Amanda Knox To Learn Fate Over Kercher Murder RETRIAL – Amanda Knox, the US student acquitted of the murder of her British flatmate will on Monday learn if she and her former boyfriendare to face yet another trial. [guardian ]
BEE Team Blamed For 1time Demise – The founders of low-cost carrier 1time, which went bust in November last year, have put the blame squarely at the door of the black economic empowerment (BEE) consortium which bought a 25% stake in the company in March 2011. [bdlive ]
SA Neuroscientist To Build Digital Brain – A South African neuroscientist hopes to uncover new information on mental disorders by building the world’s first digital brain. [news24 ]
Berezovsky Did Not Kill Himself, Litvinenko’s Wife Says – The widow of a Russian dissident who was poisoned in London has said she does not believe that the oligarch Boris Berezovsky killed himself. [telegraph ]
Bill Gates To Grant $1 Million For ‘Next Generation’ Condom – Got an idea how to come up with the ‘next generation condom’? You may bag upto one million dollars from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. [indtim ]
Rebels Capture Central African Republic Capital, President Flees – Rebels in Central African Republic seized the riverside capital Bangui in fierce fighting on Sunday, forcing President Francois Bozize to flee and sowing confusion over who rules the mineral-rich heart of Africa. [reuters ]
SA Soliders Killed Fighting Coup In CAR – About six South African soldiers were killed yesterday while helping to avert a coup in the Central African Republic. [timeslive ]
Five Whales Taken Out To Sea In Cape Town – Five of 19 pilot whales that beached at Noordhoek Beach in Cape Town have been taken out to sea. [mail&guardian ]
Two More Held Over Bakery Massacre – Two more people have been arrested in connection with the killing of four Pakistani nationals in Rocklands, Mitchells Plain, Western Cape police said on Sunday. [iol ]
Cyprus Bailout Deal Wins Eurozone Approval – The country has been saved from bankruptcy after eurozone finance ministers backed a plan to restructure the banking sector. [skynews ]
Apple Acquires Indoor GPS Startup WiFiSlam For $20M – The Wall Street Journal is reporting today that Apple has acquired WiFiSlam, an indoor GPS startup that enables a smartphone to pinpoint its location — along with that of your friends — in realtime up to 2.5 meters in accuracy. [techcrunch ]
One Ticket Wins Saturday’s R3 Billion ($320 million) Powerball Jackpot – A winning ticket for Saturday night’s $338 million Powerball jackpot was sold in New Jersey, lottery officials said early Sunday. The winning numbers in the drawing were: 17, 29, 31, 52, 53, 31. The drawing took place Saturday. [nbc ]
Sebastian Vettel Ignores Team Orders To Beat Mark Webber – Red Bull’s Sebastian Vettel ignored team orders in the Malaysian GP to win an intense battle with Mark Webber. [bbc ]
Man Behind Justin Bieber Murder Plot Says It’s Not Over – According to Martin, the fact that his two accomplices got caught doesn’t hinder his plan much. He claims he still has assassins looking for the pop star. “It’s still on … this isn’t going away,” said Martin and added that the only thing that can put a stop to his plan is meeting Bieber himself and sitting with him face-to-face. [huffpo ]
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Rape Attempt Staged by Man Looking to ‘Impress’ Love Interest with His Heroism – A man in Arkansas who sought to show off his heroic side to a love interest decided to speed up the process by staging a rape attempt while the two were on a date. [gawker ]
Boris Johnson: Not True That I Am A ‘Nasty Piece Of Work’ [Video] – Boris Johnson was left writhing on live television as he was accused of lying over an alleged extra-marital affair, fabricating quotes and agreeing to help a friend with a plot to get someone beaten up. [telegraph ]
Tilda Swinton Sleeps In A Box For Art – Tilda Swinton climbed into a glass box at NYC’s Museum of Modern Art Saturday and went to sleep — a bit of performance art entitled “The Maybe,” which quickly drew a crowd. [washpo ]
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