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/ 22 November 2006
The Supreme Court of Appeal on Wednesday upheld an appeal by a computer software company, which had been involved in a long-standing dispute with Telkom worth billions of rand. In 2000 Telkom claimed more than R2,6-billion from the United States-based Telcordia Technologies, a Delaware Corporation, in a dispute over the nature of a software contract.
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/ 22 November 2006
Manila airport officials prevented a real life version of horror flick Snakes on a Plane this week when they stopped more than 130 reptiles, including poisonous cobras, from boarding a flight to Bangkok. Dozens of lizards and 60 snakes concealed in water bottles were discovered on Tuesday inside two suitcases belonging to a Filipino woman, airport officials said.
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/ 22 November 2006
Over five million South African pupils and 13Â 000 schools will be exempt from school fees from January, the Department of Education said on Wednesday. ”The Department of Education wishes to announce that all the nine provincial departments of education have submitted their lists of the number of learners and schools [that] would benefit,” the department said in a statement.
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/ 22 November 2006
South Africa’s 4x100m relay team at the 2001 world championships has been belatedly awarded the gold medal after initial winners the United States were disqualified, Athletics South Africa said on Wednesday. South Africa’s quartet of Morne Nagel, Corne du Plessis, Lee-Roy Newton and Mathew Quinn were surprise silver medallists in Edmonton, Canada
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/ 22 November 2006
The City of Cape Town is digging in its heels over the government’s plans to set up the proposed regional electricity distributors (REDs) as public entities. Mayoral committee member for finance Ian Neilson confirmed on Wednesday that the city was considering whether to scrap RED1, which was established as a pilot project under Cape Town’s control.
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/ 22 November 2006
Africa’s infant mortality rate of 1,16-million per year placed it on a par with England’s figures in the early 20th century, according to a study released on Wednesday. The report said that half of these deaths occurred in Nigeria, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Ethiopia, Tanzania and Uganda.
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/ 22 November 2006
Police stopped students from handing out garlic, beetroot and pamphlets to foreign tourists at OR Tambo International Airport outside Johannesburg on Wednesday, police said. The students, wearing bandages, neck supports and carrying crutches, wanted foreigners to note ”the harsh realities of South Africa”.
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/ 22 November 2006
Celtic goalkeeper Artur Boruc has revealed how he read Louis Saha’s mind to make the penalty save that sent the Scottish champions into the knockout stages of the Champions League. Boruc’s stop from the Manchester United striker’s late spot-kick was every bit as crucial as Shunsuke Nakamura’s spectacular free-kick winner as Celtic claimed a memorable 1-0 victory on Tuesday night.
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/ 22 November 2006
The death toll of civilians in Iraq reached a new high of 3Â 709 in October, with sectarian violence to blame for most of the killings, a United Nations report said on Wednesday. ”Sectarian violence seems to be the main cause,” the report said, adding the death toll for September was 3Â 345.
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/ 22 November 2006
ADT Security, the owner of Kusela Security, on Wednesday denied that the company ever handled security at OR Tambo International airport. ”ADT would like to confirm that this statement is factually incorrect,” managing director Danna Strydom said. ”Kusela has never handled the security at the OR Tambo airport.”