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/ 19 December 2006
Thieves have broken into the Johannesburg Central police station where they partied on liquor from the officer’s canteen and raided a commissioner’s office, stealing cellphones, Beeld newspaper reported on Tuesday. The burglars slipped through the charge office unnoticed, also making their way unseen past a private security guard after the close of business on Friday.
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/ 19 December 2006
North Korea test-fired missiles on United States Independence Day, sought bilateral talks with the US on Thanksgiving, and declared itself a nuclear power during Chinese New Year celebrations. So envoys to talks in Beijing and the throng of journalists tailing them might be forgiven for wondering whether North Korea’s penchant for ”holiday” diplomacy will keep them far from home this Christmas.
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/ 19 December 2006
The City of Cape Town is to bestow one of its highest civic honours on slain composer and entertainer Taliep Petersen. The city said on Monday that it would honour Petersen with a ”memorial tribute” after a 100-day mourning period. Details of the tribute would be announced closer to the time of the event.
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/ 19 December 2006
Robbers have targeted yet another Coin Security cash depot — the third robbed in as many months, the Sowetan reported on Tuesday. A gang of 14 to 16 robbers — one in police uniform and another dressed as a security guard — struck at the company’s Witbank depot at 10am on Sunday morning.
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/ 19 December 2006
The World Bank will give -million to aid development in Sierra Leone and help the desperately poor post-war nation reform the way it is governed, the bank said on Monday. ”The grant will provide critical resources to support elements of the government’s poverty reduction strategy,” the bank said in the statement.
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/ 19 December 2006
Tiger Woods’s year can be summed up in a series of snapshots on the 18th green at Royal Liverpool. One minute he thrust both arms in the air after winning the British Open, the next he sobbed on the shoulder of his caddie. Even now, Woods has a hard time watching his most meaningful tournament of 2006, his first victory since his father died of cancer.
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/ 19 December 2006
India seam bowler Shanthakumaran Sreesanth has been fined 30% of his match fee after being found guilty of two International Cricket Council code of conduct breaches during his side’s first Test match against South Africa. Sreesanth was found guilty of the offences after a hearing conducted by match referee Roshan Mahanama.
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/ 19 December 2006
The Gauteng Business Barometer (GBB) jumped by six index points, or 3,7%, to 152 points in November, reflecting robust business activity in the country’s richest province. This was 0,8% higher than the November 2005 level of 150 points. Compiled by Standard Bank and T-Sec chief economist Mike Schüssler, the GBB shows robust business activity in virtually all sectors of the economy.
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/ 19 December 2006
Tourists are finally returning to Thailand’s Andaman coast two years after the devastating tsunami, but any attempts to commercialise the tragedy are being snubbed by holidaymakers. The ”tsunami-survivor” T-shirts go unworn, and even the tasteful memorials are apparently being ignored by visitors.
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/ 19 December 2006
Web surfers may soon be able to explore the canyons of Mars and experience a virtual flight over the surface of the moon thanks to a deal announced on Monday between web search company Google and the Nasa Ames Research Centre. Nasa and Google said they will work together on a range of technical problems and will make Nasa’s space exploration work more accessible to the public.