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/ 20 December 2008
Breaks in three submarine cables that link Europe and the Middle East disrupted internet and international telephone services in Egypt on Friday.
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/ 20 December 2008
Israeli forces killed one Palestinian and wounded three others in an air raid on the Gaza Strip on Saturday morning.
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/ 20 December 2008
A century stand by Tim McIntosh and Daniel Flynn put New Zealand in the box seat as they hunted down the West Indies’ total of 307 on Saturday.
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/ 20 December 2008
Evander Holyfield insists he has at least one more great fight left in him.
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/ 20 December 2008
Michael Lorenzo-Vera of France climbed to the top of the South African Open leaderboard on Friday after shooting a 65 to lie 12 under par.
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/ 20 December 2008
An Australian navy frigate was racing against deteriorating weather conditions on Saturday to rescue a French yachtsman.
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/ 20 December 2008
The death of Mark Felt, better known as Deep Throat, added a postscript on Friday to an era of political skulduggery and journalistic endeavour.
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/ 20 December 2008
The United Nations Security Council voted unanimously on Friday to maintain an arms embargo on Liberia and a travel ban for another year.
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/ 20 December 2008
As the conflict in Darfur enters its sixth year, the United Nations peacekeeping chief on Friday painted a grim picture of widespread violence.
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/ 20 December 2008
Bernard Madoff, who authorities say confessed to running a -billion fraud, was put under 24-hour detention in his Manhattan apartment on Friday.