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/ 19 April 2006

Guards ‘helped load airport-heist money’

Two security guards helped load stolen money in last month’s heist at Johannesburg International airport, the Kempton Park regional court heard on Wednesday. This emerged when the investigating officer, Peter Mbobani, was cross-examined during the bail application of nine people arrested since the March 25 heist.

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/ 19 April 2006

New arrests in Crazy Monkey murders

Two more suspects have been arrested in connection with the double murder of actor Brett Goldin — who starred in the comedy Crazy Monkey Presents Straight Outta Benoni — and designer Richard Bloom on Wednesday, the Western Cape police said. A pistol, in the two suspects’ possession, was also seized.

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/ 19 April 2006

Teachers gruesomely slain in day of violence in Iraq

At least 19 people were killed across Iraq on Wednesday as two school teachers were reported slain by militants who slit their throats in front of their pupils, the government said. ”Two groups of terrorists have cut the throats of two teachers in front of their students in the Amna and Shahid Hamdi primary schools in the Shaab district of Baghdad,” a government statement said.

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/ 19 April 2006

Mbeki to pin top honour on his mother

President Thabo Mbeki will on Thursday pin one of South Africa’s highest honours on his mother Epainette as she and 26 other heroes are recognised for their services to the nation. Among those to be honoured, some posthumously, are activists who died during the struggle against apartheid, two kings and a former head of state as well as former president Nelson Mandela’s biographer.

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/ 19 April 2006

Basque region ready for multiparty peace talks

Conditions are ripe for multiparty talks on the future of Spain’s strife-torn Basque region, with armed separatist group ETA having called a ceasefire last month, the leader of the group’s banned political wing said on Wednesday. ”All conditions are in place” for ”a multiparty negotiation” on the future of their wealthy northern region, Batasuna leader Arnaldo Otegi said.

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/ 19 April 2006

World powers seek unity on Iran crisis

World powers struggled on Wednesday to show a united front over Iran’s nuclear drive, fearing Tehran will exploit any split to forge ahead with uranium enrichment. ”I would have thought that this is the time for the world to send a clear and united message to the Iranian regime,” British Prime Minister Tony Blair said in London as diplomats gathered in Moscow.

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/ 19 April 2006

Striking guards march peacefully in Pretoria

Thousands of striking security guards marched peacefully to the offices of G4 Security in Hatfield, Pretoria, on Wednesday, handed over a memorandum of demands and dispersed. A police helicopter, heavily armed police officers and a water cannon were on standby in case of trouble, but the march proceeded without incident.

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/ 19 April 2006

Beleaguered King of Pop back in studio

Michael Jackson has returned to the studio and plans to release a new album next year, a Bahrain-based record label said. The label, 2 Seas Records, which is owned by Sheik Abdulla bin Hamad al Khalifa, son of Bahrain’s king, said on Tuesday that it had signed an exclusive recording agreement with the beleaguered king of pop.