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/ 7 February 2006
”Why didn’t you prevent this?” is a question Kenyans may start asking legislators soon, concerning a report about the government’s purchase of luxury vehicles in 2003 and 2004. Entitled Living Large: Counting the Cost of Official Extravagance in Kenya, the 23-page document was issued last week by the local chapter of Transparency International.
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/ 6 February 2006
Minister of Finance Herbert Murerwa has predicted improved relations between Zimbabwe and the International Monetary Fund (IMF), as IMF experts said the country still has major work to do to gets its economy in order. IMF experts wrapped up a weeklong visit to Zimbabwe over the weekend.
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/ 6 February 2006
The White House on Monday proposed a ,77-trillion Budget for the next fiscal year that boosts defence and homeland security spending while trimming many social programmes. President George Bush’s Budget for the fiscal year starting October 1 will boost defence spending by 6,9% to ,3-billion.
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/ 6 February 2006
Local film Tsotsi has broken box-office records since opening at South African cinemas on Friday. In its opening weekend, Tsotsi — which has been nominated for an Academy Award — earned R526 676, Ster Kinekor said on Monday.
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/ 6 February 2006
Team South Africa travel to Jakarta, Indonesia, this weekend for the eighth round of the A1 Grand Prix of Nations in an upbeat mood. Official practice at the Sentul circuit is on Friday, qualifying on Saturday and racing on Sunday. The team are feeling confident and will be aiming for another good result.
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/ 6 February 2006
Host nation South Africa is to refurbish five existing stadiums and build five new venues for the 2010 Soccer World Cup, in terms of an agreement with international football association Fifa. Five new stadiums will be built, including ones in KwaZulu-Natal’s eThekweni metro and in Cape Town.
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/ 6 February 2006
Opener Salman Butt hit a punishing century and Shoaib Malik a quickfire 90 to help Pakistan score a dramatic seven-run win under special bad-light rules against India in Peshawar on Monday. Pakistan, chasing 329 to win, were 311-7 in 47 overs before the light stopped play.
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/ 6 February 2006
The White House on Monday condemned the violent protests against the publication of caricatures of the prophet Muhammad and urged governments to take steps to lower tensions as demonstrations continued around the world over the cartoons published in European newspapers.
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/ 6 February 2006
At least one person was killed and seven others wounded in the Puntland region of Somalia on Monday as security forces clashed with hundreds of Muslims protesting the publication in Europe of cartoons of the prophet Muhammad, witnesses and police said.