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The president of world soccer governing body Fifa, Sepp Blatter, on Thursday accepted on behalf of the body one of South Africa’s highest awards. Blatter, in the country to meet members of the 2010 World Cup organising committee, met President Thabo Mbeki before accepting the Order of the Companions of OR Tambo.
Jordaan ‘perfect’ for 2010
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/ 13 January 2005
Don Quixote, the endearing tale of a mad, errant knight and his sidekick, Sancho Panza — described variously as the ”universal novel” or the ”bible of humanity” — celebrates its 400th birthday this week, kicking off a year-long party for one of the world’s most acclaimed literary works.
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/ 13 January 2005
Hundreds of Cameroon government employees have found themselves locked out of their offices after rolling in to work late, following a crackdown by their new Minister of Public Service, Ephraim Inoni. The education and finance ministries were the latest to be targeted on Thursday on the orders of Inoni.
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/ 13 January 2005
Team South Africa’s swimming golden boy, Terence Parkin, smashed his fifth deaf world record in six days as the medals continued to flow the rainbow nation team’s way, at the Deaflympics in Melbourne, Australia, on Thursday. Durban-based Parkin set a 200m butterfly world record of two minutes and 5,23 seconds.
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/ 13 January 2005
The Bank of England froze interest rates at 4,75% on Thursday for the fifth successive month following recent signs that the United Kingdom economy is losing momentum. The decision by the central bank’s nine-member monetary policy committee came as little surprise to markets.
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The Red Cross has appealed to the public for food and clothing donations for victims of the recent flooding in KwaZulu-Natal, where some people began receiving assistance on Thursday. "Some dramas, like the recent floods in KwaZulu-Natal, are right on our doorstep," said provincial Red Cross manager Derick Naidoo.
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/ 13 January 2005
A Pretoria High Court judge on Thursday questioned why ”obviously intelligent” Boeremag trialists had never debated predictions by Boer prophet Siener van Rensburg that there would be a large-scale attack on whites by blacks. The judge remarked that historical events in South Africa did not point to the feared large-scale attack.
Boeremag trialists apply for bail
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/ 13 January 2005
Uncertainty surrounds exactly which medicine-pricing regulations are currently in force, with the Department of Health and pharmacists each insisting that a different law is in place. In December, the Supreme Court of Appeal ordered that the newly introduced medicine-pricing regulations be ”declared invalid and of no force and effect”.
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/ 13 January 2005
Dictators sometimes pride themselves on making the trains run on time, but Germany’s rail company on Wednesday partly attributed a sharp improvement in punctuality to perky hostesses in red caps who tell travellers to skip the fond goodbyes and get aboard.
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/ 13 January 2005
A study of the crater left by the meteorite which many believe caused the extinction of the dinosaurs 65-million years ago is being opposed by activists who fear it could prove fatal to marine life. The month-long study off the Yucatan peninsula in Mexico involves researchers from Cambridge University and Imperial College London, and United States and Mexican universities.