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/ 7 November 2006
Deposed Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein and his cronies deserve severe punishment and should spend the rest of their lives behind bars, but he should not have received the death sentence, the Congress of South African Trade Unions (Cosatu) said on Tuesday.
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/ 7 November 2006
A Malawi opposition politician and popular musician convicted of faking credentials so he could run for Parliament won his appeal on Tuesday, and a high court judge added he was shocked that the singer had received such a harsh sentence. Lucius Banda had been sentenced to 21 months in prison with hard labour.
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/ 7 November 2006
Higher economic growth and policies to bolster social cohesion must be part of South Africa’s strategy to tackle problems such as poverty and HIV/Aids. This is according to John Lipsky, first deputy MD of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), who spoke to reporters at Midrand, north of Johannesburg, on Tuesday.
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/ 7 November 2006
At least 100 people were killed in clashes between Arab and non-Arab tribes in south-eastern Chad last week, the government said on Tuesday. The violence came just one week after fighting between rebels and the army in the same area reportedly led to the deaths of about 100 guerrillas and more than 200 soldiers.
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/ 7 November 2006
Rising sea levels and ocean temperatures, floods and other calamities linked to global warming threaten hundreds of natural and manmade cultural sites around the world, the United Nations said on Tuesday. The effects of climate change are imperiling countless sites revered by millions, it said.
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/ 7 November 2006
A KwaZulu-Natal businessman who was arrested at Cape Town International Airport for joking about bombs in his bag was on Monday released on R2 000 bail. Mluleki Thokozani Zulu (42), of Mkuze in KwaZulu-Natal, appeared in the Bellville Magistrate’s Court.
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/ 7 November 2006
Democrats hoped to sweep Republicans out of power in the United States Congress on Tuesday after a bruising campaign dominated by discontent with the Iraq war and doubts about President George Bush’s leadership. Democrats are on course to recapture control of the US House of Representatives for the first time since 1994, polls showed.
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/ 7 November 2006
The fate of a toilet that flushes to the strains of Italy’s national anthem is in the hands of a tribunal following a complaint from a right-wing political party, a museum spokesperson said on Tuesday. The creation was part of an exhibit, titled Group Therapy, that opened at the museum of modern art in Bolzano in September.
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/ 7 November 2006
Cellphone networks must brace themselves for stiff competition when mobile number portability (MNP) comes into effect on Friday. MNP will allow users to switch between networks while keeping the same number, and none of the networks will charge porting fees.
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/ 7 November 2006
The World Trade Organisation (WTO) on Tuesday formally approved communist Vietnam’s membership of the global free-trade system, opening up a new era of international commerce and investment for one of East Asia’s fastest-growing economies. The decision brought 12 years of negotiations to a successful conclusion.