on precautionary suspension, it said on Monday. [news24]
Who Will Be The Next Pope? The Contenders For Vatican’s Top Job – Two cardinals from Africa, a Canadian and an Italian are among those being tipped to succeed Pope Benedict XVI. [guardian]
North Korea Conducts Third Nuclear Test – North Korea appeared to have conducted its third underground nuclear bomb test Tuesday, officials and experts said, as U.S. seismologists reported activity centered near the site of the secretive regime’s two previous nuclear tests. [cnn]
UCT’s Business School Rated Best In Africa, Middle East – Graduates from the University of Cape Town’s Graduate School of Business have a relatively better chance than those from other business schools of landing a well-paying job in Africa and the Middle East, according to a new report. [bdlive]
Ramphele To Make Announcement Next Week – Former anti-apartheid activist Mamphela Ramphele will make an formal announcement on her political plans next Monday, a consultancy firm said. [moneyweb]
Juan Smith Calls It A Day – Springbok and Cheetahs loose forward Juan Smith has announced his retirement from rugby due to an ongoing Achilles injury which has plagued him since February 2011. [news24]
Furore As Iran Ambassador Is Caught On Video ‘High-Fiving’ Female German MP – The female leader of the Germany Green Party and Iran’s ambassador to Berlin were left scrambling for explanations after video footage emerged of the two apparently “high-fiving” each other at a conference. [telegraph]
The Game Is Up: Fake Prince’s Jewels Go On Auction – A treasure-trove of designer garments, jewellery, artwork, wine, champagne and a bizarre collection of bric-a-brac, including a crown, accumulated by accused Queensland Health fraudster Hohepa Morehu-Barlow will be auctioned next month. [stuff]
The Man Who Killed Bin Laden Is Struggling – For the first time, the Navy SEAL who killed Osama bin Laden tells his story — speaking not just about the raid and the three shots that changed history, but about the personal aftermath for himself and his family. [esquire]
Sinead O’Connor: ‘Pope Benedict’s Greatest Achievement Is This Act of Retiring’ – The singer — who derailed her career in 1992 with an infamous SNL protest — says the surprise resignation offers a chance for renewal. [hollyrep]
Google Lets You Pick The Problem In Improved ‘Solve For X’ Think Tank Site – In the wake of Google’s 2013 Solve for X event — which encourages people to submit radical proposals to huge problems like world hunger, for example — Google is adding new features. [theverge]
More Evidence Apple Is Working on a Smartwatch Emerges – Apple is perfectly primed to enter the wearable computers market. Over the weekend, we’ve seen further speculation from the Wall Street Journal and The New York Times, both of whom cite anonymous sources indicating the existence of such a “watch-like device.” [wired]
Heart Attack Grill Mascot ‘Patient John’ Alleman Dies of a Heart Attack – For the last year and a half, Alleman served as the unofficial spokesman for the Heart Attack Grill — the infamous hospital-themed Las Vegas eatery that holds the world record for “most calorific burger.” Guess what happened next? [gawker]
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