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  1. reminder to Toronto and Sth Africa and their spin doctors: if you gotta tell everyone that you're "world class", people maybe unconvinced. about 16 hours ago from web
  2. South Africa, like Toronto, insists too frequently that it is "world class." It's a major theme in SA's World Cup promotional campaign. about 16 hours ago from web
  3. why millions of Ethiopians are still hungry, 25 years after famine: the govt's heavy-handed land policy is big factor. http://bit.ly/5yCPut about 23 hours ago from web
  4. Gazing into the blank eyes of one of history's greatest killers: Mark MacKinnon's strange moment with Comrade Duch http://bit.ly/6Ox2lL 7:41 AM Nov 28th from web
  5. Ugandan law would give death penalty to gays; yet Commonwealth allows Ugandan president to chair its summit this week. http://bit.ly/6LOqUr 2:02 AM Nov 25th from web
  6. new blog post: Africa's ruling parties and how they rarely lose an election. Latest trick is releasing advance votes. http://bit.ly/8Fmgqa 11:53 PM Nov 24th from web
  7. World Cup tourists, beware: Cape Town's baboons have figured out how to open car doors in search of food. http://bit.ly/4FIopl 8:54 AM Nov 24th from web
  8. RT @africanewsfeed Japan soccer boss calls for ban on plastic trumpets at World Cup in S Africa. Too noisy, he says. http://bit.ly/3giiqw 10:26 AM Nov 17th from web
  9. The age of AIDS denialism is finally over: Zuma volunteers for HIV test and plans mass campaign of public HIV testing http://bit.ly/2nNDHA 11:26 AM Nov 16th from web
  10. when she said Botswana Prez "looked like Bushman", she meant it as compliment; police deemed it an insult. Reveals much about plight of San. 4:33 AM Nov 13th from web
  11. woman says Botswana president "looks like a Bushman"; gets detained for 2 days, accused of "insulting the president." http://bit.ly/4clSfy 4:31 AM Nov 13th from web
  12. RT @markmackinnon The Star, Southam, CTV and CBC Radio have also closed their Moscow offices. A sign Russia becoming just another country? 3:39 PM Nov 12th from web
  13. RT @markmackinnon The Globe & Mail has shut down the Moscow bureau it opened in 1986. Lights went out at Kaluzhskaya Ploschad on Nov 1. 3:39 PM Nov 12th from web
  14. uh-oh RT @KarenGrepin Africa accounts for only 4% of world's air traffic but nearly a third of world's air disasters http://bit.ly/pkoQv 5:08 AM Nov 12th from web
  15. correct link for Bombardier story: http://bit.ly/3yrztM 4:56 AM Nov 12th from web
  16. Bombardier's high-profile rail project in South Africa might not be ready in time for the World Cup ://bit.ly/3yrztM 4:55 AM Nov 12th from web
  17. RT @mdrohan http://bit.ly/2RECig Interesting comments by Umberto Eco on the dangers and limits of Google. 9:57 AM Nov 11th from web
  18. The collapse of the ANC's biggest threat: why the fate of COPE matters for the future of democracy in South Africa. http://bit.ly/1bMY5 9:25 AM Nov 11th from web
  19. China's latest expansion in Africa, including $10-billion in new loans: is it helping Africans or helping dictators? http://bit.ly/3FUu4v 1:59 AM Nov 9th from web
  20. another victim of media-industry crunch: The Weekender (South Africa) announces its immediate closure. It was an excellent Saturday paper. 7:12 AM Nov 8th from web