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/ 22 February 2006
The Seychelles has banned foreign ships licensed to fish in its territorial waters from removing fins of captured sharks, in a move to conserve marine life. The fins are highly prized by gourmets in many parts of East Asia, particularly southern China, and attract high prices.
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/ 22 February 2006
President Yoweri Museveni has warned Ugandans not to be influenced by foreign meddlers, in a speech that closed an election campaign criticised by human rights groups for government harassment of the opposition. Opinion polls suggest Museveni could have difficulty capturing a majority in Thursday’s vote.
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/ 22 February 2006
Flag carrier Thai Airways International said on Wednesday it would launch direct flights from Bangkok to Johannesburg in October due to rising demand. ”Johannesburg is the hub of air travelling in Africa. It is a good connection and we can get passengers from North and East Africa,” said Wallop Bhukkanasut, Vice-President of the airline’s sales and distribution department.
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/ 22 February 2006
French investigators headed to Côte d’Ivoire on Tuesday to hunt the leader of a gang that tortured and murdered a young Jewish man near Paris, a crime thought to have been motivated in part by anti-Semitism. Two officers were expected in Abidjan late in the day to track down the gang’s alleged leader, a 25-year-old convicted petty criminal of Ivorian origin.
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/ 22 February 2006
South Africa’s consumer price index excluding mortgage rate changes (CPIX) for metro and other areas, which is used by the South African Reserve Bank for its inflation target, rose by 4,3% year-on-year in January after increasing by 4% in December, Statistics South Africa said.
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/ 22 February 2006
As a vice-president of investor relations and corporate secretary for Enron’s board, Paula Rieker viewed the energy trading giant’s inner workings as it rose to be a Wall Street darling and then imploded in scandal. Rieker on Tuesday testified how former chief executive Jeffrey Skilling ordered abrupt last-minute changes to two quarterly earnings reports in 2000 to please analysts and investors.
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/ 22 February 2006
Thousands of angry Iraqi Shi’ites took to the streets of Samarra, north of Baghdad, on Wednesday after bombers struck one of their most celebrated shrines in an attack likely to fuel sectarian strife. The Imam Ali al-Hadi mausoleum’s golden dome collapsed after two bombs exploded inside the mosque.
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/ 22 February 2006
Tell Neil Tovey that Wednesday night’s needle Premier League title race showdown against Kaizer Chiefs at Loftus is effectively worth six points and the Mamelodi Sundowns coach proclaims in a matter-of-fact manner: ”It’s worth more than that.” ”It’s a game we simply have to win,” says the Sundowns coach.
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/ 22 February 2006
With their huge budgets and slick marketing machines, Hollywood movies have long cast a shadow over Asia, but filmmakers in the region believe creativity rather than protectionism is the key to boosting local fortunes. ”If you leave a lion and a mouse in the same place, what will be the result?” said Yang Gi-Hwan, spokesperson of the Screen Quota Action Alliance.
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/ 22 February 2006
Gary Neville hit back at the Football Association after being fined £5 000 pounds and warned about his future conduct following
his over the top celebrations at Manchester United’s late winner against Liverpool last month.