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/ 7 February 2006
United States aviator Steve Fossett, who last year made the first solo non-stop trip around the world in an airplane, was making final preparation early on Tuesday for another adventure, during which he plans to set a new record for the longest aircraft flight.
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/ 7 February 2006
Australian airline Jetstar on Tuesday refused to back down over an incident on a flight in Queensland in which a mother-of-two was ordered by cabin crew to cover up a tattoo on her shoulder blade depicting a naked couple engaging in sex. Flight attendants on the January 26 flight obliged Peta Bull (36) to wear a jacket until she was off the domestic flight and in the Brisbane airport terminal.
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/ 7 February 2006
Shane Warne says he has no plans to ease off his bowling workload as he faces another exhaustive year of cricket. Test cricket’s all-time leading wicket-taker faces back-to-back Test tours over the next two months and another season with English county side Hampshire before the much-anticipated Ashes series with England in Melbourne later this year.
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/ 7 February 2006
A secret out-of-court settlement on Tuesday averted a second day in an Australian court for out-of-sorts tennis ace Lleyton Hewitt. On Monday the multimillionaire had skipped training to engage in a legal tussle with a Sydney Harbour cruise operator he says invaded his privacy.
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/ 7 February 2006
At least 12 people have died in the past two weeks from an outbreak of meningitis in drought-stricken northern Kenya, officials said on Tuesday, warning of an epidemic of the fatal disease. Kenya’s health ministry reported 57 cases of meningitis, 12 of them fatal, since late January.
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/ 7 February 2006
A continent away from the millions of Haitians voting on Tuesday, deposed president Jean-Bertrand Aristide is settling into quiet exile in South Africa, keeping mum about the elections in his troubled Caribbean country. Aristide is still lobbying African governments for support for his claim that he was driven from office under United States and French pressure.
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/ 7 February 2006
Fuel will be temporarily in short supply in some parts of South Africa due to last month’s ”unscheduled” shutdown at Natref refinery, fuel producers said on Monday. South African Petroleum Industry Association director Colin McClelland said: ”The shutdown has, however, disrupted the production volumes and the continuous delivery of petrol and diesel from the Natref refinery.
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/ 7 February 2006
Gold-mining group Gold Fields is looking at acquisitions of international assets in much higher-risk areas than previously considered in order to meet its target of a 50/50 production split between South Africa and the rest of the world by 2009, according to CEO Ian Cockerill.
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/ 7 February 2006
The JSE was weaker in noon trade on Tuesday after futures-related selling forced it to surrender gains seen earlier in the day. Derivatives players were engaged in both hedging and profit-taking activity, traders said. By 11.54am, the all-share and all-share industrial indices shed 0,97% and 0,45% respectively.
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/ 7 February 2006
Five unions including the South African Transport and Allied Workers’ Union and the Road Freight Employers Association have agreed on a 6% increase in minimum wages for general freight and logistics employees as well as those from the sugar cane and furniture removal sectors.