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/ 21 February 2006
Deputy President Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka should be made to repay nearly R10 000 spent on a private flight for a medical doctor who accompanied her on an Abu Dhabi vacation last year, the Freedom Front Plus said on Tuesday. A medical doctor is required to accompany the deputy president on all overseas trips.
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/ 21 February 2006
The dismissal of Central Karoo District municipal manager, Truman Prince, will not affect the municipal election drive of the Independent Civic Organisation of South Africa (Icosa), the party said on Tuesday. Lyon was responding to news on Tuesday that a disciplinary committee had ruled that Prince be dismissed with immediate effect from his position as Central Karoo district municipal manager.
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/ 21 February 2006
An armed robber was shot dead on Tuesday when three men tried to rob a store manager near a shopping complex in Pretoria. At around 11.30am three men followed a store manager from a bank in East Lynne near his store and attempted to rob him.
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/ 21 February 2006
A health and safety meeting in a British factory building turned unexpectedly realistic on Tuesday when a floor suddenly collapsed, injuring four of the 21 participants. Firefighters were summoned to the Hyde Buildings in Manchester, northwest England, when the floor collapsed just as the assembled health and safety officers were discussing evacuation procedures.
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/ 21 February 2006
The despotic president of Turkmenistan, known as Turkmenbashi, has celebrated his 66th birthday by creating a new set of gold and silver coins in honour of poetry he has written. Last year, to celebrate his 65th birthday, Saparmurat Niyazov issued coins featuring his family tree.
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/ 21 February 2006
A Ugandan court on Tuesday charged a member of the country’s security forces with murder in the shooting deaths last week of two opposition supporters at a rally site. The election campaign has been punctuated by sporadic violence and opposition claims of rampant state intimidation are shared by human rights groups.
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/ 21 February 2006
President Robert Mugabe turned 82 on Tuesday and was showered with praise and birthday wishes despite Zimbabwe’s mounting economic woes. The state daily <i>Herald</i> published a 16-page supplement of pictures of Mugabe and congratulatory messages while the private <i>Daily Mirror</i> dedicated eight pages to his birthday.
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/ 21 February 2006
The current strike by Transnet workers was misguided and had no clear objectives, Trade and Industry Minister Alec Erwin said on Tuesday. He said there had been ”more than enough opportunity” for consultation on the structure of Transnet.
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/ 21 February 2006
With few physical clues to the whereabouts of an escaped show dog, the hunt for the award-winning whippet has entered the spiritual realm, according to a media report. About 12 psychics are counseling searchers as they check the heated cargo buildings at John F Kennedy Airport where Vivi escaped from a travel cage.
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/ 21 February 2006
After almost four years in Perth, Australia, my stay was nearing its end and I had a problem. Being an avid second-hand book shopper, my collection was fairly impressive and I was well aware that exorbitant shipping costs were going to restrict the number of parcels I could send home.