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/ 12 October 2007
MOVIE OF THE WEEK: Shaun de Waal reviews <i>Stradust</i>, the fantasy adventure based on Neil Gaiman’s bestselling novel.
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/ 12 October 2007
Poet Lesego Rampolokeng emerges from creative exile this week in a new experimental work. He speaks to Kwanele Sosibo about loss and gain.
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/ 12 October 2007
"Our crops have been destroyed by the water and houses have collapsed," says Egoliam of his village’s ordeal in Amuria, Uganda. The heaviest rains in 35 years have caused the worst floods on the continent in decades. Flood waters have destroyed vital infrastructure and left more than one million people needing emergency help.
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/ 12 October 2007
The United Nations secretary general is "deeply concerned" by the failure of the government and former rebels in Côte d’Ivoire to achieve steps toward peace. In his latest report on Côte d’Ivoire, released this week, Secretary General Ban Ki-moon says lagging progress is undermining the Ouagadougou peace accord.
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/ 12 October 2007
French police have arrested 310 people suspected of having downloaded images of child pornography on the internet, police said on Friday. Police said 144 of those detained across France since Monday had admitted they had downloaded pornographic videos of young girls.
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/ 12 October 2007
Police National Commissioner Jackie Selebi has pledged his full cooperation with a panel of experts named on Friday to review a criminal probe against him. ”As an individual, I will fully cooperate with the members of the panel as announced … by the NPA [National Prosecuting Authority],” Selebi said in a statement.
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South Africa prop CJ van der Linde will start against Argentina in the World Cup semifinal at the Stade France in Paris on Sunday after recovering from a knee injury. The 27-year-old tighthead prop is the only change to the starting XV that beat Fiji in last Sunday’s quarterfinal — Jannie du Plessis drops to the bench as the Springboks attempt to reach their second final.
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/ 12 October 2007
South African all-rounder Vernon Philander and assistant coach Vincent Barnes were racially abused with monkey chants during the second Test against Pakistan on Friday, officials said. Police removed about a dozen spectators, mostly school students, from the stadium during the match in Lahore after complaints from the South African team, officials said.
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/ 12 October 2007
Burma Prime Minister Soe Win, considered one of the hardliners of the isolated military regime, died on Friday after a long illness, state media said. "The Prime Minister, General Soe Win, died this evening" at a military hospital in the country’s main city, Rangoon, state radio said.
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/ 12 October 2007
Last year, Maryam Juma marked the end of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan in style. She spent $40 on a goat, roasted the beast to perfection and invited 10 relatives over for a feast to celebrate Eid al-Fitr, the festival at the end of Ramadan. But this year, skyrocketing prices for staple foods and other goods have eaten into her budget.