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/ 14 October 2007
The new heads at the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund (IMF) face the tough task of restoring credibility to the powerful financial bodies that hold an annual summit this month, analysts say. Negotiations are under way to reform the distribution of votes among the IMF’s 185 members.
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/ 14 October 2007
Thirty-five Muslim Brotherhood members were arrested on Saturday after police fired tear gas at hundreds of worshippers in a northern Nile Delta village shortly before prayers celebrating the festival that marks the end of the holy month of Ramadan, police and the group’s website reported.
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/ 14 October 2007
Côte d’Ivoire President Laurent Gbagbo has called for an investigation into long-standing accusations that cocoa and coffee boards have embezzled funds meant to aid the producers of the country’s lucrative crops, a spokesperson said. The boards set prices for crops, oversee exports and provide development assistance.
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/ 14 October 2007
Sierra Leone’s recently elected leader on Saturday released a complete list of his 20-strong government ministers, consisting mainly of technocrats and his party’s stalwarts. Three women — heading the foreign affairs, energy and social welfare portfolios — are on the list that is still subject to parliamentary approval.
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/ 14 October 2007
The people of Togo go to the polls on Sunday to choose MPs in elections where all the main political parties are represented, including Gilchrist Olympio’s Union of Forces for Change (UFC). After almost two decades of election boycotts, this is the first time that Olympio’s UFC is challenging the ruling Rally of Togolese People.
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/ 14 October 2007
Ponte City, one of Johannesburg’s most famous landmarks — and a notorious slum — is getting a facelift, boosting urban renewal efforts in one of the most dangerous cities in the world. Gray and drab, the cylindrical concrete apartment block towers 173m above the flatlands of Hillbrow.
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/ 14 October 2007
They roamed the savannahs and open plains for thousands of years, but the hunter-gatherer lifestyle of Southern Africa’s San tribes is slowly being squeezed towards extinction. About 30 000 San remain in Namibia, with the Haikom and Juhoansi the largest groups.
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/ 14 October 2007
Following a tip-off from a member of the public, about 100Â 000 unused defective condoms were found scattered at an illegal dumping site in the Ntande area near Etafuleni in Inanda, north of Durban, on Saturday, the provincial department of agriculture and environmental affairs said.
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/ 14 October 2007
Although Lewis Hamilton couldn’t wrap up the Formula One title in the Chinese Grand Prix, he is still in a position to make history as the circuit’s youngest champion. Since the Englishman was nine years old he has nurtured a dream of following in the steps of former champions Ayrton Senna, Michael Schumacher and Alain Prost.
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/ 14 October 2007
The Titans had a slender first-innings lead of 10 runs with four wickets in hand when bad light stopped play on the third day of their SuperSport Series match against the Cape Cobras at Willowmoore Park in Benoni on Saturday. In Johannesburg, the Lions were playing the Warriors.