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/ 10 February 2005
A 29-year-old suburban Sydney lifeguard, fed up with the life of a bachelor, moved into a giant plastic bubble on Thursday in hopes of attracting a Valentine. Luke, who declined to give his family name, said he will spend the next five days living in the clear plastic ball in a downtown Sydney shopping mall in hopes of finding true love.
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/ 10 February 2005
The hostage taker at Monte Video Primary School in the Cape Town suburb of Montana has been shot dead, police confirmed shortly after noon on Thursday.
Captain William Reid said a situation occurred where the life of a child hostage was threatened. Earlier reports said a teacher was shot during the hostage drama.
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/ 10 February 2005
It is an easily chewed and digested book; a light read for bedside nostalgia, writes Nadine Botha.
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/ 10 February 2005
Ever since the death of Jesus, Christians had been in hot and constant dispute about what we might call his ontological status, writes Richard Holloway.
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/ 10 February 2005
Top DJs Simon Dunmore and Martin Solveig are coming to Jo’burg party spot Carfax this weekend under the auspices of record label Defected. Dunmore, whose career in dance kicked off in London in 1982, is the heart and soul of Defected. Riaan Wolmaraans spoke to him this week.
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/ 10 February 2005
There appeared to be a ”conspiracy of silence” between companies, political parties and foreign governments over party funding, the Cape High Court heard on Thursday. ”The most glaring omission in South Africa in relation to electoral processes … is the fact that there are no specific rules around the disclosure of private funding which political parties received,” said advocate John Butler.
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/ 10 February 2005
Australian police admitted on Thursday they are mystified by a spate of apparent attacks on homes using frozen chickens as missiles. Police in Newcastle, about 100km north of Sydney, said chicken carcasses have damaged at least three suburban homes in recent weeks. They said the chickens hit the homes with great force.
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/ 10 February 2005
Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon signalled in a newspaper interview on Thursday that he is ready to release large numbers of Palestinian prisoners involved in deadly attacks — a key Palestinian demand and significant Israeli concession — if militants hold their fire during Israel’s planned withdrawal from the Gaza Strip this summer.
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/ 10 February 2005
Foreign donors stepped up pressure on Kenya to battle rampant corruption on Thursday as the European Union warned its aid may be jeopardised by the government’s inability or unwillingness fight graft. The bloc issued the warning amid a new outcry over sleaze that has already seen the suspension of millions of dollars in United States funding.
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/ 10 February 2005
Britain’s Foreign Office reacted with shock and sadness at the news of the fatal shooting of a British journalist in the Somali capital Mogadishu on Wednesday. Kate Peyton, a 39-year-old producer based in Johannesburg, died while undergoing surgery at the Medina hospital after she was gunned down by unknown attackers outside a hotel.