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/ 15 November 2006

Drive less, pay less

If you drive less than 1 000km a month, you may find that opting for a ”pay as you go” insurance on your car could save you a substantial amount of money. I put Hollard insurance to the test to see if there was actually a substantial saving in opting to pay per kilometre that you drive. While this is not meant to be a product endorsement, I was quite simply astounded by how much I could save, writes Maya Fisher-French.

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/ 15 November 2006

North Korea talks to resume in December

North Korea will have to ”demonstrate in concrete terms” a commitment to denuclearisation when six party talks on ending its nuclear programme resumes next month, Japan’s foreign ministry spokesperson said on Wednesday. North Korea declared after it exploded a nuclear device on October 9 that it should be recognised as a nuclear power.

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/ 15 November 2006

Gadgets help Jews stay observant in modern world

If as a Jew you are observant but modern, scientists and rabbis are developing gadgets to meet your needs. At a modest cottage in a suburb of Jerusalem, the Institute for Science and Halacha, founded in 1965, has found a way for religious physicians to write prescriptions on the Sabbath, when such activity is banned by ritual law.

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/ 15 November 2006

Cops battle gold pirates underground

In a dangerous cat-and-mouse game, South African police are battling armed gangs of gold pirates through dark mine shafts deep underground to stop an illicit gold trade worth more than -million (about R5,1-billion) a year. Assistant Police Commissioner Mike Fryer said the new operation opened a fresh front in South Africa’s war against gold smuggling.

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/ 15 November 2006

‘Little Fatty’s’ photo spawns China internet icon

A chubby faced Shanghai gas station intern known as "Little Fatty" has vaulted to the top of internet fame in China thanks to cheeky PhotoShop artists who are turning the plump youth into a pop icon. It all started three years ago when Qian Zhijun, then a 16-year-old high school student, was attending a traffic safety class and someone snapped a picture of his rotund, rosy cheeked face.

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/ 15 November 2006

Air force stresses need for quality recruits

The South African Air Force needs to improve the quality of its new recruits, Major General Mandla Mangethe, the force’s new chief of Air Command, said on Wednesday. ”We need more young people wanting to join the air force so that we can have quality recruits, especially at the sharp end of the force where we need pilots and fighter pilots,” he said.

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/ 15 November 2006

‘An autobahn would be nice’

He has received an R8 000 speeding fine travelling from Durban to Johannesburg in a Porsche 911 Turbo at a speed of 180kph, and a cop once gave him a warning "and was very nice about it". Former Mr South Africa Paul Phume talks to the <i>Mail & Guardian</i> about his Aston Martin.