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/ 5 December 2007
South Africans Ernie Els and Charl Schwartzel return to one of their favourite hunting grounds this week, both looking for a second victory in the Alfred Dunhill Championship beginning at Leopard Creek on Thursday. They are two of the bigger names in this €1-million event which forms part of the 2008 European Tour.
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/ 5 December 2007
A Santa in an Australian department store said on Wednesday he has been sacked for saying ”ho ho ho” and singing Christmas songs to children. Employment company Westaff had earlier asked its Santas to say ”ha ha ha” because the word ”ho”, which is American slang for whore, could offend women.
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/ 5 December 2007
The worst-kept coaching secret of the year is out: former Cats and Golden Lions coach Frans Ludeke is the new coach of the Bulls. Ludeke’s appointment was confirmed by the Blue Bulls Company on Tuesday night after weeks of speculation. He will now join the team in George on Wednesday night.
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/ 5 December 2007
Technology and entertainment topped Google’s searches in 2007, with the iPhone grabbing the number one slot on a list of the fastest-rising search terms in the United States. ”iPhone, of course, is a word very few people typed in a search box in 2006,” said Marissa Mayer of Google. ”It didn’t exist.”
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/ 5 December 2007
Nearly two years after the internationally acclaimed author Orhan Pamuk narrowly escaped imprisonment for statements that were thought to ”insult Turkishness”, the publisher of a British writer goes on trial on Wednesday accused of the same charge.
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/ 5 December 2007
Police are yet to notify the next-of-kin of a middle-aged woman who jumped to her death from the seventh floor of the Michelangelo Towers on Tuesday. A media report said a note with the words ”I’m tired of life” was found in her room. The general manager at the Michelangelo Towers, Johan Troskie, refused to disclose any information,
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/ 5 December 2007
Rupert Murdoch is out to prove that you can serve God and mammon after all. The tycoon’s Fox Entertainment has bought beliefnet, the largest online faith and spirituality network. The site is a portal that includes interviews with celebrities and politicians, social networking tools, inspirational stories and sacred text searches.
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/ 5 December 2007
England World Cup hooker Mark Regan has been sanctioned by Bristol for disobeying orders and playing for the Barbarians against South Africa at Twickenham last weekend, the club said on Tuesday. The club did not reveal details of Regan’s punishment.
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/ 5 December 2007
Police involved in Tuesday’s arrest of journalists reporting on a car accident in Lenasia should be investigated, the South African National Editor’s Forum (Sanef) said. ”Sanef requests an investigation into the conduct of the police for this unwarranted interference with journalists carrying out their duties,” the forum said.
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/ 5 December 2007
Maintenance prosecutor René Botha quit her job as attorney the day she realised she was helping "the wrong people". Today Botha is one of the most important and successful torchÂbearers for neglected children, women and men in Johannesburg who do not receive the maintenance they are entitled to.