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/ 20 June 2006

Rate-rise fears spark sell-off

A day of panic selling in the world’s financial markets on Tuesday knocked off the price of a barrel of oil, provided the sharpest one-day fall in gold for 13 years. Amid growing fears that rising global interest rates could bring a halt to the boom in asset prices of recent years, the toughest day for Japan’s Nikkei index since the 9/11 terrorist attacks was followed by extreme nervousness in European markets.

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/ 20 June 2006

Cholera: Angola death toll near 1 900

The death toll in Angola’s cholera epidemic has reached near the 1 900 mark, with the number of cases exceeding 46 000, the World Health Organisation (WHO) said on Tuesday. From February 13 to June 19 this year, ”a total of 46 758 cumulative cases and 1 893 deaths have been reported in 14 out of the 18 provinces” in Angola, a WHO statement said.

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/ 20 June 2006

New brand, old habits

For a company that claims to have moved ”beyond petroleum”, BP has managed to spill an awful lot of it on to the tundra in Alaska. After the news was leaked to journalists, it recently admitted to investors that it is facing criminal charges for allowing more than one million litres of crude oil to seep across one of the world’s most sensitive habitats.

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/ 19 June 2006

Ukraine outclass Saudi Arabia

Ukraine outclassed Saudi Arabia in their crunch Group H game in Hamburg on Monday, firmly setting their stuttering World Cup campaign back on track with a convincing 4-0 win. The World Cup debutants showed their attacking intent against a toothless Saudi team from the start.

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/ 19 June 2006

Seven killed in Baghdad explosions

Two explosions struck an Interior Ministry patrol and a market in the Baghdad area on Monday evening, killing at least seven people and wounding 16, police said. The first attack was a car bomb that struck a patrol in western Baghdad, killing four commandos and wounding six, Captain Jamil Hussein said.