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font-weight: bold"><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Downpours wreck havoc in SA parks </font></span></a> <br> Nelspruit - This past weekend's spell of heavy thunderstorms has left some of the country's national parks, including the Kruger National Park and the Wilderness National Park, dealing with flooded areas. <br> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20071219225902/http://www.buanews.gov.za/view.php?ID=07121914451001&coll=buanew07" class="green"><span style="font-size: 8pt; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; color: #669933">read more</span></a></td> </tr> <tr background="/web/20071219225902im_/http://www.buanews.gov.za/images/buaback.gif"> <td height="3" align="LEFT" valign="top" background="/web/20071219225902im_/http://www.buanews.gov.za/images/buaback.gif"><hr color="#669933"></td> </tr> <tr background="/web/20071219225902im_/http://www.buanews.gov.za/images/buaback.gif"> <td align="LEFT" valign="top" background="/web/20071219225902im_/http://www.buanews.gov.za/images/buaback.gif"><p align="left"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20071219225902/http://www.buanews.gov.za/view.php?ID=07121914451002&coll=buanew07" class="orange"><span style="color: #ff6633; font-weight: bold"><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Death toll on SA roads shows a decline </font></span></a> <br> Pretoria - The death toll on South African roads has - at the present moment - decreased compared to the same period last year<br> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20071219225902/http://www.buanews.gov.za/view.php?ID=07121914451002&coll=buanew07" class="green"><span style="font-size: 8pt; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; color: #669933">read more</span></a></td> </tr> </table></td> </tr> </table></td> </tr> </table></td> </tr> <tr bordercolor="#FF6633"> <td align="LEFT" valign="TOP"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> <tr bordercolor="#FF6633" background="/web/20071219225902im_/http://www.buanews.gov.za/images/buaback.gif"> <td align="LEFT" valign="TOP"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> <tr bordercolor="#FF6633" background="/web/20071219225902im_/http://www.buanews.gov.za/images/buaback.gif"> <td align="LEFT" valign="TOP"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> <tr bordercolor="#FF6633"> <td align="LEFT" valign="TOP"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> <tr bordercolor="#FF6633"> <td align="LEFT" valign="TOP"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> <tr bordercolor="#FF6633"> <td align="LEFT" valign="TOP"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> <tr bordercolor="#FF6633"> <td align="LEFT" valign="TOP"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> <tr background="/web/20071219225902im_/http://www.buanews.gov.za/images/buaback.gif"> <td align="LEFT" valign="top" background="/web/20071219225902im_/http://www.buanews.gov.za/images/buaback.gif"><p align="justify"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20071219225902/http://www.buanews.gov.za/view.php?ID=07121915151001&coll=buanew07" class="orange"><span style="color: #ff6633; font-weight: bold"><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">CPIX further rises to 7.9 percent </font></span></a> <br> Pretoria - South Africa's Consumer Price Index excluding mortgage rates (CPIX) has jumped 0.6 percentage points from 7.3 percent in October to 7.9 percent year-on-year last month reported Statistics South Africa (Stats SA), Wednesday. <br> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20071219225902/http://www.buanews.gov.za/view.php?ID=07121915151001&coll=buanew07" class="green"><span style="font-size: 8pt; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; color: #669933">read more</span></a></td> </tr> <tr background="/web/20071219225902im_/http://www.buanews.gov.za/images/buaback.gif"> <td height="3" align="LEFT" valign="top" background="/web/20071219225902im_/http://www.buanews.gov.za/images/buaback.gif"><hr color="#669933"></td> </tr> <tr background="/web/20071219225902im_/http://www.buanews.gov.za/images/buaback.gif"> <td align="LEFT" valign="top" background="/web/20071219225902im_/http://www.buanews.gov.za/images/buaback.gif"><p align="justify"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20071219225902/http://www.buanews.gov.za/view.php?ID=07121915151002&coll=buanew07" class="orange"><span style="color: #ff6633; font-weight: bold"><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Homeless Nelspruit family gifted with a house</font></span></a> <br> Nelspruit - A homeless local family is beaming all the way this festive season after the Mpumalanga provincial Department of Housing and Local Government offered it a Christmas gift of a lifetime - a house. <br> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20071219225902/http://www.buanews.gov.za/view.php?ID=07121915151002&coll=buanew07" class="green"><span style="font-size: 8pt; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; color: #669933">read more</span></a></td> </tr> <tr background="/web/20071219225902im_/http://www.buanews.gov.za/images/buaback.gif"> <td height="3" align="LEFT" valign="top" background="/web/20071219225902im_/http://www.buanews.gov.za/images/buaback.gif"><hr color="#669933"></td> </tr> <tr background="/web/20071219225902im_/http://www.buanews.gov.za/images/buaback.gif"> <td align="LEFT" valign="top" background="/web/20071219225902im_/http://www.buanews.gov.za/images/buaback.gif"><p align="justify"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20071219225902/http://www.buanews.gov.za/view.php?ID=07121812151002&coll=buanew07" class="orange"><span style="color: #ff6633; font-weight: bold"><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Cape Town has highest number of accredited clinics in SA </font></span></a> <br> Cape Town - The City of Cape Town has the highest number of clinics of any local government in South Africa that complies with international health standards.<br> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20071219225902/http://www.buanews.gov.za/view.php?ID=07121812151002&coll=buanew07" class="green"><span style="font-size: 8pt; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; color: #669933">read more</span></a></td> </tr> <tr background="/web/20071219225902im_/http://www.buanews.gov.za/images/buaback.gif"> <td height="3" align="LEFT" valign="top" background="/web/20071219225902im_/http://www.buanews.gov.za/images/buaback.gif"><hr color="#669933"></td> </tr> <tr background="/web/20071219225902im_/http://www.buanews.gov.za/images/buaback.gif"> <td align="LEFT" valign="top" background="/web/20071219225902im_/http://www.buanews.gov.za/images/buaback.gif"><p align="justify"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20071219225902/http://www.buanews.gov.za/view.php?ID=07121813451001&coll=buanew07" class="orange"><span style="color: #ff6633; font-weight: bold"><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Bucket system eradication on the right track </font></span></a> <br> Eastern Cape - By December 31, almost 95 percent of the bucket system used in formal settlements established prior 1994 would have been removed and the bucket system would be completely eradicated by March next year. <br> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20071219225902/http://www.buanews.gov.za/view.php?ID=07121813451001&coll=buanew07" class="green"><span style="font-size: 8pt; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; color: #669933">read more</span></a></td> </tr> <tr background="/web/20071219225902im_/http://www.buanews.gov.za/images/buaback.gif"> <td height="3" align="LEFT" valign="top" background="/web/20071219225902im_/http://www.buanews.gov.za/images/buaback.gif"><hr color="#669933"></td> </tr> <tr background="/web/20071219225902im_/http://www.buanews.gov.za/images/buaback.gif"> <td align="LEFT" valign="top" background="/web/20071219225902im_/http://www.buanews.gov.za/images/buaback.gif"><p align="justify"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20071219225902/http://www.buanews.gov.za/view.php?ID=07121813151001&coll=buanew07" class="orange"><span style="color: #ff6633; font-weight: bold"><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Germs cause of diarrhoea in Mpumalanga</font></span></a> <br> Mpumalanga - Germs found in water, have been labelled the cause of the recent outbreak of diarrhoea in Standerton.<br> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20071219225902/http://www.buanews.gov.za/view.php?ID=07121813151001&coll=buanew07" class="green"><span style="font-size: 8pt; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; color: #669933">read more</span></a></td> </tr> <tr background="/web/20071219225902im_/http://www.buanews.gov.za/images/buaback.gif"> <td height="3" align="LEFT" valign="top" background="/web/20071219225902im_/http://www.buanews.gov.za/images/buaback.gif"><hr color="#669933"></td> </tr> <tr background="/web/20071219225902im_/http://www.buanews.gov.za/images/buaback.gif"> <td align="LEFT" valign="top" background="/web/20071219225902im_/http://www.buanews.gov.za/images/buaback.gif"><p align="justify"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20071219225902/http://www.buanews.gov.za/view.php?ID=07121812151001&coll=buanew07" class="orange"><span style="color: #ff6633; font-weight: bold"><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Sexual Offences Act came into operation</font></span></a> <br> Pretoria - Certain sections of the long-awaited Sexual Offences Act finally came into operation on Sunday.<br> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20071219225902/http://www.buanews.gov.za/view.php?ID=07121812151001&coll=buanew07" class="green"><span style="font-size: 8pt; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; color: #669933">read more</span></a></td> </tr> <tr background="/web/20071219225902im_/http://www.buanews.gov.za/images/buaback.gif"> <td height="3" align="LEFT" valign="top" background="/web/20071219225902im_/http://www.buanews.gov.za/images/buaback.gif"><hr color="#669933"></td> </tr> <tr background="/web/20071219225902im_/http://www.buanews.gov.za/images/buaback.gif"> <td align="LEFT" valign="top" background="/web/20071219225902im_/http://www.buanews.gov.za/images/buaback.gif"><p align="justify"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20071219225902/http://www.buanews.gov.za/view.php?ID=07121809451003&coll=buanew07" class="orange"><span style="color: #ff6633; font-weight: bold"><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Bali roadmap to roll back global warming</font></span></a> <br> Bali - Members of the United Nations (UN) on Saturday set down a roadmap for two years of negotiations leading to a new worldwide pact that would roll back the threat of global warming..<br> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20071219225902/http://www.buanews.gov.za/view.php?ID=07121809451003&coll=buanew07" class="green"><span style="font-size: 8pt; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; color: #669933">read more</span></a></td> </tr> <tr background="/web/20071219225902im_/http://www.buanews.gov.za/images/buaback.gif"> <td height="3" align="LEFT" valign="top" background="/web/20071219225902im_/http://www.buanews.gov.za/images/buaback.gif"><hr color="#669933"></td> </tr> <tr background="/web/20071219225902im_/http://www.buanews.gov.za/images/buaback.gif"> <td align="LEFT" valign="top" background="/web/20071219225902im_/http://www.buanews.gov.za/images/buaback.gif"><p align="left"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20071219225902/http://www.buanews.gov.za/view.php?ID=07121809451002&coll=buanew07" class="orange"><span style="color: #ff6633; font-weight: bold"><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">WC Grade 11 2007 results an improvement</font></span></a> <br> Cape Town - Western Cape Grade 11 pass rate bodes well for the future as the results have improved from 75,9 percent in 2006 to 76,9 in 2007, showing an increase of 1.01 percent <br> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20071219225902/http://www.buanews.gov.za/view.php?ID=07121809451002&coll=buanew07" class="green"><span style="font-size: 8pt; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; color: #669933">read more</span></a></td> </tr> <tr background="/web/20071219225902im_/http://www.buanews.gov.za/images/buaback.gif"> <td height="3" align="LEFT" valign="top" background="/web/20071219225902im_/http://www.buanews.gov.za/images/buaback.gif"><hr color="#669933"></td> </tr> <tr background="/web/20071219225902im_/http://www.buanews.gov.za/images/buaback.gif"> <td align="LEFT" valign="top" background="/web/20071219225902im_/http://www.buanews.gov.za/images/buaback.gif"><p align="left"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20071219225902/http://www.buanews.gov.za/view.php?ID=07121809451001&coll=buanew07" class="orange"><span style="color: #ff6633; font-weight: bold"><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Public Works scoops the vintage Platinum Award</font></span></a> <br> Mafikeng - The North West Public Works Department has walked away with the prestigious Platinum Award for the 2007 best performing department in the province.<br> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20071219225902/http://www.buanews.gov.za/view.php?ID=07121809451001&coll=buanew07" class="green"><span style="font-size: 8pt; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; color: #669933">read more</span></a></td> </tr> <tr background="/web/20071219225902im_/http://www.buanews.gov.za/images/buaback.gif"> <td height="3" align="LEFT" valign="top" background="/web/20071219225902im_/http://www.buanews.gov.za/images/buaback.gif"><hr color="#669933"></td> </tr> <tr background="/web/20071219225902im_/http://www.buanews.gov.za/images/buaback.gif"> <td align="LEFT" valign="top" background="/web/20071219225902im_/http://www.buanews.gov.za/images/buaback.gif"><p align="left"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20071219225902/http://www.buanews.gov.za/view.php?ID=07121809151002&coll=buanew07" class="orange"><span style="color: #ff6633; font-weight: bold"><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Palestinians receive $7.4 billion at Paris conference</font></span></a> <br> Paris - Over $7.4 billion in pledges have been raised in aid of the Palestinian reform programme.<br> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20071219225902/http://www.buanews.gov.za/view.php?ID=07121809151002&coll=buanew07" class="green"><span style="font-size: 8pt; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; color: #669933">read more</span></a></td> </tr> <tr background="/web/20071219225902im_/http://www.buanews.gov.za/images/buaback.gif"> <td height="3" align="LEFT" valign="top" background="/web/20071219225902im_/http://www.buanews.gov.za/images/buaback.gif"><hr color="#669933"></td> </tr> <tr background="/web/20071219225902im_/http://www.buanews.gov.za/images/buaback.gif"> <td align="LEFT" valign="top" background="/web/20071219225902im_/http://www.buanews.gov.za/images/buaback.gif"><p align="left"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20071219225902/http://www.buanews.gov.za/view.php?ID=07121809151001&coll=buanew07" class="orange"><span style="color: #ff6633; font-weight: bold"><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Mexico hosts Olympic volleyball qualifier</font></span></a> <br> Mexico City - Northern Mexican city Monterrey will host an Olympic volleyball qualifying tournament from Monday to Sunday, a contest which will give the winner a place in the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games. <br> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20071219225902/http://www.buanews.gov.za/view.php?ID=07121809151001&coll=buanew07" class="green"><span style="font-size: 8pt; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; color: #669933">read more</span></a></td> </tr> <tr background="/web/20071219225902im_/http://www.buanews.gov.za/images/buaback.gif"> <td height="3" align="LEFT" valign="top" background="/web/20071219225902im_/http://www.buanews.gov.za/images/buaback.gif"><hr color="#669933"></td> </tr> <tr background="/web/20071219225902im_/http://www.buanews.gov.za/images/buaback.gif"> <td align="LEFT" valign="top" background="/web/20071219225902im_/http://www.buanews.gov.za/images/buaback.gif"><p align="left"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20071219225902/http://www.buanews.gov.za/view.php?ID=07121410151001&coll=buanew07" class="orange"><span style="color: #ff6633; font-weight: bold"><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Justice Minister up first in Ginwala Enquiry</font></span></a> <br> Pretoria - Justice Minister Brigitte Mabandla will be the first person called upon to file her submission to the Ginwala Enquiry on 15 January 2008, says enquiry head Dr Frene Ginwala.<br> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20071219225902/http://www.buanews.gov.za/view.php?ID=07121410151001&coll=buanew07" class="green"><span style="font-size: 8pt; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; color: #669933">read more</span></a></td> </tr> </table></td> </tr> </table></td> </tr> </table></td> </tr> </table></td> </tr> </table></td> </tr> </table></td> </tr> <tr background="/web/20071219225902im_/http://www.buanews.gov.za/images/buaback.gif"> <td height="3" align="LEFT" valign="top" background="/web/20071219225902im_/http://www.buanews.gov.za/images/buaback.gif"><hr color="#669933"></td> </tr> </table></td> </tr> </table></td> <td width="309" align="LEFT" valign="TOP" background="/web/20071219225902im_/http://www.buanews.gov.za/images/buaback.gif"> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> <tr> <td align="left" valign="top"> <table width="100%" border="1" cellpadding="1" cellspacing="0" bordercolor="#669933"> <tr bordercolor="#669933"> <td align="LEFT" valign="TOP"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> <tr> <td align="LEFT" valign="TOP"><b><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Features</font></b> </td> </tr> <tr background="/web/20071219225902im_/http://www.buanews.gov.za/images/buaback.gif"> <td align="LEFT" valign="top" background="/web/20071219225902im_/http://www.buanews.gov.za/images/buaback.gif"><hr color="#669933"></td> </tr> <tr background="/web/20071219225902im_/http://www.buanews.gov.za/images/buaback.gif"> <td align="LEFT" valign="top" background="/web/20071219225902im_/http://www.buanews.gov.za/images/buaback.gif"><p align="left"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20071219225902/http://www.buanews.gov.za/view.php?ID=07121309451003&coll=buanew07" class="orange"><span style="color: #ff6633; font-weight: bold"><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"> Mining companies agree to protect land </font></span></a> <br> Five major organisations at the heart of North West's economy have joined hands to grab opportunities in the mining industry while committing to protect land from waste contamination and air pollution, writes Kagiso Metswamere. <br> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20071219225902/http://www.buanews.gov.za/view.php?ID=07121309451003&coll=buanew07" class="green"><span style="font-size: 8pt; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; color: #669933">read more</span></a></td> </tr> <tr background="/web/20071219225902im_/http://www.buanews.gov.za/images/buaback.gif"> <td height="3" align="LEFT" valign="top" background="/web/20071219225902im_/http://www.buanews.gov.za/images/buaback.gif"><hr color="#669933"></td> </tr> <tr background="/web/20071219225902im_/http://www.buanews.gov.za/images/buaback.gif"> <td align="LEFT" valign="top" background="/web/20071219225902im_/http://www.buanews.gov.za/images/buaback.gif"><p align="left"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20071219225902/http://www.buanews.gov.za/view.php?ID=07121116151002&coll=buanew07" class="orange"><span style="color: #ff6633; font-weight: bold"><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Kyoto Protocol reaches ten year milestone </font></span></a> <br> The Kyoto Protocol celebrated its 10th birthday on Tuesday, 11 December this year, marking a milestone in the international community's first, major concerted effort to preserve the environment, reports Xinhua News.<br> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20071219225902/http://www.buanews.gov.za/view.php?ID=07121116151002&coll=buanew07" class="green"><span style="font-size: 8pt; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; color: #669933">read more</span></a></td> </tr> <tr background="/web/20071219225902im_/http://www.buanews.gov.za/images/buaback.gif"> <td height="3" align="LEFT" valign="top" background="/web/20071219225902im_/http://www.buanews.gov.za/images/buaback.gif"></td> </tr> </table></td> </tr> </table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="3" cellpadding="0" background="/web/20071219225902im_/http://www.buanews.gov.za/images/buaback.gif"> <tr> <td height="17" align="LEFT" valign="top" background="/web/20071219225902im_/http://www.buanews.gov.za/images/buaback.gif"><b><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">International News </font></b></td> </tr> <tr> <td align="LEFT" valign="top" background="/web/20071219225902im_/http://www.buanews.gov.za/images/buaback.gif"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> <tr background="/web/20071219225902im_/http://www.buanews.gov.za/images/buaback.gif"> <td height="3" align="LEFT" valign="top" background="/web/20071219225902im_/http://www.buanews.gov.za/images/buaback.gif"><hr color="#669933"></td> </tr> <tr background="/web/20071219225902im_/http://www.buanews.gov.za/images/buaback.gif"> <td align="LEFT" valign="top" background="/web/20071219225902im_/http://www.buanews.gov.za/images/buaback.gif"><p align="left"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20071219225902/http://www.buanews.gov.za/view.php?ID=07121915151003&coll=buanew07" class="orange"><span style="color: #ff6633; font-weight: bold"><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">London to host Chinese culture celebration </font></span></a><br> London - London will host its biggest-ever celebration of Chinese culture next year, featuring an Olympic theme and the largest Spring Festival outside Asia. <br> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20071219225902/http://www.buanews.gov.za/view.php?ID=07121915151003&coll=buanew07" class="green"><span style="font-size: 8pt; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; color: #669933">read more</span></a></td> </tr> <tr background="/web/20071219225902im_/http://www.buanews.gov.za/images/buaback.gif"> <td height="3" align="LEFT" valign="top" background="/web/20071219225902im_/http://www.buanews.gov.za/images/buaback.gif"><hr color="#669933"></td> </tr> <tr background="/web/20071219225902im_/http://www.buanews.gov.za/images/buaback.gif"> <td align="LEFT" valign="top" background="/web/20071219225902im_/http://www.buanews.gov.za/images/buaback.gif"><p align="left"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20071219225902/http://www.buanews.gov.za/view.php?ID=07121915151004&coll=buanew07" class="orange"><span style="color: #ff6633; font-weight: bold"><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Argentina assumes Mercusor Presidency </font></span></a><br> Montevideo - On behalf of her country, Argentine President Cristina Fernandez assumed the presidency of the Southern Common Market (Mercosur) for the first half of 2008 on Tuesday. <br> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20071219225902/http://www.buanews.gov.za/view.php?ID=07121915151004&coll=buanew07" class="green"><span style="font-size: 8pt; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; color: #669933">read more</span></a></td> </tr> <tr background="/web/20071219225902im_/http://www.buanews.gov.za/images/buaback.gif"> <td height="3" align="LEFT" valign="top" background="/web/20071219225902im_/http://www.buanews.gov.za/images/buaback.gif"><hr color="#669933"></td> </tr> <tr background="/web/20071219225902im_/http://www.buanews.gov.za/images/buaback.gif"> <td align="LEFT" valign="top" background="/web/20071219225902im_/http://www.buanews.gov.za/images/buaback.gif"><p align="left"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20071219225902/http://www.buanews.gov.za/view.php?ID=07121915151005&coll=buanew07" class="orange"><span style="color: #ff6633; font-weight: bold"><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Mars closest to earth since 2003 </font></span></a><br> Beijing - The planet Mars was closest to Earth on Tuesday night at 11:45 Universal Time since 2003 and will be the closest until 2016. <br> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20071219225902/http://www.buanews.gov.za/view.php?ID=07121915151005&coll=buanew07" class="green"><span style="font-size: 8pt; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; color: #669933">read more</span></a></td> </tr> <tr background="/web/20071219225902im_/http://www.buanews.gov.za/images/buaback.gif"> <td height="3" align="LEFT" valign="top" background="/web/20071219225902im_/http://www.buanews.gov.za/images/buaback.gif"><hr color="#669933"></td> </tr> <tr background="/web/20071219225902im_/http://www.buanews.gov.za/images/buaback.gif"> <td align="LEFT" valign="top" background="/web/20071219225902im_/http://www.buanews.gov.za/images/buaback.gif"><p align="left"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20071219225902/http://www.buanews.gov.za/view.php?ID=07121810151002&coll=buanew07" class="orange"><span style="color: #ff6633; font-weight: bold"><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Two million tourists visit Cuba in 2007 </font></span></a><br> Havana - Cuba reached the two-million-tourist mark on Saturday, when the achievement was celebrated in the tourist resort in Jardines del Rey, in the central-north region of the country. <br> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20071219225902/http://www.buanews.gov.za/view.php?ID=07121810151002&coll=buanew07" class="green"><span style="font-size: 8pt; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; color: #669933">read more</span></a></td> </tr> <tr background="/web/20071219225902im_/http://www.buanews.gov.za/images/buaback.gif"> <td height="3" align="LEFT" valign="top" background="/web/20071219225902im_/http://www.buanews.gov.za/images/buaback.gif"><hr color="#669933"></td> </tr> <tr background="/web/20071219225902im_/http://www.buanews.gov.za/images/buaback.gif"> <td align="LEFT" valign="top" background="/web/20071219225902im_/http://www.buanews.gov.za/images/buaback.gif"><p align="left"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20071219225902/http://www.buanews.gov.za/view.php?ID=07121810151001&coll=buanew07" class="orange"><span style="color: #ff6633; font-weight: bold"><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">China sets up oil reserve centre</font></span></a><br> Beijing - China announced on Tuesday the setting up of a national oil reserve centre, the top economic planning agency confirmed. <br> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20071219225902/http://www.buanews.gov.za/view.php?ID=07121810151001&coll=buanew07" class="green"><span style="font-size: 8pt; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; color: #669933">read more</span></a></td> </tr> <tr background="/web/20071219225902im_/http://www.buanews.gov.za/images/buaback.gif"> <td height="3" align="LEFT" valign="top" background="/web/20071219225902im_/http://www.buanews.gov.za/images/buaback.gif"><hr color="#669933"></td> </tr> <tr background="/web/20071219225902im_/http://www.buanews.gov.za/images/buaback.gif"> <td align="LEFT" valign="top" background="/web/20071219225902im_/http://www.buanews.gov.za/images/buaback.gif"><p align="left"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20071219225902/http://www.buanews.gov.za/view.php?ID=07121016151002&coll=buanew07" class="orange"><span style="color: #ff6633; font-weight: bold"><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">India, Cambodia enhance defence cooperation </font></span></a><br> New Delhi - India and Cambodia are to enhance defence cooperation after holding wide-ranging talks aimed at strengthening bilateral ties in various fields. <br> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20071219225902/http://www.buanews.gov.za/view.php?ID=07121016151002&coll=buanew07" class="green"><span style="font-size: 8pt; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; color: #669933">read more</span></a></td> </tr> <tr background="/web/20071219225902im_/http://www.buanews.gov.za/images/buaback.gif"> <td height="3" align="LEFT" valign="top" background="/web/20071219225902im_/http://www.buanews.gov.za/images/buaback.gif"><hr color="#669933"></td> </tr> <tr background="/web/20071219225902im_/http://www.buanews.gov.za/images/buaback.gif"> <td align="LEFT" valign="top" background="/web/20071219225902im_/http://www.buanews.gov.za/images/buaback.gif"><p align="left"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20071219225902/http://www.buanews.gov.za/view.php?ID=07121016151006&coll=buanew07" class="orange"><span style="color: #ff6633; font-weight: bold"><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">New York mayor visits Xinhua</font></span></a><br> Beijing - New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg paid a visit to Xinhua News Agency Monday morning. <br> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20071219225902/http://www.buanews.gov.za/view.php?ID=07121016151006&coll=buanew07" class="green"><span style="font-size: 8pt; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; color: #669933">read more</span></a></td> </tr> <tr background="/web/20071219225902im_/http://www.buanews.gov.za/images/buaback.gif"> <td height="3" align="LEFT" valign="top" background="/web/20071219225902im_/http://www.buanews.gov.za/images/buaback.gif"><hr color="#669933"></td> </tr> </table></td> </tr> </table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="3" cellpadding="0" background="/web/20071219225902im_/http://www.buanews.gov.za/images/buaback.gif"> <tr> <td align="LEFT" valign="top" background="/web/20071219225902im_/http://www.buanews.gov.za/images/buaback.gif"><b><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Other stories</font></b></td> </tr> <tr> <td align="LEFT" valign="top" background="/web/20071219225902im_/http://www.buanews.gov.za/images/buaback.gif"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> <tr background="/web/20071219225902im_/http://www.buanews.gov.za/images/buaback.gif"> <td height="3" align="LEFT" valign="top" background="/web/20071219225902im_/http://www.buanews.gov.za/images/buaback.gif"><hr color="#669933"></td> </tr> <tr background="/web/20071219225902im_/http://www.buanews.gov.za/images/buaback.gif"> <td align="LEFT" valign="top" background="/web/20071219225902im_/http://www.buanews.gov.za/images/buaback.gif"><p align="left"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20071219225902/http://www.buanews.gov.za/view.php?ID=07121409451003&coll=buanew07" class="orange"><span style="color: #ff6633; font-weight: bold"><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Young women must take charge - Deputy President</font></span></a> <br> Pretoria - Deputy President Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka has encouraged young women<br> to take responsibility for all aspects of their lives, ranging from their health to education. <br> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20071219225902/http://www.buanews.gov.za/view.php?ID=07121409451003&coll=buanew07" class="green"><span style="font-size: 8pt; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; color: #669933">read more</span></a></td> </tr> <tr background="/web/20071219225902im_/http://www.buanews.gov.za/images/buaback.gif"> <td height="3" align="LEFT" valign="top" background="/web/20071219225902im_/http://www.buanews.gov.za/images/buaback.gif"><hr color="#669933"></td> </tr> <tr background="/web/20071219225902im_/http://www.buanews.gov.za/images/buaback.gif"> <td align="LEFT" valign="top" background="/web/20071219225902im_/http://www.buanews.gov.za/images/buaback.gif"><p align="left"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20071219225902/http://www.buanews.gov.za/view.php?ID=07121409451004&coll=buanew07" class="orange"><span style="color: #ff6633; font-weight: bold"><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">R80 bln project to provide alternative energy</font></span></a> <br> Pretoria - An R80 billion energy project facilitated by government and an empowerment group is set to provide alternative energy in South Africa.<br> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20071219225902/http://www.buanews.gov.za/view.php?ID=07121409451004&coll=buanew07" class="green"><span style="font-size: 8pt; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; color: #669933">read more</span></a></td> </tr> <tr background="/web/20071219225902im_/http://www.buanews.gov.za/images/buaback.gif"> <td height="4" align="LEFT" valign="top" background="/web/20071219225902im_/http://www.buanews.gov.za/images/buaback.gif"><hr color="#669933"></td> </tr> <tr background="/web/20071219225902im_/http://www.buanews.gov.za/images/buaback.gif"> <td align="LEFT" valign="top" background="/web/20071219225902im_/http://www.buanews.gov.za/images/buaback.gif"><p align="left"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20071219225902/http://www.buanews.gov.za/view.php?ID=07121409451006&coll=buanew07" class="orange"><span style="color: #ff6633; font-weight: bold"><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Tshwane Metro clamps down illegal connections</font></span></a> <br> Pretoria - The Tshwane Metropolitan Municipality has launched a campaign cracking down on risky illegal electricity connections in the city, starting in Atteridgeville.<br> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20071219225902/http://www.buanews.gov.za/view.php?ID=07121409451006&coll=buanew07" class="green"><span style="font-size: 8pt; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; color: #669933">read more</span></a></td> </tr> <tr background="/web/20071219225902im_/http://www.buanews.gov.za/images/buaback.gif"> <td height="3" align="LEFT" valign="top" background="/web/20071219225902im_/http://www.buanews.gov.za/images/buaback.gif"><hr color="#669933"></td> </tr> <tr background="/web/20071219225902im_/http://www.buanews.gov.za/images/buaback.gif"> <td align="LEFT" valign="top" background="/web/20071219225902im_/http://www.buanews.gov.za/images/buaback.gif"><p align="left"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20071219225902/http://www.buanews.gov.za/view.php?ID=07121409451001&coll=buanew07" class="orange"><span style="color: #ff6633; 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