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Kimi Raikkonen wrapped up his preparations for the Chinese Grand Prix by posting the fastest time in final practice in Shanghai on Saturday, handing McLaren a boost in their push for the constructors’ title. The Finn powered round the Shanghai International Circuit in 1:33,212.
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/ 15 October 2005
Shane Warne and Stuart MacGill bamboozled the world all-stars with their tandem leg-spin attack to put Australia in command on the second day of the Super Test at the Sydney Cricket Ground on Saturday. Warne, introduced after 24 overs, struck three times in the middle session.
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/ 15 October 2005
Ten historic buildings in central Johannesburg, some of which were built in the art deco style of the 1930s and 1940s, are to be demolished. The South African Heritage Resource Agency said the advantage of a development to house provincial government offices in one area weighed more than keeping the buildings.
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Four new marine protected areas (MPAs) are to be proclaimed along the Cape coastline, Minister of Environmental Affairs and Tourism Marthinus van Schalkwyk announced on Friday. The new areas will bring South Africa’s total number of MPAs to 27, covering almost one-fifth of its coastal waters up to one nautical mile off-shore.
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/ 15 October 2005
The Zululand Rhino Reserve could develop into the KwaZulu-Natal equivalent of Mala-Mala and Timbavati, provincial arts, culture and tourism minister Narend Singh said on Friday. He was speaking at the official launch of the 24 000ha privately owned reserve in the Msunduzi River valley, near Mkuze.
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Bridging the gap between South Africa’s first and second economies needs deliberate action, Deputy President Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka told the Black Management Forum in Johannesburg on Friday. ”Bridging the gap needs deliberate steps. It won’t just sommer happen,” she said.
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An explosion outside a popular nightclub in Trinidad’s capital wounded at least 10 people on Friday, police said. It was not clear what caused the explosion, but it followed a series of bombings that have all occurred around the same time of the month. No one has claimed responsibility for the bombings.
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It seems an obvious response to a pressing problem. If there are thousands of orphaned children in South Africa who cannot find a home in their extended families, then why not place more emphasis on adoption? And if adoptive families cannot be found locally, why not look abroad?
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The United States has expressed ”amazement” at a United Nations invitation to Zimbabwe’s President Robert Mugabe to address a conference in Rome to mark the 60th anniversary of the Food and Agriculture Organisation. ”I find it amazing they’ve invited Mr Mugabe to speak,” said the US ambassador to the UN food agencies in Rome.
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Axed deputy president Jacob Zuma has asked the state to pay the legal costs of his corruption trial, Beeld newspaper reported on Saturday. Presidency spokesperson Murphey Morobe confirmed Zuma had made the request. The matter is still being decided on.