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/ 28 February 2007
Rights activists in Namibia on Wednesday shouted ”tyrant” and waved placards condemning Robert Mugabe’s controversial land reforms in a protest to mark the Zimbabwean leader’s visit to the Southern African nation. Mugabe was kept away from scores of protesters who chanted and paraded outside the Zimbabwean embassy in Windhoek.
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/ 28 February 2007
Following its sharp fall on Tuesday, the JSE remained in the red in noon trade on Wednesday, with world markets generally on the negative side. However, dealers said that the local bourse was already starting to find its feet again having taken a much-needed breather.
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/ 28 February 2007
South Africa looks set to reintroduce culling as one of a range of options for managing the country’s fast-growing elephant herds. Launching a set of draft regulations on Wednesday, Environmental Affairs and Tourism Minister Marthinus van Schalkwyk stressed this would not ”immediately lead to the wholesale slaughter of elephants anywhere”.
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/ 28 February 2007
Developing countries, including emerging economic giants China and India, are not prepared to take the blame for climate change, the head of the G77 group of developing nations said on Tuesday. Some countries want developing countries to accept limits on their emissions of greenhouse gases when the first phase of the Kyoto Protocol runs out in 2012.
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/ 28 February 2007
Sri Lanka skipper Mahela Jayawardene goes to the World Cup in the Caribbean hoping to erase bitter memories of the previous tournament. The 2003 World Cup in South Africa ended in a nightmare for Jayawardene, who scored just 21 runs in nine matches. His form was so poor that he did not once reach double figures.
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/ 28 February 2007
Manchester United manager Sir Alex Ferguson’s decision to rest several first-team players was justified as the Premiership challengers narrowly edged past Reading 3-2 to earn themselves a place in the FA Cup quarterfinals, while Middlesbrough booked their place in the next round after a nerve-racking penalty shoot-out win at West Bromwich Albion.
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/ 28 February 2007
Australia captain Ricky Ponting warned on Wednesday that despite some recent poor form the world champions will be ”extremely hard to beat” at the upcoming cricket World Cup. Speaking to reporters at the Sydney Airport as the team flew out to the Caribbean in search of a third straight World Cup victory, Ponting said he believed his team deserved to remain favourites.
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/ 28 February 2007
Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad made his first visit to Khartoum on Wednesday for talks with his Sudanese opposite number, Omar al-Bashir, bringing together two leaders who have been increasingly defiant in the face of Western pressure.
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/ 28 February 2007
Lord’s Resistance Army rebels will not renew a truce with the Ugandan government set to expire on Wednesday, raising fears of a new chapter in the brutal 20-year war in northern Uganda. They have refused to resume talks unless another venue outside Sudan is found, a request Kampala rejects as a time-wasting tactic.
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/ 28 February 2007
South African diversified transport and logistics group Imperial increased first-half headline earnings per share by 21% and said on Wednesday it saw good full-year earnings growth. The group also said chief executive officer Bill Lynch will leave on November 1 and that the board is now looking for a new CEO.