E-Toll Staff Examined After Powder Scare – Biological or chemical attacks, real or feigned, are an act of cowardice and terrorism, the Justice Project SA (JPSA) said on Tuesday, after Sanral’s operations centre in Pretoria had to be shut down when white powder was found in an envelope. [iol]
The Pro-Capitalist Media Are Ignoring The Dawn Of Socialism In SA – The National Union of Metalworkers of South Africa may become the first mass worker’s party to oppose the ANC, writes Jane Duncan. [m&g]
Marijuana Ads Banned On Facebook And Google – Facebook and Google will not let weed sellers advertise on their websites, even if prospective pot patrons are surfing the web in places like Colorado or Washington where marijuana is legal. [time]
Couple Resign Over Fake Interpreter Scandal – Two ANC employees who were linked to a fake sign language interpreter at Nelson Mandela’s memorial service have resigned. [citypress]
Ending The War On Pot is Obama’s Last Chance For A Legacy – Obama says he doesn’t want to end up a forgotten, no-name president. His refreshingly frank comments on marijuana legalization suggest a big way he could make that happen. [beast]
Amazon Considering Online Pay-TV Service – Amazon.com Inc. AMZN +1.86% has approached big entertainment companies about licensing their television channels for a possible new online pay-TV service, in what would be a significant expansion of the company’s online video efforts. [wsj]
Woman Chosen to Lead Central African Republic Out of Mayhem – Central African Republic — Cheers broke out in the National Assembly building here on Monday as representatives chose the mayor of this beleaguered capital to serve as the interim president of the Central African Republic, a country in the grip of a sectarian civil war. [nytimes]
Japan Defends Dolphin Kill As Tradition; Foreign Envoys Are Critical – Despite criticism from conservationists and some prominent global figures, Japan carried out its annual capture and killing of bottlenose dolphin Tuesday after trapping about 250 of the engaging mammals in a small and infamous south-central cove. [latimes]
Homophobic? Not Me, Says Putin… I Like Elton John – Vladimir Putin has insisted that he is “on friendly terms” with gay acquaintances and that millions of Russians love pop icon Elton John “despite his orientation”, as he sought to defuse calls from gay rights activists to boycott the Winter Olympics. [smh]
Ombud Orders Sunday Times To Apologise To Gordhan – The press ombud has ruled that the Sunday Times apologise to Finance Minister Pravin Gordhan for “inaccurately and unfairly” reporting that he had accused the newspaper of “clearly creating mischief”. [m&g]
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Piers Morgan’s Steyn ‘Invite’ – High-profile international television anchor and journalist Piers Morgan has seemingly had enough of facing premier pace bowlers in the nets. [sport24]
WhatsApp Doubles Active Users in 10 Months – WhatsApp CEO Jan Koum announced Monday that the cross-platform mobile-messaging app now has 430 million active users. That’s up from 200 million in April 2013, which means its user base has more than doubled in less than a year. [mash]
Obama To Meet With Pope Francis At The Vatican – President Obama in March will travel to Vatican City to meet with Pope Francis, the White House announced Tuesday. [cbs]
Sheryl Sandberg Is Now A Billionaire – Sheryl Sandberg’s fortune surpassed $1 billion today after Facebook’s stock closed at a record high, making her one of the youngest billionaires in the U.S. [time]
After Three Years On The Blacklist, China Lifts Gag On Lady Gaga – Lady Gaga – the flamboyant and provocative New York-based pop singer — has been removed from a Chinese government blacklist, allowing her chart-topping new album “ARTPOP” to go on sale legally in China. [cnn]
Harry Drank Champagne From Prosthetic Leg In South Pole Celebrations – Prince Harry celebrated reaching the South Pole with a “two-day bender” and the teams took turns drinking champagne out of one of his fellow trekkers prosthetic leg as part of their celebrations, the actor Dominic West said today at a high-spirited press conference to mark the success of the mission. [beast]
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