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/ 19 September 2006
A chain of suicide bombings killed 19 people, including four Canadian soldiers, across Afghanistan on Monday, in guerrilla violence bearing an increasing resemblance to the conflict in Iraq. The blasts came a day after Nato claimed it had scored a victory after killing more than 500 insurgents in two weeks of fighting.
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/ 19 September 2006
Hungary’s opposition parties called on Tuesday on Prime Minister Ferenc Gyurcsany to quit after thousands of people took to the streets in a night of anti-government riots in which 150 people were injured. The riots, the worst in Hungary since the end of communism, were triggered by the leak of a tape on Sunday in which Gyurcsany said he and his Socialist party had lied for four years about Hungary’s parlous budget.
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/ 19 September 2006
Members of three trade unions surrounded Congress of South African Trade Unions (Cosatu) congress delegates with textile lines made up of 40 000 pieces of cloth, representing the number of workers who had lost their jobs in the South African industry in the last two years.
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/ 19 September 2006
The Department of Minerals and Energy could implement a retail petrol-price cut of 66c per litre (c/l) on October 4 provided the daily over-recovery remains at or above the September 18 level. South Africa’s daily unleaded petrol price over-recovery rose to 68,914 c/l on September 18 from 64,652 c/l on September 15.
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/ 19 September 2006
A British tourist in South Africa was forced to take antiretrovirals after a robber bit his finger to steal his wedding ring. A media report said two British couples celebrating 30 and 35 years of marriage were attacked in the coastal city of Port Elizabeth and robbed of their wedding rings, cellphones and cameras.
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/ 19 September 2006
South African all-rounder Jacques Kallis set up an impressive record in the second limited-overs international played against Zimbabwe at Buffalo Park on Monday. When he opened his account by pushing Piet Rinke to mid-on for a single he scored his 8 000th run in limited-overs cricket,
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/ 19 September 2006
Chinese authorities have shut down an online survey that found most respondents would prefer a different nationality if they were born again. According to the South China Morning Post, two editors of the host website, NetEase, have also been fired in the past few days, prompting speculation that they have been punished for organising the poll.
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/ 19 September 2006
The United Nations Secretary General warned on Monday that Iraq was in danger of sliding into anarchy and civil war. Addressing an international aid conference at the UN, Kofi Annan said: ”If current patterns of alienation and violence persist much longer, there is a grave danger that the Iraqi state will break down, possibly in the midst of full-scale civil war.”
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/ 19 September 2006
Czech consumption of non-alcoholic beer has surged since stricter rules for drivers were introduced at the start of July, Czech daily <i>Lidove Noviny</i> reported on Tuesday. "Just in July and August we saw sales of non-alcoholic beer in grocery stores rise by 81%," manager of the Staropramen brewery, Martin Novak, told the paper.
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/ 19 September 2006
International media and communications group Independent News & Media on Tuesday announced its interim results, stating that strong underlying trading performances across the group, especially South Africa, "delivered a 4,9% improvement in operating profit before exceptionals".