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Mbulaeni Mulaudzi and LJ van Zyl, two of South Africa’s top athletes, have both lost their number-one positions on the latest IAAF world rankings in the 800m and 400m hurdles respectively. It followed after their disappointing performances at the recent World Championships in Osaka, Japan.
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A key European Union and Africa summit remains under a shadow cast by Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe, whose attendance is demanded by African leaders but could spark a boycott by Britain. The Europeans are tempted to try for a compromise ”Myanmar-style”, by proposing that Zimbabwe be represented at a lower level.
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/ 14 September 2007
New York oil prices fell on Friday on profit-taking after striking a fresh record peak above $80 a barrel overnight on concerns over tight supplies of United States crude, dealers said. New York’s main futures contract, light sweet crude for delivery in October dropped 57 cents to $79,52 per barrel.
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The killing of one of his key Iraqi allies on the day he announced a troop pull-out from Iraq came as a stark reminder to United States President George Bush of just how precarious the situation still is in Iraq. Political analysts believe the country will unravel even further, hastened by Bush’s decision to withdraw 21 500 combat troops by next July.
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The African National Congress (ANC) has issued a sharply worded statement attacking opposition parties for failing to turn up at scheduled meetings of Parliament’s joint committee on ethics and members’ interests. The committee is responsible for issuing the annual statement of the interests of members of both houses.
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With the West Indies out of the Twenty20 World Championship, there is no pressure on South Africa in their group match against Bangladesh at Newlands on Saturday evening, Proteas skipper Graeme Smith said on Friday. ”It’s a free game for us to make sure we get our basics right,” he said.
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/ 14 September 2007
A group of Afrikaner activists under the banner of AfriForum is off to Europe to draw the International Olympic Committee’s attention to the threat of interference in sport posed by the National Sport and Recreation Amendment Bill. The legislation was passed by the National Council of Provinces on Thursday.
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The Western Cape legislature’s public accounts committee has cleared African National Congress provincial secretary Mcebisi Skwatsha of wrongdoing in a lucrative Cape Town land deal, the ANC said on Friday. Allegations that Skwatsha had interfered in the sale of a province-owned 2,4ha erf in Tamboerskloof were referred to the committee by the Democratic Alliance.
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/ 14 September 2007
Nigerian troops on Friday raided a community in the restive Niger Delta in a bid to dislodge armed gangs who have been terrorising the local population there, a military spokesperson said. The operation "began at 10am [local time]. The objective is to hunt down the militants from the creeks," Major Musa Sagir said.
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<b>ON CIRCUIT:</b> The good guys are rather down-at-heel in <i>Night Watch</i> and movies showing at the North West film festival