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Despite a firmer rand, the JSE hit a new all-time high on Tuesday morning, with the all-share index breaking through the key 24 000 barrier. However, some traders described the tempo in the market as more of a trot than a gallop at the moment, saying the market was looking ”a bit tired” after its record run on Monday which saw the all share index add 360 points or 1,5%.
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/ 7 November 2006
Cricket Australia said on Tuesday it would investigate reports of rude behaviour by the Australian team after its Champions Trophy win in India last weekend. Ricky Ponting’s men were taken to task in Indian newspapers on Tuesday for pushing Indian cricket chief Sharad Pawar off the presentation dais after Australia’s eight-wicket win over the West Indies in Sunday’s final in Mumbai.
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/ 7 November 2006
Former India captain Sourav Ganguly said on Tuesday he had not lost hope of playing in next year’s World Cup after returning to form with a century in a domestic tournament. The 34-year-old reminded national selectors that he had plenty of cricket left in him when he hammered an unbeaten 118 for East Zone against North Zone in a first-class Duleep Trophy match at Guwahati on Monday.
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/ 7 November 2006
An increase in the business confidence index (BCI) for October was probably a temporary spike and not the start of a renewed surge in confidence, the South African Chamber of Business (Sacob) said on Monday. The increase to 99,5 in October came after a declining trend between May and September.
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/ 7 November 2006
Both President Thabo Mbeki and former president FW de Klerk will attend PW Botha’s funeral on Wednesday. Botha, who was head of the government from 1978 to 1989, died peacefully at his Wildnerness home last week, aged 90. The Presidency said Mbeki had emphasised the need for a ”balanced” appraisal of Botha’s life.
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/ 7 November 2006
Democrats looked to sweep Republicans out of power in the United States Congress on Tuesday after a bruising campaign fed by public worries about the country’s future, discontent with the Iraq war and doubts about President George Bush’s leadership.
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/ 7 November 2006
More than 250 people in Port Elizabeth have been diagnosed with multi-drug-resistant tuberculosis, media reports said on Tuesday. It said some of them were possibly living with the deadly extreme drug resistant (XDR) TB. At least 18 people in Nelson Mandela Bay metro had already died from multi-drug-resistant (MDR) TB, but officials would not confirm that the cause of death may have been XDR TB.
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/ 7 November 2006
Three opposition parties in Lesotho announced the formation of a new alliance on Monday to fight a general election which is due to take place next year. The Alliance of Congress Parties brings together three parties — the Lesotho People’s Congress, Basotholand African Congress and Basotho Congress party — which split from the ruling Lesotho Congress for Democracy.
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/ 7 November 2006
Where does the strange but typical ”metallic” smell come from when we touch iron objects such as tools, utensils, railings, or coins? The mystery of why such objects have no odour themselves, but leave an odour on your hands, has intrigued scientists for centuries. And more intriguing: Why does iron smell like blood?
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/ 7 November 2006
The Republicans were deploying their legendary machine on Monday night to rouse the faithful and drive up turnout for midterm elections on Tuesday, with activists buoyed by polls suggesting the party had recovered some lost ground in the final hours of the campaign.