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Lonmin set to breach loan agreements over South African mine strike

August 22, 2012 Leave a Comment

Company warns investors shutdown of mine, where police shot 34 workers, will lead to debt covenants being breached

Filed Under: Business Tagged With: Africa, Article, Business, Financial, Lonmin, Main section, Mining, News, Rupert Neate, South Africa, The Guardian, World news

Ethiopian PM Meles Zenawi’s death sparks fears of turmoil

August 22, 2012 1 Comment

Mourners throng outside airport and world leaders pay tribute, but human rights groups condemn 21-year authoritarian reign

Filed Under: News Tagged With: Africa, Article, David Smith, Ethiopia, International, Main section, Matthew Newsome, Meles Zenawi, News, The Guardian, World news

Pakistani girl accused of Qur’an burning could face death penalty

August 20, 2012 Leave a Comment

Tensions rise between Muslim and Christian communities amid claims that 11-year-old desecrated text

Filed Under: Facing Justice Tagged With: Article, Christianity, International, Islam, Jon Boone, Main section, News, Pakistan, Pakistan's blasphemy laws, Religion, The Guardian, World news

Somalis planning on a better future

August 20, 2012 Leave a Comment

David Smith talks to some of the extraordinary characters who believe 2012 will be remembered as the year that Somalia, finally, turned the corner

Filed Under: News Tagged With: Africa, Article, David Smith, Global development, Guardian Weekly, International, Main section, Middle East and North Africa, News, somalia, The Guardian, World news

Number of older people living with cancer ‘to treble’ by 2040

August 20, 2012 1 Comment

Head of Macmillan Cancer Support warns of a ‘ticking timebomb’ for society if NHS and social-care systems are unprepared

Filed Under: News Tagged With: Article, Cancer, Guardian Weekly, Health, Health policy, Main section, News, NHS, Older people, Politics, Public services policy, Sarah Boseley, Social care, Society, The Guardian, Top stories, UK news

South African miners’ families back Julius Malema’s call for nationalisation

August 19, 2012 11 Comments

Jacob Zuma is criticised as former ANC youth leader says the president sided with mine owner when 34 were killed

Filed Under: News Tagged With: ANC (African National Congress), Article, Business, David Smith, Jacob Zuma, Julius Malema, Lonmin, Main section, Mining, News, Protest, South Africa, The Observer, World news

Young Kenyans shun tribalism over fears of post-election violence

August 18, 2012 Leave a Comment

Many citizens are tiring of divisive rhetoric used by politicians on campaign trail and seek to avoid a repeat of 2007 ethnic unrest

Filed Under: Politics Tagged With: Africa, Article, Clar Ni Chonghaile, Indigenous peoples, International, Kenya, Main section, News, World news

Pussy Riot verdict greeted with defiance

August 18, 2012 Leave a Comment

‘What Putin wants, he gets,’ say angry supporters of punk band jailed for ‘violating social order’

Filed Under: News Tagged With: Article, Europe, Freedom of speech, Guardian Weekly, Main section, Miriam Elder, Music, News, Protest, Pussy Riot, Russia, The Guardian, Top stories, Vladimir Putin, World news

The Marikana action is a strike by the poor against the state and the haves

August 18, 2012 Leave a Comment

The shooting at Lonmin’s Marikana mine exposes weaknesses at the heart of South African society

Filed Under: News Tagged With: Africa, Article, Business, Comment, Comment & debate, Comment is free, Justice Malala, Main section, Mining, South Africa, The Guardian, World news

Miners’ wives rage at South African police brutality after ‘massacre’

August 18, 2012 Leave a Comment

Women performing apartheid-era toyi-toyi dance condemn mine company as they wait for news of victims of police shootings

Filed Under: News Tagged With: Africa, ANC (African National Congress), Article, Business, David Smith, Features, International, Jacob Zuma, Lonmin, Main section, Mining, News, South Africa, World news

South African police shoot dead striking miners

August 18, 2012 3 Comments

Up to 18 people killed at Lonmin platinum mine where strike over pay has escalated into alleged turf war between unions

Filed Under: News Tagged With: Africa, Article, Business, David Smith, Employment, Global development, International, Main section, Mining, News, South Africa, Terry Macalister, The Guardian, Unions, World news

Democrats’ nerves start to show as Ryan fires up conservative voters

August 17, 2012 Leave a Comment

The Republican candidate was kept on the back foot for weeks but in choosing Paul Ryan, Romney is looking to his core vote

Filed Under: Politics Tagged With: Article, Democrats, Ewen MacAskill, Features, Florida, International, Main section, Mitt Romney, News, Obama administration, Paul Ryan, Republicans, The Guardian, United States, US Congress, us elections 2012, US healthcare, US politics, World news

Manchester United set to complete deal for Arsenal’s Robin van Persie

August 16, 2012 Leave a Comment

• Arsenal confirm terms agreed for striker’s sale
• Dutchman will travel to Manchester for medical
• Amy Lawrence: this is not bad business for Arsenal
• Paul Wilson: signing could be final piece in United jigsaw

Filed Under: Sports Tagged With: Arsenal, Article, David Hytner, Football, Main section, Manchester United, News, Robin van Persie, Sport, The Guardian, Transfer window

British soldiers accused in Kenyan murder case

August 15, 2012 1 Comment

Body of 21-year-old prostitute was found in a septic tank after an alleged fight with British solider in hotel room

Filed Under: Global Tagged With: Africa, Article, Kenya, Main section, Military, Ministry of Defence, News, Richard Norton-Taylor, The Guardian, UK news, World news

Israel appoints new home security minister amid fears over strike on Iran

August 14, 2012 1 Comment

Former intelligence chief Avi Dichter will take role, having previously spoken out against military action against Iran

Filed Under: Global Tagged With: Article, Harriet Sherwood, International, Iran, israel, Lebanon, Main section, Middle East and North Africa, News, Syria, World news

Ex-Israeli soldier jailed over deaths of Palestinian women

August 12, 2012 Leave a Comment

Unnamed former soldier to serve 45 days in connection with deaths of Palestinian mother and daughter during Gaza war

Filed Under: Facing Justice Tagged With: Article, Gaza, Harriet Sherwood, International, israel, Main section, Middle East and North Africa, News, Palestinian territories, World news

Usain Bolt seals his place in the pantheon with stunning fifth gold

August 10, 2012 Leave a Comment

Richard Williams at the Olympic Stadium watches the master beat the pupil – just – as Jamaica sweeps the board in the 200m

Filed Under: Sports Tagged With: Article, Athletics, Jamaica Olympic team, London 2012 Olympic gold, London 2012 Olympic medals, Main section, News, Olympic Games 2012, Olympics 2012: athletics, Richard Williams, Sport, The Guardian, Top stories, Usain Bolt

Problems pile up in Kenya’s election year

August 9, 2012 Leave a Comment

Despite being east Africa’s biggest economy, Kenya is accused of failing to deliver on promises at home

Filed Under: Politics Tagged With: Africa, Analysis, Article, Clar Ni Chonghaile, Features, Governance, Guardian Weekly, International, Kenya, Main section, News, The Guardian, World news

Mau Mau verdict: Britain must undo its imperial amnesia

August 9, 2012 Leave a Comment

The case brought by elderly Kikuyu tortured in the Kenyan emergency allows a more honest account of Britain’s identity

Filed Under: Facing Justice Tagged With: Africa, Article, Comment, Comment & debate, Comment is free, Global development, Kenya, Law, Main section, Mau Mau, Priyamvada Gopal, The Guardian, Torture, UK news, World news

Kenya’s David Rudisha is favourite for 800m, thanks to an Irish Brother

August 9, 2012 Leave a Comment

Brother Colm O’Connell, known as ‘godfather of Kenyan running’, was left astounded when Rudisha ran his first 800m

Filed Under: Sports Tagged With: Adharanand Finn, Africa, Article, Athletics, David Rudisha, Kenya, Main section, Olympic Games 2012, Olympics 2012: athletics, Running, Sport, The Guardian, Top stories, World news

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