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/ 25 September 2007

Motor-components strike to end ‘officially’

The strike in the motor-components industry is expected to come to an end on Tuesday evening when a wage agreement between the National Union of Metalworkers’ of South Africa and the Retail Motor Industry (RMI) will be signed. An RMI spokesperson said the strike will end when the two parties sign an agreement in Randburg.

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/ 25 September 2007

New Captiva: More Hugh Grant than Bruce Willis

Last week, at the Gauteng launch of its reborn Uno, Fiat kicked off proceedings by setting us loose on a section of the Carnival City casino off-road route. This seemed a little strange until we heard that the Italian company now includes a raised-body version of the Brazilian-built hatch in its line-up, intended to make it more suitable for those pesky African and South American dirt roads.

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/ 25 September 2007

JSE pulls back from earlier gains

The JSE had given up most of its early gains by midday on Tuesday, but was still in positive territory as resources and the platinum mining index tried to lift the local bourse. By noon, the JSE’s all-share index had added 0,18%. The platinum mining index had firmed 1,93% and resources rose 0,69%.

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/ 25 September 2007

Burma monks defy threat of military force

Hundreds of monks marched towards central Yangon on Tuesday in defiance of a threat by Burma’s ruling generals to send soldiers in to end the biggest anti-junta protests in 20 years. About 2 000 monks and ordinary people marched out of the Shwedagon Pagoda, the former Burma’s holiest shrine and the symbolic heart of a growing campaign against 45 years of unbroken military rule.

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/ 25 September 2007

Tyson pleads guilty to drug possession

Former heavyweight boxing champion Mike Tyson pleaded guilty on Monday to charges of drug possession and driving under the influence stemming from a traffic stop last year as he was leaving a nightclub. Tyson quietly acknowledged to a judge that he had cocaine and was impaired when he was stopped for driving erratically.

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/ 25 September 2007

Microsoft’s Halo 3 launches amid spectacle

Microsoft began its midnight sales of Halo 3, the acclaimed alien shooter game that it hopes will widen its lead over Sony in the battle for industry dominance. Microsoft is backing the game with a marketing blitz that includes celebrity-studded sales events at about 10 000 retailers across the United States.