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/ 6 February 2006
The first person to receive a face transplant appeared before the media on Monday, declaring that she was poised to live a normal life after the historic operation nine weeks earlier. In a press conference before scores of journalists and television cameras, Isabelle Dinoire (38) said she was making good progress since the groundbreaking surgery.
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/ 6 February 2006
Japan and North Korea wrapped up a third day of talks on Monday hoping to make progress on normalising ties, but the Stalinist regime’s abduction of Japanese citizens remained the major stumbling block. North Korea declared the abduction question settled after repatriating five kidnap victims following a landmark summit in 2002.
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/ 6 February 2006
The conflict in Darfur is slipping back into major violence as peace talks aimed at ending the crisis in Sudan’s western region plunge into deadlock and the United Nations Security Council starts to press for UN peace-keepers to replace the African Union.
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/ 6 February 2006
Iran said on Monday that large-scale uranium enrichment work, the focus of fears it is seeking nuclear weapons, will begin in ”due course” in response to the International Atomic Energy Agency’s decision to report the clerical regime to the United Nations Security Council.
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/ 6 February 2006
Former world number two Tommy Haas denied Xavier Malisse a second straight Delray Beach ATP title on Sunday, edging the Belgian in three sets in the final of the 000 hard-court event. Haas, the fourth seed from Germany, triumphed 6-3, 3-6, 7-6 (7/5), to claim his eighth career title and his first since 2004.
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/ 6 February 2006
A goal by Chelsea in each half sealed Liverpool’s fate at Stamford Bridge on Sunday as they cruised to a 2-0 victory in the English Premiership. After a cagey opening to the match, the Blues took the lead in the 35th minute when Frank Lampard’s corner on the right side was headed on by John Terry and found William Gallas unmarked.
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/ 6 February 2006
Interpol was on worldwide alert on Sunday after 13 al-Qaeda militants convicted of attacking the American warship USS Cole and French supertanker Limburg escaped from jail in Yemen along with 10 other prisoners, according to a government-run website.
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/ 6 February 2006
Voters in Haiti are due to go to the polls on Tuesday in a presidential election seen as vital to the future stability of one of the world’s most impoverished countries. Although polling has been delayed four times for security and administrative reasons all the major players now seem committed to voting taking place.
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/ 6 February 2006
The egalitarian world of the internet faced a major new challenge on Sunday with plans from two of the largest e-mail providers to began charging fees for speedier delivery. The internet firms say the new system would make it easier in an era of spam and phishing and identity theft for genuine companies to reach their customers.
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/ 6 February 2006
British motorists made claims last year for everything from a frozen squirrel crashing through a car windshield to a cow jumping on a quad bike, an insurance company said on Monday. Freak accidents involving animals topped the list of odd excuses for motor insurance claims with food-related mishaps in second place.