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/ 5 February 2007
Violence raked Baghdad on Monday as an Iraqi general took charge of the security operation in the capital and Iraqi police and soldiers manned new roadblocks — initial steps indicating the start of the long-anticipated joint operation with American forces to curb sectarian bloodshed. But bombers, gunmen and mortar teams appeared undaunted.
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/ 5 February 2007
When President Thabo Mbeki attacked environmental processes for being too slow last year, many environmentalists were outraged. After a Cabinet lekgotla, Mbeki said environmental legislation was causing development delays and had contributed to “a quite considerable slowing down of economic activity”.
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/ 1 February 2007
An Air France flight from Paris to Rome was diverted to the eastern French city of Lyon on Thursday after an anonymous phone call warned of a bomb, a spokesperson for the civil aviation authorities said. The spokesperson said the plane landed safely and all the passengers had disembarked.
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/ 31 January 2007
Black economic empowerment (BEE) legislation could be amended to compel companies to adhere to codes of good practice, Parliament’s trade and industry portfolio committee heard on Wednesday. ”The Act does not empower us to take action against a company that refuses to recognise the codes,” Trade and Industry Department chief director Polo Hadebe said.
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/ 31 January 2007
South Africa’s trade balance swung into surplus in December from a R10,5-billion deficit the previous month, official data showed on Wednesday. The surplus was far better than a Reuters survey forecast of a R2-billion deficit in December, although the data is volatile and unpredictable and December is traditionally a low import month.
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/ 30 January 2007
The northern city of Manchester unexpectedly won the fight to host Britain’s first Las Vegas-style super casino on Tuesday, beating off challengers including nearby Blackpool and London’s Millennium Dome. Most industry analysts had predicted either Blackpool, the Dome or Glasgow in Scotland would win.
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/ 30 January 2007
Nicolas Sarkozy arrives in London on Tuesday to boost his image as an international statesman and persuade French expatriates in London to elect him president and to return to France. The centre-right French Interior Minister is keen to temper his image as a populist hard-man and appeal to workers on the left.
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/ 29 January 2007
The Finance Ministry has invited all South Africans to send their tips to the "Tips for Trevor" campaign about what they would like to see included in next month’s national budget. According to the ministry’s spokesperson, Lindani Mbunyuza, the campaign is run throughout the year and the tips received assist the minister in understanding public sentiment.
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/ 26 January 2007
The African National Congress Youth League (ANCYL) lashed out at the Mail & Guardian on Friday following the publishing of an article that uncovered structural breakdown and infighting within the organisation. The ANCYL said in a statement that it ”categorically rejects” the claims of an organisational crisis.
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/ 26 January 2007
British Airways (BA) has cancelled flights to South Africa pending a strike by cabin crew, it said on Friday. British Airways South Africa general manager Lin Glass said no flights from London to South Africa would be available on January 30 and 31. Flights from South Africa to London on February 2 and 3 would also be affected.