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/ 26 December 2007
Care to rub shoulders, virtually speaking, with the likes of supermodel Naomi Campbell or fashion icon Jean-Charles de Castelbajac? If the answer is yes, then the solution is aSmallWorld.net, an exclusive social networking website for the wealthy and glamorous — that is, for those wealthy, glamorous and lucky enough to be admitted.
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/ 26 December 2007
Online auction giant eBay has launched a microlending website that lets people invest in entrepreneurs in poor communities around the world and get a return on their money. Microplace.com offers investors profits for funding folks trying to build better lives, said founder Tracey Turner.
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/ 26 December 2007
The ancient Iranian city of Bam was hit by a mild earthquake almost four years to the day after a catastrophic quake there killed tens of thousands of people, state media reported on Wednesday. Elsewhere, earthquakes shook buildings in Venezuela, Japan and Kyrgyzstan on Tuesday and Wednesday.
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/ 26 December 2007
Landslides triggered by heavy downpours killed at least 77 people on Wednesday in Indonesia’s densely populated Central Java province, officials and local media reports said. More than 12 hours of incessant rains triggered landslide in two districts of Central Java province, officials said.
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/ 26 December 2007
Oscar Peterson’s dazzling keyboard technique, commanding sense of swing and mastery of different piano styles from boogie woogie to bebop could leave even his most accomplished peers awestruck. His death over the weekend brought forth tributes from jazz pianists spanning the generations.
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/ 26 December 2007
Another illegal dumping ground of tens of thousands of defective condoms has been found in KwaZulu-Natal, the provincial department of agriculture and environmental affairs said on Wednesday. Locals found the condoms strewn on the road near a primary school on the main road to Indwedwe on Christmas Day.
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/ 26 December 2007
Two heavyweights of Kenya’s post-independence politics square off in a presidential vote on Thursday after a campaign that has overshadowed Christmas and seen the opposition holding a small lead in opinion polls. The closeness of the vote has raised fears that fraud and intimidation may be used to try to swing results.
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/ 26 December 2007
Gunmen threw grenades at the home of the regional police chief in south-western Somalia, killing two of his grandchildren and a bodyguard while he escaped injury, authorities said on Tuesday. Seven other family members were wounded in the Monday-night attack, which police said was a failed assassination attempt.
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/ 26 December 2007
The death toll from the collapse of a block of flats in the Egyptian port city of Alexandria has risen to 14, the official Mena news agency reported on Wednesday. The toll could climb even further as about 15 people remain trapped in the rubble of the flattened 12-storey building, a security official said on Tuesday.
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/ 26 December 2007
Self-confessed chocoholic Maria Sharapova will get a chance to taste some post-Christmas forbidden fruit in the privacy of her hotel as she arrives on Friday in Singapore for a weekend tennis exhibition. The Russian former number one is facing compatriot Anna Chakvetadze on Sunday night.