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/ 4 September 2006
Bands of Lord’s Resistance Army rebels trekked out of hideouts in northern Uganda on Monday, officials said, raising hopes that a landmark truce could signal an end to years of devastating war. They said several hundred fighters, including top field commanders, were moving in groups and had requested government help.
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/ 4 September 2006
The statement by religious commentator and director of the Institute of Justice and Reconciliation in South Africa, Charles Villa-Vincencio, that South African whites should act in their own ”enlightened self-interest” and put something back into the country has evoked a storm of reaction.
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/ 4 September 2006
Islamic militants who control much of southern Somalia have given the country’s weak government a list of demands, including that the administration reverse its call for international peacekeepers, officials involved in peace talks said on Monday. The Islamic group gave the document to government negotiators after the talks began in Khartoum on Saturday.
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/ 4 September 2006
It seems quite mild as you approach — just a long wire fence with an innocuous sign that says something about correctional services Boksburg. We’re way out in the veld in the middle of fast-growing suburbia, wondering why people would live here. But they do — signs of normality, schoolboys slouching down the roads in their green and grey uniforms in the middle of the morning.
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/ 4 September 2006
More children are attending and finishing school but more are vulnerable due to poverty and the death of at least one parent, said an Education Department report released on Monday. The report found that the demand for high school and higher education institutions would probably grow strongly while demand for primary schools would grow more slowly.
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/ 4 September 2006
The JSE was in positive territory just after midday on Monday, after stronger world markets pushed it to a record high in late morning trade. The Labour Day holiday in the United States made for light volumes. By 12.19pm, the all-share index was up 0,79% at 22Â 388,28, having traded as high as 22Â 417,68.
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/ 4 September 2006
Recent interest-rate adjustments may have a negative impact on output in the short term but they will ensure that inflation remains within the target band over the long run, Minister of Finance Trevor Manuel said on Monday. He said this in turn will be beneficial for competitiveness and hence sustainable growth over the long run.
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/ 4 September 2006
World Cup winners Italy better finish their long lap of honour before Wednesday. Otherwise they may not make it to Euro 2008. Held 1-1 at home by Lithuania on Saturday, the lacklustre Italians play in France less than two months after the two sides met in the World Cup final.
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/ 4 September 2006
Former world featherweight boxing champion ”Prince” Naseem Hamed was released early from jail on Monday after serving only a few weeks of a 15-month sentence for dangerous driving and seriously injuring another motorist. Briton Hamed was sentenced in May after his Mercedes sports car collided head-on with another car.
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/ 4 September 2006
European Ryder Cup captain Ian Woosnam admitted Thomas Bjorn had struggled to accept his failure to make the cut for this month’s showdown with the United States. Bjorn was overlooked when Woosnam named his two wild-card choices for the contest on Sunday, giving the nod to Northern Ireland’s Darren Clarke and England’s Lee Westwood instead.