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/ 17 January 2008
Actor Brad Renfro, former child star of such films as The Client and Tom and Huck who had battled drug abuse in recent years, was found dead in Los Angeles on January 14 at the age of 25. A Los Angeles county coroner’s spokesperson said Renfro’s cause of death was under investigation.
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/ 17 January 2008
Latvian tenor Sergei Larin, who starred at Milan’s La Scala and New York’s Metropolitan Opera during a three-decade career, has died at the age of 51, the Paris Opera announced. Larin died on January 13 in Bratislava where he had been a permanent soloist at the Slovak National Theatre since 1992.
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/ 17 January 2008
Richard Knerr, co-founder of the toy company that popularised the Hula Hoop, Frisbee and other fads that became classics, has died. He was 82. Knerr, who started Wham-O in 1948 with his childhood friend Arthur ”Spud” Melin, died on January 14 at Methodist Hospital in Arcadia, California, after suffering a stroke earlier in the day.
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/ 17 January 2008
Shaun Pollock said he didn’t want his final round of international matches to be a ”Polly parade” but it is inevitable that South Africa’s star all-rounder will be feted as he makes his last appearances at the country’s major grounds during a five-match one-day international series against the West Indies, which starts at Centurion on Sunday.
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/ 17 January 2008
Emerging global superpower China has dethroned South Africa as the world’s largest gold producer after 102 years of holding the prestigious title, precious metals consultancy GFMS said on Thursday. GFMS executive chairperson Philip Klapwijk drew attention to this historic event at the launch of GFMS’s <i>Gold Survey 2007 — Update Two</i>.
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/ 17 January 2008
Australia’s bid to break their own world record for consecutive Test wins was on shaky ground on Thursday after their batting collapsed on a dramatic second day of the third Test against India in Perth. India bowled the Australians out for 212 in 50 overs and then added 52 runs for the loss of one wicket, reaching stumps with an overall lead of 170.
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/ 17 January 2008
Secondary school attendance can lead to a lower risk of HIV infection amongst young people in rural South Africa, according to a study published in the Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health on Thursday. The study examined sexual behaviour and HIV prevalence among 916 young men and 1Â 003 young women aged 14 to 25.
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/ 17 January 2008
South Africa’s future growth could be severely compromised by the country’s lack of sufficient power capacity, the Democratic Alliance (DA) said on Thursday. DA spokesperson Hendrik Schmidt said: ”South Africa’s lack of reserve power capacity has now reached catastrophic proportions and if left unchecked threatens to undermine future growth prospects.”
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/ 17 January 2008
The waters of the Yangtze have fallen to their lowest levels since 1866, disrupting drinking supplies, stranding ships and posing a threat to some of the world’s most endangered species. Asia’s longest river is losing volume as a result of a prolonged dry spell, the state media warned on Wednesday.
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/ 17 January 2008
British national Anthony Cooper was on Thursday found not guilty of causing the fire on Table Mountain that allegedly caused the death of British tourist Janet Chesworth. Cooper appeared in the Cape Town Regional Court, charged with culpable homicide, as well as contravening the National Forestry Act.