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/ 19 February 2007
The office of Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe, former Spanish President José MarÃa Aznar and the United States Navy Seals all had some connection to the alleged attempted coup in Equatorial Guinea, the Pretoria Regional Court heard on Monday.
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/ 19 February 2007
A twin boy and girl burnt to death in a blaze that gutted their home in Sea View, Durban, on Monday afternoon, emergency services said. Netcare 911 spokesperson Chris Botha said the seven-year-old siblings had tried to escape, but could not because of burglar bars. Paramedics declared them dead on scene.
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/ 19 February 2007
An earthquake with a magnitude of 5,7 struck the Lake Albert region of western Uganda and eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) on Monday, officials said, but there was no immediate word of casualties or damage. ”An earthquake passed here but it did not hurt anyone or destroy any property,” Andrew Diboi, police chief for western Uganda, told Reuters by telephone.
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/ 19 February 2007
While Finance Minister Trevor Manuel’s 2007/08 budget on Wednesday is again expected to reflect a large surplus — between 1% and 1,5% of GDP, by some estimates — capacity constraints might restrict its effective use. However, most forecasters want the focus to be on jobs, growth and small-business incentives.
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/ 19 February 2007
Litigation continued in the Supreme Court of Appeal on Monday to change the name of the Makhado municipality back to Louis Trichardt. A full bench of five judges heard argument in the appeal by the Louis Trichardt Chairpersons’ Association against the minister of arts and culture and others.
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/ 19 February 2007
Two buses collided head-on, killing 17 people, in South Africa on Monday, after one swerved to avoid a donkey in the road, police said. At least 45 others were injured in what police called the worst road accident this year in the northern Limpopo province. ”The donkey was just passing by. Animals roam around here,” said Limpopo police Superintendent Mohale Ramatseba.
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/ 19 February 2007
Mozambique’s national disaster agency, already struggling to get food and clean water to thousands of victims of flooding, warned on Monday the worst could be yet to come as the rainy season gets under way. Paulo Zucula, the country’s top disaster official, said there was only one helicopter working to bring relief supplies to people stranded in isolated evacuation centres.
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/ 19 February 2007
Thousands of Liberians on Monday lined the road from airport to the seaside capital, Monrovia, to welcome their leader back from a donors’ conference where she secured a massive debt-relief deal. Villagers and residents of small towns along the 50km road from Roberts International Airport came out to praise President Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf for a "job well done".
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/ 19 February 2007
South Africa’s grain industry body, Grain SA, on Monday slammed the alleged price-fixing of bread, saying it is "a shame that certain large food companies" are allegedly involved. The Competition Commission has launched a case against two food companies, accusing them of running a bread cartel in the Western Cape.
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/ 19 February 2007
A short drive away from Nigeria’s capital Abuja, with its air-conditioned villas and ministers in luxury cars, life for many in the town of Maraba is a daily struggle to eat. On streets lined with rotting garbage and ramshackle stalls, Aminu Ladan polishes shoes to scrape out a living.