Mail & Guardian News FeedRSS feed for all of the Mail & Guardian Online news storiesRussian leader reassures Georgian rebel states- August 15, 2008 Russia's President Dmitri Medvedev promises to guarantee any vote by rebel Georgian states to break with Tbilisi.http://www.mg.co.za/article/2008-08-15-russian-leader-reassures-georgian-rebel-states China's quake reconstruction to cost $150bn- August 15, 2008 China faces a repair bill of almost $150-billion from the Sichuan earthquake, equivalent to one-fifth of its entire tax revenues for a single year.http://www.mg.co.za/article/2008-08-15-chinas-quake-reconstruction-to-cost-150bn There is still Olympic hope for SA, apparently- August 15, 2008 All is not lost yet, but there is a fair bit of panic in some SA circles as, after almost a week in Beijing, the country is yet to win a medal.http://www.mg.co.za/article/2008-08-15-there-is-still-olympic-hope-for-sa-apparently SA beat England Lions in warm-up match- August 15, 2008 South Africa warmed up for next week's Twenty20 international against England with a four-wicket win over the England Lions at Grace Road on Thursday.http://www.mg.co.za/article/2008-08-15-sa-beat-england-lions-in-warmup-match World's fastest men start their engines- August 15, 2008 The three fastest men in history all cruised through their Olympic 100m heats in Beijing on Friday.http://www.mg.co.za/article/2008-08-15-worlds-fastest-men-start-their-engines Medal machine Phelps does it again- August 15, 2008 The unstoppable Michael Phelps won his sixth gold medal with his sixth world record of the Beijing Games on Friday.http://www.mg.co.za/article/2008-08-15-medal-machine-phelps-does-it-again German workers kidnapped in Nigeria to be freed- August 15, 2008 The main militant group in Nigeria said on Thursday that two German workers kidnapped more than a month ago will be freed.http://www.mg.co.za/article/2008-08-15-german-workers-kidnapped-in-nigeria-to-be-freed West's impotence laid bare- August 15, 2008 Moscow has to take some of the blame. But it is the Wests policy of liberal interventionism that has fuelled war in Georgia.http://www.mg.co.za/article/2008-08-15-wests-impotence-laid-bare DG blurs boundaries- August 15, 2008 The ANC's campaign to shut down the Scorpions is being bolstered by direct assistance from Justice Director General Menzi Simelane.http://www.mg.co.za/article/2008-08-15-dg-blurs-boundaries The incredible Mr Simelane- August 15, 2008 How justice boss asked Vusi Pikoli's staff to spy on him, helped the ANC with its anti-Scorpions submission, and told Mbeki the NPA was after him.http://www.mg.co.za/article/2008-08-15-the-incredible-mr-simelane |