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/ 30 January 2006
South African hotels beat their European, Asian and Middle Eastern counterparts last year by increasing their occupancy rates, a Deloitte survey has found. The Hotel Benchmark Survey found South Africa’s hotel occupancy rates had increased to 69% last year.
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/ 30 January 2006
Serie A side Roma could face a stadium ban after Nazi and fascist symbols were spotted in the home supporters enclosure in Sunday’s 3-0 win over Livorno. Flags bearing swastikas and Celtic crosses were seen in the Curva Sud where Roma’s hard core fans congregate.
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/ 30 January 2006
Roger Federer is chasing four straight Grand Slam titles at Roland Garros and a personal milestone, but the world number one is not consumed by breaking through at this year’s French Open. The Swiss master won his seventh slam title and second Australian Open crown with a 5-7, 7-5, 6-0, 6-2 victory over Cypriot bolter Marcos Baghdatis..
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/ 30 January 2006
Tiger Woods made simple pars to win a three-way play-off against Australian rookie Nathan Green and two-time Masters champion Jose Maria Olazabal for the Buick Invitational title on Sunday. Olazabal missed a four-foot par putt on the second extra hole to hand Woods a victory that was only easy at the end.
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/ 30 January 2006
Going into the first Grand Slam of the season, men’s tennis was desperate for new personalities, and it found the answer in young Cypriot Marcos Baghdatis. Little-known before the first Grand Slam of the season, the long-haired lad from Limassol burst on to the stage to establish himself as a legitimate star.
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/ 30 January 2006
The European Union warned Hamas on Monday that it will have to fundamentally change to win support from the 25-nation bloc, which has long been the Palestinians’ biggest aid donor. The warning to Hamas came from EU foreign ministers, who were meeting to discuss the militant Islamic group’s shock election win last week.
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/ 30 January 2006
Business leaders and economists are very upbeat in their expectations for South Africa’s general economic prospects in years to come, the Bureau for Market Research said on Monday. A panel of 13 economists expects an average growth rate in excess of 3% per annum between 2005 and 2010 and growth of 3,6% per annum for the period 2011 to 2025.
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/ 30 January 2006
World number two Impala Platinum on Monday climbed to an all-time high ahead of the group’s latest interim results due in mid-February, the weaker rand and the platinum price, which is close to its all-time high, equities traders said.
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/ 30 January 2006
Nigerian separatist militants released four foreign oil workers on Monday, after holding them hostage in the swamps of the Niger Delta for almost three weeks, officials and their employer said. The men — an American, a Briton, a Bulgarian and a Honduran — have been handed over to the Bayelsa State government.
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/ 30 January 2006
Israel has decided to freeze funds to the Palestinian Authority, fearing the money could end up aiding terrorist elements, Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert announced on Monday. ”It must be made very clear, we are not going to transfer funds which could finance terrorist attacks against our civilians,” Olmert said on public radio.