Rebekah Brooks And Andy Coulson Had 6-Year Affair – Former News of the World editors Rebekah Brooks and Andy Coulson were having an affair for at least six years from the late 1990s, the phone-hacking trial has heard. [bbc]

‘Global Banker To Criminals’ Pleads Guilty In New York – A New York man accused of being a “global banker to criminals” pleaded guilty in a Manhattan court Thursday in connection with a $6 billion money laundering scam. [afp]

E-Tolls Operator Boss Quits – Salahdin Yacoubi, the CEO of Electronic Tolling Collection (ETC) Pty Ltd, the company running the multi-billion e-tolls project in Gauteng resigned with immediate effect on Thursday. [fin24]

Google ‘Outraged’ At NSA Hacking Claim – Internet giant Google says that it is “outraged” at the possibility that US intelligence agencies have secretly broken into the main communications links that connect Google and Yahoo data centres around the world, as reported by the Washington Post. [aljazeera]

SA Crime At 15 Year Low – Residents of Cape Town are more likely to be victims of crime than those in Johannesburg, as the crime level in Johannesburg is roughly 10% lower than in the Mother City, according to global analytics company IHS’s crime index. [bdlive]

Teachers Watched That Schoolboy Getting Beaten And Killed – Sizimile High School teachers stood at a staff room window and watched a group of boys kick, punch and hit 18-year-old Bongani Nkabinde with an iron knobkerrie. [tlive]

Google Launches Newest Smartphone, The Nexus 5 – Google just launched its new LG Nexus 5 Android smartphone and its newest operating system update, called KitKat. [busins]

Poor Billionaire: Oracle Cuts Larry Ellison’s Paycheck – After so long, a rare moment of tech exec sanity: Bloomberg reports Oracle’s board rejected its yacht-cheating, island-owning CEO’s salary. Shareholders say Larry’s not doing his job well enough, so he’ll just have to get by with tens of millions of dollars a year. [valwag]

Zille Heckled, Barred By ANC From Speaking At Saldanha Launch – A group of ANC supporters prevented Western Cape premier Helen Zille from speaking at the launch of the Saldanha Bay industrial development zone. [m&g]

Edward Snowden Gets Website Job In Russia – Weeks after getting asylum in Russia, Edward Snowden now has a job there, one of his lawyers says. [cnn]

Chinese Boy, 10, Jumps 30 Floors To His Death After ‘His Teacher Orders Him To’ – A 10-year-old Chinese boy jumped 30 floors to his death after failing to write a self-criticism letter demanded by his teacher, state media reported Thursday. [scmp]

Syria Meets Deadline To Destroy Chemical Production Facilities – Syria has destroyed or rendered inoperable all of its declared chemical weapons production and mixing facilities, meeting a major deadline in an ambitious disarmament program. [reuters]

Kim Kardashian: Sexy Selfie Was ‘My Big Middle Finger to the World’ – Kim Kardashian’s instantly notorious swimsuit selfie, posted to Instagram this month, was a rebuke to everyone who made fun of her weight during her pregnancy, she revealed Wednesday on The Tonight Show. [people]

Famous French Graffiti Artist, Space Invader Reportedly Arrested Overnight In NY – “The French street artist, Space Invader, has been making his mark on the Lower East Side in the past few days. This afternoon we’re hearing he was arrested overnight while putting the finishing touches on a new piece in the neighborhood.” [ldny]

Kanye West Asked Lana Del Rey To Perform At Proposal To Kim Kardashian But She Said No – Kanye West asked Lana Del Rey to perform for his baby mama, Kim Kardashian, at the over the top marriage proposal in San Francisco earlier this month, but the New York singer politely turned down the offer. [radar]

Woody Allen Writes Open Letter in Support of the Woman Who Introduced Him to Meryl Streep – As this year’s awards season heats up, Woody Allen has written an open letter to Hollywood in the hopes of encouraging the Academy to create an Oscar category for casting directors. [vanfair]

Miley Cyrus Bare Breasts Expose As She Dresses up in Lil’ Kim’s 1999 VMAs outfit for Halloween – The ‘We Can’t Stop’ singer twerked her way into infamy at this year’s VMAs in Brooklyn. Now she’s getting into the Halloween spirit by paying tribute to a revealing outfit from the MTV awards show’s past, complete with a purple pasty. [nydn]

Cape2Cape Trek Couple Are Home – Cape Town adventure couple Stan and Sally Hannath travelled from Norway back to South Africa to raise funds for the Nelson Mandela Children’s Hospital. [wh24]

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