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/ 28 January 2008
Protests erupted in western Kenya and machete-wielding mobs faced off in the Rift Valley on Monday after scores died in ethnic violence, complicating mediation efforts by former United Nations boss Kofi Annan. In the normally peaceful Rift Valley town of Nakuru, a mortuary worker said on Monday that 64 corpses were lying in the morgue.
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/ 28 January 2008
From the very first moment you insert the <i>Tony Hawk’s Proving Ground</i> disk, you can see that this is a Tony Hawk game. Some noteworthy improvements on previous versions have been made, but in essence it’s the tried-and-tested formula — completely unrealistic, arcade-style skating in landscapes built only to satisfy your skating desires.
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/ 28 January 2008
Daniel Day-Lewis and British veteran Julie Christie underscored their status as Oscars frontrunners on Sunday after winning the top prizes at the 14th Screen Actors’ Guild awards. British-born star Day-Lewis was crowned best actor for his performance as a tyrannical oil prospector in There Will Be Blood.
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/ 28 January 2008
James Kamte raised his hands in praise after scoring a breakthrough victory with an explosive five-birdie back nine to overhaul his rivals and win the R1,8-million Dimension Data Pro-Am at the Gary Player Country Club on Sunday. In doing so, Kamte also became the first black South African to win on the tough summer swing of the Sunshine Tour.
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/ 28 January 2008
New Zealand will dump star paceman Shane Bond after he signed for the rebel Indian Cricket League, the country’s cricket board confirmed on Monday. New Zealand Cricket has been trying to persuade the injury-prone 32-year-old to stay in the official fold, but no solution could be found.
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/ 28 January 2008
Director and chief economist of Econometrix Dr Azar Jammine said on Monday that he was becoming a little nervous about the implications of the political environment — particularly views that economic policy will not be changed — on the ability of South Africa to keep attracting capital flows.
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/ 28 January 2008
South Africa’s World Cup-winning lock Victor Matfield could make his international reappearance against Wales in June if he can perform a delicate balancing act with his French club, Toulon. Matfield hasn’t played for the Springboks since the World Cup victory over England in October and has only featured in four games for the ambitious French second division side.
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/ 28 January 2008
A pull back in global equity markets as well as local concerns about power-supply shortages continued to keep the JSE at weak levels by midday on Monday. By noon, the JSE’s broader all-share index was down 2,79%. Banks pulled back 3,89% and financials were off 2,55%. The platinum-mining index gave up 3,65% and the gold-mining index weakened 1,11%.
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/ 28 January 2008
British rock band Led Zeppelin enjoyed jamming together again last year in a charity concert but won’t have another session before September at the earliest, lead guitarist Jimmy Page said in Tokyo on Monday. Page, in the city to promote a greatest hits release, painted a happy picture of the reunion.
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/ 28 January 2008
South African mining companies hope to resume production later this week after being allowed to carry out underground maintenance work in mines across the country that have been crippled by a power crisis. Analysts estimated that hundreds of millions of rand had already been lost as the halt on mining entered its fourth day on Monday.