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/ 29 November 2005
Scouts all over Southern Africa will observe World Aids Day in a collaborative initiative to fight the rapid spread and devastating effects of HIV/Aids. The youth are more likely to bear the brunt of the HIV/Aids pandemic. No one knows this better than the South African Scout Association, an organisation that is focused on the youth.
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/ 29 November 2005
On Tuesday, South African Football Association CEO Raymond Hack announced that Bafana Bafana caretaker coach Ted Dumitru will put his cards on the table and disclose preliminary details of his plans for the African Nations Cup finals in Egypt at a press conference on Friday.
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/ 29 November 2005
Broadband internet access, which finally made an impact on South Africa this year with the first 147 000 users settling into high-speed online lives, will almost double in usage in 2006 to 277 000 users. This is one of the key findings of <i>Broadband in South Africa 2005</i>, a new research report from World Wide Worx.
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/ 29 November 2005
Zimbabwe’s senior cricket players are boycotting the national team while their chief administrators are being investigated by the government-appointed Sports and Recreation Commission. The announcement came two days before the national selectors were to meet to select a squad to travel to Bangladesh in January for the Asian Cup.
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/ 29 November 2005
Ronaldinho has bad news for defenders around the world — he thinks he can get better. He won the Golden Ball award on Monday, selected as European player of the year, and he says it’s just the beginning. ”I want to come back and win next year and the years after that,” Ronaldinho said.
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/ 29 November 2005
Australia beat the West Indies by seven wickets in the third cricket Test to sweep the series 3-0 at Adelaide Oval on Tuesday. The Australians, set 182 runs for victory, mopped up the required runs at 182 for three just after lunch on the final day. Matthew Hayden remained unbeaten on 87.
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/ 29 November 2005
Crude oil futures fell on Tuesday as unseasonably mild weather along the United States East Coast spurred hopes that this year’s northern-hemisphere winter could be warmer than expected, weakening demand for heating fuel. Light, sweet crude for January delivery on the New York Mercantile Exchange lost 31 cents to ,05 a barrel in Asian electronic trading.
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/ 29 November 2005
A horse-drawn wagon pulled up to the White House on Monday with a 5,6m Christmas tree that will adorn the Blue Room, marking the official start of the holiday decorating season. First Lady Laura Bush walked outside to receive the Fraser fir that was pulled up the driveway to the North Portico by two horses.
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Seven years ago, passers-by barely glanced at a handful of protesters on the steps of a Cape Town cathedral, unaware that they were witnessing the birth of Africa’s most powerful Aids lobby group. They were the first members of the Treatment Action Campaign (TAC), an NGO led by activist Zackie Achmat.
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/ 29 November 2005
Namibian officials refused on Monday to sign a deal under which Germany would pay reparations to its former colony for the massacre of the local Herero and Dama populations during the colonial era, which lasted from 1884 to 1915. ”I regret this,” said German Minister for Development and Cooperation Heidemarie Wieczorek-Zeul.