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N Korea missiles not in declaration - News24
"Of course there was agreement on issues such as avoiding escalation and further North Korean provocation," said the official, who was accompanying Noda and refused to be named. "But on the exact phrasing of the paragraph and how it should be included ...
US to resume arms sales to Bahrain - News24
The materiel will include a frigate, harbour security boats for the Coast Guard and an upgrade for Bahrain's existing turbo fan engines used in F-16 fighter jets, a senior administration official said. Bahrain is an important security ally for ...
Drug gang fear silences Mexico journalists - News24
Sometimes they are called in when gangs wish to give them messages about what they may or may not publish, according to another journalist who refused to give his name for fear of reprisals. Other times, armed men summon journalists and beat several of ...
North Mali: Islamists try to win recruits - News24
The reports were confirmed by an employee of a local non-governmental organisation who also requested anonymity for his own safety. The retreat of government soldiers from Mali's north quickened rapidly last month after mutinous soldiers in the south ...
Ombudsman rules in Malema's favour - News24
He argued that Mohamed should have disclosed to readers that the information had been obtained from an anonymous source so that the information could be seen in context. Retief found that since the Sunday Independent had quoted more than one source ...
Mutharika body to return home Saturday - News24
His body was initially expected to return on Thursday, but the official, who did not want to be identified, said: "I can confirm that it is now Saturday." No reasons were given for the postponement. Supporters will be able to view his body in Blantyre, ...
French citizens arrested in Somaliland - News24
Mogadishu - Authorities in Somalia's breakaway region of Somaliland arrested four French nationals who crossed into the territory from neighbouring Djibouti, a government official said. The four, among them women, were arrested on Thursday while ...
Man hijacked by potential car buyers - News24
The Daily News reported that the 31-year-old from Chatsworth, who did not want to be identified, placed an ad on Gumtree a week ago. He received a call from a man interested in buying the car and they arranged to meet. The potential buyer arrived with ...
Teen attempts suicide over 'sluts list' - News24
Another mother, who did not want to be identified, told how her daughter was traumatised after discovering that her name had been added to the list over the weekend. The “sluts list” was started by an unknown person earlier this year, with the names ...
Myanmar releases Karen rebel leader - News24
Authorities on Monday decided to include him in a general amnesty for hundreds of political prisoners granted January 14, said a government official who requested anonymity. Mahn Nyein Maung was arrested in July 2011 for entering Thailand without a ...
DA courts Mamphela Ramphele - News24
A party source said Ramphele had been approached by DA leaders, and a source close to Zille said she “has been asking Mamphela for years” to join the DA. “Obviously we'd really like to have her in the party. There are things we see eye to eye on.
FBI sting nets Moroccan on terror charges - News24
They spoke on a condition of anonymity because they were not authorised to speak publicly. Dar Al-Hijrah Islamic Centre imam Johari Abdul-Malik, who along with other Muslim leaders meets regularly with the FBI, said he was contacted by an agency ...
Northern Cape premier collapses during address - News24
A member of the public who attended the address and did not want to be identified, said paramedics immediately rushed to assist her. “She just started to slur during her speech and collapsed.” The speech, which also marks the official opening of the ...
3 face death in Malaysia drug case - News24
A district court near the Kuala Lumpur International Airport charged the three men on January 13 with drug trafficking, said a customs official who declined to be named. Airport officials arrested the men arriving from Istanbul on January 1 after ...
China recruiting 8 000 police - News24
Beijing - Authorities in China's volatile Xinjiang region plan to recruit 8 000 extra police officers, a government official said on Tuesday, as they beef up security in the remote area. The Asian powerhouse is gearing up for a major leadership ...
Councillors want protest insurance - News24
“Some councillors have more than one property while others live in expensive suburbs,” says the municipal manager, who has asked not to be identified. Manyoni has three properties, including one in Harrismith, while his Midvaal counterpart, ...
Italian islanders rise to ship disaster - News24
They were in light clothing because they were just settling down to supper when it happened," said one woman who declined to be named but said she was "a proud islander". The woman, speaking at the local tobacconists, said: "The children were crying, ...
Kotzé explains brutal attack to police - News24
A source close to the investigation, who wanted to remain anonymous, said Kotzé had told the police what he apparently did to the woman. "It is unreal what he did. It scares one," the source told Beeld. Kotzé apparently pointed out various things to ...
CAR ex-rebel leader arrested - News24
"Mr Demafouth and several other persons are involved in destabilising the country through a rebel coalition," said an official close to the prosecutor's office. "The investigation that has been opened on this matter will determine those responsible. ...
Burkina customs chief fired - News24
Prime Minister Luc Adolphe Tiao "is uncompromising when it comes to tackling corruption and misuse of public funds: whoever the suspect is, the law should apply", a government official said. Guiro, whose department was ranked the west African country's ...
Boko Haram tells Christians to leave - News24
Aminu Magada, a source close to the sect, told dpa that Boko Haram spokesperson Abu Qaga issued an e-mail statement to some media institutions. The statement said southern Christians living in the north, particularly those in the states of Borno and ...
US eyes hands-off policy in Iraq: report - News24
"There is a strong sense that we need to let events in Iraq play out," a senior administration official said. "There is not a great deal of appetite for re-engagement. We are not going to reinvade Iraq." But US military counterterrorism personnel could ...
'Kidnappings' mar Sudan Christmas - News24
Like others, he asked to remain anonymous because of the sensitivity of the issue - in particular the alleged abduction of ethnic southern youth to fight in the country's southern border region or with rebels in South Sudan. ...
Volunteers race to save rare Egypt books - News24
He asked not to be named because he was not authorised to speak to reporters. Volunteer Ahmed el-Bindari said the military shoulders the brunt of responsibility for using its roof as a position to attack protesters before the fire erupted. ...
Romania, FBI crack down on cyber crime - News24
"Cyber crime has highly specialised and extremely dynamic networks," an expert at the Romanian Intelligence Service (SRI) told AFP on condition of anonymity. "Cutting one of its arms does not help, it will grow back in no time. ...