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/ 13 February 2006
Never sneak up behind Dick Cheney when he has a gun in his hand. That is the painful lesson learned by Texas lawyer Harry Whittington (78) in a hunting accident at the weekend. Whittington, the United States vice-president, and a third person went quail shooting on Saturday at one of the grandest ranches in Texas.
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The rape trial of former president Jacob Zuma gets under way in the Johannesburg High Court on Monday with Transvaal Judge President Bernard Ngoepe presiding over it. Zuma is accused of raping a close family friend and HIV positive Aids activist at his house in Forest Town in November last year — a charge he has repeatedly denied.
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/ 13 February 2006
South Africa is going Brazilian, joining a worldwide scramble to catch up with the South American country’s successful use of the green fuel ethanol as its primary source of liquid energy. Ethanol, which has benefited in recent years from dramatic technological advances, is now seen internationally as a key renewable energy source.
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/ 13 February 2006
For many, Valentine’s Day conjures up images of love, romance, flowers and chocolate. But for detective agencies across the United States, the romantic holiday is a boon for business as it is the ideal time for a spouse to catch a cheating mate.
"Valentine’s Day is the biggest day of the year for private investigators," says Tony Delorenzo, of Private Detectives of America.
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/ 13 February 2006
The government talks the talk; Deputy President Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka in a briefing at Parliament announced that cheaper broadband was a pillar of its growth strategy. But it is walking the walk too; soon-to-be promulgated legislation taking on Telkom’s SAT-3 monopoly will declare any exclusivity provision contained in licence agreements invalid.
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/ 13 February 2006
As we hurtle towards municipal elections in South Africa in a matter of weeks, the escalating campaign by various parties, to make people sit up and take notice seems to demonstrate a fear that apathy has taken hold of our populace a mere decade after the universal franchise was finally won in the wake of a long and bitter struggle.
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/ 13 February 2006
The British government recently defied the United States by giving money for safe abortion services in developing countries to organisations that have been cut off from American funding. Nearly 70Â 000 women and girls died last year because they went to backstreet abortionists. Thousands of others suffered serious injuries.
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/ 13 February 2006
Violence and a dramatically low turnout marred the first elections for seven years in Nepal on Wednesday — polls the king had described as the first step back to democracy for the Himalayan state. Turnout was said to be less than 10%, reflecting dismay with the king’s strategy and a response to Maoist and opposition calls for a boycott.
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/ 12 February 2006
Haitians on Sunday nervously awaited the final outcome of presidential polls, and authorities called for calm after René Prevál, a champion the poor, fell below the 50% needed to win outright. With one fourth of the ballots still to be counted, Prevál, a former president, dominated the vote, but with 49,1%, he was almost one point short of the majority he needs to avoid going to a second round.
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/ 12 February 2006
A scraggy Philip Esposito steps on an uptown train and begins telling his story: He’s HIV positive, homeless and hungry. He needs a few dollars to get something to eat. Commuters lining the subway car have heard it all before. They ignore him, many assuming he’s full of it. But Esposito (27) isn’t lying.