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British novelist wins literature Nobel
Trinidad-born British writer V S Naipaul is the winner of this year's Nobel Prize for Literature. The citation says that it was awarded "for having united perceptive narrative and incorruptible scrutiny in works that compel us to see the presence of suppressed histories" 

US economists scoop Nobel
Three United States academics have been awarded the Nobel prize for economics for their research into the influence of information on markets. George Akerlof of the 51¹ú²úÊÓƵ of California at Berkeley, Michael Spence of Stanford 51¹ú²úÊÓƵ, and Joseph Stiglitz of Columbia 51¹ú²úÊÓƵ will share the $943,000 award.

Student accused of document theft
A 51¹ú²úÊÓƵ of Wisconsin-Madison student has been accused of the theft of signatures of early American figures including George Washington and Thomas Jefferson while he was working at a Yale 51¹ú²úÊÓƵ library during the summer.

SA 51¹ú²úÊÓƵ appoints controversial v-c
The 51¹ú²úÊÓƵ of South Africa is standing by its decision to appoint human rights commission head Barney Pityana as vice-chancellor, despite opposition from education minister Kader Asmal.