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/ 19 December 2006
Nasa planned to undock the space shuttle Discovery from the International Space Station on Tuesday after an eventful mission that included a crucial rewiring and the retraction of a stubborn solar array. The undocking will be the first step in the shuttle Discovery‘s journey home, which is slated for Friday, a day later than originally planned.
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/ 19 December 2006
The pilot killed when his light aircraft crashed into a block of flats in Yeoville, central Johannesburg, was from Botswana, the Civil Aviation Authority said on Tuesday. Most of the mangled wreckage of the plane, believed to be a Piper Cherokee 140, lay against the parking garage of the Bobby Locke block of flats on the corner of Hendon and Harley streets.
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/ 19 December 2006
”Macaca” you are number one. The word macaca, used by outgoing Republican Senator George Allen of Virginia to describe a Democratic activist of Indian descent who was trailing his campaign, was named the most politically incorrect word of the year on Friday by Global Language Monitor.
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/ 19 December 2006
Joe Barbera, one half of the creative duo that delighted generations of children with the homicidal spats between a cat and a mouse, the ranger-baiting activities of a delinquent bear and the adventures of a ghost-hunting great dane and his pesky friends, died on Monday. He was 95.
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/ 19 December 2006
Radio remains king while newspapers are raking in more readers. Fienie Grobler outlines the key findings of the latest readership data released by the South African Advertising Research Foundation (SAARF).
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/ 19 December 2006
Media adventurers are spreading their wings into Africa and undoubtedly reaping the benefits. But why are the explorers among us so few and far between? There is after all a whole continent out there hungry for entertainment and information, writes Fienie Grobler.
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/ 19 December 2006
He’s back on the highway in his latest film, but there’s not a gun-totin’ deviant to be found. David Lynch comes clean to Jonathan Romney.
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/ 19 December 2006
Magazines have not enjoyed the same high profile, runaway success of their newspaper counterparts in the online world, writes Matthew Buckland.
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/ 19 December 2006
Howard Thomas says "fresh, new, exciting, innovative" and "risk-free" are contradictions in terms when it comes to the production of local content.
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/ 19 December 2006
The weekly newspaper market is abuzz with movement from several angles. All eyes are on newcomer <i>The Weekender</i> to see if it will survive this competitive market. Meanwhile, established papers are introducing more and more supplements in a bid to attract readers and advertising. Matebello Motloung reports.