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Indian health officials went door-to-door on Monday searching for people possibly sickened by the deadly H5N1 bird-flu virus, while hundreds of German troops disposed of dead chickens in a desperate attempt to contain the fast-moving disease. The European Union’s agriculture ministers met to discuss ways to combat bird flu.
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Full power will be restored to the Western Cape by Wednesday at the latest, Eskom said on Monday. Eskom chief executive Thulani Gcabashe gave this assurance during a meeting with the departments of minerals and energy and public enterprises to discuss the recent power outages.
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The judge in the baby Jordan Leigh Norton murder case is to rule on Tuesday on a media bid to publish photographs of key evidence in the trial, including fingerprints. Judge Basheer Waglay reserved judgement on Monday after hearing argument from counsel for the Independent Newspapers group as well as the state.
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President Thabo Mbeki has instructed police to clamp down on violent protests by Khutsong residents in the run-up to the municipal elections, South African Broadcasting Corporation radio news reported on Monday. Mbeki said the state will not tolerate any criminal activity that violates people’s constitutional right to vote.
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Rescue workers in the Philippines refused to give up hope of finding survivors in an elementary school buried by up to 35m of mud, digging into the night on Monday after detecting what the provincial governor called "signs of life". Technicians used high-tech gear such as seismic sensors alongside shovels and rescue dogs.
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Uganda’s riot police fired tear gas and a water cannon at opposition supporters gathering on Monday at the final pre-election rally for presidential candidate Kizza Besigye. About 2Â 000 supporters had gathered in central Kampala, with riot police standing by. Young men in the crowd taunted the police, who responded with tear gas.
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The Freedom Front Plus has lodged criminal charges in Pretoria/Tshwane against the official opposition Democratic Alliance over what it regards as the spreading of ”false information” through the broadcasting of a DA advertisement for the local government election.
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Nigerian separatist guerrillas taunted the army with claims of further attacks on Monday after a weekend of violence forced energy giant Shell to slash the country’s oil exports by a fifth. There was still no news of nine foreign oil workers seized by the gang on Saturday.
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The United States ambassador to Iraq warned Iraqi politicians on Monday they risk a loss of American support if they do not establish a genuine national unity government, saying the US will not invest its resources in institutions run by sectarians. Meanwhile, at least 24 people were killed by bombings in Baghdad and elsewhere.
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Minister of Housing Lindiwe Sisulu launched a R400-million housing project at Olievenhoutbosch, south-west of Pretoria, on Monday. ”This project will provide decent homes for many low-income people and the poor. We will build on this partnership until all informal settlements are eradicated by 2014,” Sisulu said.