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/ 12 December 2008
Angola approved a -billion spending plan for 2009 despite fears the recent slump in oil prices will increase the country’s budget deficit.
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/ 12 December 2008
Amnesty International called on Friday on the United Nations’ peacekeeping force in eastern DRC to do a better job of protecting civilians.
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/ 12 December 2008
Johan Nel has lost his application for leave to appeal the four life sentences he got for murdering four people in Skierlik informal settlement.
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/ 12 December 2008
Inspired England took control of the opening Test against India on Friday after debutant off-spinner Graeme Swann grabbed two wickets.
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/ 12 December 2008
Thai anti-government protesters on Friday threatened to resume street demonstrations if a new prime minister is chosen from the former ruling party.
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/ 12 December 2008
Zanu-PF leader Robert Mugabe’s government backpedalled Friday on his claim that Zimbabwe had defeated cholera.
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/ 12 December 2008
The global economic crisis has started to affect Botswana’s output, and will hit the mineral sector hardest, Finance Minister Baledzi Gaolathe says.
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/ 12 December 2008
Nigeria’s Supreme Court upheld the election of President Umaru Yar’Adua on Friday, giving him the mandate to lead Africa’s most populous nation.
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/ 12 December 2008
Several flights headed for Durban International Airport were diverted on Friday because of a bomb scare, the Airports Company South Africa said.
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/ 12 December 2008
AU chief Jean Ping said on Friday he wants AU peacekeepers to remain in Somalia, adding that a withdrawal was ”something we cannot accept”.