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/ 11 January 2006
Metal pioneers Metallica will be in South Africa in March to perform in one of the biggest international music festivals the country has so far seen. They are the sixth international act to confirm their attendance of the festival, with youth icon Karen Zoid and Fokofpolisiekar already added to the local line-up, organisers said on Wednesday.
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/ 11 January 2006
An animal welfare group is to urge the government to impose strict legislation on the sale of fireworks. The Wet Nose Animal Rescue centre said on Wednesday it will send a letter to President Thabo Mbeki asking him to intervene. The situation has become ”untenable”, chairperson Gerda Kruger said.
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/ 11 January 2006
The JSE was in positive territory at midday on Wednesday, boosted by a softer rand. Gains were seen across the board and advancers outnumbered decliners on the all-share index by three to one. At noon, the all-share and all-share industrial indices added 0,78% and 0,64% respectively.
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/ 11 January 2006
A police officer was injured during violent protests by Soshanguve residents over poor service delivery, Pretoria police said on Wednesday. Inspector Lucas Sithole said five people were also arrested for public violence and malicious damage to property. ”Residents went on the rampage shortly after midnight,” he said.
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/ 11 January 2006
An electrical fire in an underground cable system caused a power failure in some parts of the Johannesburg CBD on Wednesday morning, emergency services said. Spokesperson Malcolm Midgley said firefighters were extinguishing burning cables in underground chambers below Commissioner Street.
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/ 11 January 2006
Canadian Prime Minister Paul Martin and opposition leader Stephen Harper, his Conservatives ahead in the latest polls, raged against possible Quebec separation in a televised election debate on Tuesday. ”It’s not right to say that it’s a crime to promote federalism in the province of Quebec,” Harper said, rebuffing attacks by separatist Bloc Quebecois leader Gilles Duceppe.
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/ 11 January 2006
Young, wealthy singletons are colonising Britain’s once-deserted city centres before moving out to settle down, a study released on Wednesday revealed. The ”conveyor-belt” effect of a rapid turnover of inhabitants is leaving many city centres without the established communities common in continental Europe, the study said.
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/ 11 January 2006
Donald Trump will sponsor a one million-dollar golf showdown next May in the Grenadines, a 100-player event open to both men and women who are not members of the most elite global golf tours. Trump announced the Trump Million Dollar Invitational in new York on Tuesday, unveiling plans for the richest tournament ever staged outside the PGA and LPGA tours.
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/ 11 January 2006
Kim Jong-Il has no chance to see it, but thousands have flocked to an exhibition in Tokyo of happy family photos of a Japanese girl kidnapped by North Korea, fuelling anger against his regime. Megumi Yokota was snatched away in 1977 when the then 13-year-old schoolgirl was on her way home.
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/ 11 January 2006
South Africa recorded average house-price growth of 21,9% in 2005, down from the rapid 32,2% average growth seen in 2004, according to the latest Absa house-price index, released on Wednesday. Banking group Absa is expecting house-price growth to slow further in 2006, to between 10% and 12% year-on-year.