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/ 13 February 2006
Ancient paintings which allegedly prove that the Chinese invented the game of golf up to 1Â 000 years ago are to go on display in Hong Kong in February, a news report said on Monday. The pictures from the 13th and 14th centuries show Chinese noblemen hitting balls into holes with clubs that look remarkably similar to modern golf clubs.
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/ 13 February 2006
Police raided a major Japanese manufacturer on Monday for allegedly exporting advanced machines that can be used to build nuclear weapons after one of the firm’s devices was found in Libya. Officers searched the headquarters and plants of precision equipment maker Mitutoyo after it exported the machines to China and Thailand, police said.
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/ 13 February 2006
Deep in northern Scotland’s remote Shetland Islands, innovative technology is being harnessed to farm cod and combat the effects of traditional intensive fishing. Johnson Seafarms, based in the Scottish town of Vidlin, is a farming company that specialises in breeding fish inside massive circular cages in the sea, as opposed to standard fishing methods with trawlers and nets.
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/ 13 February 2006
Bored with the same old candlelit dinner, red roses and chocolate truffles on Valentine’s Day? Newly rich Chinese are looking to something decidedly more edgy — matching plastic surgery for him and her. In Shanghai’s increasingly competitive plastic surgery market, clinics are offering Valentine’s Day discounts.
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/ 13 February 2006
University of KwaZulu-Natal vice-chancellor Malegapuru Makgoba’s reasons for barring renowned academic Ashwin Desai from seeking employment at the university are cast into serious doubt by a document in the Mail & Guardian’s possession. This is the 1998 settlement agreement between Desai and the former University of Durban-Westville.
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/ 13 February 2006
Hundreds of Indian cricket fans faced frustrating delays on Sunday in collecting tickets booked over the internet on the eve of the third limited-overs international between Pakistan and India in the eastern city of Lahore. The five-match limited-overs series between the two Asian nuclear neighbours is tied 1-1.
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/ 13 February 2006
Samples taken from a Nigerian family suspected of contracting a fatal bird flu strain have been sent abroad so experts can determine whether the virus has jumped to humans in Africa for the first time. Two children were reported ill near a farm in the northern town of Jaji, where the deadly H5N1 bird flu strain was detected on a poultry farm on Wednesday.
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/ 13 February 2006
Scott Murray insisted he was not a ”dirty player” after becoming the first Scot to be sent-off in a Six Nations match during the 28-18 defeat against Wales at the Millennium Stadium in Cardiff on Sunday. With Wales narrowly ahead at 7-3 midway through the first-half, Murray was dismissed by New Zealand referee Steve Walsh.
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/ 13 February 2006
Orlando Pirates’ complement of players in Bafana Bafana’s ill-fated African Nations Cup campaign experienced mixed levels of success — and the group have provided an equally mixed legacy on their return to the Buccaneers’ training camp. A Buccaneers spokesperson revealed Benedict Vilakazi returned from Egypt with a hamstring injury, which is expected to keep him out of soccer for two to four weeks.
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/ 13 February 2006
More than 10Â 000 demonstrators took to the streets of Port-au-Prince on Sunday to demand that former president René Préval be declared the winner of last week’s presidential election. With about 75% of the ballots counted, Préval had 49,1% of the vote from Tuesday’s polls, just short of the 50% needed to avoid a runoff election.