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SYDNEY, Sept 18 (Reuters) - Wallabies flyhalf Quade Cooper will miss the remaining two rounds of the Rugby Championship because of problems with the knee he injured at the World Cup last year, the Australia team said on Tuesday. The 24-year-old joins a long casualty list for Australia, who face tough tests against South Africa in Pretoria on Sept. 29 and Argentina in … [Read more...] about Rugby-Flyhalf Cooper ruled out of Wallabies tour

JOHANNESBURG, Sept 18 (Reuters) - The number of people employed in South Africa's formal sector nudged up 0.5 percent in the second quarter of 2012 with the mining sector taking on more workers but jobs losses in manufacturing, a survey showed on Tuesday. Unemployment is one of the biggest challenges facing Africa's largest economy, with 24.9 percent of the labour … [Read more...] about S.African non-farm jobs up 0.5 pct in April-June

LONDON, Sept 18 (Reuters) - England have left out controversial middle-order batsman Kevin Pietersen from the team to tour India next month despite recent talks between management and the player. Pietersen was dropped last month after admitting to sending controversial text messages to members of the opposing South Africa side. The England squad includes uncapped … [Read more...] about Cricket-Pietersen left out of England touring team

JOHANNESBURG, Sept 18 (Reuters) - The chief executive of South Africa's third largest gold producer Gold Fields said on Tuesday the group was not willing to consider strikers' wage demands of a minimum of 12,500 rand ($1,500) a month for now. "Clearly at this stage we will not entertain any of that. We have a two year wage deal that expires on the 30th of June next year … [Read more...] about Gold Fields says unwilling to entertain wage demands

* Security forces said on Monday Boko Haram spokesman killed * Mobile phone masts recently sabotaged * MTN says fibre optic cables cut, disrupting services MAIDUGURI, Nigeria, Sept 18 (Reuters) - Suspected members of the Boko Haram Islamist sect killed the attorney general of Nigeria's northeast state Borno overnight, the state's justice ministry said on Tuesday, … [Read more...] about Nigeria Islamists kill top Borno state lawyer