Tour de France: SA’s Daryl Impey Wins Yellow Jersey – Daryl Impey has become only the second South African to win a Tour de France stage. [mg]

Nelson Mandela’s Doctors Deny He Was In ‘Permanent Vegetative State’ – Doctors treating Nelson Mandela have been forced to deny a claim he is in a “permanent vegetative state” that was made in court papers by a lawyer representing close members of his family. [telegraph]

Mandela Family Dirty Linen Aired As Brother Accuses Brother – The Mandelas are now a family engulfed by an acrimonious feud, even as the elder statesman lies critically ill in a hospital. [latimes]

ANC Members Burn Party T-Shirts – Members of the ANC burnt party T-shirts outside the Tlokwe local municipality offices in protest against the expulsion of 14 councillors, the party said on Thursday. [timeslive]

Obama Orders Us To Review Aid To Egypt – President Barack Obama urged Egypt’s military Wednesday to hand back control to a democratic, civilian government without delay, but stopped short of calling the ouster of President Mohammed Morsi a coup. [associated]

Formula One Drivers Issue Boycott Threat Over Tyre Explosions – Formula One’s drivers have threatened to walk out of Sunday’s German Grand Prix if they are put at risk of more dangerous tyre blowouts. [thetimes]

Japanese Scientists Grow Working Mini-Livers For Mice From Stem Cells – Scientists in Japan have grown rudimentary functioning human livers from stem cells in a world first that promises to help alleviate the global shortage in transplant organs. [independent]

French Agency Spies On Phone Calls, Email, Web Use, Paper Says – France’s external intelligence agency spies on the French public’s phone calls, emails and social media activity in France and abroad, the daily Le Monde said on Thursday. [reuters]

Real Life ‘Italian Job’: Thieves Steal $1.7M In Cash During Venice Lagoon Heist – Three armed bandits pulled up alongside a courier boat in a Venice lagoon and robbed it of nearly $1.7 million in cash, according to Italian news reports. [nypost]

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Hackers Sabotage Jay-Z’s Magna Carta Android App – Two weeks ago, the rapper and entrepreneur announced that he was dropping Magna Carta Holy Grail — his 12th studio album — on July 4 via an Android app exclusively for a select number of Samsung smartphones. But according to security company McAfee, some who thought they were getting the new album actually ended up downloading malware. [mashable]

Venice’s Gondoliers Face Breathalyser Tests After Series Of Complaints Of Drunkenness – Venice’s famous gondoliers could soon be subject to breathalyser tests, after a series of complaints about drunkenness. [dailymail]

Madeleine McCann: New Leads Spark Met Formal Inquiry – Scotland Yard says it has “new evidence and new witnesses” in the Madeleine McCann case and has opened a formal investigation into her disappearance. [bbc]

Rare Chinese Stamp Sells For R8.9 Million – One of China’s rarest stamps sold for HK$6.9 million ($890,000) at auction in Hong Kong, the auctioneers said Wednesday. [luxuo]

Consumers Relieved As Streaming Radio Only Uses 20mb/hour – 2oceansvibe’s new news and radio app launched yesterday and users who used the radio portion were impressed to learn that it only used around 20mb per hour data when streaming radio. Compared to the size of emails these days, it’s refreshingly light on data. Get the app [here]

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