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/ 17 February 2006
Like Mafia-type organisations around the world, the "Boere-mafia" of Nelspruit operate with stealth.
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/ 17 February 2006
United States Vice-President Dick Cheney badly handled a damage limitation exercise after accidentally shooting a hunting partner and could now become a case study for future politicians, experts said. ”It will be studied as one of the big ones — an example of how a modest mishap goes completely out of control,” said Larry Sabato, head of the Centre for Politics at the University of Virginia.
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/ 17 February 2006
They came from far flung corners of the world with hope in their hearts. They’ll be heading home with their tails between their legs. It’s been a tough week for the no-hopers of the Winter Olympics but the super-flops of Turin will pack away plenty of positives in their suitcases.
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/ 17 February 2006
Livestock across East Africa are facing complete ”decimation” from a drought that has already killed tens of thousands of animals across the region, a British veterinary charity said on Thursday. With drought-related human deaths already reported in Kenya and Somalia, cattle, camels and donkeys are dying at alarming rates in some areas.
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/ 17 February 2006
The United States risks ”loss of leadership” is space exploration, if it fails to replace quickly its ailing shuttle fleet with a new reliable space vehicle, the head of National Aeronautics and Space Administration (Nasa) has warned. And that will not be possible without sacrificing some valuable science programmes, Michael Griffin, head of the Nasa, told Congress on Thursday.
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/ 17 February 2006
The Department of Minerals and Energy could implement a retail petrol price cut of about 15 cents per litre (c/l) on March 1, given recent trends in both the rand exchange rate and oil prices, reversing the 14c/l increase implemented this month. The retail petrol price is adjusted monthly on the first Wednesday of the month.
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/ 17 February 2006
About 200 people were believed killed and 1 500 others were missing in the central Philippines on Friday when an entire village was buried in a landslide, the Red Cross said. The landslide hit the village of Guinsaugon in Saint Bernard town in the southern part of Leyte island at about 10.45am local time.
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/ 17 February 2006
Metal and mining giant Kumba Resources Limited on Friday reported revenue of R11,96-billion and a net operating profit of R3,7-billion for the 12 months ended 31 December last year. This had resulted in an improved operating margin of 31% for the year, it said.
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/ 17 February 2006
At least 20 new-born babies and foetuses are dumped in Harare’s sewer system every week, Zimbabwe’s Herald newspaper reported on Friday. Its website quoted the city council as saying this frequently led to the clogging of the sewerage network.
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/ 17 February 2006
An Eastern Cape policeman might be in hot water after an afternoon on the beach in full uniform in the company of a ”skimpily dressed colleague”, media reports said on Friday. Residents in the coastal village of Blue Horizon Bay near Port Elizabeth were fuming over the incident on Sunday afternoon.