Staff Reporter
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/ 3 February 2008

America’s moment of truth

The contrast was compelling. George Bush went up to Capitol Hill to deliver the eighth and final State of the Union address of a failed American presidency already eclipsed by the intense contest to succeed him. But the real excitement took place a few kilometres away where Barack Obama was being anointed as the new John F Kennedy.

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/ 2 February 2008

Three dead in Carnival City collapse

Emergency personnel were on Saturday still searching for survivors after part of the Carnival City shopping complex near Brakpan on the East Rand in Gauteng partially collapsed into a parking area, killing three people. Netcare 911 spokesperson Mark Stokoe said an exterior wall of the mall had collapsed on to a car.