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Franz Schoenhuber, a former Nazi SS soldier who became a prominent figure on Germany’s rightist fringe, has died, the son of another far-right leader said on Monday. He was 82. Schoenhuber was best known as a co-founder of the small, anti-immigration Republikaner party.
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HIV/Aids has become the leading cause of deaths in South Africa of children under the age of five years, according to the University of Cape Town’s Children’s Institute. The pandemic is first among a number of factors standing in the way of realising child rights in South Africa, the institute’s director said on Tuesday.
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/ 29 November 2005
Dozens of passengers have been killed in a rail accident in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) when the train they were riding crossed a bridge that knocked them off the top, a senior official said on Tuesday. ”There are dozens of dead, perhaps around 50,” said Koloso Sumaili, Governor of Maniema province.
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/ 29 November 2005
The jukebox at the bar in Chicago that Brian Toro manages isn’t gathering dust just yet — but it may only be a matter of time. The popular nightspot is among a growing number of places across the United States where people can bring their iPods and other portable music players and, for as long as the bartender allows, share their personal favourites with the crowd.
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/ 29 November 2005
Nobel Peace laureate Wangari Maathai on Tuesday urged Kenya’s bickering political leaders to show restraint in a crisis of authority that has raised fears of unrest in East Africa’s most stable nation. She urged Kenyan President Mwai Kibaki and the opposition to cool tensions that erupted after last week’s rejection of a new Constitution.
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The police investigation into rape allegations against Jacob Zuma is incomplete, his lawyer said on Tuesday. Mike Hulley said the former deputy president, out of respect for due process, will reserve further comment on the matter until the police have completed their probe.
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/ 29 November 2005
An estimated 10Â 000 newly homeless Nigerians awoke on Tuesday in Chika, a squatter settlement in the country’s capital, Abuja, after being forced to sleep in the open following the destruction of their homes by government bulldozers. The bulldozers had on Monday pulled down more than 1Â 500 houses built illegally in the area.
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/ 29 November 2005
The death toll from an explosion at a coal mine in north-eastern China rose to at least 146 on Tuesday, Xinhua news agency said. Three miners were still listed as missing, nearly two days after the Sunday night cave-in at the state-run Dongfeng coal mine, near Qitaihe city in Heilongjiang province.
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/ 29 November 2005
General Motors recently announced plans to cut 30 000 manufacturing jobs in North America, closing a dozen assembly and parts factories in an effort to staunch losses that have reached -billion so far this year.
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/ 29 November 2005
South Africa, the economic powerhouse of Southern Africa, continues to see an escalating HIV epidemic, while economically crippled Zimbabwe has apparently brought down levels of HIV infection among its people. According to the latest United Nation’s figures, one in three pregnant women in South Africa is HIV-positive, the highest level yet recorded.