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/ 18 October 2005
The Department of Minerals and Energy has established an expert team to investigate the wider issues raised by a tremor that killed two miners and injured 20 others at DRDGold’s North West operations this year, it said on Tuesday. The panel will consider the risks to mine workers, mines and the public by seismicity in mining areas.
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/ 18 October 2005
A Pretoria High Court judge has at the last minute withdrawn his bid for a seat on the Constitutional Court, saying he thinks a woman should rather get the job. However, Judge Essop Patel’s decision also follows a series of letters to the Judicial Services Commission from an unsuccessful litigant who claims Patel is unfit for the job.
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/ 18 October 2005
Libyan Foreign Minister Abdel Rahman Shalgam on Monday rejected a call by United States President George Bush for Tripoli to spare the lives of five Bulgarian nurses who were sentenced to death in May last year. ”This is a legal matter which cannot be influenced by any political decision,” the minister said.
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/ 18 October 2005
Top seed Rafael Nadal will go easy on his tender left knee in training while vowing to take to the court for his matches at the €2,1-million Madrid Masters. The top seed is one of the last remaining big draws at an event hit by injury pull-outs by Roger Federer, Andre Agassi, Lleyton Hewitt and holder Marat Safin.
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/ 18 October 2005
An Egyptian passenger cruiser carrying more than 1 300 Muslim pilgrims collided with a cargo ship at the Suez Canal’s southern entrance late on Monday, causing a stampede among panicked passengers on their sinking vessel that killed one person, officials and state-run media said.
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/ 18 October 2005
Tinsel, toys, mince pies and marzipan — Christmas has truly invaded Britain and it is only October. But retailers insist the demand is out there, with some selling festive gear from as early as August. Many customers, however, moan that it is far too soon and that Santa Claus in a shop window in September spoils the magic of Christmas for the children.
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/ 18 October 2005
The first sign that something had gone wrong for Michelle Wie was when she was nowhere to be found more than a half-hour after finishing fourth in her professional debut. An official with the United States LPGA Tour at the Samsung World Championship would only say she was in a meeting.
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/ 18 October 2005
”Hurtful”, ”damaging” and ”disturbing” was how team manager Bobby Motaung on Monday described the behaviour of the Kaizer Chiefs supporters who caused coach Ernst Middendorp and the Amakhosi players to leave Johannesburg Stadium under police escort after the 1-1 Premier Soccer League draw against Moroka Swallows.
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/ 18 October 2005
West Indies coach Bennett King expressed surprising confidence on Monday ahead of his squad’s tour of Australia, but said beating the world’s number-one cricket team on its home turf won’t be easy. ”The Australians are very good and we are going into their den. We just have to go there and tame them,” King said.
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/ 18 October 2005
Indian military analysts are divided over whether Google’s satellite image service, which the president has warned could help terrorists find targets, poses a serious threat to national security. Indian President Abdul Kalam has raised the alarm over the United States-based search engine’s website Earth.google.com.