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/ 5 November 2007
The government is busy changing environmental legislation to ”streamline” further the way environmental impact assessments (EIAs) are carried out, Environmental Affairs Minister Marthinus van Schalkwyk announced on Monday. ”Using EIAs as the only means of dealing with environmental impacts is severely limiting,” he said.
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/ 5 November 2007
Lance Armstrong trained harder for his second marathon, and it showed. The retired seven-time Tour de France champion improved his time by 13 minutes at the New York City Marathon on Sunday, and didn’t have to battle shin splints. ”I enjoyed it much more this year,” said Armstrong.
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/ 5 November 2007
Mahendra Singh Dhoni and Yuvraj Singh slammed solid half-centuries to guide India to an emphatic five-wicket victory over Pakistan in the first one-day international here on Monday. Skipper Dhoni top-scored with 63 and Yuvraj made 58 as India surpassed Pakistan’s total of 239-7 with 18 balls to spare.
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/ 5 November 2007
A German manufacturing company has invested about R284-million in South Africa’s first fabrication yard for oil and gas platforms as part of a R1,7-billion investment pledge, government news agency BuaNews reported on Monday. MAN Ferrostaal has opened the fabrication yard for oil and gas platforms at Saldanha Bay near Cape Town.
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/ 5 November 2007
Oil prices fell more than a barrel on Monday as traders pocketed gains from the previous session’s record settlement. The release of eight Turkish soldiers by Kurdish rebels on Sunday also contributed to the decline, easing some concerns about whether Turkey will launch attacks on guerrilla bases in northern Iraq.
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/ 5 November 2007
Investigators on Monday were going through the charred debris of a Learjet that crashed in São Paulo at the weekend, killing the pilot and co-pilot and six members of a family in a house it hit. The twin-engined plane, flying a taxi service from São Paulo to Rio de Janeiro, came down on Sunday just after take-off.
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/ 5 November 2007
Australian singer Kylie Minogue capped her comeback from breast cancer on Monday with a new single and the launch of a cellphone social-networking site that its designers say is a first for a major pop act. Her spokesperson also confirmed she has discussed the possibility of a world tour in 2008, when she will be 40.
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/ 5 November 2007
Floods have killed at least 46 people in central Vietnam in the past 10 days, and a typhoon making its way across the South China Sea is forecast to dump more rain this week, reports said on Monday. The region, which includes the Central Highlands coffee belt, has been hit hard by storms and floods since early October.
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/ 5 November 2007
Two large blasts aimed at a convoy of Ethiopian troops heading toward the capital prompted soldiers to open fire on Monday. At least two Somalis were shot to death, witnesses said. The explosions south of Mogadishu could be heard a kilometre away, and ”shook all the buildings nearby”, resident Mohamed Ahmed said.
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/ 5 November 2007
The United States space shuttle Discovery successfully undocked from the International Space Station (ISS) early on Monday to begin a journey back to Earth, space officials said. After saying goodbye and closing the hatches, Discovery crew members smoothly sailed away from the ISS at 10.30am GMT.