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Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe Governor Dr Gideon Gono has broken his silence on the country’s cash shortage, assuring the nation that the central bank will remedy the situation before Christmas, the state-controlled Herald reported on Thursday.
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/ 13 December 2007
President Thabo Mbeki’s free-market economic policies have been ”disastrous” for the country, Zwelinzima Vavi, Cosatu’s general secretary told the Financial Times in an interview published on Thursday. Vavi accused Mbeki’s government of having lost sight of the concerns of the poor and unemployed during his eight years of rule.
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/ 13 December 2007
Cricket Australia (CA) says the sport could attract a four-fold increase in television ratings by introducing day-night Test matches within the next decade. CA chief executive James Sutherland confirmed on Thursday reports that his organisation was preparing to defy 130 years of tradition by trialling day-night Tests.
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Over one million Muslims have arrived in Saudi Arabia for the annual haj pilgrimage amid tight security in the kingdom, which is battling Islamic militants. The official Saudi Press Agency said this week that 1,2-million people had arrived so far for the five-day rites which are expected to begin on December 18.
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/ 13 December 2007
Sopranos fans can now emerge from their withdrawal symptoms — a new episode of the cult TV series has just begun. The bonus episode is set in a New Jersey courtroom and stars the creator of The Sopranos, David Chase. No one yet knows the exact plot line, but sparks are bound to fly as Chase confronts the man who is trying to whack him hard.
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President Thabo Mbeki risks being cast aside by his party next week in favour of an arch rival who may yet be charged with corruption. Mbeki still has two years left as head of state but analysts say a defeat at the hands of Jacob Zuma in the African National (ANC) Congress leadership contest could leave him a lame duck.
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/ 13 December 2007
The United States has been a mover and shaker in climate change talks for over a decade, but delegates at the Bali summit say US clout is on the wane as countries look beyond the Bush era. Some say that with US elections due to take place less than 11 months, it leaves President George Bush a lame duck.
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A three-hour meeting between African National Congress (ANC) veteran Winnie Madikizela-Mandela and the party’s secretary general Kgalema Motlanthe on Wednesday has been described as ”positive”, the South African Broadcasting Corporation reported.
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/ 13 December 2007
Libyan leader Moammar Gadaffi, who has proved an awkward guest for Nicolas Sarkozy, described his visit to France as "historic" and condemned terrorism after a second meeting with the president. Gadaffi told France 24 television in an interview he saw it as "an opening to have relations with Europe. It’s historic."
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/ 13 December 2007
Let’s say that ANC deputy president Jacob Zuma wins at Polokwane. As ANC president, what will his first speech be next Thursday, December 20? The <i>Mail & Guardian</i> hopes it will be this: Comrades, the challenges facing the ANC are enormous. As we enter our 97th year we owe a lot, not only to the party, but to the broader public. Our spats on the road to Polokwane have been debilitating, damaging and dirty.