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Citizen Kane is regularly cited as the greatest film of all time. But the Oscar its director, star and co-writer received for the epic didn’t prove so popular at an auction held in New York. The statuette presented to Orson Welles at the 1942 ceremony was expected to fetch up to ,2-million for the foundation that owns it.
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/ 12 December 2007
What happens in Vegas, stays in Vegas, runs Sin City’s advertising slogan. Now a museum hopes to make sure that what happened in Las Vegas not only stays there but is displayed inside a glass case. The as yet unnamed mobster museum aims to tell the story of the ever-booming city’s murky past.
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/ 12 December 2007
The motorist who was caught doing 257km/h in his silver Audi TT on Sunday night has been named as Ukhozi FM’s DJ Sbu, Talk Radio 702 reported on Wednesday. DJ Sbu, or Sbusiso Leope, appeared in the Johannesburg Magistrate’s Court on Tuesday. He was released on R1 000 bail, Johannesburg metro police said on Wednesday.
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The Treatment Action Campaign (TAC) on Tuesday refused to endorse Thabo Mbeki or Jacob Zuma for leader of the ruling African National Congress (ANC), but hinted it would be more comfortable with Zuma at the helm. The TAC said it hoped the winner would usher in ”serious change”.
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/ 12 December 2007
The fate of the United Nations human rights investigator for Sudan, who has reported war crimes in Darfur, hangs in the balance this week as African and Islamic countries seek to end her mandate. African and Islamic countries told the UN Human Rights Council on Tuesday that conditions in Darfur had improved.
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/ 12 December 2007
South Africa’s Solidarity union members have accepted an offer for a 9% wage increase from the world’s third ranked platinum producer Lonmin, the union said on Wednesday. The agreement will cover one year and is effective from October 1 2007, the union said in a statement.
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/ 12 December 2007
Sixty people were killed or wounded by car bombs in the capital of mainly Shi’ite Maysan province in southern Iraq on Wednesday, hospital sources said. The bombs exploded in a car park and a market place in the city of Amara, the sources said.
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/ 12 December 2007
Ernie Els, still smarting after his final hole collapse at Leopard Creek last weekend, and United States Open champion Angel Cabrera, are among four Major winners in the field for the South African Airways Open beginning on Thursday at Pearl Valley Golf Estate.
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/ 12 December 2007
Libyan leader Moammar Gadaffi fought back against criticism of his rights record on Tuesday by accusing European countries of abusing African immigrants. ”They brought us here like cattle to do hard and dirty work, and then they throw us to live on the outskirts of towns and when we claim our rights, the police beat us,” he said.
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/ 12 December 2007
Xstrata, which has coal and alloy operations in South Africa, on Wednesday confirmed reports that it was in discussions with other mining companies. Shares in the resources group have risen sharply over the past few days on suggestions that Anglo American and Brazilian giant Vale were considering bids.