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• South African ANC Treasurer Wants Donations Kept Secret

  South Africa’s ruling African National Congress wants the identity of party donors to remain secret amid calls for more disclosure ahead of next year’s vote.

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  Ex-Gold Fields Chairwoman Seeks to Topple S. Africa’s ANC

  Former Gold Fields Ltd. Chairwoman Mamphela Ramphele said Agang SA, a political movement she founded three months ago, has attracted 10,000 volunteers and is set on toppling South Africa’s ruling African National Congress in next year’s elections.

• S. Africa’s Aging Water Infrastructure Boosts Leakage, Star Says

  Aging water infrastructure in South Africa’s Gauteng province is leading to increased losses from leakage, the Johannesburg-based Star newspaper reported.

• India Not to Blame for South Africa Security Breach: Zuma

  South African President Jacob Zuma said India wasn’t responsible for a security breach when a plane of wedding guests landed at a restricted air force base, and that lower level officials were to blame.

• Grimsson Gives Progressives Mandate to Form Iceland Government

  Iceland President Olafur Ragnar Grimsson gave the election runner-up Progressive Party a mandate to form a new government after the group surged in popularity amid promises to ease mortgage debt for consumers.

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  Icelanders Fast to Forgive as Pre-Crisis Powers Woo Voters

  While Icelanders have a long history of sagas, they’re quick to forgive.

• Iceland Sours on Austerity as Pre-Crisis Parties Close on Power

  Icelanders, burdened by more than four years of hardship, are poised to oust the government and return to power the parties that steered the island through a banking-led boom that ended in economic ruin 2008.

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  Zuma Ready to Redeploy Army to Central African Republic

  South Africa is ready to send troops back to Central African Republic a month after suffering its worst military casualties since the end of apartheid in clashes with rebels, President Jacob Zuma said.

• Modi’s Prominence Triggers Row in India’s Opposition Alliance

  India’s opposition Bharatiya Janata Party rejected pressure from its biggest alliance partner over the bloc’s choice of candidate for prime minister, widening a rift sparked by the growing clout of Narendra Modi.

• Modi’s Bid to Lead Indian Bloc Snubbed by BJP’s Ally

  The largest ally of India’s Hindu nationalist Bharatiya Janata Party said the prime ministerial candidate of their coalition should have a secular image, a call that may weaken a bid by the BJP’s Narendra Modi to lead the opposition bloc into the next elections.

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