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/ 11 February 2008
South African President Thabo Mbeki said he has no plans to appoint the deputy president of the ruling African National Congress (ANC) to the Cabinet or make other changes to accommodate allies of ANC leader Jacob Zuma. Mbeki told the Star there was no truth to reports that he would appoint Kgalema Motlanthe to his Cabinet.
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/ 11 February 2008
New Zealand continued their domination at the World Sevens series by beating South Africa 27-12 in Sunday’s cup final, extending their record wining streak to 36 matches. New Zealand also won their fourth straight tournament in the current World Sevens series.
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/ 11 February 2008
Zimbabwean opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai confirmed on Sunday he would stand for president at elections next month, quashing speculation he would give a former minister a clear run against Robert Mugabe. Former finance minister Simba Makoni announced last week that he planned to challenge Mugabe at the March 29 elections.
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/ 11 February 2008
An Indian doctor suspected of being behind a kidney transplant racket was arrested in Nepal on Sunday and paraded before journalists in the capital, Kathmandu. Amit Kumar is accused of running a hospital just outside Delhi which allegedly lured or forced hundreds of poor people into giving up their kidneys.
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/ 11 February 2008
Two policemen were killed by a suspected Tamil Tiger roadside bomb in northern Sri Lanka on Monday, while the death toll from weekend fighting rose to 75 rebels and seven soldiers. Fighting between the military and Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam has intensified since the government scrapped a six-year ceasefire pact.
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/ 11 February 2008
Other banks and the French taxman stand to make hundreds of million of dollars as Société Générale boosts its capital with a deeply discounted rights issue after rogue trading and United States subprime losses. An official at the bank said on Monday the company would have to pay taxes on a €1,4-billion capital gain.
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/ 11 February 2008
South Africa’s energy needs — specifically refined petroleum products and electricity — were expected to put severe strain on the economy in the short to medium term and ultimately impact negatively on economic growth, Ernst & Young said on Monday.
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/ 11 February 2008
The United States administration is pressing the 27 governments of the European Union to sign up for a range of new security measures for transatlantic travel, including allowing armed guards on all flights from Europe to America by US airlines. The demand to put armed air marshals on to the flights is part of a travel clampdown by the Bush administration.
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/ 11 February 2008
The "specialist nature" of the Scorpions might well be retained, wherever the unit is finally located, President Thabo Mbeki said on Sunday. He said the government remained firmly committed to ensuring South Africa’s capacity to fight organised crime was enhanced, not reduced.
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/ 11 February 2008
Eskom’s countdown to catastrophe began in 2000 when it had enough coal stockpiled to last 61 days. Last month, when it shut down the country’s mines, the stockpiles were down to less than three days’ supply. A deliberate policy began in 2000 to reduce the coal stockpile to better manage operating costs.