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Mahendra Singh Dhoni and Yuvraj Singh slammed solid half-centuries to guide India to an emphatic five-wicket victory over Pakistan in the first one-day international here on Monday. Skipper Dhoni top-scored with 63 and Yuvraj made 58 as India surpassed Pakistan’s total of 239-7 with 18 balls to spare.
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/ 5 November 2007
A German manufacturing company has invested about R284-million in South Africa’s first fabrication yard for oil and gas platforms as part of a R1,7-billion investment pledge, government news agency BuaNews reported on Monday. MAN Ferrostaal has opened the fabrication yard for oil and gas platforms at Saldanha Bay near Cape Town.
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/ 5 November 2007
Investigators on Monday were going through the charred debris of a Learjet that crashed in São Paulo at the weekend, killing the pilot and co-pilot and six members of a family in a house it hit. The twin-engined plane, flying a taxi service from São Paulo to Rio de Janeiro, came down on Sunday just after take-off.
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/ 5 November 2007
Australian singer Kylie Minogue capped her comeback from breast cancer on Monday with a new single and the launch of a cellphone social-networking site that its designers say is a first for a major pop act. Her spokesperson also confirmed she has discussed the possibility of a world tour in 2008, when she will be 40.
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/ 5 November 2007
Floods have killed at least 46 people in central Vietnam in the past 10 days, and a typhoon making its way across the South China Sea is forecast to dump more rain this week, reports said on Monday. The region, which includes the Central Highlands coffee belt, has been hit hard by storms and floods since early October.
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/ 5 November 2007
Two large blasts aimed at a convoy of Ethiopian troops heading toward the capital prompted soldiers to open fire on Monday. At least two Somalis were shot to death, witnesses said. The explosions south of Mogadishu could be heard a kilometre away, and ”shook all the buildings nearby”, resident Mohamed Ahmed said.
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/ 5 November 2007
The United States space shuttle Discovery successfully undocked from the International Space Station (ISS) early on Monday to begin a journey back to Earth, space officials said. After saying goodbye and closing the hatches, Discovery crew members smoothly sailed away from the ISS at 10.30am GMT.
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/ 5 November 2007
A former dormitory employee at the Oprah Winfrey Leadership Academy for Girls in Johannesburg was released on R3Â 000 bail by the Sebokeng Magistrate’s Court on Monday. Virginia Mokgobo was arrested on charges of indecent assault, assault and crimen injuria.
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/ 5 November 2007
The takeover bid of media company Johncom by Koni Media Holdings — belonging in part to President Thabo Mbeki’s political adviser Titus Mofolo — was met with strong opposition by the Democratic Alliance and the South African Communist Party on Monday.
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/ 5 November 2007
A human rights panel on Monday implicated Kenyan police in the execution of nearly 500 men in the country during a months-long crackdown on the ultra-violent Mungiki gang. The state-run Kenya National Commission on Human Rights said the victims were executed by a single bullet between June and October.