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/ 27 November 2006
South Africa have recalled Ashwell Prince for the last two one-day internationals against India. Prince replaced fellow batsman Boeta Dippenaar in the only change to the squad that has earned South Africa a 2-0 lead in the five-match series. Prince (29) played the last of his 37 one-day internationals against Sri Lanka in Hobart on February 7.
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/ 27 November 2006
About 12Â 000 people will flood into Cape Town this weekend for the biggest international conference the city has ever hosted — the three-yearly World Diabetes Congress. The executive director of the International Diabetes Foundation, Luc Hendrickx, told reporters in Cape Town on Monday that diabetes is responsible for about four million deaths worldwide every year.
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/ 27 November 2006
Energy security is a challenge that governments in Africa and the world have to confront as it is indispensable to improving peoples’ lives, South African Minerals and Energy Minister Buyelwa Sonjica said on Monday. ”Whilst energy demand is increasing, the contribution of some primary energy sources to climate change presents us with challenges,” said Sonjica.
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/ 27 November 2006
Drinking and driving can cost motorists more than a lost licence, a fine and jail time, an insurance company said on Monday. Keith Kennedy, executive general manager of claims at Mutual and Federal, said a motorist driving under the influence of alcohol is not insured.
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/ 27 November 2006
Last-ditch attempts by religious groups to block the controversial Civil Union Bill suffered another blow on Monday when the National Council of Provinces’ social-services committee gave it the green light. Following an exhaustive public hearing process on the measure, the committee voted in favour of the legislation, defying calls for the Bill to be either abolished or revised.
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/ 27 November 2006
Fifa president Sepp Blatter expects goal-line technology to be in use within a year but has ruled out video replays for disputed decisions while he is in charge. The technology will involve either balls with a microchip or a behind-the-goal camera linked to a computer and should be in use by the Club World Cup in Japan in December 2007.
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/ 27 November 2006
The former Italian prime minister, Silvio Berlusconi, was in the intensive care unit of a Milan hospital on Sunday night after collapsing at a political rally with what was called a minor heart complaint. Berlusconi fell to the floor with his eyes closed, 40 minutes into his closing speech to a rally of young supporters in the Tuscan town of Montecatini Terme.
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/ 27 November 2006
A group of Santa Clauses was on strike on one of Vienna’s main shopping avenues on Saturday in honour of "Buy Nothing Day", an international initiative to counter consumerist attitudes ahead of the Christmas season. "Today is Buy Nothing Day; allow yourself a break," 10 Santas, in full garb, told shoppers.
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/ 27 November 2006
"In the past you’ve watched soccer … Now experience it!" Words flash across a cellphone screen, introducing viewers to the "soccer experience". Shaky footage shows amateur players passing the ball between themselves. Quick-moving shots capture sky, grass, players and legs — all in head-spinning motion.
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/ 27 November 2006
A witness at Saddam Hussein’s genocide trial in Baghdad described on Monday how he survived the murder of dozens of villagers by Iraqi forces during the 1988 military campaign against the Kurds. The session resumed after a two-week break with witness Taimor Abdallah Rokhzai telling the court how Kurdish villagers were taken out into the desert and shot by soldiers.