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/ 6 February 2008
The new leader of the African National Congress, Jacob Zuma, will be one of the principal dignitaries at the opening of Parliament on Friday, when his predecessor Thabo Mbeki will be making what could be his last speech on the state of the nation.
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/ 6 February 2008
BHP Billiton launched a hostile ,4-billion bid for rival Rio Tinto in a move that could trigger a Chinese-led counterbid in the world’s second biggest corporate takeover. Combined, BHP and Rio would create the world’s third-richest company, with a market capitalisation eclipsed only by Exxon Mobil and General Electric.
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/ 6 February 2008
The Asian Tour’s elite have Ernie Els in their sights at the Indian Masters this week, looking to pile more misery on the South African after his defeat to Tiger Woods in Dubai. The world number four leads the cast at the ,5-million tournament that marks the European Tour’s debut in a country where the sport is booming.
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/ 6 February 2008
Mozambican authorities warned on Tuesday that flooding will worsen in Southern Africa when a major dam on its borders opens its floodgates and Namibia counts the toll of floods in its northern areas. The Kariba Dam, on Mozambique’s border with Zambia and Zimbabwe, is expected have at least one of its floodgates opened on Monday.
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/ 6 February 2008
Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama will have no time to pause after yesterday’s Super Tuesday performances before they head off into a fresh 72-hour marathon of coast-to-coast contests. Seven states are at stake, worth 467 delegates, almost a quarter of the 2 025 delegates needed for eventual victory.
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/ 6 February 2008
A matriculant who earned eight distinctions last year may have lost the use of her legs after an armed robber ”emptied his gun on her”, a media report said on Wednesday. Razelle Botha (18), was at her home in Moreletta Park at 9.45pm on Monday night when the robber shot her in the arm, chest, stomach, lung and spine.
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/ 6 February 2008
The Chevron Refinery said it will not be able to supply consumers with liquefied petroleum gas from Wednesday. Chevron Refinery’s public affairs manager, Phumi Nhlapo, said on Tuesday night that it had sufficient diesel and petrol stocks but could not resume production because it did not have a stable power supply.
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/ 6 February 2008
Funny, isn’t it, how we have come this far in the United States election campaign, reaching the milestone of results from 24 states in the early hours of Wednesday morning, and still a mystery remains. What, exactly, do these warring candidates stand for?
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/ 6 February 2008
The constituency is thousands of kilometres wide and contains around six million voters with a keen interest in the primaries but you won’t find a reference to it on a map of the United States. It is the constituency of Americans abroad and on Tuesday night they were voting in their hundreds of thousands.
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/ 6 February 2008
Tornadoes and thunderstorms ravaged several states in the American South overnight, killing at least 26 people, injuring dozens and causing widespread damage, emergency services and local media said. CNN reports put the death toll at 27. The violent storms swept across Arkansas, Tennessee, Kentucky and Mississippi.