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/ 1 February 2007
Masked Nigerian militants armed with machine guns displayed 24 Filipino hostages in a patch of jungle in the remote creeks of the oil-producing Niger Delta and threatened new attacks. The Filipino seamen were kidnapped on January 20 from a German-operated cargo ship on a river in the western delta.
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/ 1 February 2007
The strike at the Modikwa Platinum mine in Limpopo will continue on Thursday, the National Union of Mineworkers said. Chief negotiator Humbulani Tshikalange said a draft agreement was presented to the union on Wednesday to be studied. The agreement deals with the issues agreed upon during negotiations on Monday in the dispute that began over allegations of racism.
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/ 1 February 2007
A five day-long strike by about 2 000 workers at the Modikwa platinum mine is costing R5-million a day with between 5 000 and 6 000 tonnes of ore lost each day, African Rainbow Minerals’ spokesperson said on Thursday. Pieter Rorich said both the management and the National Union of Mineworkers were still locked in negotiations over some of the issues raised by the union.
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/ 1 February 2007
Three goals in the opening 12 minutes gave indication of an imminent goal deluge in the Premier Soccer League derby between old Soweto foes Moroka Swallows and Orlando Pirates at the Royal Bafokeng Sports Palace in Rustenburg on Wednesday night.
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/ 1 February 2007
Manchester United outplayed Watford 4-0 as Chelsea beat Blackburn 3-0 on Wednesday to maintain a six-point lead over the Blues at the top of the English Premier League. Arsenal scored two extra-time goals to beat neighbours Tottenham 3-1 to reach the final of the League Cup 5-3 on aggregate.
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/ 1 February 2007
Jonny Wilkinson, Andy Farrell and Jason Robinson in the same team — either it’s a recipe for a spectacular England comeback, or a huge gamble that will make English rugby look in an even worse mess if it doesn’t come off in the Six Nations. Wilkinson pulls on the England shirt for the first time since the World Cup final in Sydney in November 2003.
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/ 1 February 2007
Iraqi civilian deaths in political violence reached a new high in January, data from an Interior Ministry official showed on Thursday. The statistics, widely viewed as an indicative but only partial record of violent deaths, showed 1Â 971 people died from ”terrorism” in January, slightly up from the previous high of 1Â 930 deaths recorded in December 2006.
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/ 1 February 2007
Australian cricket chiefs on Thursday banned spectators from launching the Mexican wave at all remaining one-day international matches in the country. Cricket Australia announced that the practice, in which spectators choreograph a wave effect in the grandstands by standing up in sections and raising their arms in the air, would be outlawed immediately.
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/ 1 February 2007
Twenty people died and five were injured in a head on collision on the road between Standerton and Embalenhle, Mpumalanga police said on Thursday. Superintendent Abie Khoabane said a Ford Laser overtook a municipal water-tank truck and collided head on with a Quantam minibus taxi on Wednesday evening.
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/ 1 February 2007
Ernie Els got off to a storming start in the first round of the Dubai Desert Classic on Thursday with a run of an eagle and three birdies from the third hole. That more than offset a bogey four at the second and hoisted the three-times former winner into a joint share of the early lead.