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/ 8 February 2006
High-flying champion skydiver BJ Worth chased a wild dream that even some of the world’s best jumpers thought impossible, but hundreds of them joined up and finally achieved a record on Wednesday. Skydivers from 31 nations broke the world free-fall formation record with a milestone 400-person spiral in the skies over Thailand.
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/ 8 February 2006
If you find bedroom sex boring, an Israeli company is now offering a romantic experience at an altitude of 30 000 feet. During the 45-minute flight, a couple can enjoy the luxury of a romantically decorated bedroom equipped with different accessories, the top-selling Yediot Aharonot daily reported on Wednesday.
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/ 8 February 2006
A retired nurse saved her brother’s chicken, Boo Boo, by administering mouth-to-beak resuscitation last week after the fowl was found floating face down in the family’s pond. Marian Morris said she hadn’t had any practice with cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) in years, but she was interested to see if she ”still had it”.
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/ 8 February 2006
Kenyan police have arrested the owner of an unfinished Nairobi building whose collapse last month is thought to have killed at least 14 people and injured more than 100, officials said on Wednesday. Nganga Kihonge faces manslaughter charges in connection with the January 23 collapse.
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/ 8 February 2006
Egypt kicked star striker Ahmed Mido off their team on Wednesday, two days before playing Côte d’Ivoire in the African Nations Cup final, because of a public spat with coach Hassan Shehata. ”Mido has been suspended from representing the national team for six months,” said the Egyptian Football Association.
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/ 8 February 2006
Bloemfontein Celtic will be hoping to add to their silverware garnered this season when they line-up for the Chailanse Cup in Katlehong this weekend, hot on the heels of their Free State International Cup victory. Celtic overcame the challenge of AG Faarhus of Denmark 3-1 in the first game in Bloemfontein and then defeated Pirates 2-1 in the final.
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/ 8 February 2006
Minister of Defence Mosiuoa Lekota has scotched allegations that the African National Congress is a threat to the independence of the judiciary. ”Whatever the sources of this disquiet may be, they cannot be founded on any official decisions or actions of [the ANC],” he told the National Assembly on Wednesday.
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/ 8 February 2006
Anyone planning a holiday in Italy and thinking of enjoying a quiet spliff while, let’s say, watching the sun go down over the Bay of Naples, had better think again. A vote in the Italian Parliament on Tuesday means that a new, zero-tolerance policy on drugs is almost certain to become law within the next couple of months.
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/ 8 February 2006
A ”highly pathogenic” strain of the H5N1 bird-flu virus has been found in poultry stocks in Nigeria — the first reported case of the disease in Africa, the Paris-based World Organisation for Animal Health said on Wednesday. Nigeria reported the outbreak among commercial, battery-cage poultry in a village in Kaduna state.
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/ 8 February 2006
Turkey’s press blasted Fifa on Wednesday over the sanctions meted out by football’s governing body for the country’s part in the brawl that marred their November World Cup qualifier against Switzerland. Fifa ordered Turkey to play their next six home games behind closed doors at a neutral venue and pay all organisational costs.