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5 FM DJ accused of blasphemy

Wednesday, 5th December 2007 at 10:15 am

South African 5 FM DJ Gareth Cliff is at the centre of yet another outrage about a comment he has made on the air. Several e-mails are currently in circulation demanding that the South African Broadcasting Corporation (SABC) takes him …

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Déjà vu: OJ Simpson to reunite with a courtroom

Thursday, 15th November 2007 at 8:00 am

Looks like O.J. Simpson is about to be intimately reacquainted with the inside of a courtroom.
Early this morning our time, a Las Vegas judge has decided that O.J., along with two other co-defendants, will stand trial for twelve criminal counts …

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Breaking News: Nobel Peace Prize Awarded

Friday, 12th October 2007 at 11:28 am

Normally we wouldn’t cover this, but since the winner of this year’s Nobel Peace Prize also won an Oscar earlier this year, we feel that it falls into our domain.
Al Gore has just been announced as the winner of this …

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The wealthiest person in China revealed

Monday, 8th October 2007 at 3:50 pm

We don’t know about you, but when we were 26, we were hungover, barely awake and, when we realised that the age of 30 was steadily sneaking up on us, we began postponing some of the idealistic things that we …

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“Rock Star for People Over 30″ dies

Thursday, 6th September 2007 at 10:34 am

The tenor who popularised opera for the masses, Luciano Pavarotti, has died from pancreatic cancer at his home in Modena, Italy.
He was 71 years old.
Everything about him was impressive: His voice was larger than life, for most of his life …

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Another twist in SA Sex Blogger Case

Tuesday, 21st August 2007 at 9:00 am

Simon Grindrod is probably not a very happy camper today. At this stage, it looks like his alleged slanderer and South Africa’s alleged sex blogger, Juan Duval Uys, could get off scot-free.
When Juan appeared in the Cape Town Magistrate’s Court …