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/ 26 December 2007
A man in a clerical habit abused me in the church hall of the Johannesburg parish of the Immaculate Conception in Sturdee Avenue, Rosebank. It happened after a children’s Christmas party — and my abuser was a Catholic cleric. My uncle, Cardinal Owen McCann, was the archbishop of Cape Town at the time. His position as president of the South African Catholic Bishops’ Conference was not enough to deter my abuser.
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/ 26 December 2007
Stuart Clark struck a body blow for Australia with two wickets, including the crucial wicket of Sachin Tendulkar, just before tea to leave India struggling at 122 for five on the second day of the first Test on Thursday. Tendulkar, who with Saurav Ganguly had been rebuilding India’s innings from 55 for three, chopped a delivery from Clark onto his stumps to be dismissed for 62.
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/ 26 December 2007
A century partnership between Marlon Samuels and Shivnarine Chanderpaul, and a whirlwind 66 by Chris Gayle, put the West Indies in a commanding position on 281 for four at the end of the first day of the first Test against South Africa at St George’s Park on Wednesday.
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/ 26 December 2007
Congolese warlord Laurent Nkunda has declared a ceasefire ahead of peace talks with the government intended to end a spiraling conflict in the country’s lawless east, said a close associate of Nkunda. ”We confirm that we have called a ceasefire,” said Nkunda’s second-in-command, Bwambale Kakolele, on Wednesday.
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/ 26 December 2007
Heavy rains have caused flooding and rockslides in the southern Cape over the past two days. A group of 60 caravanners had to be evacuated from the Pine Creek holiday resort near the Groot Brakrivier, and the road between Ladysmith and Calitzdorp was closed because of rockfalls.
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/ 26 December 2007
About 40 people have died in a fire at an oil pipeline after it was vandalised by looters in the southern Nigerian state of Lagos, a police spokesperson said on Wednesday. Thirty-four bodies had been recovered from the site of Tuesday’s explosion, said Lagos state police spokesperson Frank Mba.
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/ 26 December 2007
Call me strange, but plunging headfirst into the near-freezing, muddy waters of a London pond for a traditional Christmas-morning swim with dozens of other thrillseekers was high on my holiday wish list. However, nothing can prepare you for the shock of diving into the cold, dank water for the first time.
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/ 26 December 2007
A teenaged girl’s burned body has been found under a tree next to the N1 highway through Bloemfontein, Free State police said on Wednesday. Her body was discovered at 4pm on Tuesday by the young daughter of a police officer when she walked into the grass at the side of the road to relieve herself.
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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
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.