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/ 10 February 2005
Top seed Serena Williams smashed a racquet on her way to a quarterfinal berth at the 000 Paris Indoor Open on Wednesday. Playing in her first tournament since winning a second Australian Open title in Melbourne last month, the 23-year-old American claimed a 6-3, 6-2 victory over French wildcard entry Stephanie Cohen-Aloro.
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/ 10 February 2005
African National Congress Youth League president Fikile Mbalula was stung into action this week after the <i>Mail & Guardian</i> raised concerns that politics and big business make uneasy bedfellows. Here we bring you Mbalula’s full reply to the <i>M&G</i>.
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/ 10 February 2005
Two South African-based trade unionists were deported from Zimbabwe on Wednesday, the Zimbabwean Congress of Trade Unions (ZCTU) said. ”The two … were deported soon after arriving at the Harare International Airport at 12.30pm,” said ZCTU secretary general Wellington Chibebe.
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/ 10 February 2005
Diversified mining group Kumba Resources is willing to participate not only in the financing of rail infrastructure but also the operation of the rail system for the transport of its iron ore and coal products, if necessary. If Kumba does get involved in the financing, it will result in an adjustment to the rail tariff it pays, Kumba CEO Dr Con Fauconnier said.
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/ 10 February 2005
England lost the fifth Standard Bank limited overs international in the field, and not in the batting. This is the opinion of the England captain, Michael Vaughan, when he spoke to the media after the match at Buffalo Park on Wednesday, which South Africa won by seven runs.
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/ 10 February 2005
South African iron and steel producer Ispat Iscor on Thursday reported basic headline earnings per share of 1Â 019 cents for the year ended December 31 2004, from 360 cents a year ago. A final dividend of 100 cents per share was declared from 75 cents a year earlier, making a total for the year of 400 cents from 175 cents a year ago.
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/ 10 February 2005
”I hate being left out. Conversations, teams, strategy sessions, movie dates, pub crawls … I want it all and I want it now. If I’m not included, I sulk. So imagine my pique when I read an article over the weekend about Google’s online community, Orkut, and how there are concerns about the proliferation of hate speech among the ”by invitation only” community members,” writes Tony Lankester.
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/ 10 February 2005
The United States has reluctantly accepted that the European Union will lift its arms embargo on China within months, Condoleezza Rice, the United States Secretary of State, indicated on Wednesday. On the penultimate day of her week-long tour of Europe and the Middle East, Rice praised European leaders for listening to US concerns.
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/ 10 February 2005
A dish of pasta in an ashtray? Baguettes displayed in a vase? The old traditions of setting a table are flying out the window as amateur chefs get creative in their homes. And it seems, according to a new French study, that anything goes. Well almost.
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/ 10 February 2005
It is a trend that has baffled parents, delighted teenagers everywhere and created a raging business for Calvin Klein. And it has got up the nose of Algie T Howell, a lawmaker from the United States state, who has launched a crusade to have it banned. Howell’s ire is directed against publicly visible boxers, briefs and thongs.