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Eskom cans costly nuclear plans

Cape Town :: South Africa | about 4 hours ago | No category

Source: News 24

South African power utility Eskom has decided not to build a new nuclear power station because of the cost associated with such a plan. Eskom has stopped the commercial procurement process to select a preferred bidder to build South Africa's...

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Counts in the gun-fair death of an eight-year-old child:3 persons ...

Durban :: South Africa | about 4 hours ago | Conflict & Tragedy

Posted by aarana

Bizilj, of Connecticut, lost control of the 9mm micro submachine gun as it recoiled while he was firing at a pumpkin on October 26 at a Firearms Expo in Massachusetts. Three men, including a small-town police chief, were indicted on...

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Sarb under pressure to cut rates

Johannesburg :: South Africa | 35 minutes ago | Business News

Source: News 24

Pressure is mounting for the South African Reserve Bank to start cutting rates or risk falling behind the curve, Moody's Economy.com said in its weekly commentary on Friday. It said the rising tide of weak economic indicators bolstered the case...

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'Well past time' for Mugabe to step down

Harare :: Zimbabwe | 21 minutes ago | No category

Source: News 24

United States Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice on Friday called on Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe to step down, saying power-sharing talks with the Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) were a "sham process". "It is well past time for Robert Mugabe...

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Former SA cricketer gets jail sentence for fraud

Cape Town :: South Africa | about 4 hours ago | No category

Source: News 24

Former South Africa fast bowler Garth le Roux and his accountant, Deon van Heerden, have each been sentenced to an effective four years in jail for tax fraud...The sentence was handed down in Cape Town's Wynberg Regional Court on Friday...

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eHow: How to Buy a Great Used Car at Auction

Cape Town :: South Africa | about 5 hours ago | Technology News

Source: Androscoggin News

It is not unheard of to purchase attractive good-as-new vehicles at 40% to 60% below retail value. This is especially the case given the poor economy and rising inflation...There are cars that are junk, but there are also some really...

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Fire leaves 800 homeless in CT

Cape Town :: South Africa | about 4 hours ago | No category

Source: News 24

Up to 200 shacks were destroyed and about 800 people left homeless in a shack fire at Mandela Park in Hout Bay on Friday, Cape Town fire control said. Between 150 and 200 shacks were destroyed in the fire which...

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Three found guily of Bali drug run

Bali :: Cameroon | about 8 hours ago | Conflict & Tragedy

Source: The Courier-Mail

Shaode Cao, 21, Francis Vui Jun Lee, 25, and Alice Yun Hsuan Yang, 22, each pleaded not guilty to conspiring to import prohibited goods into Australia. The Brisbane Supreme Court was told each travelled to Bali twice in 2004 after...

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Environmental News Network: ENN Blog From The Congo: Saving The Bonobo ...

Brazzaville :: Congo | about 8 hours ago | No category

Source: Uinta County News

ENN contributor Vanessa Wood reports from the Congo on her trip to study and protect the Bonobo monkey. ENN: Why Bonobos? Vanessa Wood: Our main reason for studying Bonobos is incredibly narcissistic...Chimpanzees, Bonobos and humans share a common evolutionary ancestor....

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Address: First Annual Int. Conference on Africa

Nairobi :: Kenya | about 15 hours ago | No category

Source: Scoop

Address to the First Annual International Conference on Africa Phillip Carter III, Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs The Africa Initiative Project Arizona State University, Tempe AZ November 21, 2008 Good afternoon and thank you all for...

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