AFRICA MONEY-Memo to S. Africa: Economic woes begin at home * Marikana mine violence may lead to useful introspection * Government routinely blames euro crisis for economic ills * Social tensions
– Sentenced to 21 years in jail with likely extensions – Killed 77 people in gun and bomb massacre on July 22, 2011 – Most victims were teenagers, some as young as 14
Global stock, bond and commodity markets saw investors selling riskier assets on Friday, as they scaled back expectations of strong stimulus from the U.S. Federal Reserve and fretted about the euro zone's
No date has been confirmed yet for next Troika mission to Cyprus, Government Spokesman Stephanos Stephanou has said. Speaking after a meeting of the Cabinet on Thursday and replying to a question,
The EU consumer confidence indicator declined in August 2012 both in the Eurozone as well as in the EU27. According to a flash consumer confidence indicator for the EU and the euro
The government has appointed Stelios Himonas, Permanent Secretary at the Ministry of Justice and Public Order, to conduct a probe regarding the involvement of Ambassador Marios Ieronymides in a potential multimillion euro
Activists climbed Gazprom's oil platform in the Arctic overnight to protest against plans by the Russian energy giant to drill in the environmentally important zone, Greenpeace said on Friday. The activists "have
A previously unknown audio tape of an interview with slain civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr. was discovered recently in the attic of a Tennessee home, and a New York collector
If you have a relative who died of heart disease before age 60, your own risk of early heart trouble is higher as well, a study involving millions of people in Denmark
Microsoft Corp (MSFT.O) unveiled its first new logo in 25 years on Thursday as it looks to unify its branding ahead of a clutch of new product releases this year. The world's
