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India’s most famous monument, the Taj Mahal, is turning yellow, and the Archaeological Survey of India has decided to give it a mud-pack beauty treatment to restore its pristine white beauty, news reports said on Wednesday. The mud packs will be left to dry for a couple of days and then be washed off.
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Flood waters began to recede on Wednesday in north-eastern India after heavy rains and floods inundated much of the region, displacing about three million people, authorities said. But large portions of the state of Assam were still inaccessible and rescue workers continued to try to reach marooned villagers.
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Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe abruptly announced his resignation on Wednesday after a year in power dogged by scandals, an election rout and a crisis over Japan’s support for United States-led operations in Afghanistan. The hawkish Abe, who took office promising to boost Japan’s global security profile, had seen his clout dwindle.
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Three men accused of raping three Durban women at a Pennington beach house on the KwaZulu-Natal South Coast were found guilty in the Scottburgh High Court on Wednesday. The three were found guilty of five counts of rape. They were also found guilty of indecent assault and robbery with aggravating circumstances.
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Mark Gillespie spearheaded New Zealand’s nine-wicket demolition of Kenya in the second match of the Twenty20 World Championship in Durban on Wednesday. The paceman took 4-7 in 2.5 overs as Kenya, who were put in to bat on a responsive pitch, were dismissed for a record low of 73 in 16.5 overs.
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There are no plans to exclude white women from employment-equity policies, Labour Minister Membathisi Mdladlana said on Wednesday. He was addressing the Food and Allied Workers’ Union national conference under way in Randburg, Johannesburg, and commended the union on its conference theme.
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Eight inmates of a prison in south-west Nigeria were killed in an attempted jail break, the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reported on Tuesday. The NAN quoted Oyo state controller of prisons Mauren Omeli as saying 14 inmates and four wardens of Agodi prison in Ibadan were also seriously injured during the attempt.
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Uganda on Tuesday for the first time closed a camp housing people displaced by civil war in the north, a symbolic step in the country’s drive to restore stability after two decades of conflict. The deserted Otwal camp — which was home to 18 000 people — was closed by demolishing huts and planting trees.
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The dollar plunged to a record low against the euro on Wednesday as an expected interest-rate cut next week from the Federal Reserve has dampened the United States currency’s appeal. The dollar also dropped to a fresh 15-year trough against a basket of currencies.
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Microsoft released four software patches on Tuesday to fix security flaws, including one that could allow hackers to take over computers running the company’s instant messaging programs. Only one of the flaws carried the company’s most severe ”critical” rating, and it only applies to the Windows 2000 operating system.