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United States President George Bush was under pressure from some of his closest allies on Monday to turn to arch-enemies Iran and Syria for help in stabilising Iraq amid Iraqi government paralysis and fears of all-out civil war. Bush has said he is looking for "fresh perspectives" on Iraq.
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England coach Andy Robinson will remain in charge for the two Tests against South Africa this month despite a seventh successive loss at the weekend. In a statement on Monday, elite rugby director Rob Andrew said Robinson will stay in his post for the two remaining November internationals.
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/ 13 November 2006
The North West housing department has dismissed the findings of the province’s housing portfolio committee on the quality and number of houses being constructed in Taung. A departmental spokesperson on Monday said the report is factually incorrect and misleading.
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/ 13 November 2006
France is to aid the Central African Republic’s (CAR) army with logistics and aerial reconnaissance in its fight against rebels in the north-east of the country, the French Foreign Ministry said on Monday. ”Our help will consist essentially of logistic support and providing intelligence,” a spokesperson said.
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/ 13 November 2006
Nineteen people were killed and 12 injured in an accident involving a train and a truck at a railway crossing near Somerset West in the Western Cape, Metrorail confirmed on Monday afternoon. Earlier reports had quoted a Netcare 911 spokesperson as saying that 27 people had died in the accident.
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/ 13 November 2006
No matter how busy he gets, cocoa farmer Simon Afram never keeps his children home from school to work on his farm. ”If you don’t let a child go to school, it will spoil his future,” Afram said. ”I don’t want them to become farmers and suffer like me.”
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/ 13 November 2006
Australian scientists have invented a T-shirt that allows air guitarists to play actual music as they strum the air. The T-shirt, created by scientists from the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation, is called a ”wearable instrument shirt”.
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/ 13 November 2006
Diabetes poses a deadly threat to indigenous people across Asia, the Pacific and the Americas as Western lifestyles and diets replace traditional habits, medical experts warned on Monday. Professor Martin Silink, head of the Brussels-based International Diabetes Foundation, said indigenous people had a greater genetic risk of contracting Type 2 diabetes.
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/ 13 November 2006
Kenalemang Moitsheki squints through an eyepiece at a tiny diamond as a cutting tool etches heart-shaped facets on the gem. Moitsheki had never seen a raw diamond before she secured a training place at Botswana’s new Eurostar cutting factory, even though her country produces a quarter of global supply.
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/ 13 November 2006
The National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) on Monday distanced itself from a <i>Sunday Times</i> report that the Scorpions were in possession of a diary linking police National Commissioner Jackie Selebi to Glenn Agliotti. Spokesperson Makhosini Nkosi said the report was written in a "dishonest way".