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Egypt won a record fifth African Nations Cup title after defeating Côte d’Ivoire 4-2 in a penalty shoot-out on Friday. Côte d’Ivoire’s Didier Drogba and Bakary Kone had their penalties saved, while Mohamed Aboutrika scored the winner for the host team, sending more than 74 000 fans in Cairo International Stadium into a frenzy.
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President Thabo Mbeki has appointed a commission of inquiry into the alleged illicit activities of certain South African companies or individuals relating to the United Nations oil-for-food programme in Iraq. The commission will be chaired by advocate Michael Donen.
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Axed deputy president Jacob Zuma goes on trial in the Johannesburg High Court on Monday for allegedly raping a family friend. Zuma (63), who has not yet pleaded to the charge, is out on R20Â 000 bail. Transvaal Judge President Bernard Ngoepe will preside over the trial.
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The Shanghai zoo, located in China’s economic capital, is storing the bones of dead tigers in distilled spirits and selling the resulting tonic as a health supplement, state press said on Friday. The zoo, which keeps up to a dozen tigers, has linked up with an alcohol producer to make the tiger-bone elixir.
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Kenyan security forces fired tear gas at angry stone-throwing Muslim demonstrators attempting to march on the Danish embassy in Nairobi to protest cartoons depicting the Prophet Muhammad, witnesses said on Friday. Meanwhile, thousands of Nigerian Muslims took to the streets of the northern Nigerian city of Kano.
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A Malawi court on Friday quashed a decision by President Bingu wa Mutharika to dismiss his vice-president and asked the Constitutional Court for a ruling in the political feud. Mutharika on Thursday sacked Cassim Chilumpha, accusing him of insubordination and of running a ”parallel government”.
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A hot-air balloon carrying safari-goers over Kenya’s famed wildlife-rich Maasai Mara National Reserve crashed on Friday, killing the British pilot and a female Belgian tourist, officials said. The 11 other passengers in the balloon — eight Canadians and three Belgians — were injured in the crash, according to police.
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Western Cape Premier Ebrahim Rasool has again raised the prospect of a provincial development levy to boost funds for subsidised housing. Speaking at the opening of the provincial legislature on Friday, Rasool said it has become clear that the current subsidy budget is inadequate for growing housing demand.
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Minister of Defence Mosiuoa Lekota must hand over certain documents about the multibillion-rand arms deal to Richard Young, whose company CCII Systems was one of the losing bidders, the Pretoria High Court decided on Friday. Judge Brian Southwood turned down Lekota’s application for leave to appeal against a judgement given last year.
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Billionaire businessman and philanthropist Anton Rupert, who died in January, has been described as ”a man of worth” by President Thabo Mbeki. In his regular internet column on Friday, ANC Today, Mbeki described Rupert as ”as an outstanding son of our people”.