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/ 22 February 2007
At the opposite end of the good news spectrum is a human challenge expressed in the following numerical detail: according to the official definition of unemployment, there are 4,4-million people who are unemployed. That’s a 4,4 and five zeros. If you use the unofficial definition, which includes people who have given up looking for work, then it is Âprobably just less than seven million South Africans.
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/ 22 February 2007
The United States is planning what will be a catastrophic attack on Iran. For the Bush cabal, the attack will be a way of ”buying time” for its disaster in Iraq. In announcing what he called a ”surge” of American troops in Iraq, George W Bush identified Iran as his real target. ”We will interrupt the flow of support [to the insurgency in Iraq] from Iran and Syria,” he said.
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/ 21 February 2007
European football’s governing body, Uefa, confirmed on Wednesday that they have officially opened an investigation into incidents that marred the Champions League last 16, first-leg match between Manchester United and Lille in Lens. Tear gas was used during the match, which United won 1-0 at the Stade Felix-Bollaert on Tuesday night.
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/ 21 February 2007
At least 38 Rwandan militiamen and five democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) soldiers have been killed in clashes this week as DRC’s government strives to impose its authority on the country’s war-torn east, a United Nations official said on Wednesday.
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/ 21 February 2007
With the country under martial law and in the grip of a general strike, Guinea’s union leaders held new talks on Wednesday with President Lansana Conte’s government on how to end weeks of unrest that have left scores dead. At least 113 people have been killed since the protests started in January.
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/ 21 February 2007
A former law student on Wednesday told the Pretoria High Court how he had bludgeoned his friend with a dumbbell before slicing off his private parts because of his unwelcome sexual advances. Frank Lebogang Mahlakoana (24) said that he found it so shocking and horrifying that he could not even look at photos of the murder scene, as it frightened him.
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/ 21 February 2007
Former England captain David Beckham insisted on Wednesday that he is still hopeful of playing for his country despite his move to Los Angeles Galaxy this summer. Beckham was dropped by new manager Steve McLaren following last year’s World Cup and has so far not been used during the Euro 2008 qualifying campaign.
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/ 21 February 2007
South Africa and Russia will cooperate in the fields of exploration of outer space and trade, Foreign Affairs Minister Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma said on Wednesday. Dlamini-Zuma is hosting Russian Minister of Natural Resources Yuri Petrovich Trutnev for the sixth session of the South Africa-Russia Joint Intergovernmental Committee on Trade and Economic Operations.
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/ 21 February 2007
A senior advocate was specially drafted on Wednesday to cross-examine a youth who accused his former legal representative of trying to bribe him not to testify in the Cape High Court murder trial of Dina Rodrigues. The teenager claimed last week that his former counsel, Charles Simon, had offered him a R20Â 000 bribe to remain silent.
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/ 21 February 2007
Finance Minister Trevor Manuel’s 2007 budget was ”largely neutral” from a property perspective, Jawitz Properties commented on Wednesday. Meanwhile, the extra money budgeted for the Health Department means better salaries for health workers — particularly nurses, it said on Wednesday after Manuel’s Budget speech.