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An application for the judge presiding over the Jeppestown trial to recuse himself was dismissed at the Johannesburg High Court on Tuesday. Judge Ratha Motkgoatleng said the application had no legal basis to suggest he would be biased when he had to decide on the merits of the case.
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/ 12 February 2008
The Russian Federation is now a "superpower" of spam email, becoming the second-most-prolific country after the United States in producing junk emails, a computer security firm said on Monday. It accounts for "one in 12 junk mails seen in inboxes", according to security firm Sophos in its quarterly update on spam email.
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/ 12 February 2008
Finnish cellphone giant Nokia said on Tuesday it had reached an agreement with Google to incorporate the Google search engine in its handsets. In a first stage, the United States firm’s search technology will be available in a limited number of countries on Nokia’s high-end N96 and N78 models, among others.
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/ 12 February 2008
Universities will receive R3,6-billion in government money for increasing graduates and improving infrastructure following a finding in 2004 that subsidy levels have been declining, Education Minister Naledi Pandor said in Cape Town on Tuesday.
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/ 12 February 2008
Dolly Parton’s breasts may be two of the wonders of the entertainment world, but the country music icon says they are a pain in her back. Parton (62) said on Monday she would postpone her upcoming North American tour after doctors told her to take it easy for six to eight weeks to rest her sore back.
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/ 12 February 2008
The number of tourists arriving in Kenya last month was 90% less than anticipated, reports said, following weeks of violence and unrest that have marred the image of the nation known for its fabled game parks and pristine coastline. Only 8Â 000 tourists arrived to the country instead of the expected 100Â 000.
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/ 12 February 2008
A dominant batting performance by openers Brendon McCullum and Jesse Ryder powered New Zealand to a 10-wicket win over England in the second one-day cricket international on Tuesday. The overwhelming victory, completed with 17.5 overs to spare in the rain-shortened game, lifted New Zealand to 2-0 in the five-match series.
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The case against alleged Skielik shooter Johan Nel was postponed to March 13 at the Swartruggens District Court on Tuesday. The case was postponed for psychiatric referral. Nel is accused of killing four people and wounding six others in the Skielik informal settlement near Swartruggens on January 14.
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A schoolgirl was killed by a stray bullet fired during a shoot-out between robbers and security guards at a house in Fairlands, Johannesburg, on Tuesday morning, said police. The three robbers have since been arrested, said Captain Siphiwe Ndlovu.
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A group of Nobel Peace laureates sent a letter to Chinese President Hu Jintao on Tuesday urging the Beijing Games host to uphold Olympic ideals by pressing its ally, Sudan, to stop atrocities in Darfur. In more than four years of conflict in Sudan’s western region of Darfur, 200 000 people have died and 2,5-million have been driven from their homes.