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/ 23 January 2007
Dreamgirls, a musical drama inspired by Motown group the Supremes, scored a leading eight Oscar nominations but was omitted from the coveted best-picture and directing categories, organisers said on Tuesday. Have a look at our complete list of Academy Award nominees for 2007.
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/ 23 January 2007
The head of the Israeli Defence Ministry Mission to Europe has disappeared from his Paris house, leaving behind notes that indicate he might have been considering suicide, a police source said on Tuesday. The man, named as David Dahan, has not been seen since the weekend, the source said. His car was missing but his cellphone was still at his home.
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/ 23 January 2007
Ekurhuleni metro police chief Robert McBride will break his silence about his December car crash on Wednesday. ”The executive mayor of Ekurhuleni, Duma Nkosi, and chief of police Robert McBride will tomorrow [Wednesday] jointly address the media on the latter’s unfortunate car accident,” the spokesperson for the Ekurhuleni metropolitan municipality said on Tuesday.
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/ 23 January 2007
Allegations of animal cruelty against fraud convict Tony Yengeni cannot be dealt with by simply using criminal law, the South African Human Rights Commission said on Tuesday. ”The commission’s perspective is that one cannot take a simplistic approach to matters like this. It goes to the very heart of how people define themselves,” said chairperson Jody Kollapen.
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/ 23 January 2007
Two foreign construction workers were kidnapped by gunmen on their way to work in Nigeria’s southern oil city Port Harcourt on Tuesday, police said. Rivers State police Commissioner Felix Ogbaudu said the two men were American nationals working for local construction firm Pivot, but oil industry security sources said one of the men was British.
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/ 23 January 2007
The Correctional Services Department declined to comment on Tuesday on reports that two alleged Boeremag members are bound in handcuffs at all times at the C-Max prison in Pretoria. ”We do not discuss security arrangements concerning any inmate with the media,” said spokesperson Manelisi Wolela.
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/ 23 January 2007
Flooding has killed at least 44 people and forced thousands of others in Angola and Mozambique to flee their homes, officials in the Southern African nations said on Tuesday. Most of the deaths occurred in and around Angola’s capital, Luanda, which was pelted by torrential rains last week.
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/ 23 January 2007
South Africa is holding talks with the United States on two South Africans Washington wants placed on a United Nations list of people with suspected ties to al-Qaeda, a Foreign Ministry spokesperson said on Tuesday. ”We are speaking with the Americans on this issue,” said Ronnie Mamoepa, without elaborating.
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/ 23 January 2007
The JSE was a mixed bag in noon trade on Tuesday, although the bourse was down overall in line with its global counterparts. An uptick in commodity prices lifted resources stocks, thereby paring losses. By 12.14pm, the all-share index shed 0,35%. Industrials lost 0,86%, while the financial and banks indices fell 0,44% and 0,76% respectively.
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/ 23 January 2007
The ”ultimate competitor”, Serena Williams, upset the form book to blitz into the Australian Open semifinals on Tuesday as Roger Federer and Andy Roddick set up a showdown against each other. Seven-time Grand Slam champion Williams, who won here in 2003 and 2005, staged an amazing fightback to down Israeli 16th seed Shahar Peer 3-6, 6-2, 8-6 in an epic battle.