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  1. LazyLion

    S. Korea & US begin Drills as N. Korea Threatens War

    North and South Korea staged dueling war games Monday as threatening rhetoric from the rivals rose to the highest level since North Korea rained artillery shells on a South Korean island in 2010. Enraged over the South's joint military drills with the United States and recent U.N. sanctions...
  3. LazyLion

    US Wasted Billions in Iraq With Few Results: Inspector

    After invading Iraq ten years ago, the United States spent $60 billion on a vast reconstruction effort that left behind few successes and a litany of failures, an auditor's report said Wednesday. The ambitious plan to transform the country after the fall of Saddam Hussein has been marked by...
  4. LazyLion

    US Budget Impasse Weighs on Markets

    Uncertainty over the outcome of a budget battle in Washington pushed world stock markets lower on Monday. President Barack Obama and his political opponents have failed so far to agree on a way to roll back automatic spending cuts that took effect Friday. Those cuts slash $85 billion from the...
  5. LazyLion

    US Man Gets 3 Years for Videotaped Homeless Beating

    A video posted on YouTube a few days before Christmas in 2011 shows a young U.S. man striding purposefully into the woods as a cameraman asks what he's about to do. "About to go beat up this bum," the man says. And that's what he does, punching and kicking a homeless man in the face...
  6. LazyLion

    GI Pleads Guilty in Wikileaks Case, Could Face up to 20 Years

    The Army private accused in the biggest leak of classified material in U.S. history could face 20 years in prison after pleading guilty to 10 charges, saying he wanted to expose the U.S. military's disregard for human life in Iraq and Afghanistan. Military prosecutors said they plan to move...
  7. mercurial

    US 'Can't Dictate To The World: Pentagon's New Chief

    America cannot "dictate to the world" and must work with allies and build relationships with other nations, US Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel said shortly after being sworn in Wednesday as the new Pentagon chief. On his first day at the job, Hagel reinforced his reputation as a reluctant...
  8. LazyLion

    Soldier in Wikileaks Case Headed Back to Court

    A U.S. Army private accused of sending hundreds of thousands of classified documents to the anti-secrecy website WikiLeaks is back in court for a four-day hearing that may address his attorney's motion to dismiss the charges against him. Pfc. Bradley Manning is expected to be in a military...
  9. KingLuc

    Using an iPhone 5 in the USA

    I'm going to New York for two weeks and would like to use my iPhone whilst over there. I have an iPhone 5 on Cell C, does Cell C network lock their iPhones or can I just buy a prepaid nano sim when I'm there and use that instead?
  10. LazyLion

    US Special Forces Told to Leave Key Afghan Province

    Afghanistan's president has ordered US special forces to leave a strategic province as he seeks tighter control over Afghan militia, exacerbating tensions before the 2014 withdrawal of NATO troops. Hamid Karzai on Sunday gave American special forces two weeks to pull out of Wardak, a hotbed...
  11. J

    Airmail to the US will be delayed - SA Post Office

    SA Post Office: delays to US The South African Post Office has said that there is a delay with airmail to the US due to Hurricane Sandy
  12. LazyLion

    Romney: Why can’t we open windows on planes?

    http://www.iol.co.za/news/world/romney-why-can-t-we-open-windows-on-planes-1.1390219 :wtf:
  13. J

    New viruses traced back to United States

    New computer viruses emerge from US Cyber clues have traced a set of new unrecognisable viruses back to the United States
  14. LazyLion

    Another Shooting in the USA: 8 people shot at Empire State Building includ shooter.

    http://edition.cnn.com/ Other sources: http://news.sky.com/story/976719/several-people-shot-at-empire-state-building http://cityroom.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/08/24/several-people-shot-near-the-empire-state-building/?smid=tw-nytimes...
  15. QuintonB

    Samsung Nexus okayed, Galaxy tab still banned

    Samsung can sell Nexus, but not Galaxy tab A U.S. appeals court lifted a freeze on sales of its Galaxy Nexus smartphones but upheld a lower court’s decision to temporarily halt sales of its Galaxy 10.1 tablet computer.
  16. QuintonB

    Samsung loses halted Galaxy Nexus sales appeal

    Samsung Galaxy Nexus sales still halted A U.S. judge has rejected a request by Samsung Electronics Co. to lift a pre-trial injunction against sales of its Galaxy Nexus phone
  17. G

    Confirmed: US and Israel created Stuxnet, lost control of it

    http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2012/06/confirmed-us-israel-created-stuxnet-lost-control-of-it/
  18. T

    Buying a Laptop from the USA

    Hey there guys, I need some help on finding the best way to purchase and receive a really good laptop deal from the States. The laptop in question is http://www.engadget.com/2011/11/08/sony-vaio-f-series-review-late-2011/ I'd like to know if it would be possible and still feasible for me to...
  19. E

    Will a US Netgear DGND3300 ADSL router/modem work in SA?

    Hi guys&gals, new to ADSL (getting my line next week .... I HOPE!!! Been waiting since Feb :( Tried to find the answer to the above question in the forums but not sure yet. I have a friend visiting from the US next week and thought perhaps she could bring me one. I am particularly...
  20. H

    Using my Vodacom iPhone 4 in the USA

    Does anyone know if I'd be able to use my Vodacom iPhone 4 in the US? As far as I know it's not locked to Vodacom. Extra credit question: Any tips on a good affordable prepaid plan in the US? Need to be able to make phone calls their (not a lot) and send texts to SA.
  21. genetic

    US military 'too white, too male'

    http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/41955329/ns/us_news-life/ I guess it's not just South Africa who's having "equality" problems... :whistle:
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