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/ 27 December 2005
South Africa dug in for a war of attrition after Mike Hussey revived Australia’s chances with a dynamic rearguard century on the second day of the second cricket Test in Melbourne on Tuesday. The South Africans lost both openers, skipper Graeme Smith (22) and AB de Villiers (61), after Australia ended their first innings on 355.
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/ 27 December 2005
Somalis said prayers in mosques along their Indian Ocean coastline for more than 30 000 survivors left homeless and without livelihoods by the tsunami that traversed the sea from Asia, with many wondering what had happened to promised aid, presidential spokesperson Yusuf Ismail said on Monday.
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/ 27 December 2005
Chad’s President Idriss Deby late on Monday accused neighbouring Sudan of preparing a new ”aggression” by Chadian rebel groups operating out of Sudanese territory, after an attack on the eastern border town of Adre on December 18. Such an attack is being planned at El Geinena in western Sudan, Deby declared.
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/ 27 December 2005
At least 20 people have died from hunger and related illness in drought-hit northern Kenya this month, local officials said on Tuesday as President Mwai Kibaki prepared to inspect relief operations in the region. There has been a national outcry over what local media have dubbed the ”Christmas famine”.
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/ 27 December 2005
Crude futures fell on Tuesday in thin post-Christmas trading, as forecasters in the United States said the weather would be milder in the week ahead, raising traders’ expectations of lower demand for heating fuels. Light, sweet crude for February delivery slipped 82 cents to ,60 a barrel on the New York Mercantile Exchange.
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/ 27 December 2005
French wine exports may be falling, but there is a sparkling exception to the prevailing gloom, as sales of champagne fizz with health thanks to a growing thirst for it abroad, especially at this time of year. French drinkers remain the chief clients for the legendary tipple, but they are consuming less.
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/ 27 December 2005
Former Bafana Bafana captain and joint Mamelodi Sundowns caretaker coach Neil Tovey has this advice for club president Patrice Motsepe: stop looking for a coach. The Brazilians’ fortunes have undergone a stunning transformation in the past two weeks since Tovey and former assistant coach Miguel Gramondi jointly took over the coaching.
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/ 27 December 2005
South African Football Association officials looked on in disbelief on Monday as 22 of the 26 Bafana Bafana players who are earmarked for next month’s African Nations Cup tournament — including controversially recalled Pierre Issa — signed up at their Johannesburg training headquarters.
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/ 27 December 2005
Approaching the midpoint of the English Premier League season, Chelsea already are way ahead of last year’s record pace. With their 3-2 win over Fulham on Monday, Chelsea won their 16th game in 18 matches and stayed nine points atop the league. Manchester United, Liverpool and Tottenham also won to keep pace.
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/ 27 December 2005
Nearly 80 people suffered coughing and breathing problems on Monday after a gas was released in one of four apparently criminal attacks on a major chain of Saint Petersburg shops, officials in Russia’s second city said. Terrorism was not suspected, a spokesperson for the Federal Security Service said.