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/ 6 February 2007
Australia are seeking clarification from the International Cricket Council over the eligibility of injured players for the World Cup after all-rounder Andrew Symonds tore a bicep tendon in his right shoulder on Friday. Symonds underwent surgery on Sunday and is likely to be out of action for at least six weeks, jeopardising his place in the World Cup.
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/ 6 February 2007
The Durban University of Technology and the University of KwaZulu-Natal faced a second day of student boycotts and strikes on Tuesday. The student representative council called for the strike, claiming that management had reneged on a deal to release all 2006 exam results.
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/ 6 February 2007
The debate around flow-through shares as a solution to kick-start the junior mining industry in South Africa came in for some debate on the first day of the 2007 Mining Indaba, and this instrument has also been mooted as a potential solution to grow economic activity and jobs in Africa as a whole.
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/ 6 February 2007
An Iranian government-sponsored body set up to probe the veracity of the Holocaust on Tuesday challenged Europe to hand over documents about the mass slaughter of Jews in World War II, the IRNA state news agency reported. Mohammad Ali Ramin, head of the World Holocaust Foundation, said Austria, Germany and Poland in particular should supply documents.
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/ 6 February 2007
An Iranian diplomat has been kidnapped in the Iraqi capital, Tehran said on Tuesday, as security forces pressed on with troop deployments in Baghdad ahead of a United States-Iraqi crackdown to curb raging violence. As the troops took up positions in Baghdad, violence continued in Iraq with at least five people killed and four others found murdered, Iraqi security officials said.
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/ 6 February 2007
Great Soweto rivals Moroka Swallows and Orlando Pirates have been paired together for the first round of South Africa’s Absa Cup soccer competition. One official called it ”the million to one shot”. The draw on Monday evening uncannily paired a good number of teams from the Premier League against each other.
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/ 6 February 2007
Australia’s Houdini-like conman Peter Foster was back behind bars on Tuesday, this time in his home country, one day after returning from the island nation of Vanuatu where he talked his way out of a prison over lunch. Foster, once a confidante of British prime minister’s wife Cherie Blair, returned to Australia on Monday night and was immediately arrested on money laundering charges.
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/ 6 February 2007
United States President George Bush is proposing to slash medical care for the poor and elderly to meet the soaring cost of the Iraq war. Bush’s ,9-trillion Budget, sent to Congress on Monday, includes -billion extra for the Iraq and Afghanistan wars for this year, on top of -billion already allocated by Congress.
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/ 6 February 2007
The United Nations envoy for Kosovo, Martti Ahtisaari, warned on Monday that if the UN Security Council failed to impose a solution for the contested province, it could lead to a return to violence there. Ahtisaari has called for consultations on his proposals to confer internationally supervised autonomy on Kosovo.
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/ 6 February 2007
Fidentia Asset Management may have transferred part of the missing R689-million in clients’ funds to overseas bank accounts. The Cape High Court placed Fidentia under curatorship last Thursday after the Financial Services Board exposed the misappropriation of funds at the company, which managed at least R1,6-billion on behalf of clients.