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While you were sleeping: 04 May 2016

Trump triumphs in Indiana, Navy SEAL killed in Syria, and Atletico Madrid to Champion's League final.
While you were sleeping: 04 May 2016
John Stupart
By John Stupart
4 May 2016
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"Oh! It makes me mad to think what great issues lie in the hands of a few stupid and obstinate men!"

– Emily Hobhouse, in a letter to Jan Smuts

 

Story of the Day

Stalingrad Strategy: A few moves and pawns still remain on Zuma’s chess board 

Deputy Judge President Aubrey Ledwaba might have plowed through one of the flanks of President Jacob Zuma’s seven-year, massively costly legal bid to shrug off more than 783 charges of fraud, racketeering and corruption related to the Arms Deal, but a few obstacles still remain. Defending the last remaining ramparts of the Stalingrad Strategy the president has employed to delay last Friday’s judgment are his hand-picked doorkeepers, NPA head Shaun Abrahams and his Deputy Director of Public Prosecutions, Nomgcobo Jiba. By MARIANNE THAMM.
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While you were sleeping

Trump trumps Cruz

Donald Trump has become the presumptive winner of the Republican nomination following a highly successful Indiana primary. The Orange Menace's only real contender, Ted Cruz, has since suspended his campaign. Up next: locusts and frogs. Read more
 

Navy SEAL killed in ISIL attack

A US Navy SEAL has been killed during an ISIL offensive just north of Mosul, Iraq. While aiding Peshmerga forces in defending a position, the Special Forces soldier was overrun by ISIL attackers. Read more
 

WhatsApp blockade ends in Brazil

The Facebook-owned messaging service was suspended for failing to reveal user data involved in the prosecution of a drug deal. WhatsApp argued that they had no technical means of assisting authorities in cracking the messenger. End to end encryption can generally be fickle like that. Read more
 

Atlético Madrid through to Champions League final

Despite losing to Bayern Munich 2-1 last night, a crucial lone goal by Antoine Griezmann edged them into the final. Winning on aggregate, Atlético will face either Manchester City or Real Madrid. That semi-final shall be decided tonight. Read more
 

In Numbers

28

The number of rockets launched by SpaceX up to May 2016. The organisation will launch another in just over a day's time.

Facts of the Day

Today in 1953 Ernest Hemingway won the Pulitzer prize for his classic The Old Man and the Sea.

Fact of the day: Boeing used to use ferrets to carry wires through otherwise-inaccessible parts of its aircraft.

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