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Madagascar’s ruling party has won all seats in the capital, Antananarivo, in legislative polls held at the weekend, the Interior Ministry said on Monday. President Marc Ravalomanana’s TIM (I Love Madagascar) party won in all six constituencies, setting it on a path to retain a majority in the 127-member Parliament.
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/ 24 September 2007
A man suspected to be the Umzinto serial killer has been arrested in Chatsworth, south of Durban, media reports said on Monday. The man allegedly strangled five women and dumped their bodies in a sugar plantation at Shayamoya on the KwaZulu-Natal South Coast.
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/ 24 September 2007
British Prime Minister Gordon Brown promised a new drive to transform the health service and schools on Monday, but again failed to stamp out speculation he may call an early general election. He was to lay out his plans for "a fairer, stronger Britain" in his first speech as leader to the ruling Labour Party’s annual conference later on Monday.
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/ 24 September 2007
The National Union of Metalworkers of South Africa (Numsa) and the Retail Motor Industry have reached a provisional agreement regarding the strike in the motor components industry. Numsa spokesperson Mziwakhe Hlangani said Numsa members would be briefed about the agreement at local and regional offices on Tuesday.
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/ 24 September 2007
A policeman has been arrested for allegedly raping a sex worker, Durban police said on Monday. The man, together with a colleague, picked up the woman in a police vehicle, Superintendent Vincent Mdunge said. ”The officer then dropped off his colleague and drove to a secluded spot in the Brighton Beach area where he raped her.”
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/ 24 September 2007
Australia’s drought could cut the 2008 wine grape vintage by more than half, industry groups said, cutting into a A-billion a year export business. The 2008 vintage is likely to fall to between 800 000 tonnes and 1,3-million tonnes, compared with a normal seasonal crop of about 1,9-million tonnes.
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The winners of Monday’s Twenty20 World Cup final between India and Pakistan will be invited to play in a million match against the Stanford Super Team in the West Indies next year. Allen Stanford announced that the World Cup winners will asked to play the lucrative winner-takes-all match against a West Indies select team.
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In the measured tones of the schoolmaster he once was, New Zealand coach Graham Henry gave his half-term assessment of the All Blacks on Sunday evening. ”We are pretty happy really,” Henry told a news conference after his team had defeated Scotland 40-0 at Murrayfield.
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/ 24 September 2007
Former Mozambican president Joachim Chissano says Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe should attend the European Union-Africa summit to exchange views on issues in his country. ”I think it will be an opportunity for the EU to discuss with President Mugabe and exchange views,” Chissano was quoted as saying by the government mouthpiece Herald newspaper.
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/ 24 September 2007
Lee Westwood produced a brilliant final round of 65 to win the British Masters and become only the seventh player to reach £10-million prize money on the European Tour. Westwood (34) was in dazzling form at the Belfry on Sunday as his seven under par round gave him a five-stroke victory over Ian Poulter.