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/ 12 December 2007
Al-Qaeda claimed responsibility for a car bomb strike in Algiers that killed dozens of people as rescuers continued to work to find survivors. Amid a disputed death toll, rescuers pulled seven people alive from the debris of one of the bombs which tore through the offices of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees.
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/ 12 December 2007
In-form Saurav Ganguly cracked 91 to lead India to 221 for five at lunch on the last day of the third and final Test against Pakistan on Wednesday. Ganguly and Rahul Dravid (42) took their overnight third-wicket stand to 152 after the hosts had resumed at 131 for two.
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/ 12 December 2007
Like children who cannot wait to open presents on Christmas Day, South African soldiers cheered loudly when a large cargo plane carrying goodwill parcels from home arrived in Burundi on Tuesday. When the cargo plane flew over the Modderfontein base in Africa’s Great Lakes region, they spontaneously started singing.
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/ 12 December 2007
Michael Schumacher can add the unofficial title of Germany’s fastest taxi driver to his other achievements after taking over behind the wheel to get his family to the airport on time. The retired Formula One champion drove the cab back to the airport himself after a trip out to the village of Gehuelz.
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/ 12 December 2007
Angry commuters set fire to two trains in Pretoria after severe storms disrupted rail services. Train services in Pretoria were brought to a standstill after the signalling system broke down and a back-up system was struck by lightning, rail operator Metrorail said.
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/ 12 December 2007
United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon urged the world on Wednesday to agree a sweeping treaty to fight climate change by 2009, telling UN-led talks in Bali to act now on ”the moral challenge of our generation”. Ban said that the threat of global warming had a ”silver lining” because creative solutions could create jobs and ease poverty in developing nations.
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Tycoon Tokyo Sexwale has thrown his weight behind African National Congress deputy president Jacob Zuma as both men cemented support in the most powerful voting bloc to go to the party’s crucial Polokwane national conference. The two men adressed about 1Â 500 supporters in the small town of Ngcobo in the Eastern Cape on Tuesday.
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/ 12 December 2007
At least four people were killed and more than 10 wounded in an explosion in a Christian town east of Beirut on Wednesday, security sources said. The sources said the blast in Baabda, the site of Lebanon’s presidential palace on the outskirts of the capital, was caused by an explosive device.
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/ 12 December 2007
Ecologists say a tragedy is unfolding in North Africa where construction firms are moving in on some of the last unspoilt stretches of Mediterranean coastline in the search for profits. With Spain trying to preserve what remains undeveloped on its built-up shoreline, Morocco has stepped forward as a willing host for large-scale tourism development.
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/ 12 December 2007
Optimists call it the end of the Iron Curtain. Pessimists fear a ”Fortress Europe” or a wave of illegal immigration from December 21, when passports will be checked at fewer European borders. From next March, the extended zone will also include airports in a total of 24 European countries, where more than 400-million people live.