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I’ll be honest, my friends and I have been practicing the climbing-out-of-the-pool-with-water-pouring-down-our-faces men’s fragrance commercial ripoff for quite some time. Now whilst GQ allowed a bit of indulgence, it was only when Kulula came to the party – allowing such ridiculousness – that the years of training finally paid off! Morne Van Zyl took the pics and SA comedian Stuart Taylor did the six-page interview, which you can read if you click the link.

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Our royal reporter, Nadia Neophytou, was in London these past few days, and gives us this report:

“Something old, something new,
something borrowed, something blue…”

Catherine Middleton, Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Duke, made true this Victorian lore, as her fairytale wedding unfolded in London yesterday. From the dress to her earrings and tiara, the details were carefully put together to bring the bride’s storybook romance come to life. But there’s one part of that tradition it seems was embraced by almost everyone that came out to witness the celebrations – the colour blue. And red. And white.

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For those of you who missed it – here is a video of the royal wedding vows made between Prince William and and Kate Middleton today at Westminster Abbey. Click link to check it out.
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Our intrepid reporter from the Outback of the Northern Territory, Bruce Manley, decided to pop on to the Flying Kangaroo and hop over to London to see exactly what is taking crocs off the front page of the NT News.

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Digicape Selling Apple iPad 2 – The all-new thinner and lighter design makes iPad 2 even more comfortable to hold. It’s even more powerful with the dual-core A5 chip, with 10 hours of battery life. With two cameras, you can make FaceTime video calls and record HD video. And the iPad Smart Cover attaches magnetically and wakes up, stands up, and brightens up your iPad 2! Find your nearest store. [digicape]

Royal Wedding Eve: Crowds Swell Outside The Abbey - Each step has been rehearsed, each flower meticulously arranged, the aisle of Westminster Abbey transformed into a flowering avenue of trees. With just hours to go before his wedding to Kate Middleton, dedicated royal watchers camped outside got an unexpected surprise – a visit from Prince William. [timeslive]

Harry’s Royal Wedding After Party - Best man Prince Harry will turn Buckingham Palace into a nightclub Friday to keep the post-nuptial celebration continuing until sunrise. For those who may find the day’s formality a bit too stuffy, this bash offers an opportunity for guests to loosen their ties and let their hair down. Harry’s reportedly been working with friend and nightclub owner Guy Pelly to plan the big night, dubbed “Wedmin.” [time]

Kate Is Doing Her Own Makeup – Her face will be undoubtedly be splashed across the front of every publication across the globe but that isn’t stopping Kate Middleton from putting on her own face tomorrow morning before she makes her mark in history as Prince William’s bride and the future queen of England. The soon-to-be newlywed has taken several private lessons with London makeup artist, Arabella Preston. [popeater]

Yahoo Sells Delicious To YouTube Founders – Yahoo has finally found a buyer for long suffering Delicious. YouTube founders Chad Hurley and Steve Chen have acquired the company, says Yahoo, via a “new Internet company, AVOS.” We’re still gathering details, but here’s the official stuff. [techcrunch]

Gaddafi’s Forces Are Taking Viagra And Raping Women – The U.S. envoy to the United Nations told the Security Council on Thursday that troops loyal to Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi were increasingly engaging in sexual violence and some had been issued the impotency drug Viagra, diplomats said. [reuters]

Suicide Kits: 91 Year Old Woman Selling Easy Death On The Internet -The 29-year-old’s lifeless body wad found 4 months ago, covered up to the neck by a blanket. There was a clear plastic bag over his head, and a plastic tube running from the bag to an orange metal helium tank. Next to the tank was a white box, decorated with a butterfly, the box the plastic bag and tube had arrived in the mail in, with a book titled Final Exit inside. [dailybeast]

Facebook Investors Look For Exits – A group of Facebook shareholders is seeking to offload $1 billion worth of shares on the secondary market, a sale that would value the company at more than $70 billion. It would represent one of the largest transactions of Facebook shares to date and points to a growing wariness among early-stage investors and employees who fear Facebook’s growth cannot keep pace with its market valuation. [reuters]

Syrian Ambassador’s Royal Wedding Invite Pulled – The Foreign Office said it had decided Dr Sami Khiyami’s presence at the royal wedding ceremony would be “unacceptable” in the light of the killing of up to 450 pro-democracy demonstrators in recent weeks. Buckingham Palace were warned of the damage that would be done by the “horrific spectre of killing on the streets of Syria while the Syrian ambassador is in Westminster Abbey for the royal wedding.” [telegraph]

Rap Music Inspires Libyan Rebels - Libyan rebel fighter Jaad Jumaa Hashmi cranks up the volume on his pickup truck’s stereo when he heads into battle against Muammar Gaddafi’s forces. He looks for inspiration from a growing cadre of amateur rappers whose powerful songs have helped define the revolution. [timeslive]

Rome Prepares For Beatification Of John Paul II - More than one million people are expected in Rome this weekend for the beatification of Pope John Paul II, the biggest event in Vatican City since his death six years ago.
Hundreds of thousands of Catholic faithful will gather in St. Peter’s Square to witness the ceremony, the penultimate step towards John Paul II’s sainthood. [cnn]

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While I hate to be negative about sportsmen who are much more talented than I ever was, and try their hardest to perform well, I have to make an exception this week. The Bull’s second half performance on Saturday against a very average Western Force outfit was planlose* to say the least. Worst of all, it was without any capacity to change the plan.

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