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/ 28 February 2006

At least 11 killed in car bomb attacks in Baghdad

At least 11 people were killed and 39 wounded on Tuesday when bombs went off in three of Baghdad’s Shi’ite neighbourhoods, an interior ministry official said. The official said the attacks, which occurred within minutes of each other in central and eastern Baghdad, were caused by two car bombs and one suicide bomber who blew himself up.

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/ 28 February 2006

How ads created Honda revival

When Honda met Wieden + Kennedy, it was hardly an award-winning start. ”We are the Nike of the car industry,” Honda United Kingdom announced, amazing the London office of the independent United States advertising agency with a comparison to its legendary client.

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/ 28 February 2006

Ban on Swazi political parties to be challenged

The head of Swaziland’s oldest political party has pledged to officially register his organisation, testing whether Swaziland’s new Constitution has really marked the end of decades of a royal decree prohibiting political opposition. At a meeting of the Ngwane National Liberatory Congress president Obed Dlamini offered veiled criticism of King Mswati III, sub-Saharan Africa’s last absolute monarch.

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/ 28 February 2006

Rove obsessed by me, says Clinton

Senator Hillary Clinton on Monday accused President George Bush’s chief political adviser, Karl Rove, of ”obsessing” about her after the publication of a book quoting him as saying she would win the Democratic nomination but was too ”brittle” to win the presidency in 2008.

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/ 28 February 2006

Offshore selling knocks JSE

The JSE was awash with red just after noon on Tuesday, dragged down by selling from offshore. With many local players absent due to the public holiday on Wednesday, thin volumes exacerbated the market’s weakness. By 12.14pm, the all share index slipped 1,14%.

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/ 28 February 2006

Khutsong voters urged to make their mark

The Merafong municipality, which includes Khutsong, says it is pleased that elections will take place there and hopes law enforcers will protect voters during and after elections. Minister of Provincial and Local Government Sydney Mufamadi has urged voters in the Merafong municipality to vote for the party of their choice on Wednesday.

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/ 28 February 2006

Sounds of samba flood the streets of Rio

Rio happily swapped a group of ageing British rockers for scantily clad dancers and the relentless beat of hundreds of drums on Monday as Brazil’s top-tier groups faced off in the yearly carnival’s annual samba parade. For two nights, 14 of the city’s top-tier samba groups present 80-minute parades costing about -million each.