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/ 25 January 2006
For several years, the United States Agency for International Development has been under growing pressure to adopt a more long-term approach to its support of science and technology in developing countries. The agency now supports a wide spectrum of activities, but many feel that all these could benefit from a more coherent commitment.
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/ 25 January 2006
Record-breaking gains on the JSE are passing unit trust investors by as they shun equities in favour of less risky asset classes, newly released figures show. South Africans are investing heavily in unit trusts — the industry netted R58-billion of inflows last year, a 40% increase on 2004. But investors have continued to choose low risk funds.
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/ 25 January 2006
Miguel Caballero likes to shoot people whenever he has an audience and a volunteer. ”Take a deep breath and let the air out after the shot,” he said to one recent target. ”You may get a bit of a bruise.” The range was point-blank, the bang loud and the smell of burned powder strong, but the human bullseye didn’t flinch. The bullet was embedded in an internal protective panel of his brand-new suede jacket.
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/ 25 January 2006
Didier Drogba scored again and Côte d’Ivoire are through to the quarterfinals of the African Cup of Nations. Egypt and Morocco will have to wait to find out which of them will advance. Drogba scored his second goal in two games and the Elephants edged Libya 2-1 on Tuesday.
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/ 25 January 2006
I’ve never been big on breasts. At first I shunned them. Then I strapped them down in puberty’s equivalent of a straightjacket. And as a teenager, I often left them hanging. Only now as an adult am I paying them the respect they deserve by cupping them in imported cotton from lingerie boutiques with names like French confectionaries.
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/ 25 January 2006
”Never pick a fight you know you cannot win. Or so I was told. Pick an argument if you must, but not a fight. Nothing I have read or heard in recent weeks suggests that fighting Iran over its nuclear enrichment programme makes any sense at all.” Washington’s knee-jerk belligerence ignores Tehran’s influence and the need for subtle engagement, writes Simon Jenkins.
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/ 25 January 2006
Fiery German Nicolas Kiefer clinched his first Grand Slam semifinal appearance with an epic five-set win over Frenchman Sebastien Grosjean at the Australian Open on Wednesday. The 21st seeded Kiefer won a volatile quarterfinal, 6-3, 0-6, 6-4, 6-7 (1/7), 8-6 in the longest match at the Australian Open in 15 years at four hours and 48 minutes.
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/ 24 January 2006
The United States space agency Nasa may choose the Northern Cape as a site for an array of telescopes and antennae that communicate with spacecraft. Bernie Fanaroff, of South Africa’s Department of Science and Technology, said that a Nasa team had inspected several sites around Springbok and Upington in the Northern Cape.
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/ 24 January 2006
Five directors of an independent radio station in Zimbabwe were charged on Tuesday with breaching the country’s controversial broadcasting laws, a media watchdog told Agence France-Presse. Under the strict broadcasting laws passed in 2001, radio stations are required to register with a government-appointed board.