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/ 19 December 2005
Former Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein has for the first time recounted the moment of his capture two years ago in an ”interview” conducted via his lawyer, British newspaper The Sun said on Monday. When captured, the former Iraqi leader had been about to flee the scene by motorbike, the paper said.
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/ 19 December 2005
Middle-order batsman Brad Hodge’s maiden Test century lifted Australia to an overall lead of 363 runs at lunch on the fourth day of the first cricket Test against South Africa on Monday. Australia is 401 for six with Hodge unbeaten on 139 and Adam Gilchrist on 11 after Mike Hussey (58) and Andrew Symonds (25) were out in the opening session.
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/ 19 December 2005
Veteran Australian Test opener Justin Langer may miss the remainder of the Test series against South Africa after straining his hamstring during the opening match at the Waca ground. Australian physiotherapist Errol Alcott said on Monday that Langer had a severe strain in his left hamstring and would miss the second Test starting in Melbourne on December 26.
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/ 19 December 2005
British police said on Sunday they had found a flatbed truck and crane that were apparently used in the theft of a £3-million (,2-million) Henry Moore sculpture from the artist’s estate north of London. The truck and crane, discovered in the area on Saturday night, were filmed by a security video as they took the two-tonne Reclining Figure bronze sculpture from the Henry Moore Foundation estate.
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/ 19 December 2005
The final phase before the announcement of the 2006 South African Car of the Year will take place middle January next year, when 24 of the country’s top motoring journalists and their assistants will take to the road and track to determine the winning car.
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/ 19 December 2005
"Maybe I’m just an eccentric, but I have a thing about small, affordable cars. They get the job done well enough most of the time, you can have fun driving them hard without getting into too much trouble with the law, and they’re a breeze when squeezing in and out of parking bays," writes Gavin Foster.
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/ 19 December 2005
Most journalists don’t have much fashion sense. Asking a journalist what’s in or what’s cool to wear this season is about as wise as asking Dubya how to make the world a peaceful place. My lack of fashion sense was highlighted with the arrival recently of the Mercedes-Benz SLK 55.
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/ 19 December 2005
Uganda’s detained opposition leader was expected to appear before a military tribunal and a civilian court on Monday for the start of two trials on charges that could result in a death sentence. But Kizza Besigye’s lawyers said they would not join him at the military court because Uganda’s High Court has ordered it to suspend the proceeding.
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/ 19 December 2005
The amount of cocaine seized by police has soared in recent years in Portugal, which officials say has become, along with neighbour Spain, a main gateway into Europe for the narcotic from Latin America. Police seizures of the drug jumped from around three tonnes in 2000 to 7,4 tonnes inn 2004, and as of the end of November authorities had discovered more than 17 tonnes of cocaine.
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/ 19 December 2005
Eleven people were killed and eight injured when lightning struck a church in northern Malawi where services were being held, hospital and church leaders said on Sunday. About 40 people had gathered in the Church of Central African Presbytery in Mzimba, about 300km north of the capital Lilongwe, when lightning struck on Saturday afternoon.