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/ 3 August 2005

Passengers escape death as plane crashes in Toronto

Television cameras captured dramatic images of an Air France passenger jet in flames moments after the packed plane apparently skidded off a runway and fell into a ravine on Tuesday night. Steve Shaw, a vice-president of the Greater Toronto Airport Authority, said there were no fatalities among the 297 passengers and 12 crew on board the plane.

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/ 3 August 2005

More documents seized in Cape Town tender probe

Police on Tuesday seized more documents in their continuing probe into claims of tender irregularities in Cape Town, this time from offices in the Civic Centre. Last week detectives raided the offices of procurement director Mabela Satekge in Wale Street in the city centre, as part of what mayoral spokesperson Mandla Tyala said was an investigation into security tenders awarded by the city.

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/ 3 August 2005

The making of a murderer

Once again, much of the media have been milking the Leigh Matthews story. Nothing wrong in that. It’s been a gripping saga, made important to many of us. The recent narrative resurrects and then builds on the emotionalism of last year’s coverage. Back then, we had frenzied reports on the search for the abducted university student.