Zuma seeks to ease Tsvangirai-Mugabe rifts in Zimbabwe

Morgan Tsvangirai (L) and Robert Mugabe (R) entered a power-sharing deal in 2009
South Africa's President Jacob Zuma is in Harare to ease tensions between Zimbabwe's rival leaders.
Zimbabwe's mediator arrived a day after Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai took President Robert Mugabe to court over the appointment of regional governors.

Energy firms facing gas and electricity price review

Ofgem is to investigate recent energy price rises, as it says they have significantly widened suppliers' profit margins.

The watchdog said that the net profit margin of £65 per typical customer in September was now £90, a 38% rise.

EU denies Portugal in line for aid package

Portuguese Prime Minister Jose Socrates said the country had "no alternative" to cutting its budget
European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso has dismissed reports that Portugal is next in line for a financial rescue package.
Mr Barroso said the reports were "absolutely false, completely false". The Portuguese government has made similar

China works to ease North-South Korea tension

South Koreans have held angry protests against the North's artillery barrage
China's Foreign Ministry has begun working to ease tensions on the Korean peninsula, holding a series of talks with Washington, Seoul and Pyongyang.
Officials said their priority was to avoid a recurrence of Tuesday's violence, which saw North Korea fire artillery shells at a southern island.

One in three South African men admit to rape, survey finds

In South Africa's wealthy province of Gauteng, a survey has found one in three men admitting to rape. Photograph: Ocean/Corbis
More than one in three South African men questioned in a survey admitted to rape, the latest evidence in the country of a violent culture of patriarchy.

South Korean defence minister quits over response to North Korean attack

Kim Tae-Young visits houses destroyed by North Korean shelling on Yeonpyeong island prior to his resignation as South Korea's defence minister. Photograph: Reuters

A quarter of British people with HIV do not know it | The Guardian

Anti-retroviral drugs that suppress HIV. People diagnosed late because of ignorance of the condition stand less chance of successful treatment. Photograph: Krista Kennell/Zuma/Corbis
An estimated 86,500 people are living with HIV in the UK, according to figures released today, but around a quarter of them do not know they are infected.

Five days inside a Taliban jail

Special report: Guardian reporter Ghaith Abdul-Ahad was with a group of Taliban last month when US and Afghan forces attacked. In the second of a three-part series, he tells how, after the assault, he ended up being imprisoned by the fighters he had come to interview'It was a very, very heavy battle' – Ghaith Abdul-Ahad on the moment US special forces attacked Link to this video

After the battle with US special forces, helicopter gunships and Afghan government troops, two Talibs were dead and several more injured.

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