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/ 6 September 2007
Rescue planes and a helicopter were launched over Nevada’s rugged terrain at dawn on Wednesday as the search for the millionaire adventurer Steve Fossett entered its third day. Fossett took off from a Nevada ranch owned by the Hilton family at 9am on Monday.
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/ 6 September 2007
Italian opera star Luciano Pavarotti, hailed by many as the greatest tenor of his generation, died in the early hours of Thursday, his manager Terri Robson said. ”Luciano Pavarotti died one hour ago,” Robson said in an SMS to Reuters. He was 71. He shot to fame with a stand-in appearance at London’s Covent Garden in 1963 and had soon had critics gushing about his voluminous voice.
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/ 6 September 2007
General Motors (GM) is making a point of acknowledging girl power with the launch of the Chevrolet Captiva. Using the blockbuster movie <i>Mr & Mrs Smith</i> as a premise, GM went to great lengths to accentuate the versatility and over all appeal of its latest SUV.
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/ 6 September 2007
This month marks the 30th anniversary of the death of black consciousness leader Steve Bantu Biko. How do we honour him? There is hardly a debate that is not shot through with race. In urban centres these include the fractured debates about employment equity and empowerment. In rural areas, racial relations reflect the neo-feudal arrangements of the Seventies.
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/ 6 September 2007
The Media magazine last year described the explosion of consumer titles in the print market as a magazine minefield. Spurring the growth has been the country’s recent economic boom, which has seen South African consumers spoilt for choice with the number of magazines quadrupling in the past decade. Only time will tell which titles will survive the boom.
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/ 6 September 2007
”Regardless of the BEE types’ penchant for emaciated white girls whose figures might be attributed to the sort of galloping bulimia offensive to any self-respecting peasant living below the bread line, it is time to ensure transformation occurs at all levels of society. Including the air-heads,” writes Niren Tolsi.
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/ 5 September 2007
South Africa’s editors and the government’s legal team will meet ”as a matter of urgency” over concerns about the Film and Publication Bill. This was announced in a statement jointly issued by the government and the South African National Editors’ Forum after talks at Tuynhuys in Cape Town on Wednesday.
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/ 5 September 2007
A teenage girl wrote a note with the names of three youths who stabbed her before she died in Queenstown’s Frontier Hospital, police said on Wednesday. However, police have not yet arrested any of the youths who attacked Thandisiwe Ncane (17) as she was walking with her friends on Tuesday at Aloevale.
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/ 5 September 2007
A United States bomber mistakenly flew with nuclear warheads over the US last week, but the air force on Wednesday said the flight was not a threat to public safety. The air force has started an investigation into the incident and a review of all operational procedures.
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/ 5 September 2007
Archbishop Desmond Tutu and thousands of South Africans will soon ”thank heavens it’s Braai Day”. Its purpose — to unite all those who live in the country — is close to Tutu’s heart, who was made the first patron of National Braai Day on Wednesday. The day will coincide with National Heritage Day on September 24.