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While calling for increased expenditure on social services such as health and education, which they argue would result in affordable or free quality service, trade unions believe that Minister of Finance Trevor Manuel’s 10th Budget will not have a serious effect on the fight against poverty.
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With 30 minutes to go before the start of African National Congress deputy president Jacob Zuma’s second day in the dock at the Johannesburg High Court, support was in short supply — with only 20 supporters in attendance. Transvaal Judge President Bernard Ngoepe on Monday recused himself from the trial.
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/ 14 February 2006
South African mobile service provider Vodacom is to significantly increase its capital investment in Tanzania, leading to the creation of many more jobs in that country. Alan Knott-Craig, Vodacom Group chief executive officer, on Tuesday said the group would be increasing its investment in the East African state by about 150-billion Tanzanian shillings ($ 1 260 504) in the next year.
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Police used tear gas and water cannon on Tuesday to disperse hundreds of students who stormed the diplomatic enclave in Pakistan’s capital in protest against cartoons of the prophet Muhammad. Around 600 demonstrators, most of them wearing school uniforms, chanted "Death to Denmark, Death to America" as they marched towards the Indian and British high commissions.
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Actor Chris Penn died accidentally from an enlarged heart and the effects of a mix of multiple medications, the county coroner’s office said on Monday. ”There is absolutely no indication that this is anything but an accident,” chief coroner investigator Craig Harvey said.
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Considering that each copy of Memoirs of a Geisha found in China breaks at least two laws and defies the will of communist censors, you might think that DVDs of the banned film would have to be sold under the counter. There is nothing secretive, however, about the pirated display of this diplomatically controversial movie.
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Israel has effectively annexed the Jordan Valley — about a third of the occupied West Bank — by barring almost all Palestinians from entering the region, a respected Israeli human rights group said on Monday. ”This annexation … constitutes a flagrant breach of the right of the Palestinian people to self-determination,” it said.
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With six notable players listed as non-starters because of injuries, most soccer managers might be inclined to experience a succession of sleepless nights before a crucial top-of-the-log encounter. Not so Sundowns’ Neil Tovey as he fine-tunes his squad for the battle against Kaizer Chiefs at the FNB Stadium on Wednesday night.
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The Eagles swooped into the Standard Bank Pro20 final on the wings of a soaring half-century by Loots Bosman in their semifinal against the Lions in Bloemfontein on Monday. Bosman blitzed 75 off 38 balls with two fours and six sixes to bolster the home side’s total of 188 for six.
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This time, there was no judging scandal in the pairs. Tatiana Totmianina and Maxim Marinin eliminated any chance for controversy on Monday night in the Olympic pairs with a balletic free skate reminiscent of other great Russian couples. ”I felt really great on the ice,” said Totmianina.