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..11 Mar 2010..
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Don't knock the weather. If it didn't change once in a while, nine out of ten people couldn't start a conversation."
Kin Hubbard
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..Word of the Day..
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stifle
DEFINITION: (verb) To keep in or hold back.
SYNONYMS: muffle, repress, strangle, smother.
USAGE: And then the cry which he had tried so hard to stifle broke from his lips.
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..Today's Market Indices..
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..Durban 3-day Forecast..
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..This day in History..
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| 2004: Many die as bombs destroy Madrid trains
At least 170 people are killed after powerful explosions tear through three Madrid train stations during the morning rush-hour. |
1985: Gorbachev becomes Soviet leader
There is a new man in charge at the Kremlin - Mikhail Gorbachev takes over following the death of Konstantin Chernenko. |
1955: Farewell to scientist who discovered penicillin
Sir Alexander Fleming - the man who first discovered the life-saving drug penicillin - dies of a heart attack. |
1977: Roman Polanski charged with rape
French film director Roman Polanski is charged with raping a 13-year-
old girl in Hollywood. |
1974: 'Anti-IRA spies' break out of jail
Two self-proclaimed British Government spies have escaped from a top-security prison in Ireland where they were serving sentences for armed robbery. |
2001: Big rise in new cases of foot-and-mouth
It is the worst day for new foot-and-mouth cases since the disease was first diagnosed two weeks ago |
