SOUTH AFRICA Summer News, Jan 01, 2012

Prince dropped for 3rd Test against Sri Lanka NDTV Prince's place has been under scrutiny since the start of the season after he failed to score a half-century in either of South Africa's last two series, against Pakistan and India in 2010-11. He managed 109 runs in three Test matches this summer, ... See all stories on this topic »

Tally up the Olympic ledger and you may find it doesn't balance The National Green Point Stadium, bottom left, and the city of Cape Town, South Africa. Our columnist asked South Africans if they thought hosting the World Cup had changed their country, and the answer was a resolute 'No'. Well, if it isn't another Summer OIympic ... See all stories on this topic » The National

The Roebuck tragedy: a tale of love, beatings and blackmail Sydney Morning Herald But Gondo wasn't interested in the "bigger picture". A short time later, Roebuck apparently took his own life. South African Police spokesman Vish Naidoo says the body has been released to the family. The results of an inquest may not be known for up ... See all stories on this topic » Sydney Morning Herald

The end of the world in 2012 .. as we know it? South African Broadcasting Corporation The year 2012 will also see important elections held (in chronological order) in Taiwan, Iran, Mexico, Venezuela, Ukraine, South Africa (the ANC's national conference in Mangaung, Free State in December where a new leadership will be voted in), ... See all stories on this topic » South African Broadcasting Corporation

Australia's bats have been bundled out by some spectacular feats with the ball ... Sydney Morning Herald A heart-on-his sleeve trier from Transvaal, de Villiers capped South Africa's first tour of Australia in 30 years with a performance that gave the tourists a victory verging on the miraculous. Allan Border's team had been chasing just 117 to win but de ... See all stories on this topic » Sydney Morning Herald

Tendulkar will come back strongly at SCG: Ganguly Cricketnext.com Ganguly said over the years, Tendulkar's game has stood up every time it has been challenged. "The perfect examples were his two hundreds last winter in South Africa. There were questions asked about the ageing Indian batting: whether they could stand ... See all stories on this topic » Cricketnext.com

McGrath's accolade for pace attack Sydney Morning Herald But the campaigns against Sri Lanka, South Africa and New Zealand, and last week's dominant performance against India have given more cause for confidence. Each of those series have uncovered a bowler with a bright future. Former groundsman Nathan Lyon ... See all stories on this topic » Sydney Morning Herald

Will a debut dose of Mick do the home series trick? The Roar Perhaps surprising in terms of both men, as Arthur's own start with South Africa was hardly auspicious, either. Installed as coach in 2005, Arthur's Proteas began with two consecutive series defeats – both against Australia. ... See all stories on this topic »

Presenting the top 10 Latino soccer stories of 2011: Fox News The La Liga powerhouse bested a damn good Manchester United side in the European championship and then put on a clinic against South American champion Santos and a budding Neymar for the world club title, a 4-0 win. Barca plays the game the way it ... See all stories on this topic »

deadly virus could lead to extinction Telegraph.co.uk Of South Africa's last 49 Test series, before this one, 21 consisted of two Tests. Being Zimbabwe's neighbours, South Africa have had to play them more than most, but that is still no excuse — except commercial expediency. Or perhaps the second-worst ... See all stories on this topic » Telegraph.co.uk

Happy Birthday to you! Fifa.com Rodriguez participated in South Africa 2010 and the FIFA Confederations Cup Germany 2005. Starting his club career in his country of birth with Newell's Old Boys, he moved to Spain, spending three seasons with Espanyol and four with Atletico Madrid. ... See all stories on this topic »

Mario Balotelli, Lionel Messi and Your Definitive World Football Guide to 2012 Bleacher Report They are not the only big country who will be missing from the main event in Africa; Cameroon did not qualify, Nigeria and Togo also miss out, whileSouth Africa failed to qualify due to an apparent country-wide oversight of the rules. South Africa ... See all stories on this topic » Bleacher Report

Beckham an impostor at the Olympics The Australian If you can forget for a moment the hilarious Punch (Fabio Capello) and Judy (Stuart Pearce) Show in the England dug-out during the infamous campaign in South Africa, you might recall the grey-suited Beckham taking his place alongside the manager and ... See all stories on this topic »

Argyll's Ballet West to head east for China tour BBC News Miss Mortimer was the only British finalist in the Royal Academy of Dance's 2011 Genée International Ballet Competition in Cape Town, South Africa. She graduated from Ballet West in the summer. The school's Scottish performances will be held in Oban, ... See all stories on this topic » BBC News

Why you'll have a happy new year - the 20 reasons to be cheerful in 2012 Mirror.co.uk ENGLAND are currently the No 1 Test team in the world and this summerthey play world No 2 South Africa in what's tipped to be the match of the year. Get the beers in and silly hats on! PINT-SIZED Aussie star Kylie Minogue, 43, is working on a ... See all stories on this topic » Mirror.co.uk

Canada wraps up 2011 in fierce Conservative shake-up Xinhua Hours after returning from climate change talks in Durban, South Africa, Environment Minister Peter Kent announced Canada was pulling out of the Kyoto Accord, making itself a target of worldwide criticism. The country had failed to live up to carbon ... See all stories on this topic »

Wines of the week The Guardian Sainsbury's Taste the Difference Fairtrade Chenin Blanc, Western Cape, South Africa2011 (£7.99, sainsburys.co.uk) When it comes to coffee and chocolate, the Fairtrade logo has always been associated with quality as much as ethical concerns. ... See all stories on this topic »

The Culture24 Crystal Ball: The Top Art Exhibitions to see in 2012 Culture24 The summer sees a special Cultural Olympiad celebration of West African Art. We Face Forward: Art from West Africa Today (June 1 – September 16) features painting, drawing, photography, textiles, sculpture, installation, video and sound work little ... See all stories on this topic »

Stephen Hawking at 70: still the brightest star in the scientific universe The Guardian Emeritus professor in the department of mathematics and applied mathematics at the University of Cape Town, South Africa. He co-authored The Large Scale Structure of Space-Time (1973) with Hawking Stephen's life has been one of extraordinary ... See all stories on this topic » The Guardian

2012: End of the World The Express Tribune But since everyone loves a good foreign trip, seventeen nations will be meeting for the United Nations Climate Change Conference from November 28 to December 9 in South Africa to plan the successor of the protocol. We give it about as much chance of ... See all stories on this topic » The Express Tribune

Dedicated student preps for veterinary career by volunteering with Memphis Zoo ... Memphis Commercial Appeal Dunn has won expenses for lodging and training to work at the Southern African Foundation, which helped save more than 19000 penguins after the sinking of the Treasure, an oil carrier, off the western coast of South Africa in 2000. ... See all stories on this topic »

What The Papers Say Everton Football How he would have enjoyed the sights and sounds of South Africa in 2010, or at least the small part of it that the England World Cup squad chose to experience. The feeling persists that Baines talked himself out of inclusion in Fabio Capello's World ... See all stories on this topic »

Final goodbye: Roll call of some who died in 2011 Las Vegas Review-Journal Founder of an all-white separatist community who sought to preserve the culture of Afrikaners as South Africa moved from a white-ruled apartheid government to a democracy. March 16. Michael Gough, 94. The British actor best known for playing Bruce ... See all stories on this topic »

Serena Williams fit and defiant ahead of debut at Brisbane International Courier Mail World No.12 Williams begins her Australian summer today with a first-round clash against 38th-ranked Chanelle Scheepers, of South Africa. "I'm always going to be me and if it means I'm giving 200 per cent then that's how I am and I love that," Williams ... See all stories on this topic »

iPhone 5 release date, rumors, components: release date Oct. 5 2012, 4-inch ... Inrumor While speaking at the Discovery Invest Leadership Summit in South Africa , Gore fueled speculation that Apple might introduce more than one model in October. It was enough to consider at least two models: a redesigned iPhone 5 and an iPhone 4S based on ... See all stories on this topic »

Traditions from all over the world welcome new year Monroe News Star For example, in South America, today is like their Memorial Day. This means in places with beautiful beach destinations like Brazil, Uruguay, Venezuela and Peru, today kick off the busy summer holiday season! Fireworks, parades and parties on the beach ... See all stories on this topic »

Katto and Sanga slam, and Gordon turns 100 ESPNcricinfo.com Gary Kirsten, who coached India to the World Cup title, is appointed coach of South Africa. 8 Banned Pakistan bowler Mohammad Amir confirms he played in a Surrey Cricket League Division One match, but says he took part since he thought it would not ... See all stories on this topic » ESPNcricinfo.com

London Olympics, Euro 2012, Six Nations and more... this could be our BEST ... Daily Mail But this is Olympic year, so one must ask who arranged an appetising three-match series against South Africa with matches being played in week before, the week and - in the case of Headingley - smack in the middle of the Games? ... See all stories on this topic » Daily Mail

Times Square, world ring in 2012, bid adieu to a tough year msnbc.com (Vyacheslav Oseledko / AFP - Getty Images) Share Back to slideshow navigation Some of the thousands of performers gather at the start of the Johannesburg Carnival in Johannesburg, South Africa, on Dec. 31. Troops of dancers and performers from various... See all stories on this topic »

Eto'o could fill void left by Beckham if MLS side LA Galaxy have their way The National Elsewhere, Harry Redknapp, the Tottenham Hotspur manager, has told Steven Pienaar to find himself a new club less than a year after signing theSouth Africa international from Everton. Pienaar, 29, was sidelined by a series of injuries last year and ... See all stories on this topic » The National

Australian Mainstream Media Ignore US Alliance War Carnage In Reviewing 2011 CounterCurrents.org A host of present-day Australian children, when they grow old, will recall how in the year 2011 they saw on their screens the Japanese tsunami and nuclear nightmare, the earthquake in Christchurch , drought in north-east Africa and flood in Thailand . ... See all stories on this topic »

Top stories of 2011: How you voted Middle East North Africa Financial Network Somalia: Horn of Africa nation wracked by famine and warfare. New Zealand: Earthquake killed 182, destroyed much of downtown in city of Christchurch. Mexico drug war: Conflict grew more brutal: mass graves, gunfights spread to once-peaceful areas. See all stories on this topic »

iTunes 12 Days of Christmas: Day 7 Excerpt: Top 10 Regions from Lonely ... Ottawa Citizen By Stuart Butler For most visitors to Kenya the northern half of the country may as well not even exist, but yet there are few other regions of Africa that offer such extraordinary variety. This is a land of vast shattered lava deserts, camel herders ... See all stories on this topic »

Time for South Africa to introspect, again A walk along the beach is said to be one of the cures for a troubled mind or a hassled heart and the South African team will have the time to test the ... www.espncricinfo.com/south-africa-v-sri.../547423.html

  

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