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While you were sleeping: 15 June 2016

While you were sleeping: 15 June 2016
By John Stupart
15 Jun 2016
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France ISIL attacker's 'hit list' to turn Paris into a "graveyard", Clinton wins final primary, and organic molecule found in space.

“Your name is unknown. Your deed is immortal.”

– Tomb of the Unknown Soldier (Moscow)

Story of the Day

Sexual assault charges: Fransman ready to face the music? 

From initially dismissing his accuser as a honey trap and a set-up, ANC Western Cape Provincial Chairman Marius Fransman intimated through his lawyer on Monday that he would be willing to face charges “sooner rather than later”. The announcement was prompted by the publication in Daily Maverick of a series of revealing WhatsApp messages sent by Fransman to a young Stellenbosch woman, Louisa Wynand, a few days before he allegedly sexually assaulted her en route to the ANC’s 104th celebrations in Rustenberg in January. By MARIANNE THAMM.
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While you were sleeping

French police killer had ‘hit list’

Larossi Abballa, the ISIL-linked murderer of a husband and wife, both members of the police force in France, apparently had a hit list. French authorities revealed a list of VIPs in France and messages from Abballa in which he threatened to turn Euro 2016 into a “graveyard”. Read more

British homophobic cleric expelled

Farrokh Sekaleshfar, a homophobic cleric visiting an Islamic centre in Australia, has had his visa revoked and been sent packing. Sekaleshfar preached that death for homosexuals was “compassionate”. Just this once Australia’s rampant xenophobia became a force for good. Read more

Clinton wins final primary

Hillary Clinton has secured the final primary in Washington DC. Although purely ceremonial at this point, the victory raises two important questions. Firstly, what on earth will Bernie Sanders do now? And secondly, how will Clinton shift her campaign to counter the Trump machine? Read more

Molecule discovered in outer space

US-based researchers have discovered an organic molecule capable of left or right-handedness. Known as ‘chirality’, the characteristics of this relatively complicated molecule are a first for interstellar space and could lead to further insight into the origins of life.  Read more

In Numbers

2500
The litres of water saved per year, per person, if everyone peed in the shower instead of a flushing loo.

Facts of the Day

Today in 1215 King John signed the Magna Carta. Undergoing almost a century of repeals and reforms, the revised 1297 version still stands in English law.

Fact of the day: Fist bumps are scientifically proven to be more hygienic than handshakes. Bro’.

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Photo: ANC Western Cape Provincial Chairman Marius Fransman, then International Relations and Co-operation Deputy Minister announces the breakthrough in the case of Prof Cyril Karabus during a media briefing held in Cape Town. 19 March 2013. (Photo: GCIS) Sexual assault charges: Fransman ready to face the music? 
By Marianne Thamm
Photo: Leader of the Democratic Alliance (DA) party, Mmusi Maimane (C) at the launch of the party’s election manifesto in Johannesburg, South Africa, 23 April 2016. EPA/KEVIN SUTHERLAND TRAINSPOTTER: Life in Maimanestan – a detailed look at the DA’s election manifesto 
By Richard Poplak
Photo: Independent Electoral Commission (IEC) voting officials prepare a voting station for some of the millions of South Africans to vote in the early morning light at a church in the poor slum of Alexandra Township for the local elections, Johannesburg, South Africa, 18 May 2011. EPA/KIM LUDBROOK ‘An Extraordinary Solution’: Constitutional Court rips up Tlokwe’s Gordian election knot 
By Stephen Grootes
Photo: Minister of State Security David Mahlobo during Pre-Budget Vote Media Briefing, 5 May 2015. (SIYABULELA DUDA/GCIS) Clampdown on NGOs mooted amid ‘regime change’ talk 
By Marianne Merten
Photo: Some of the former Zimbabwe liberation war fighters who were injured during the Liberation war attend a meeting with their patron and President Robert Mugabe at the City Sports Centre in Harare, Zimbabwe, 7 April 2016. Zimbabwe has about 34,000 living war veterans and it is the first time ever that Mugabe has held a meeting of this nature which was meant to discuss corruption and the welfare of the war veterans. EPA/AARON UFUMELI Zimbabwe: Mugabe dumps war vets in high stakes gamble 
By Simon Allison
Photo of Raymond Suttner by Ivor Markman. Op-Ed: Political violence threatens an already battered democracy 
By Raymond Suttner
Photo: The Nkandla project’s architect, Minenhle Makhanya (Sapa) Nkandla architect: Last man standing 
By Greg Nicolson
Photo: A Liberian man walks past an Ebola sensitisation mural in Monrovia, Liberia 06 October 2014. EPA/AHMED JALLANZO Op-Ed: What is to be done after 11,312 unnecessary Ebola-related deaths? 
By Wilmot James
Photo: Opposition supporters carry a mock coffin they prepared and burned in the streets as they protest against MP Moses Kuria of the ruling Jubilee coalition who allegedly called for the assassination of opposition leader Raila Odinga, in Nairobi, Kenya, 14 June 2016. EPA/DAI KUROKAWA Kenya: Hate speech as a political tool risks inciting more violence 
By Njeri Kimani
Photo: Buffalo, Kruger National Park, by Martijn Barendse via Flickr. Op-Ed: The problem of being Wild and a Wanderer 
By Don Pinnock
Photo: Russian fans light flares during the UEFA EURO 2016 group B preliminary round match between England and Russia at Stade Velodrome in Marseille, France, 11 June 2016. The match ended 1-1. EPA/ALI HAIDER Euro 2016: Fan clashes require strong reaction from governing bodies’ leadership 
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