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Watch Out BlackBerry Users, Government Might Start Watching You
06 Sep 2011 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
We already have the Regulation of Interception of Communication Act (Rica), and as the ad hoc committee from Parliament yesterday adopted the controversial Protection of Information Bill after nearly a year of deliberations, we might now also see the decryption of BlackBerry messages become a reality.
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Finally Someone Is REALLY Doing Something About TripAdvisor’s Lies
02 Sep 2011 by Jasmine Stone / 1 Comment
Previously known as the breakthrough company for holiday reviews, TripAdvisor has come under attack for false reviews quite a bit recently, and been sued quite a bit too. Now the British advertising watchdog, the Advertising Standards Authority, has launched a formal investigation into the hugely popular travel review website because the company is probably in breach of the advertising code.
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Malema Fails! The ANC’s Charges Remain
02 Sep 2011 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
The National Disciplinary Committee has dismissed comrade Julius Malema’s application to have the charges that have been brought against him dropped. In what represents yet another blow to the embattled youth league leader, he’ll probably be staying in and drinking some hot chocolate this evening, contemplating what life holds in store for him next.
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Hundreds Of Greek Orthodox Mourners Served Biscuits Sprinkled With Cocaine
31 Aug 2011 by Jasmine Stone / 15 Comments
In what must have seemed like a scene straight from a movie, hundreds of Orthodox Greek mourners were mistakenly served kourabiedes, a traditional Greek biscuit, at a funeral reception. Shortly after tasting the biscuits, the guests started acting incredibly strangely and the funeral bureau officers called the police.
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“Millionaires Club” Advocates Case Commences Today
29 Aug 2011 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
In what has been deemed a landmark case starting today in the North Gauteng High Court, 13 advocates face being struck off the roll for allegedly sucking the Road Accident Fund dry through dodgy billing practices.
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Lockerbie Bomber Is Almost Dead
29 Aug 2011 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Yes, it seems as if the Lockerbie bomber, Abdel Basset al-Megrahi is comatose, near death and will probably take the secrets of the attack on Pan Am Flight 103 with him soon. CNN found al-Megrahi in his palatial Tripoli villa on Sunday, surviving on oxygen and an intravenous drip, under the care of his family.
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Gaddafi Wants London Embassy Back, Instructs Essex Law Firm
24 Aug 2011 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
The colonel just. won’t. give. up. The funny thing about this instruction is that there is a very strong chance Gaddafi won’t actually see its outcome. He recently decided that victory or martyrdom are his only options, and with rebels teaming all over Tripoli, the October postponement is a long time from now.
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At Least Two Wine Farms Still Use The Illegal Dop Payment System
23 Aug 2011 by Jasmine Stone / 2 Comments
A Human Rights Watch report has discovered that at least two wine farms in South Africa are still using the illegal ‘dop system’ as part-payment for farm workers. The practice was prohibited in 1928, and its poisonous legacy is rooted deep in the social fabric of farm-worker communities in the Cape.
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The Child Protection Register Only Has One Name On It
23 Aug 2011 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
It seems as if there isn’t a day that goes by where we don’t read about some or other sex act committed against a child in this country. But 16 months after its inception, only one person has been deemed unsuitable to work with children and been named on the national Child Protection Register.
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Liam Gallagher Looks Back In Anger – And Sues Noel
19 Aug 2011 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
The love-hate relationship between former Oasis frontmen Liam and Noel Gallager has been entertaining us since the 90s. Now Liam has taken his apparently rampant distaste for Noel one step further and has brought a law suit against him for lying about the reasons for the band’s split. And he wants a public apology too.
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BREAKING NEWS: Julius Malema Has Been Charged By The ANC
19 Aug 2011 by Jasmine Stone / 4 Comments
On Tuesday, 2oceansVibe reported that there were possibly going to be new charges brought against ANCYL president, Julius Malema. Julius and other members of the league managed to infringe upon the ANC’s constitution, and the new charges that were served earlier, relate to his comments that the ANCYL will work against the government of Botswana to effect a regime change.
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Unprecedented US Hot Dog Wars Are Taking Things To The Next Level
17 Aug 2011 by Jasmine Stone / 1 Comment
Normally hot dog stories are about who shoves the most hot dogs down their gullet. This one is different. It’s hot dog maker versus hot dog maker in a US federal district court, as each claims their product is better than their competitor’s. It’s Kraft Foods versus Sara Lee Corporation. It’s a $1,6 billion sausage product war.
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The ANC Is Likely To Bring Charges Against Malema Soon
16 Aug 2011 by Jasmine Stone / 1 Comment
A special report in the Daily Maverick today has indicated that Julius Malema should in all likelihood face some much needed disciplining soon, at least from the ruling party that is. According to the report, the ANC is drawing up charges against Malema and a few of his sidekicks following two meetings of the party’s bosses on Monday.
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Chinese Rail Company Issues Massive Bullet Train Recall
12 Aug 2011 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
The second largest train maker in China will recall 54 bullet trains which are used on the new impressive Beijing-Shanghai line for safety reasons, the company said today. The recall of the high-speed trains by China CNR Corp Limited comes three weeks after 40 people were killed in a high-speed rail crash.
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Hong Kong Securities Exchange Hacked, Partly Suspends Trading
11 Aug 2011 by Jasmine Stone / 1 Comment
Not even security exchanges are immune to hackers these days. Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Limited, the world’s biggest security exchange operator by market value, suspended trading yesterday for companies including HSBC. This came after its website was hacked in what’s been described as a hack with malicious intent at a critical time.
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That Amazonian Tribe That Was Contacted For The First Time This Year Has Been Attacked
10 Aug 2011 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Earlier this year 2oceansVibe reported about a tribe in western Brazil, living some 50 kilometres from the Peruvian border, that had until then, not been contacted by modern man. Sadly the tribe has gone missing after drug traffickers overran Brazilian guards posted to protect the area around which the tribe was living.
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Google Has First Self-Drive Car Accident – Who’s Responsible?
08 Aug 2011 by Jasmine Stone / 1 Comment
When I first heard about Google’s self-driving cars I was excited. Google weren’t the first to experiment with this kind of thing, and technology is evolving, but deep down I always knew it would be hard to trump KITT from Knight Rider or DeLorean DMC-12 from Back to the Future. Prius on Prius car love after the jump.
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French Court Orders Probe Into IMF Head Christine Lagarde
04 Aug 2011 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
The International Monetary Fund has another scandal to deal with, although this time it’s a financial one. A French court has today ordered an investigation into the new IMF head, Christine Lagarde, and her role in a much-criticised $400 million arbitration deal in favour of a controversial tycoon. It concerns the mishandled sale of sportswear maker, Adidas, in the 1990’s.
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Italy Approves Draft Law For Burqa Ban
03 Aug 2011 by Jasmine Stone / 1 Comment
Italy has become the next European country to join the wave of nations banning women from wearing veils that cover their faces in public. An Italian parliamentary commission has approved a draft law prohibiting women from wearing a burqa, niqab or any other garment that covers the face in public places.
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Greece Starts €50 Billion Privatisation Drive
02 Aug 2011 by Jasmine Stone / 1 Comment
It’s time to dust off the old cheque book and keep an eye on what’s happening in Greece. You may just find something you want to purchase as Greek officials begin appointing advisers for the country’s ambitious privatisation drive, and what is one of the most ambitious asset-selling campaigns in modern history.
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Jozi To Get Recycling Laws
01 Aug 2011 by Jasmine Stone / 5 Comments
If all goes according to plan, it won’t be long before residents in Jozi face fines for improperly managing their waste. While the move will definitely result in a fair amount of complaining, it’s arguable that recycling has been happening around the world for ages. In fact, it should be a habit and duty for all of us.
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Real Life Sat-Nav Racing Game Grips Britain As Drivers Attempt To Beat The Clock
29 Jul 2011 by Jasmine Stone / 1 Comment
The idea behind the game is pretty straight forward: you must beat your satellite navigational system’s estimated time of arrival. I’m quite sure this has crossed some of our minds a few times but apparently some seven million British drivers are actually partaking in the potentially lethal new craze.
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Some British Communities Become “Shariah Controlled Zone’s”
28 Jul 2011 by Jasmine Stone / 7 Comments
Bigoted members of British society must be speedily wringing their hands and tensely furrowing their eyebrows in anger that this has happened. While not quite the same as the Name Your Hood campaign, Islamic extremists have launched a poster campaign across the UK proclaiming areas where Shariah law enforcement zones have been set up.
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Piers Morgan Might Have Been Fibbing About His Phone Hacking Knowledge
27 Jul 2011 by Jasmine Stone / 1 Comment
Piers Morgan might have been speaking nonsense when he made the modest claim that all he knew of phone hacking was that someone once told him that it was possible. The embattled CNN host, who has spent a fair amount of time defending his knowledge on hacking lately, appears to have forgotten about a 2009 interview.
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Fake Apple Stores Are A Global Industry
26 Jul 2011 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Chinese officials have ordered two of the five fake stores already located in the south-western city of Kunming to suspend business while they’re investigated, a local government website said on Monday. But, it’s since emerged that similar fakes exist in countries from Croatia to Venezuela.
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James Murdoch’s Busy Week Ahead
25 Jul 2011 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
The younger Murdoch’s credibility was tested last week, after he told a parliamentary committee that he was not aware of evidence that eavesdropping at the News of the World went beyond a jailed rogue reporter. At least three former top executives, including a former editor, have pointed fingers back at James. What happens next is critical to his future.
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David Cameron Says James Murdoch Has “Questions To Answer”
22 Jul 2011 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Earlier this morning, 2oceansVibe reported in morning spice headlines that James Murdoch was accused of misleading British parliament about his knowledge of phone hacking at the News of the World. Two former key players at the paper issued a statement contradicting one of Murdoch’s key claims. Now Cameron wants answers. Real ones.
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Malema Denies Building R16 Million House, But May Still Need To Answer On Funds
20 Jul 2011 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Julius Malema has today denied that he is building a R16 million home in the upmarket Johannesburg suburb of Sandown. Rather, he chose to insist, “Instead of being rich, I remain poor but credit worthy.” He declined to give details of his financial interests, saying he was not a public figure, but this may yet backfire on him.
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Shrien Dewani Too Ill For Court, But ‘Exercises For Hours’
19 Jul 2011 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Earlier today, in the morning spice headlines, 2oceansvibe reported that Shrien Dewani was excused from his extradition hearing, that resumed yesterday, because he was “too ill” to attend court proceedings. It’s since emerged that Shrien “exercises for hours” despite being diagnosed with a condition which leaves sufferers struggling physically and mentally.
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Mexican Army Finds Biggest Weed Plantation Ever
15 Jul 2011 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
On Thursday, the Mexican Defense Department reported that soldiers have found the largest weed plantation ever detected in Mexico. The huge field covers an astonishing 300 odd acres (120 hectares), and would have been worth about $160 million if it had been harvested and brought to market.
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