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/ 1 November 2005
Dozens of investigators combed the hills with specially trained dogs on Tuesday to search for any clues left by masked assailants who beheaded three Christian school girls. Authorities worry that Saturday’s attack outside the Indonesian town of Poso, a town long plagued by Muslim-Christian violence, could spark retaliatory acts just as relations between the two communities are improving.
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/ 1 November 2005
A man who admitted throwing a live grenade toward United States President George Bush during a rally in Georgia acted alone and had no links to foreign nations. Vladimir Arutyunian, who was indicted in September by a US grand jury on charges of trying to assassinate the president, will face trial in Georgia soon, said Interior Minister Vano Merabishvili.
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/ 1 November 2005
It must be the only South African town still presided over by a statue of Hendrik Verwoerd, out-and-out believer in white supremacy and the architect of apartheid. Eleven years after South Africa’s first all-race elections, Orania seems, more than ever, to be lost in a time warp.
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/ 1 November 2005
South Africa’s Chamber of Mines on Tuesday announced that the CEO of Anglo American’s South African operations, Lazarus Zim, will succeed Kumba Resources CEO Dr Con Fauconnier as president of the chamber. Zim will be the first black South African to serve as the chamber’s president in its 115 years of existence.
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/ 1 November 2005
Zimbabwe on Tuesday launched its strongest criticism of black farmers who benefited from its controversial land reforms, saying their apathy was responsible for a serious food crisis. ”We have a few people that are really committed to production while many others are doing nothing on the farms,” said Deputy Minister of Agriculture Sylvester Nguni.
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/ 1 November 2005
Unemployment-induced poverty was causing many government housing beneficiaries to move back into shacks, a Human Sciences Research Council report revealed on Tuesday. ”Unemployment is undermining South Africa’s housing delivery strategy,” researcher Catherine Cross told reporters in Pretoria.
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/ 1 November 2005
For those willing to spend a little extra money to make next year golden, a Japanese jewellery shop on Tuesday put on sale a wall calendar made of solid gold. The price, appropriately, is 20,06-million yen — equivalent to R1,15-million. The one-sheet 2006 calendar weighs 5,5kg even though it is only 1mm thick.
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/ 1 November 2005
A tooth said to have belonged to Napoleon Bonaparte is up for auction in Britain later this month and expected to sell for up to £8 000 (R94 900). It is believed to have been extracted in 1817 during the French general’s exile on the British island of Saint Helena, in the south Atlantic Ocean.
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/ 1 November 2005
The JSE was firmer at midday on Tuesday, bolstered by strong performances on United States and Asian markets. Positive performances by heavyweight resources stocks in London further helped the local bourse. At noon, the all-share and all-share industrial indices were up 0,3% and 0,15% respectively.
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/ 1 November 2005
The body of an employee of the KwaZulu-Natal department of local government, housing and traditional affairs was discovered in his office on Durban’s Victoria Embankment on Tuesday morning, four days after he was reported missing by his family. The department is in a state of shock, said a spokesperson.