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/ 13 December 2006
The tender process for the building of five major stadiums for the 2010 Soccer World Cup is expected to be completed before the end of this year and the host cities will thereafter announce the winning contracts, Deputy Finance Minister Jabu Moleketi said on Wednesday.
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/ 13 December 2006
Ethiopian Prime Minister Meles Zenawi on Wednesday played down a seven-day deadline from powerful Islamists in neighbouring Somalia to withdraw his troops or face major attacks. A defiant Meles said he would not acquiesce to the ultimatum from the Islamists, who have declared holy war on Ethiopian troops in Somalia.
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/ 13 December 2006
Zimbabwe said on Wednesday it was not considering the extradition of former Ethiopian dictator Mengistu Haile Mariam, who was found guilty of genocide following a trial in absentia in his homeland. Mengistu, who has lived in exile in Zimbabwe since he was ousted in 1991, was convicted on Tuesday in a 12-year trial.
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/ 13 December 2006
Improved November trade conditions bucked an expected moderating trend and were pointing to a buoyant Christmas period, a survey released on Wednesday found. The November Absa-South African Chamber of Business Trade Conditions Survey index showed trade conditions at a second-best level since the survey’s launch in 2000.
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/ 13 December 2006
A 35-year-old man was arrested at the Ficksburg border post on Tuesday after he was found with bags of dagga with an estimated street value of R2-million, Free State police said. Constable Mmako Mophiring said on Wednesday two police officers and a South African Revenue Service official discovered the bags hidden behind a false panel inside a truck.
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/ 13 December 2006
In its relationship with China, Africa must guard against merely becoming a supplier of raw materials in exchange for manufactured goods, South African President Thabo Mbeki said on Wednesday. Speaking in Cape Town at the 14th national congress of the South African Students Congress, he said there is danger of entrenching such an unequal relationship.
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/ 13 December 2006
Brazil formally submitted a bid to Fifa to host the 2014 World Cup on Wednesday, hoping to bring the tournament to the country for the first time since 1950. Ricardo Teixeira, the president of the Brazilian Football Confederation, presented his country’s bid to soccer’s world governing body in Tokyo where he and his fellow directors are attending the Club World Cup.
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/ 13 December 2006
Wallaby back Mat Rogers is poised to immediately leave rugby union and to return to rugby league after more than four years playing in the 15-a-side code, it was reported on Wednesday. The Australian Rugby Union said the utility back would meet senior officials on Thursday afternoon to discuss a release from his contract.
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/ 13 December 2006
”Ladies and gentlemen, we are killing our sport.” The phrase resounded last week in an elegant dinner in London, and reflects the power struggle in tennis. Everyone seems to hold everyone else suspect — and in particular the ”Disney model” put forward by the new Association of Tennis Professionals’ boss, South African Etienne de Villiers.
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/ 13 December 2006
The murder of mining magnate Brett Kebble was an assisted suicide, according to an affidavit submitted to the Johannesburg Magistrate’s Court on Wednesday in support of Kebble murder accused Glenn Agliotti’s bail application. Agliotti was granted bail of R500Â 000 and the matter was postponed to January 25.