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/ 6 February 2008
The South African Chamber of Commerce and Industry (SACCI) Business Confidence Index (BCI) dropped even further in January to 93,8 after measuring 94,8 in December 2007. SACCI said that apart from a single instance in April 2007 when the BCI flared up to 101,9, the index had been in a declining trend throughout 2007.
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/ 6 February 2008
Ghana’s toughest test at the African Nations Cup will be Thursday’s semifinal against Cameroon, the host nation’s coach Claude Le Roy said on Tuesday. Le Roy will have to cope with the absence of captain John Mensah, who is suspended after picking up a red card in Ghana’s 2-1 win over Nigeria in the quarterfinal.
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/ 6 February 2008
An explosion killed at least 20 people and wounded a hundred more on Tuesday in a northern Somali port where Somali and Ethiopian immigrants begin the dangerous crossing to Yemen. Most of the wounded were Ethiopian immigrants, Bosasso hospital nurse Mohamed Ali Hassan said.
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/ 6 February 2008
Sri Lankan troops backed by tanks and artillery destroyed 30 Tamil Tiger bunkers in the island’s far north on Wednesday killing 12 rebels, while air force jets bombed a gathering of rebel leaders, the military said. The air raid targeted a gathering of senior Tigers near their de facto capital of Kilinochchi.
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/ 6 February 2008
Hungry for oil and minerals, India and China have become Africa’s new colonialists, exploiting the world’s poorest continent in the same way as its old European masters, financier George Soros said on Tuesday. ”They are in the process of repeating the mistakes that the colonial powers have made,” said Soros.
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/ 6 February 2008
The new leader of the African National Congress, Jacob Zuma, will be one of the principal dignitaries at the opening of Parliament on Friday, when his predecessor Thabo Mbeki will be making what could be his last speech on the state of the nation.
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/ 6 February 2008
Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama will have no time to pause after yesterday’s Super Tuesday performances before they head off into a fresh 72-hour marathon of coast-to-coast contests. Seven states are at stake, worth 467 delegates, almost a quarter of the 2 025 delegates needed for eventual victory.
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/ 6 February 2008
A matriculant who earned eight distinctions last year may have lost the use of her legs after an armed robber ”emptied his gun on her”, a media report said on Wednesday. Razelle Botha (18), was at her home in Moreletta Park at 9.45pm on Monday night when the robber shot her in the arm, chest, stomach, lung and spine.
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/ 6 February 2008
The Chevron Refinery said it will not be able to supply consumers with liquefied petroleum gas from Wednesday. Chevron Refinery’s public affairs manager, Phumi Nhlapo, said on Tuesday night that it had sufficient diesel and petrol stocks but could not resume production because it did not have a stable power supply.
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/ 6 February 2008
Funny, isn’t it, how we have come this far in the United States election campaign, reaching the milestone of results from 24 states in the early hours of Wednesday morning, and still a mystery remains. What, exactly, do these warring candidates stand for?