An Associated Press-GfK survey before the president's address to Congress showed public disapproval of the way the president has handled the health care reform issue has increased to 52 percent.

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He said that consequently South Africa wishes to register its disapproval of the manner in which Semenya has been treated and said the Minister of Sport and Recreation has written to the IAAF to request an explanation.

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