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/ 6 November 2006
An automated teller machine (ATM) at a petrol station in Pimville was badly damaged after dynamite was used to blow it open on Monday morning, Soweto police said. Sergeant Richard Munyai said the incident occurred at about 1am. ”The petrol attendants said they smelled something funny and went to investigate.”
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/ 6 November 2006
The Supreme Court of Appeal dented former deputy president Jacob Zuma’s chances of becoming the next president on Monday when it confirmed corruption convictions against his former financial adviser Schabir Shaik. Meanwhile, the Shaik family have dropped their earlier criticism of the National Prosecuting Authority.
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/ 6 November 2006
Two of Zimbabwe’s private cellphone companies have mounted a court challenge to new state regulations forcing them to share international traffic revenue with a state-owned company. Independent cellphone companies were given until November 1 to comply with a government order forcing them to route their traffic through a single international gateway.
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/ 6 November 2006
The Israeli Prime Minister, Ehud Olmert, on Sunday vowed to push on with a five-day military offensive in the Gaza Strip in which 47 Palestinians have been killed and around 250 injured, saying he wanted to ”significantly decrease” rocket fire from Palestinian militants.
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/ 6 November 2006
The Harare city council’s decision to shut down many firms dealing with funeral services has led to the birth of a thriving but illegal "death business" at state-owned hospitals in the Zimbabwean capital. Hospital employees are cashing in on bereaved relatives who can no longer afford skyrocketing funeral fees.
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/ 6 November 2006
United States President George Bush is using the last day of his 10-state campaign swing to flush out voters needed to keep Republicans sitting in the governor’s offices of Florida, Arkansas and Texas. Bush hits the campaign trail on Monday for the fifth consecutive day.
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/ 6 November 2006
Saying billions of the world’s poorest people are at risk from global warming, Kenya urged a 189-nation conference on Monday to do more to fight climate change and help Africa. Kenyan drummers and dancers started the annual November 6 to 17 talks to chart ways to widen the United Nations’s Kyoto Protocol beyond its first period.
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/ 6 November 2006
Haiti, Burma and Iraq are perceived as the most corrupt countries in the world, while Finland is seen as the cleanest, a respected global graft watchdog reported on Monday. South Africa was 51st among 163 countries listed in Transparency International’s annual Corruption Perceptions Index, down from 46th last year.
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/ 6 November 2006
The International Monetary Fund’s (IMF) first deputy managing director, John Lipsky, said on Monday that he saw tremendous potential in South Africa, but emphasised the need to maintain transparent economic policies, as well as the need to take action to benefit from foreign direct foreign investment.
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/ 6 November 2006
A nuclear reactor at Koeberg in Cape Town automatically shut down on Sunday night but risk of power interruption was minimal, Eskom said on Monday. "The initial indication is that the fault is on the turbine control system, which is currently being investigated," it said in a statement.