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/ 13 October 2005
Moroka Swallows did the unthinkable when they beat Mamelodi Sundowns 2-1 convincingly in a Premier Soccer League encounter in Pretoria on Wednesday night. In other matches, there were no goals for Kaizer Chiefs and Santos, Ajax Cape Town thrashed Supersport United, and Black Leopards and Bush Bucks ended 1-1.
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/ 13 October 2005
Police and security forces on Thursday battled gunmen in the capital of the southern Russian region of Kabardino-Balkariya, including near a school near a police station. Schoolchildren were evacuated and black smoke billowed from the building as panic-stricken parents searched for their children in the schoolyard.
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/ 13 October 2005
Egypt’s largest Islamic group has criticised the possibility that President Hosni Mubarak may one day hand power to his son, saying on Wednesday it will ”fight” any bid to enshrine hereditary rule into this country’s laws. The fiery comments were made by Muslim Brotherhood supreme leader Mohammed Mahdi Akef.
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/ 13 October 2005
Thousands of children in Ravensmead in the Cape Town area are to be photographed and fingerprinted in a bid to curb child abductions, the Cape Argus website reported on Thursday. It said a campaign will begin soon at 17 schools and crèches in the area.
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/ 13 October 2005
A charge relating to allegations of racism has been laid by the Cape Bar Council against Cape Judge President John Hlophe, Beeld newspaper reported on Thursday. Hlophe was recently accused of calling a Cape Town lawyer Joshua Greeff a ”piece of white shit” and telling him to go back to The Netherlands.
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/ 13 October 2005
Brazil has reached an agreement with US pharmaceutical manufacturer Abbott Laboratories to lower Aids drug Kaletra’s price.
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/ 13 October 2005
The Democratic Alliance has called on the Judicial Services Commission to intervene in the ongoing controversy over Cape Judge President John Hlophe. Hlophe was recently accused of calling a Cape Town lawyer a ”white shit” — a claim that he has denied.
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/ 13 October 2005
The Cabinet voiced concern on Wednesday at public displays of anger at President Thabo Mbeki at the corruption court appearance of his dismissed deputy Jacob Zuma this week. Concern was expressed about the burning of T-shirts displaying Mbeki’s picture and insults directed at him, a government spokesperson said.
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/ 13 October 2005
Scorpions head Leonard McCarthy told the Khampepe commission on Wednesday it would be a ”nightmare” to relocate the unit and it should be left in place and enhanced by legislation. ”The DSO [Directorate of Special Operations] is a good institution,” he told the commission on its eighth day of public hearings.
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/ 13 October 2005
Giant mining group Anglo American warned on Wednesday that South Africa’s plans to increase the supply of diamonds to local cutters and polishers would affect employment, growth and investment in the sector. Anglo American spoke during public hearings in Parliament on the proposed Diamond Amendment Bill.