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/ 5 June 2006

Taiwan bans invisible-ink pens from exams

To prevent students from cheating during school exams, Taiwan on Monday banned the use of invisible-ink pens. ”We will bar students from using invisible-ink pens during exams because many students are cheating with these pens,” Lee Yu-Chuan, from the Education Ministry’s Department of Higher Education, told a news conference.

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/ 5 June 2006

England: ‘World Cup starts when we get on the plane’

It was D-day for England’s World Cup squad on Monday as they prepared to set off for Germany on a mission that they hope will end with skipper David Beckham raising high the trophy in Berlin on July 9. Sven-Goran Eriksson’s men will have one final training session on home soil before they fly to their base camp in the Black Forest resort of Baden-Baden.

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/ 5 June 2006

World Cup fever grips Brazil

Brazil is engulfed in World Cup mania with optimism high that Ronaldinho and company can bring home a record sixth title. The country is dripping in green and yellow. Roads, buildings, shop windows, and even beaches have all been decked out in the national colours that will set pulses racing in stadia across Germany starting from Friday.

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/ 5 June 2006

JSE lists on its own boards

Johannesburg’s Stock Exchange was listed as a public company on its own boards on Monday. Speaking at a listing ceremony at the exchange in Sandton, Deputy President Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka congratulated the stock exchange on another milestone in its history.

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/ 5 June 2006

Olivia Newton-John’s boyfriend living in Mexico

Mystery surrounding the disappearance of Australian entertainer Olivia Newton-John’s longtime boyfriend Patrick McDermott deepened on Monday following a report he was alive and living in Mexico. McDermott, who had been Grease star Newton-John’s partner for nine years, disappeared off a boat while on an overnight fishing trip off the California coast a year ago.

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/ 5 June 2006

Motlanthe denies plans to grill Zuma

A senior African National Congress (ANC) official has denied the party intends grilling Jacob Zuma about statements he made in court during his rape trial. Its website quoted ANC secretary general Kgalema Motlanthe as saying there would be no further questions about Zuma’s utterances in court.

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/ 5 June 2006

Manuel says markets will see corrections

High oil prices and the United States deficit of $800-billion were key reasons for the large sell-off that occurred on the stock markets last week, South African Finance Minister Trevor Manuel said on Monday. He referred to the "yawning, gaping" $800-billion deficit and the rapid rise in the oil price which had been $11 a barrel "a few years ago" and was now standing "on the other side" of $70 a barrel.