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Sri Lankan troops and police stepped up security on Monday following a spate of attacks blamed on the Tamil Tigers that killed 12 people over the weekend, a military official said. Troops in the island’s embattled northern and eastern regions as well as other parts of the island were asked to maintain a high state of alert, the official said.
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/ 5 December 2005
Chinese Prime Minister Wen Jiabao was expected to announce an order for Airbus airliners worth about seven billion dollars in Paris on Monday, a day after a deal that could see some Airbus aircraft built in China. According to sources close to the negotiations, the order entails China buying over 100 A320 aircraft, the mid-range, 150-seat workhorse of the Airbus fleet.
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/ 5 December 2005
An Australian bank apologised on Monday to staff upset at being told how to trim nose hair and hide fat legs. The Commonwealth Bank’s ”Grooming Handbook” declared flesh-coloured knickers were in but shiny stockings were out. Rings were also acceptable, but no more than two per hand, it said.
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/ 5 December 2005
Mauro Camoranesi scored the winner in the 88th minute, and defending champion Juventus beat host Fiorentina 2-1 on Sunday to widen its lead in the Serie A. France striker David Trezeguet put Juventus in the lead in the eighth minute, kicking in a low cross from Zlatan Ibrahimovic for his 11th goal this season.
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/ 5 December 2005
An attacker blew himself up in a failed assault on coalition forces in volatile southern Afghanistan, while two United States helicopters made emergency landings during combat operations and three American soldiers were injured in a bomb blast, officials said.
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/ 5 December 2005
Juan Manuel Pena scored an own-goal in the first half and deflected Deco’s strike after the interval on Sunday to help FC Barcelona beat Villarreal 2-0 in the Spanish league. The win at Villarreal was Barcelona’s seventh straight in the league and ninth overall.
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/ 5 December 2005
Police in Zimbabwe have arrested a cricket official and two national team players over allegations of illegal foreign currency transactions amid a crisis in Zimbabwe cricket. The manager, Mohammed ”Babu” Meman, and the players, Vusi Sibanda and Waddington Mwayenga, were arrested on Saturday, said the state-controlled Herald.
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African National Congress deputy president Jacob Zuma on Sunday cited a ”fast modernising society”, self-enrichment, ambition and a quest for power as threats facing the tripartite alliance. Zuma said the quest for economic, social and political power was threatening the foundation on which the liberation movement was built.
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/ 5 December 2005
The share price of Cape Town-based black economic empowerment group Sekunjalo Investments hit 80 cents in early trade on Monday, gaining eight cents and approaching a four-and-a-half year high of 82 cents. This follows the group’s announcement late on Thursday of a 303% rise in headline earnings per share to 4,76 cents for the year ended on August 31.
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/ 5 December 2005
Five people were killed and dozens more wounded on Monday in a suicide bomb attack at a shopping mall close to the city of Tel Aviv, Israeli police and medical sources said. The blast, responsibility for which was claimed by Islamic Jihad, went off at around 11.30am at the entrance to the Hasharon shopping centre in the upmarket resort town of Netanya.