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/ 24 February 2006
Rescuers in Moscow dug through wreckage on Thursday night in a desperate search for survivors after the domed roof of a market collapsed, killing at least 56 people. The glass and steel structure covering Baumansky market in the east of the city caved in at about 5am, apparently under the weight of a heavy snowfall.
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/ 24 February 2006
Matsushita Electric Industrial’s newly appointed president on Friday expressed confidence that the company and its partners would win the battle for dominance in next-generation DVD players. Fumio Otsubo, named on Thursday as head of the Japanese electronics giant behind the Panasonic brand, said he would uphold his predecessor’s policy of promoting the Blu-ray standard.
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/ 24 February 2006
A South African grandmother caught carrying more than 3kg of cocaine hidden inside garden gnomes was found guilty of drug smuggling on Friday after a week-long trial in the Auckland High Court. Linda Martin (52) had denied the charge, claiming she had been framed by a Nigerian drug ring that put the four drug-filled gnomes into a suitcase she was carrying.
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/ 24 February 2006
South African football is likely to introduce a cricket-style selection committee to help with the choosing of players for the national team. This is one of the key recommendations in a report to be tabled when the South African Football Association national executive meets to map the way forward for the dysfunctional Bafana Bafana.
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/ 24 February 2006
Dianne Tipping-Woods speaks to the talented Justin Dingwall, whose photo exhibition <i>Potraying Life</i> is on at the Imaging Hub Photographic Studio in Pretoria.
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/ 24 February 2006
Henning Rasmuss of the sharpCITY collective reflects on designing for new realities.
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/ 24 February 2006
Kwanele Sosibo speaks to young photographer on the rise, Mikhael Subotsky.
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/ 24 February 2006
<b>NOT QUTE THE MOVIE OF THE WEEK</b>: Shaun de Waal reviews the nature documentary that has been a surprise hit all round the world, <i>March of the Penguins</i>.
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/ 24 February 2006
Shaun de Waal speaks to Roger Ballen about the puzzling nature of his recent pictures.
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/ 24 February 2006
Amid the chaos of his family home, Rapule Tabane comments on a tragic situation the government could have avoided.