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/ 12 December 2006

Baghdad car bombs claim heavy toll

Suspected insurgents set off two bombs in a main square of central Baghdad where scores of Iraqis were waiting for jobs as day labourers on Tuesday, killing at least 70 people and wounding more than 235, police said. The carefully coordinated attack in Tayaran Square at 7am local time involved a parked car bomb and a suicide attacker.

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/ 12 December 2006

Land dept works to speed up claims

Land claims can be settled by the Land Claims Commission without ministerial approval in order to speed up the restitution process, the commission said on Tuesday. Minister of Agriculture and Land Affairs Lulama Xingwana has delegated her powers to the chief land claims commissioner and regional land claims commissioners.

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/ 12 December 2006

SA health researchers get new hi-tech super tool

Scientists in South Africa unveiled the country’s most powerful weapon yet in their fight against Aids, malaria and tuberculosis when they switched on a new supercomputer dedicated to scientific research this week. The supercomputer is designed to process huge amounts of complex information and to deliver data with astonishing speed.

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/ 12 December 2006

Agliotti lawyer ‘knows nothing’ about drug charge

The lawyer representing Kebble murder accused Glenn Agliotti ”knows nothing” about plans to charge Agliotti with involvement in a multimillion-rand drugs syndicate. The lawyer, Lawrence Hodes, said he did not attend a brief court appearance on Tuesday by Stephanos Paparas (45) at which it was indicated that another accused was to be added to the charge sheet.