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/ 11 December 2007
Two bombs exploded in the Algerian capital, Algiers, on Tuesday, killing 20 people and wounding 43, a security source said. One blast killed 15 people near the Constitutional Court building and the other killed five close to the United Nations offices and a police station in the upscale Hydra district, the source said.
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/ 11 December 2007
South Africa’s current account plunged further into deficit in the third quarter of 2007 as both oil-import costs and payments to foreign investors surged, but household spending eased due to higher interest rates. The central bank said in its latest quarterly bulletin the shortfall on the current account swelled to a record R162,6-billion, or 8,1% of gross domestic product.
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/ 11 December 2007
A majority of New Zealanders support the reappointment of Graham Henry as All Blacks coach, although he recently led the team their worst performance in Rugby World Cup history, a survey shows. The survey, conducted by URM research and released on Tuesday, shows 61% of New Zealand approved of the decision last week to reappoint Henry for a two-year term.
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/ 11 December 2007
The West Indies do not have a good record in South Africa, but captain Chris Gayle believes they should be able to turn things around on their coming tour of this country. Speaking just after the team’s arrival from Zimbabwe on Monday, Gayle said he thought there was an excellent spirit within the West Indies team.
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/ 11 December 2007
Indian police on Tuesday began questioning South African cricketer Nicky Boje about a major match-fixing scandal in 2000, police Crime Branch officers said. The 34-year-old was escorted in a private vehicle by South African diplomats to a New Delhi interrogation centre where detectives began the questioning, they said.
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/ 11 December 2007
Jose Mourinho’s decision to turn his back on the job of England manager after talks with the Football Association has left Italy’s Fabio Capello as the new favourite to replace Steve McClaren. But having been widely criticised for rushing the appointment of McClaren in August last year, the FA may take their time in finding someone else to take on the job.
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/ 11 December 2007
South Africa’s gold production costs are among the highest in the world, the South African Reserve Bank said in its December <i>Quarterly Bulletin</i> released on Tuesday. Continued increases in input costs had an adverse affect on gold mining in the third quarter of 2007.
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/ 11 December 2007
Salaries for workers in the South African formal non-agricultural sectors accelerated to 7,5% year-on-year (y/y) in the second quarter of 2007 from 4,9% in the first quarter of the year, the South African Reserve Bank’s (SARB) <i>Quarterly Bulletin</i> showed on Tuesday.
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/ 11 December 2007
As if the idea of having one robot to serve a person wasn’t unusual enough, Honda says its robots are now ready to work in pairs — and they can even serve drinks. At a demonstration held on Tuesday in Tokyo, the automaker showed off two of the child-sized Asimo robots serving tea and performing other tasks.
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/ 11 December 2007
Zwelinzima Vavi was ”a bit reckless” in the comments he made about women’s equity, said African National Congress (ANC) secretary general Kgalema Motlanthe on Tuesday. ”History will judge him. I would expect a leader of his stature to be more circumspect,” Motlanthe said on Talk Radio 702.