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France has dubbed it the tale of the diva, the debutante and the chorus girl. Now, after more than a year of inquiries, French investigators believe a lesbian crime passionnel is at the centre of the unsolved murder of the daughter of actor Roland Giraud and her female lover.
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Jyllands-Posten, the Danish daily that first published 12 cartoons of the Prophet Muhammad — sparking an international uproar that has resulted in 11 dead, burnt-out diplomatic missions and an abiding rage in the Muslim world — is under siege.
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Iran’s hard-line president threatened more changes to the country’s nuclear policy on Saturday, as tens of thousands of people rallied across the nation to celebrate the anniversary of the Islamic Revolution and, in many cases, to show support for
Iran’s nuclear rights.
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Gilberto’s well-timed strike, two minutes into stoppage time, broke Bolton Wanderers’ resistance and gained Arsenal a valuable point, after the Gunners had fallen behind to Kevin Nolan’s goal in the twelfth minute, before Premiership points were eventually shared in a 1-1 draw at Highbury on Saturday.
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South Africa’s former deputy president Jacob Zuma was steadily working his way to the highest office when his career crashed under corruption and rape charges. Zuma, who goes on trial on Monday for the rape of a 31-year-old woman, rose from poverty and moved rapidly through the ranks of Africa’s oldest liberation movement, the governing African National Congress (ANC).
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The Cape Cobras eliminated defending champions the Titans at the semifinal stage when they won their Standard Bank Pro20 match at SuperSport Park by 22 runs on Saturday. Australian Ian Harvey, who had scored just 52 runs in five innings in the competition, finally pitched up at the crease — and in a big way.
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New Australian rugby franchise Western Force were rocked on Sunday by the news that flyhalf Lachlan MacKay was likely to miss the rest of the Super 14 season with a serious knee injury. A Force spokesperson said scans on Sunday had confirmed a torn medial ligament in MacKay’s right knee.
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Attempts by robbers to break into the house of the Eastern Cape health MEC raised suspicion on Saturday as to whether he was being targeted, his office said. Spokesperson Sizwe Kupelo said MEC Bevan Goqwana noticed on Saturday morning that attempts had been made to gain entry into his Southernwood home in Mthatha.
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Elected Inkatha Freedom Party councillors found guilty of any act of corruption will be removed from office, party president Mangosuthu Buthelezi said on Saturday. Speaking at an election campaign in Amajuba District, Buthelezi said there was ”no room at all for frittering away the limited funds through corruption”, especially when it came to delivering services to rural municipalities.
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Ariel Sharon, Israel’s Prime Minister, underwent four hours of emergency surgery on Saturday to clear a blood clot in his intestines that took him to ”the verge of death”. Sharon was rushed unconscious into the operating theatre in the morning — for his seventh operation in five weeks — after a scan of his stomach revealed that his digestive tract had been seriously damaged.