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/ 15 January 2007
Former African National Congress chief whip and fraud convict Tony Yengeni walked out of Malmesbury prison on Monday, saying his imprisonment had been a mistake in the first place. ”It is a great day for me and my family and for the movement in that I’m now walking out of the gate of this prison, a place that I was not supposed to be in the first place,” Yengeni said.
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/ 15 January 2007
There is ”no activity” in ruling party structures over the matter of leadership of the African National Congress at present, its deputy president, Jacob Zuma, told the South African Broadcasting Corporation on Sunday night. He said during an interview that the discussion about potential leaders has been manufactured by the media.
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/ 15 January 2007
Somali gunmen fired at a convoy of Ethiopian troops in Mogadishu, the latest in a series of attacks against forces backing the government, a Somali government source said on Monday. The attack happened late on Sunday in the northern Arafat area, where hours before Ethiopian soldiers helped government troops seize guns and explosives.
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/ 15 January 2007
Two people have been arrested in a Limpopo raid reportedly linked to the Pretoria High Court escapes of two Boeremag members last year. However, the arrests were not of the fugitives, Herman van Rooyen (33) and Rudi Gouws (28), who were on trial for alleged treason.
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/ 15 January 2007
The bodies of five illegal miners are still inside an abandoned mine near Barberton, said Mpumalanga police on Monday. ”Today [Monday] we are going to ask the mine’s rescue team to help us,” said Constable Jabu Ndubane, explaining that the operation at the abandoned Fairview mine will be risky.
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/ 15 January 2007
Two weeks after an Indonesian plane vanished with 102 passengers and crew, investigators admitted on Monday they still did not know exactly where or why the aircraft apparently came down. All they have found in two frustrating weeks of searching is a fragment of tail-fin and a few pieces of cabin debris washed up on the shore.
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/ 15 January 2007
The Devil apparently hangs out nowadays in Berlin, Moscow, Johannesburg, or most likely, Australia or Shanghai, China. The Devil is hanging out anywhere where there is money and trouble to be made. But let’s not go there too soon. The Devil was most recently seen slouching around in Mesopotamia, currently referred to as Iraq.
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/ 15 January 2007
Nicolas Sarkozy on Sunday set out to convince the French people that he is not the arrogant, highly strung, and over-ambitious hardman his critics paint him, vowing to lead France as a humbled and changed man. The Interior Minister launched an image makeover with his presidential bid amid the pomp of a glittering United States-style rally in southern Paris.
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/ 15 January 2007
Ferrari began life after Michael Schumacher on Sunday when they unveiled their new car for the 2007 Formula One season, which they hope will reclaim the world title. The Italian team finished second to Renault in the drivers’ and constructors’ championships last season before Schumacher retired from racing.
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/ 15 January 2007
The South African women’s hockey side beat Ireland 2-1 in the Spar Hockey Festival series in Stellenbosch on Sunday. The first half was dominated by the hosts, who created numerous goal-scoring opportunities but failed to capitalise, and the score was 1-1 at the break.