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/ 12 January 2006
The United Nations warned on Wednesday that the bird-flu crisis in Turkey could become an epidemic and that neighbouring countries are at risk. In its most pessimistic assessment so far, the UN’s food agency said the disease could spread unless more preventive measures are taken.
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/ 12 January 2006
Residents of the most devastated areas of New Orleans reacted angrily on Wednesday to a blueprint for rebuilding the city that gives them four months to prove they can bring their neighbourhoods back to life or face the prospect of their homes being turned into parks or marshland.
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/ 12 January 2006
Hamas has dropped its call for the destruction of Israel from its manifesto for the Palestinian parliamentary election in a fortnight, a move that brings the group closer to the mainstream Palestinian position of building a state within the boundaries of the occupied territories.
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/ 12 January 2006
Heavy snowfall in Iran on Wednesday, compounding the thick blanket of pollution that habitually engulfs Tehran in the dead of winter, seemed emblematic of the confusion many Iranians now have over their government’s decision to resume nuclear research activities in the face of fierce criticism from the West.
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/ 12 January 2006
Only one Johannesburg suburb remained without power on Wednesday evening after electricity was restored to 80% of the areas affected by a power failure, a City Power spokesperson said. This follows an electrical fire in an underground cable system below Commissioner Street on Wednesday morning.
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/ 12 January 2006
The Phokwane local municipality in the Northern Cape has paid a salary of more than R1-million to a suspended municipal manager who has not been working for more than two years, the South African Broadcasting Corporation website reported on Wednesday. The official was suspended in July 2003.
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/ 12 January 2006
As the disciplinary hearing of controversial Central Karoo municipal manager Truman Prince got under way on Wednesday, the South African Broadcasting Corporation’s (SABC) Special Assignment team came under fire for refusing to become involved in the proceedings. Prince has pleaded not guilty to seven charges.
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/ 12 January 2006
The South African rand was trading below the key R6-per-dollar level in early trade on Thursday, which it broke overnight on the back of a stronger euro and news that competition authorities had approved the Vodafone-Vodacom deal. The local unit was last below R6 per dollar on May 9 last year.
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/ 12 January 2006
After a challenging year for Fiat Auto South Africa in 2005, MD Giorgio Gorelli is confident that the recent merger with Fiat Auto Brazil will reap benefits for the local operations. In December 2005, Fiat Auto South Africa officially merged with Fiat Auto Brazil to become part of the Brazil-South Africa ‘pole’.
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/ 12 January 2006
Bolivian president-elect Evo Morales forgives the United States for past humiliations and welcomes dialogue, he said in Pretoria on Wednesday during a two-day visit to South Africa. He also said he has learned much during his visit about transformation in South Africa under former president Nelson Mandela and President Thabo Mbeki.