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The IT technician caught up in the hoax-email saga, Muziwendoda Kunene, appeared in the Kestell Magistrate’s Court in the eastern Free State on Wednesday. A court official said the matter was postponed to January 23 2008 for further investigation. ”He is facing a provisional charge of murder and will stay in custody at the Kroonstad Prison.”
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/ 12 December 2007
England face the daunting prospect of playing out spin wizard Muttiah Muralitharan on Thursday to draw the second Test against Sri Lanka and keep the three-match series alive. The tourists, trailing Sri Lanka by 197 runs on the first innings, ended the fourth day’s play on a wearing Sinhalese Sports Club (SSC) pitch at 48-0 in their second knock on Wednesday.
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/ 12 December 2007
Somali pirates who seized a Japanese chemical tanker in October and were demanding a -million ransom have left the vessel without hurting any of its crew, a United States military spokesperson said on Wednesday. The Panama-registered Golden Nori was carrying benzene from Singapore to Israel when it was hijacked on October 28.
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/ 12 December 2007
French President Nicolas Sarkozy warned of a risk of a war with Iran if Israel considered its security seriously threatened by Tehran’s nuclear drive in a magazine interview to be published on Thursday. Sarkozy also said he was ready to travel to Tehran to discuss a civilian nuclear partnership if the country steps up its cooperation.
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In the five days that the ruling African National Congress (ANC) takes to elect a leader and approve major policies, more than 600 women and children in South Africa are likely to be raped and 240 others murdered. About 3Â 000 houses could be burgled and 2Â 500 robberies carried out in a country described as one of the most violent outside a war zone.
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/ 12 December 2007
Chris Gayle’s West Indies touring team will attempt to succeed where their predecessors have failed when they take on South Africa over the next seven-and-a-half weeks. The odds appear to be stacked against the West Indies, but Gayle has the consolation of knowing that he can hardly do worse than previous sides from the Caribbean that have visited South Africa.
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/ 12 December 2007
Rebel general Laurent Nkunda on Wednesday called for talks with the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) government after his troops secured some military victories that left them facing off with United Nations peacekeepers in the eastern Nord-Kivu province.
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/ 12 December 2007
A crowd of children is at play in the front garden of Thelma Mabuza’s small house in Zondi, Soweto. Mabuza is on her way to the tap located at the back of her yard. Johannesburg city bosses have decreed, through "Operation Gcina’manzi", that householders have to make do with 6 000 litres of free water a month.
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/ 12 December 2007
Nationwide Airlines is gradually resuming its operations, with three of its 17 aircraft already back in service. The airline’s Boeing 767-300 service to London, which resumed last week, is operating as normal and two of its 737-500 aircraft are now being used on domestic flights, company spokesperson Charmaine Thome said on Wednesday.
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/ 12 December 2007
The airline industry body IATA slashed its forecast for industry profits in 2008 on Wednesday, warning that the spiralling cost of fuel and the impact of the credit crunch would reverse expected growth. The International Air Transport Association (IATA) reduced its forecast for 2008 industry profits by one third to -billion.