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02/12/2008 23:07
Three armed robbers have used a terrified eight-year-old boy as a human shield to lure the owner of a game farm from his house and shoot him.

 
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Najwa's mask slips
02/12/2008 23:07
For the first time in almost two years of investigations and trial procedures, Najwa Petersen let slip her tight emotional control and cried in court.
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  • Finance
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    02/12/2008 22:22
    The latest economic data shows that SA's growth prospects are taking a dive, says President Kgalema Motlanthe.
  • SA to launch energy audits
  • Private sector in recession
  • 'US in recession since 2007'

  • ANGRY DAD: André Reyneke shows a picture of his son, Juandré who was used as a shield by robbers in Varkfontein. (Beeld)
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    US warned India before attacks
    02/12/2008 23:16
    The US warned India before the brutal attacks in Mumbai that terrorists appeared to be plotting a mostly waterborne assault on its financial capital, a senior official says.
  • Pakistan offers to help India
  • Navy: Failure led to attacks
  • South Africa
    'Don't smile at male drivers'
    02/12/2008 23:05
    The KwaZulu-Natal transport MEC says bus, taxi and truck owners who drive unroadworthy vehicles are "heartless monkeys" and female traffic officers should stop smiling at male motorists.


    Africa
    No more wheelbarrow ambulances
    02/12/2008 23:10
    The Somali capital has received its first public ambulance system in 18 years, raising hopes residents will no longer have to resort to wheelbarrows to transport their wounded.

    South Africa
    Cubs safe after highway romp
    02/12/2008 23:06
    Two cheetah cubs have been recaptured and returned to their home in Spier near Stellenbosch after going for a half-hour romp down a Western Cape highway.

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    Simon: Britney in awe of me
    02/12/2008 23:15
    Simon Cowell says Britney Spears was "in awe" of him when she met him on The X Factor and was "just staring at him".
  • Britney makes diva demands
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    Climate change costs $50bn/year
    02/12/2008 23:09
    Developing countries will need at least $50bn per year to deal with the consequences of climate change, an aid group says.
  • Global coal damage costs €360bn
  • Humanity sits on global timebomb
  • Greens: Crack the climate nut
  • South Africa
    Days of mourning for Motlana
    02/12/2008 23:06
    National flags will be flown at half mast for three days in mourning for anti-apartheid activist Nthato Motlana who was a physician for the Mandela family.
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