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/ 25 January 2007
South African telephone subscribers, enraged by high rates charged by fixed-line provider Telkom, are turning on the government and on Telkom. Analysts attack Telkom regularly, complaining of high charges, especially for access to the internet, and warn that this could obstruct South Africa from achieving targeted annual growth of 6% from 2010.
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/ 25 January 2007
England’s cricketers are under siege after a dismal series of performances in Australia evoked stinging criticism from opponents, media and even their own fans. The tourists had already been slammed after losing the Ashes to Australia 5-0, but they plumbed new lows with a 90-run loss to New Zealand in the one-day series.
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/ 25 January 2007
If it wasn’t for the fresh, sharp scent, you could easily mistake sweet wormwood for any other kind of shrub. But this shrub, also called the Artemisia annua, is widely regarded by medical experts as the best cure for malaria, one of the world’s leading killer diseases.
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/ 25 January 2007
Lebanon’s political and economic crisis takes centre stage at an international aid conference on Thursday, with the country’s Western-backed leaders hoping anti-government protests don’t scare away the donors. Prime Minister Fouad Siniora has said Lebanon needs billions of dollars to help shore up its debt-riddled finances and to recover from last year’s war.
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/ 25 January 2007
A security guard responding to an alert was seriously injured in an explosion at an ATM in Meyerton around 2am on Thursday. Police spokesperson Captain William Mcera said a guard at the NTN shopping centre called for backup when he became suspicious of four men who had gathered around an ATM.
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/ 25 January 2007
The Two Tenors and a Baritone lacks the easy and familiar ring of the Three Tenors, but the operatic world had better get used to the new line-up: Placido Domingo has decided to make the jump from the tenor repertoire, which he has sung around the world to acclaim for more than 40 years, to become a baritone.
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/ 25 January 2007
Microsoft landed in the Wikipedia doghouse on Tuesday after it offered to pay a blogger to change technical articles on the community-produced web encyclopedia site. "We were very disappointed to hear that Microsoft was taking that approach," Wikipedia founder Jimmy Wales said.
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/ 25 January 2007
Maria Sharapova was fined 000 after her father coached her from the sidelines during her Australian Open quarterfinal win over Anna Chakvetadze, officials said on Thursday. The top seed received the fine after getting a code violation from Portuguese umpire Mariana Alves during Wednesday’s match because of her father’s behaviour.
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/ 25 January 2007
Batsman Herschelle Gibbs’s appeal hearing against a ban of two Test matches was tougher than expected, Proteas coach Mickey Arthur said on Wednesday. The proceedings, which were conducted by teleconference, lasted about two hours. Arthur said he could not give details of what prevailed.
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/ 25 January 2007
Gidani is continuing its preparations to operate the national lottery despite a legal challenge from Uthingo. ”We continue to assert that we won the license to operate the national lottery from 1 April 2007 in a thorough, scrupulous and well-managed, fair contest,” Gidani chairperson Bongani Khumalo wrote in a statement.