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/ 22 December 2004
The charity Save the Children said on Tuesday that it was withdrawing from Sudan’s Darfur region, because the worsening security situation made work too dangerous for its 350 staff. Four Save the Children workers have been killed in Darfur recently, including two last week whose vehicle was fired on in an attack blamed on rebels.
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/ 22 December 2004
Australia’s cricketers have praised England’s eighth consecutive Test victory, but say talk of breaking the Aussies’ Ashes supremacy is premature. England mastered South Africa by seven wickets in Port Elizabeth on Tuesday to eclipse the previous record for English consecutive Test wins, which had stood for 75 years.
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/ 22 December 2004
Formula-one supremo Bernie Ecclestone has won a vote of confidence from the three banks that two weeks ago won a legal action to wrest voting control of his companies from motor racing’s commercial rights holder. The banks acknowledge that without the 74-year-old at the helm, the business of grand-prix racing will be too complicated to administer.
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/ 22 December 2004
Tiger Woods admitted his frustration with his swing struggles this year in an e-mail newsletter sent on Tuesday, but said two late-season victories have boosted his confidence for greater success in 2005. ”It is frustrating when you can do it at home with your buddies, but it doesn’t carry over to tournaments,” Woods wrote.
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/ 21 December 2004
Anglo Platinum’s corporate communications group manager, Mike Mtakati; his wife, Nonhlanhla; and his four children were killed in a road accident early on Monday morning. Their nieces, travelling with them, also died in the accident, according to a statement by Anglo Platinum on Tuesday.
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/ 21 December 2004
The United South African Pharmacies, an industry body representing more than 1Â 200 community pharmacies, says Monday’s Supreme Court of Appeal decision to set aside the government’s medicine-pricing regulations provides an opportunity for pharmacies to adopt a pricing model acceptable to all role players.
Dept of Health doesn’t give up
‘The judgement was wrong’
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/ 21 December 2004
A twin brother and a quick change of clothes helped an 18-year-old sentenced for assault and robbery escape from jail, reports said on Tuesday. The jailed brother was allowed an unsupervised visit from his twin brother. About 45 minutes later, the visitor left the jail while guards locked up what they believed to be the twin who was serving a sentence.
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/ 21 December 2004
Protective fibres woven into bulletproof vests for United States troops in Iraq are being put to the test outside the battlefield — by Japanese schoolchildren. Madre, a Japanese security firm, said internet orders in Japan have been trickling in for knife-resistant sweatshirts and windbreakers it makes for children.
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/ 21 December 2004
The South African rand remained strong against major currencies in late-afternoon trade on Tuesday after rallying to its best level since December 1998 earlier in the afternoon when dollar sales saw stop losses triggered at R5,68. Currency traders said the rand was likely to take its cue from the euro for the rest of the day.