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/ 12 February 2008
The North West department of health on Tuesday rejected suggestions that young people were trained to become sex workers. ”The three complainants from Schweizer Reneke were invited to attend a workshop in Mmabatho to teach the youth about HIV, drug abuse and crime,” said a spokesperson.
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/ 12 February 2008
After a five year contract that kept her in Las Vegas, pop diva Celine Dion is keeping a promise she made to former South African president Nelson Mandela by kicking off her world tour in South Africa, she said at a press conference in Johannesburg on Tuesday.
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/ 12 February 2008
A strong earthquake of magnitude 6,4 shook south-western Mexico on Tuesday, the latest in a series of temblors in recent days, but there were no reports of casualties or serious damage. The quake briefly cut off power in the Chiapas state capital, Tuxtla Gutierrez, but officials said checks of dozens of small towns across the state found no damage.
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/ 12 February 2008
Rape and sexual violence against children and women are spreading in conflict zones in Africa like an epidemic, the United Nations children’s agency Unicef said on Tuesday. Rape was particularly prevalent in countries suffering both conflicts and natural disasters.
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/ 12 February 2008
British drivers increasingly cut up funeral processions and make obscene gestures at hearses, funeral directors said on Tuesday. The National Society of Allied and Independent Funeral Directors said its members reported poor behaviour from drivers unsympathetic to the deceased’s final journey.
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/ 12 February 2008
The head of Adcock Ingram Critical Care, Tiger Brands’s healthcare division, has been suspended following allegations of collusion by the Competition Commission, the company said on Tuesday. Tiger Brands non-executive chairperson Lex van Vught said the company is ”devastated” by the allegations.
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/ 12 February 2008
Independent Democrats (ID) leader Patricia de Lille on Tuesday moved a motion calling on President Thabo Mbeki and his Cabinet to resign over the energy crisis. Speaking in the National Assembly during debate on Mbeki’s State of the Nation address, she said the ID has lost confidence in the government and its leaders.
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/ 12 February 2008
English Premiership champions Manchester United will once again square off against Premier Soccer League giants Orlando Pirates and Kaizer Chiefs in the 2008 Vodacom Challenge championship. Manchester United manager Sir Alex Ferguson said on Tuesday he is going to bring the best available squad for the tournament.
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/ 12 February 2008
Former mineworkers on Tuesday listened during the resumption of former miner Thembekile Mankayi’s bid to secure R2,6-million from AngloGold Ashanti after he contracted silicosis. One of the group, Willie Fuledi, said he hoped the court would make a ruling for other mineworkers seeking a payout for the disease.
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/ 12 February 2008
A man trying to outrun police in a stolen tractor was arrested in the Eastern Cape early on Tuesday. East London police spokesperson Superintendent Mtati Tana said police were told the tractor had been stolen from a farm in the Blue Water area outside East London at about 4am.