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/ 26 January 2006
A 65-year-old British woman out walking with her daughter died in the fire raging across the lower slopes of Table Mountain above Cape Town’s city bowl, according to radio reports. Three German tourists are also reported to be trapped on the mountain, and rescue crews are searching for them.
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/ 26 January 2006
Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni said on Thursday that he was ready to move his troops to the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) to fight Ugandan rebels. Museveni said he had asked the DRC government and the UN peacekeeping force to allow him to send troops to fight guerillas of the Lords Resistance Army (LRA) rebels in the DRC.
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/ 26 January 2006
Ang Lee’s award-winning gay western is the most important film to come out of the United States in years, says B Rauby Rich.
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/ 26 January 2006
A current exhibition by Irish artist Phillip Napier gauges the potency of an apology, writes Kwanele Sosibo.
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/ 26 January 2006
Chinese central bank governor Zhou Xiaochuan said on Thursday that a push by Chinese groups to acquire companies abroad was matched by a desire to attain international business standards. "Chinese companies are now looking more and more at global competition," Zhou told the World Economic Forum in Davos.
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/ 26 January 2006
South Africa doubled the amount of its foreign direct investment (FDI) into neighbouring Mozambique in 2005, retaining its position as the single largest foreign investor in the country, South African government news agency BuaNews reported on Thursday.
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/ 26 January 2006
South African gun lobbyists were launching a new organisation on Thursday to press their case that more — not fewer — weapons are needed to curb crime in a country notorious for murders and armed robberies. South Africa’s 45-million people own an estimated 3,7-million licensed guns and many more illegal ones.
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/ 26 January 2006
Simon Katich made 52, the only half-century in a low-scoring match, to lead Australia to a five-wicket win over Sri Lanka in a tri-series limited-overs cricket match on Thursday. Sri Lanka’s innings of 218 for eight was built around a series of modest scores and minor partnerships.
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The Democratic Alliance has presented a memorandum of grievances to the South African Broadcasting Corporation (SABC) over its coverage of the run-up to the March 1 municipal elections. The DA believes the prospect of free and fair local government elections has been compromised by the SABC’s approach to election coverage.
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/ 26 January 2006
It was love at first sight for Thailand’s Scorpion Queen and Centipede King. The couple with a soft spot for creepy crawlers — and publicity stunts — are planning a Valentine’s Day’s wedding at a haunted house, and to consummate their vows in a coffin.