05 Oct
Events of Interest and Analyses, A Foreign Perspective
News
News
Platinum mine sacks 12,000 in South Africa
World’s top producer of metal says workers failed to show up to disciplinary hearings and have three days to appeal.
Last Modified: 05 Oct 2012 16:21 GMT
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Africa
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Miners’ march cut short
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Sordid tale behind mine strike
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Miners complain of ‘living hell’
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Q&A: The Marikana strikes
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In pictures: Marikana miners
September jobless numbers fall in USUnemployment rate falls from 8.1 per cent to 7.8 per cent as economy adds 114,000 new jobs in potential boost for Obama.
Last Modified: 05 Oct 2012 14:10 GMT
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Abu Hamza loses extradition appeal in UK
High Court decides five terror suspects, including Abu Hamza al-Masri, will be extradited to the US immediately.
Last Modified: 05 Oct 2012 16:14 GMT
Europe
Kenyans allowed to sue UK in torture caseCourt rules that three former members of the Mau Mau movement will be allowed to sue the British government.
Last Modified: 05 Oct 2012 10:14 GMT
Africa |
Political arrests’ plague Palestinians
Jillian Kestler-DAmours 05 Oct 2012 10:58 GMT
Rights groups complain of abuses by Hamas and PA amid tit-for-tat detention of rival activists in Gaza and West Bank.
The week in wildlife – in pictures
Lion cubs fighting, a seal awaiting treatment and a turtle hatchling making its way to the sea are among the flora and fauna featured in this week’s pick
