Atheist adverts declaring "there's probably no God" could be placed on buses across the country after a fundraising drive made five times the target amount in just one day.
By Martin Beckford, Religious Affairs Correspondent
Last Updated: 11:02PM BST 21 Oct 2008

Even religious groups donated money to the cause in the belief that the campaign, ( Read more... )

 Man killed wife in Facebook row

A man has been jailed for life for stabbing his wife to death over a posting she made on the social networking site Facebook.

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When we talk about herd behaviour of the financial 'gurus' in the international markets it tends to give me a chill.

Washington - Herd mentality rules during a financial crisis because people are wired to follow the crowd when times are uncertain, experts say.

Brain and behaviour studies clearly show that when information is scarce and threats seem ( Read more... )

Internet war games fanatic Matthew Pyke was stabbed to death by a fellow player who flew from Germany to murder him after an online dispute, police believe.

Police confirmed a man, believed to be 21, had been arrested near Frankfurt in Germany following the death of student Mr Pyke, who was killed in his flat in Nottingham.

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I wanted to post about the Zapiro cartoon that has a lot of people's underwear in the proverbial twist. Of course, the somewhat shocking cartoon and the cartoonist's refusal to apologise and the paper's decision not to withdraw it with apologies has sparked lots of controversy. Also loads of nonsense talk about Jacob Zuma, but that is a standard ( Read more... )

Tourists just get dumber

London - "When do you turn off the mist?" "Is this where Ozzy and Sharon actually live?" "Where are all the hobbits?" The bizarre questions asked by visitors to British tourist spots were revealed on Monday.

An unidentified visitor to Osborne House, Queen Victoria's retreat on the Isle of Wight, was presumably ( Read more... )

Beijing - Two lovers ended up in hospital in Taiwan after their car plunged 70 metres down a cliff face as they made love in the backseat.

Lin Gu, 25, and lover Lee Shin, 29, were left with broken bones and bruises after their car toppled over the edge of a hill in XinDian, reports Today News.

A spokesperson for police who were called by ( Read more... )

The Presidency's Development Indicators report for 2008 states that the fruits of economic expansion were not enjoyed by all South Africans. Really, the fact that the difference is more pronounced between social classes should not come as a surprise. COSATU starts moaning again that it was the current President's pro-business policies that did that ( Read more... )

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Berlin - A desperate German called emergency services to rescue her after a visiting friend at her flat had talked for 30 hours non-stop, authorities said on Tuesday.

Police in Speyer said that the guest had rambled on about personal problems and became increasingly intoxicated until the 48-year-old host dialled ( Read more... )

SAA boss needs a new sangoma to help in fuel crisis
May 18, 2008

By Edwin Naidu

Khaya Ngqula, the SAA chief executive, must change sangomas. When economists warned the price of oil was rising and forecast to break the $100 (R763) a barrel barrier, the airline budgeted for oil at $65 a barrel.

No surprises to hear on Wednesday that ( Read more... )