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/ 22 November 2006
British Prime Minister Tony Blair warned on Wednesday that Sudan will face ”tougher measures” if it fails to act on an agreement calling for a United Nations-African peacekeeping force for war-torn Darfur. ”The only solution is to make sure that the agreement … is implemented,” Blair told the House of Commons during his weekly question-and-answer session.
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/ 22 November 2006
Leadership and management ”challenges” have led to problems in her department, Minister of Agriculture and Land Affairs Lulama Xingwana said on Wednesday. The problems include the implementation of land-reform and restitution programmes, the administration of state land, land audits and human resource management, Xingwana said in a statement.
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/ 22 November 2006
Half centuries from Imran Farhat, Younis Khan and Mohammad Yousuf inspired a strong fightback by Pakistan to save the second Test after Brian Lara had hit his ninth double hundred to put West Indies in control on Wednesday. Farhat (70 not out) shared substantial partnerships with Younis (56) and Yousuf (56 not out) to steer Pakistan to a comfortable 213-2 at the close.
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/ 22 November 2006
In the caves of South Africa’s Cederberg mountains, an ancient people left a legacy of rock art that could teach modern man a valuable lesson or two about living in harmony with nature. That is the view of John Parkington, professor of archaeology at the University of Cape Town, who has spent 40 years in the Cederberg and neighbouring areas researching rock paintings.
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/ 22 November 2006
Destruction of wetlands around Lake Victoria, a source of drinking water to millions, is fast removing a buffer that stops it being poisoned by sewage and industrial waste, a Ugandan wetlands expert said on Wednesday. ”The worst case scenario is the lake is going to die, even with its huge size,” said Paul Mafabi, head of the government’s wetlands programme.
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/ 22 November 2006
The Supreme Court of Appeal on Wednesday upheld an appeal by a computer software company, which had been involved in a long-standing dispute with Telkom worth billions of rand. In 2000 Telkom claimed more than R2,6-billion from the United States-based Telcordia Technologies, a Delaware Corporation, in a dispute over the nature of a software contract.
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/ 22 November 2006
Manila airport officials prevented a real life version of horror flick Snakes on a Plane this week when they stopped more than 130 reptiles, including poisonous cobras, from boarding a flight to Bangkok. Dozens of lizards and 60 snakes concealed in water bottles were discovered on Tuesday inside two suitcases belonging to a Filipino woman, airport officials said.
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/ 22 November 2006
The City of Cape Town is digging in its heels over the government’s plans to set up the proposed regional electricity distributors (REDs) as public entities. Mayoral committee member for finance Ian Neilson confirmed on Wednesday that the city was considering whether to scrap RED1, which was established as a pilot project under Cape Town’s control.
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/ 22 November 2006
Over five million South African pupils and 13Â 000 schools will be exempt from school fees from January, the Department of Education said on Wednesday. ”The Department of Education wishes to announce that all the nine provincial departments of education have submitted their lists of the number of learners and schools [that] would benefit,” the department said in a statement.
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/ 22 November 2006
South Africa’s 4x100m relay team at the 2001 world championships has been belatedly awarded the gold medal after initial winners the United States were disqualified, Athletics South Africa said on Wednesday. South Africa’s quartet of Morne Nagel, Corne du Plessis, Lee-Roy Newton and Mathew Quinn were surprise silver medallists in Edmonton, Canada