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/ 3 February 2007
The European Commission on Saturday confirmed that the H5N1 strain of bird flu was found on a poultry farm in eastern England. The Commission was informed by British authorities of the suspected outbreak of avian influenza in Suffolk on Friday, the European Union executive said in a statement.
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/ 3 February 2007
An allegedly racist caption in a brochure for the 2007 Cricket World Cup has opened up longstanding racial tensions between Guyana’s East Indians and its African-descendant population. The caption says ”with Guyana’s distinct Indian heritage you are sure to experience the fusion of West Indian and East-Indian culture”.
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/ 3 February 2007
On the eve of the United States’s invasion of Iraq, he was heartsick at the prospect that he might not be military material. He even shelled out for medical tests to convince the recruiters that he was fit for duty despite childhood asthma that would ordinarily render him ineligible for service.
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/ 3 February 2007
Tumi is a sassy, switched on woman who is taking steps to ensure her financial future. In just five months she has gone from living beyond her means to being able to save. This month, Mandy Michaels, business development manager of Sanlam Financial Advisers, tells Tumi how to save for her six-month-old daughter’s education.
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/ 3 February 2007
With the tax year-end coming up on February 28, now is your chance to take advantage of the tax break you receive if you put money into a retirement annuity. You need to sit down with your tax adviser to see what additional contributions you can make to qualify for the tax break.
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/ 3 February 2007
Three-times champion Ernie Els was breathing down the neck of surprise leader Ross Fisher of Britain when the Dubai Desert Classic second round was completed on Saturday morning. The 37-year-old South African, two strokes adrift when fading light forced him off the course with four holes to play on Friday, finished with three pars and a birdie four at the last to record a seven-under 65.
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/ 3 February 2007
Chinese President Hu Jintao told Sudan’s President Omar Hassan al-Bashir on Friday that Khartoum had to resolve the four-year-old conflict in Darfur. Hu urged al-Bashir in a face-to-face meeting to boost the United Nations’s ”constructive role in realising peace in Darfur” along with the African Union.
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/ 3 February 2007
A farming pressure-group in Zimbabwe on Saturday urged the country’s remaining white farmers to face arrest rather than submit to a government deadline to move off their land. The government had given many of the 400 or so remaining white farmers until Saturday to leave their farms to make way for new black farmers.
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/ 3 February 2007
About 100 000 people camped out at roadsides and in emergency shelters as swathes of the Indonesian capital remained inundated on Saturday following a third night of torrential downpours with more rain forecast. Officials said they were struggling to cope with the scale of the disaster while hundreds of troops were deployed to help the worst-hit areas of Jakarta.
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/ 3 February 2007
The Waratahs, who have excelled in recent years in the Super 12, now Super 14 competition, went on to beat the Lions 25-16 at Ellis Park on Friday night. The Waratahs’ Daniel Halangahu went over for a try in the 24th minute, which was converted by Peter Hewat, who also added a penalty.