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/ 19 February 2007
Zimbabwe’s main opposition vowed on Monday to organise more rallies against President Robert Mugabe’s rule despite a brutal police crackdown on the weekend. Scores were hurt and about 130 arrested on Sunday as riot police used tear gas and water cannons to break up a planned rally in Harare by chief opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai.
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/ 19 February 2007
British actor Ralph Fiennes was a ”10 out of 10”, the Australian flight attendant who had sex with him on a flight to India said in an interview with the Sunday Mirror, but added that Fiennes turned his back on her in the wake of the scandal.
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/ 19 February 2007
The strike at the Modikwa Platinum mine has been suspended, the National Union of Mineworkers said on Sunday. About 3 000 miners have been on strike in opposition to the continuous operations policy at the mine. The strike cost the mine an estimated R5-million per day in revenue and began on January 26.
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/ 19 February 2007
Israel and the United States have agreed to refuse recognition to a new Palestinian coalition government ahead of talks in Jerusalem on Monday, the Israeli prime minister said on Sunday, reducing the already slim prospects of progress in the peace process.
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/ 19 February 2007
Nasa astronauts returning to the moon should be given intensive cross-country skiing lessons to help them explore the surface more quickly, according to a former Apollo astronaut. Harrison Schmitt said the technique allowed him to glide over the surface faster than his fellow astronauts.
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/ 19 February 2007
There was nothing wrong with its Progressive Business Forum (PBF), the African National Congress (ANC) said in reaction to claims that it was selling access to senior public representatives and public servants. ”The information provided to PBF members is public information,” said ANC spokesperson Smuts Ngonyama.
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/ 19 February 2007
AmaZulu put together their best performance to beat Silver Stars 1-0 at the Princess Magogo Stadium on Sunday afternoon. Last Wednesday AmaZulu fired a number of experienced players including international goalkeeper Komoka Camara (from Guinea) and captain Siphiwe Sgwili because of ill discipline.
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/ 19 February 2007
The embattled principal of the Ithuteng Trust School in Kliptown, Jackie Maarohanye, and 72 other people, have been arrested after a journalist was assaulted and held hostage. Reporter Vusi Ndlovu and driver Mabu Nkadimeng from the Sowetan newspaper were held hostage on Saturday for seven hours.
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/ 19 February 2007
A meltdown of ice sheets and severe sea level rise could be inevitable because of global warming, the world’s scientists are preparing to warn their governments. New studies have forced a United Nations expert panel to conclude there is a 50% chance that widespread ice sheet loss ”may no longer be avoided”.
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/ 19 February 2007
Police in Zimbabwe fired teargas and used water cannon to break up an opposition rally on Sunday as it was confirmed that three people had died in a cholera outbreak caused by water contamination in the country’s increasingly chaotic towns and cities.