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/ 21 November 2006
The top United Nations human rights official said on Monday Palestinians living in the Gaza strip had suffered ”massive” human rights violations. Louise Arbour, the UN high commissioner for human rights, travelled to the town of Beit Hanoun, where Israeli artillery killed 18 members of a single family two weeks ago.
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/ 21 November 2006
Tributes were flooding in for Australian swimmer Ian Thorpe after he announced his retirement on Tuesday at the age of 24. Political figures, former swimmers, coaches and officials all joined in acknowledging the achievements of a man who won 11 world titles, five Olympic gold medals and set 13 individual long-course world records in a glittering career.
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/ 21 November 2006
Peter Jackson, director of the Lord of the Rings trilogy, the multiple Oscar-winning box-office leviathan, has revealed that he will not be making the next film based on the JRR Tolkien series, The Hobbit, after receiving a telephone call from a Hollywood studio executive.
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/ 21 November 2006
South Africa off spinner Johan Botha has been cleared by the International Cricket Council to resume bowling at international level. The 24-year-old was suspended from bowling in international cricket in February this year after being reported for a suspect action in the third Test against hosts Australia on his test debut the previous month.
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/ 20 November 2006
This is an edited extract from Richard Calland’s new book, Anatomy of South Africa: Who Holds the Power? published recently by Zebra Press.
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/ 20 November 2006
At least 20 people were wounded in gun battles between rival activists as a transport blockade to force the removal of controversial election officials paralysed Bangladesh on Monday, police and witnesses said. The wounded, including a police officer caught in crossfire, were taken to hospitals following battles in western Natore, 230km from the capital Dhaka.
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/ 20 November 2006
Assets have been seized from three people arrested in connection with a R25-million trucking scam, the National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) said on Monday. ”Assets seized by the asset forfeiture unit include property, three vehicles, a boat [rubber duck] with carriage, a 9mm firearm and three bank accounts,” said NPA spokesperson Lucinda Moonieya.
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/ 20 November 2006
Trade and Industry Minister Mandisi Mpahlwa and his counterpart from Oman, Bin Ali Sultan Maqbool, signed a trade and technical cooperation agreement in Pretoria on Monday. Mpahlwa said the economic growth currently being experienced by South Africa allowed for many more partners and that Oman should be one of them.
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/ 20 November 2006
A powerful explosion ripped through a train in eastern India on Monday, killing five people and wounding 25 seriously, police said. The explosion hit two crowded coaches near a remote railway station in West Bengal state, about 665km north of state capital Kolkata, Raj Kanojia, a top police officer, told the media.