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/ 19 October 2006
Turkey’s Parliament backed on Tuesday a declaration condemning the French National Assembly’s approval of a draft Bill that would make it a crime to deny Armenians suffered genocide by Ottoman Turks in 1915. But the government stopped short of taking measures against French interests and companies, aware this could harm Turkey’s economy more than France’s.
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/ 19 October 2006
What would it take for motorists to leave the comfort of their cars and venture on to daunting public transport? With traffic congestion choking economic activity, the government has caught on to international concepts like Car-Free Day — taking place on Friday — that aim to encourage people to do just that.
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/ 19 October 2006
Defence parastatal Denel on Thursday reported a net loss of R1,377-billion for the year ended March 2006, compared with a net loss of R1,561-billion in 2005. Minister of Public Enterprises Alec Erwin commented: "I’m pleased to acknowledge a glimmer of an upturn in Denel which, frankly, is ahead of my expectations."
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/ 19 October 2006
South Africa’s version of Top Gun is running again with the first 10 Hawk lead-in fighter-trainer aircraft officially handed over to 85 Combat Flying School at the Makhado air-force base on Thursday. Minister of Defence Mosiuoa Lekota also officially reopened the school on Thursday.
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/ 19 October 2006
Blanket amnesty will not be granted for all involved in fraud in the Department of Housing, and each case will be dealt with on merit, Director General of Housing Itumeleng Kotsoane said on Thursday. ”We do not want to send the wrong message that corruption pays,” he told a media briefing at Parliament.
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/ 19 October 2006
The end of the marathon Richtersveld land-claim dispute is in sight, with news on Thursday that agreement has been reached on a settlement with the state. At a series of meetings this week, members of the Richtersveld community gave their approval to a draft memorandum of understanding.
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/ 19 October 2006
The adoptive mother of 21-month-old Tammy Herman, who died in what has been called one of South Africa’s worst child-abuse cases, was granted R10 000 bail on Thursday. Zaibunisa Herman (34) briefly appeared in the Johannesburg Magistrate’s Court in connection with the child’s death in January.
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/ 19 October 2006
Zinedine Zidane said he was coping well with life outside soccer and had no immediate plans to embark on a coaching career. The former France and Real Madrid playmaker, who retired after his country’s defeat by Italy in the World Cup final in July, said he did not miss competitive football.
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/ 19 October 2006
Kenyan football officials on Thursday accused Fifa of applying double standards in its condemnation of the country as they braced for another suspension for the second time in as many years. Fifa’s executive committee proposed on Wednesday that Kenya be suspended for failing to respect agreements to resolve recurrent problems in the country’s football association.
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/ 19 October 2006
The United States Secretary of State, Condoleezza Rice, on Wednesday called for the ”swift and effective” implementation of United Nations sanctions against North Korea and vowed that Washington would continue to protect its allies in the region amid growing fears of an arms race in the far east.