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Sabelo “Shanée” Moroka (a woman trapped in a man’s body, trapped in a big tent at the ANC conference), wonders what we’ll eventually get to see on Polokwane: The DVD. What a day, dear diary, what a day! Finally got the piece of plastic which allows me into the conference!
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/ 17 December 2007
Since becoming president of Liberia last year, it’s been my mission to empower women in all aspects of government and society. But I can’t help to empower them if they die from a disease that is now within our reach to stop. Today, we have a historic opportunity to save 250 000 women every year by eradicating cervical cancer, writes Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf , the president of Liberia.
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/ 17 December 2007
<a href="http://www.mg.co.za/specialreport.aspx?area=ancconference_home"><img src="http://www.mg.co.za/ContentImages/327874/livefrompolo.gif" align=left border=0></a>African National Congress (ANC) heavyweight Tokyo Sexwale on Monday night declined his nomination to the position of national chairperson as the names of those in the running for the ruling party’s top six positions were announced. As predicted, Thabo Mbeki and Jacob Zuma go head to head in the contest for party president.
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/ 17 December 2007
Justice and Constitutional Development Minister Brigitte Mabandla on Monday declined to be drawn on the National Prosecution Authority’s (NPA) probe into police National Commissioner Jackie Selebi. ”No comment. I do not talk about those things,” she told a South African Press Association reporter.
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/ 17 December 2007
Holidaymakers turned into frustrated passengers after 1Time flight IT901 to Zanzibar was ”cancelled indefinitely” at OR Tambo International Airport in Johannesburg on Monday morning. According to passengers, they waited from 9am until 4.30pm with no knowledge of whether they would be departing.
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/ 17 December 2007
<a href="http://www.mg.co.za/specialreport.aspx?area=ancconference_home"><img src="http://www.mg.co.za/ContentImages/327874/livefrompolo.gif" align=left border=0></a>President Thabo Mbeki’s team fought back after a first day of humiliation at the African National Congress’s (ANC) 52nd national conference at Polokwane, holding an unprecedented rally at lunchtime on Monday. Jacob Zuma’s people responded with an even bigger rally.
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/ 17 December 2007
SantaSport, SantaFood, SantaPark, Hotel Santa Claus, Santa Hair Centre: in the Finnish Arctic town of Rovaniemi Father Christmas is everywhere, milked to the max by local businesses. ”Christmas tourism is a magnet for investments,” says Tuula Rintala-Gardin, the head of tourism for the municipality of Rovaniemi.
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/ 17 December 2007
A suicide bomber killed 10 Pakistani military recruits in the north-western town of Kohat on Monday, the military said, the first major attack since emergency rule was lifted two days ago. The bombing was near an army-run school where Islamist militants in recent months have made repeated attacks.
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/ 17 December 2007
Suspected Somali pirates attacked an Italian-owned cargo ship on Monday as it headed for Kenya’s Mombasa port through one of the world’s most dangerous waterways. The MV Jolly T was attacked by gunmen believed to be pirates off the shore of Somalia after bringing general cargo through the Suez canal.
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/ 17 December 2007
Saudi Arabia’s King Abdullah has pardoned the victim of a gang-rape, whose sentencing to 200 lashes caused an international outcry, a Saudi newspaper said on Monday. The Justice Minister Abdullah bin Mohammad al-Sheikh said the king had the right to issue pardons if it was in the ”public interest”.