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Zimbabwe’s police on Monday warned they will arrest private bus operators who have hiked fares following a doubling of fuel prices amid triple-digit inflation and a lingering transport crisis. Police spokesperson Inspector Loveless Rupere said ”commuter operators should revert to old fares or risk being arrested”.
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/ 12 September 2005
United States President George Bush faced an uncertain welcome on Monday as he prepared for his first close-up view of storm-wrecked New Orleans, two weeks to the day after Hurricane Katrina turned one of the country’s proudest cities into a swamped horror.
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The South African Rugby Union (Saru) has complied with the demand by Minister of Sport and Recreation Makhenkesi Stofile that he be provided with a report outlining the way forward for rugby in South Africa. A ministry spokesperson confirmed on Monday that it had received a two-page fax from Saru.
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/ 12 September 2005
The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees urged the international community on Friday to take measures to stop desperate people being smuggled out of Somalia to Yemen by unscrupulous traders. At least 150 people have died in dangerous boat journeys across the Gulf of Aden from Somalia during the past three weeks.
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Hundreds of people stripped off in Lyon, France, on Sunday to pose naked for United States photographer Spencer Tunick, who has made a name for himself by organising mass nude photo shoots around the world. Men and women of all ages turned up in the early hours to obey Tunick’s orders.
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Britons have spent billions of pounds on household gadgets such as sandwich toasters and bathroom scales that they ended up never or rarely using, a study said on Monday. An online home-insurance firm Esure estimated Britons have collectively spent £9,4-billion (R109,7-billion) during their lifetime on gadgets.
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Proceedings in the Cape Town Magistrate’s Court against two travel agents implicated in Parliament’s travel scam were stopped on Monday, when their lawyers successfully argued that another postponement would prejudice their right to a speedy trial. The matter has been referred to the Cape High Court.
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The case of a 39-year-old teacher who is still working after admitting to the statutory rape of a 13-year-old girl is ”deeply concerning”, the South African Democratic Teachers’ Union said on Monday. The story of the statutory rape was published in The Star newspaper on Monday.
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The National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) will not hand over documents seized during raids on Jacob Zuma’s residences, his lawyer said on Monday. Michael Hulley said the NPA told him that it wants to wait for the outcome of an appeal on a case regarding Zuma’s former attorney, Julekha Mahomed.
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/ 12 September 2005
Kagiso Media said on Monday that it has recorded headline earnings per share of 78,7 cents for the 12-month period ended June this year. This represented a 13,3% increase in headline earnings per share from 69,5 cents reported last year. The group declared a final dividend of 44 cents per share.