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Child murderer Theunis Olivier attempted suicide at the age of five following repeated sexual abuse suffered as a child growing up in Harare, Zimbabwe, the Cape High Court heard on Wednesday. Giving evidence in mitigation of his sentence, Olivier said he was sexually abused by his alcoholic father and others until he decided to commit suicide.
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Floods in Bangladesh have killed at least 38 people and left 4,5-million others displaced or marooned in their homes in north and central Bangladesh, officials said on Wednesday. People crammed into 600 relief centres or sought higher ground to escape rising water levels, said Shafiqul Islam, a spokesperson for the Food and Disaster Management Ministry.
The death toll from an attack by a suicide bomber driving a fuel truck packed with explosives in western Baghdad on Wednesday rose to 50 people, police said. Another 60 were wounded in the attack in the Mansour district. Police said the bomber lured motorists queueing for petrol to his truck.
China blamed global warming on Wednesday for this year’s weather extremes, which have led to more than 700 deaths from flooding and left millions of others without water. Such extremes are likely to get worse and more common in the future, said Song Lianchun, head of the China Meteorological Administration’s department of forecasting services.
A looming report on Iraq will show ”significant progress” in the war, the United States vice-president Dick Cheney predicted on Tuesday night. The evaluation is expected to shape the administration’s next move in the war, including decisions on how many US troops will stay in Iraq and for how long.
Paper producer Mondi said on Wednesday its first-half underlying operating profit rose 46% and expected continued pressure from higher input costs and a weak United States dollar. Mondi, spun off from mining group Anglo American in July, reported half-year underlying operating profit of €243-million.