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/ 4 February 2007
Chippy Shaik, the former head of the South African government’s acquisition programme in the arms deal and brother of fraud convict Schabir Shaik, was allegedly paid a -million (about R21-million) bribe by one of the arms-deal bidding companies, Germany’s online newspaper Spiegel reported on Sunday.
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/ 4 February 2007
One was a successful corporate lawyer, another a Mercedes-driving businesswoman and a third a navy officer who steered battleships. They are among a growing number of women in their 20s and 30s across the United States who have shed high-powered jobs, career ambitions and boyfriends for a nun’s veil and a life devoted to the church.
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/ 4 February 2007
Chelsea cut Manchester United’s advantage atop the Premier League to three points on Saturday with a 1-0 win at Charlton. Frank Lampard scored with a long-range shot to take defending champion Chelsea to 57 points, although Manchester United may restore the gap to six when it plays at Tottenham on Sunday.
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/ 4 February 2007
Ernie Els pledged to move heaven and earth on Sunday to repel any challenge from old nemesis Tiger Woods in the final round of the Dubai Desert Classic. The South African will take a three stroke lead over the American into the last 18 holes. ”I’m up for it. I’m really looking forward to it and I’d like to win it pretty badly,” said Els.
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/ 4 February 2007
Cassius ”The Hitman” Baloyi made South African boxing history by securing a fifth world title while demolishing Argentina’s Nazareno Ruiz in three rounds for the vacant IBO junior lightweight crown at a glittering Emperors Palace on Saturday night.
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/ 4 February 2007
Alice Lakwena, a Ugandan warrior priestess who led an ill-fated insurgency to topple President Yoweri Museveni in the 1980s, was laid to rest on Saturday at a funeral attended by several hundred followers. An enigmatic leader, Lakwena inspired her poorly equipped troops with claims that spirits spoke through her.
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/ 4 February 2007
The war in Somalia ruined my first attempt to marry Anisa on New Year’s Eve. I had planned to throw a splendid party in the central town of Baidoa, my young bride’s hometown, then entertain friends in the capital Mogadishu, where I live. But at the eleventh hour, I was forced to cancel the nuptials.
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/ 4 February 2007
A goal in each half allowed Ajax Cape Town to return to top spot in the Premier League after beating Bloemfontein Celtic 2-0 at the Athlone stadium on Friday night. Ajax playing with a strong south-easter, attacked from the start, and in the ninth minute, Terror Fanteni broke through, but Shoaib Walters dived to a save.
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/ 4 February 2007
Nothing seems extraordinary on the quiet provincial road outside the ancient Iranian city of Isfahan. Then suddenly, nestling beneath the mountains, a tall chimney emerges flanked by an impressive complex of buildings. This is the Iranian plant for converting uranium, a centrepiece of the Islamic republic’s nuclear programme, and rarely opened up to outsiders.
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/ 4 February 2007
The Democratic Alliance has asked the Minister of Home Affairs Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula for a report on how the six-month reformation of the department’s administration has progressed. A task team was given six months to address problems identified in the department and this time has elapsed, DA spokesperson on Home Affairs Sandy Kalyan said on Sunday.