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    30 Sep 2013 by Seth Rotherham in Morning Headlines
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    Controversial Zuma Painting Back On Display – A controversial painting which centred around the Marikana shootings has been reinstalled at the First National Bank Joburg Art Fair. [enca]

    Amanda Knox Retrial Over Kercher Murder To Open In Italy – The retrial of Amanda Knox over the 2007 murder of British student Meredith Kercher is due to open in Italy, but the American will not be in court. [bbc]

    Suspected Islamic Extremists Kill At Least 44 Sleeping Students In Attack On Nigerian College – Suspected Islamic extremists attacked an agricultural college in the dead of night, gunning down dozens of students as they slept in dormitories and torching classrooms, the school’s provost said — the latest violence in northeastern Nigeria’s ongoing Islamic uprising. [washpo]

    Kenya Government Faces Questions Over Siege – Leaked intelligence report suggests security alert about possible attack on Westgate shopping centre was ignored. [aljazeera]

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    Google Unveils Major Overhaul Of Search Engine – Google unveiled a big revamp of its search engine that affects 90% of the search results served up worldwide by the Internet giant. [usatoday]

    Consumers Not Happy With Woolworths And Shoprite Christmas Themes – It’s beginning to look like Christmas . and it’s only September. Retailer Woolworths is already stocking its shelves with Christmas merchandise and Shoprite has brought out the fake holly and red ribbon bows, much to the ire of many consumers. [timeslive]

    Images From Space Confirm Pakistan Earthquake Created New Island – We now have confirmation from space that a new island has formed off the coast of Pakistan. The island is most likely a pile of mud from the ocean floor that erupted as a mud volcano shortly after a magnitude 7.8 earthquake struck northwestern Pakistan. [wired]

    Plane Skids Off Runway At Rome Airport – A plane has skidded off the runway at Rome’s Fiumicino airport after its landing gear malfunctioned during a thunderstorm. Officials said there were around 10 people who suffered “light injuries” and were treated by medical staff at the airport, according to the ANSA news agency. [sky]

    Pussy Riot Member On Hunger Strike Is Hospitalized – Nadya Tolokonnikova has been transferred to a prison hospital and refused contact with family and lawyers for 70 hours, her husband says. [buzzfeed]

    Duchess Of York Hints Of Remarriage To Prince Andrew And Says ‘He’ll Always Be My Prince.’ – Her relationship with Prince Andrew has been the subject of much speculation in recent weeks, but the Duchess of York did little to quell rumours they might remarry yesterday, admitting: “He is still my handsome prince.” [telegraph]

    Royal Mint Coins To Mark Prince George Christening – The christening of Prince William and Kate’s firstborn, Prince George, will be marked with a set of commemorative coins, the Royal Mint said Saturday. [bosher]

    Facebook Is Making Its Ads Less Spammy – Facebook said Friday that it has heard your complaints and will try to do something about it. The company plans to tweak its formula for choosing ads to make those that show up more relevant. [time]

    Simon Cowell Gives A Homeless Man $100 – Since it was announced that Simon Cowell was expecting a child with his girlfriend Lauren Silverman he has become somewhat of a changed man. And on Saturday the music mogul continued his transformation from Mr Nasty to Mr Nice Guy as he was spotted giving a $100 dollar bill to a homeless gentleman as he stopped at a set of traffic lights in his convertible Bentley. [dailymail]

    Yelp Admits 25% Of Reviews Could Be Fake – Reviews and directory site Yelp has admitted that 25 per cent of its submitted reviews could be fake, with businesses increasingly trying to influence consumers’ attitudes. [itpro]

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