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/ 6 December 2005
The Business Confidence Index (BCI) was reflecting a stable business mood, having fluctuated by 0,6 index points over the past four months, the SA Chamber of Business (Sacob) said on Tuesday. ”The advantageous financial environment that gave rise to the higher level of business confidence is still in support of the business mood, but seems to have reached its limits,” said Sacob economist Richard Downing.
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/ 6 December 2005
At least 100 people were killed on Tuesday when an Iranian military C-130 transport plane crashed into a residential area of the capital Tehran, official media and local officials said. State radio said all 94 passengers and crew died in the crash next to a high-rise housing block and domestic gas supply depot.
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/ 6 December 2005
Real Madrid have descended into utter chaos and confusion. The ”Greatest Club in the World”, as they like to be called, are quickly become the greatest laughing stock of Planet Football. On Saturday night, the ”Galacticos” struggled at home to beat minnows Getafe 1-0, a result that took them up to fourth in the Spanish Liga.
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/ 6 December 2005
The gripping trial of deposed Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein over a Shi’ite massacre 23 years ago continued on Tuesday as the court heard chilling evidence from a tearful woman testifying from behind a curtain. Tuesday’s hearing got off to a chaotic start as the presiding judge called a recess just minutes after ”witness A” began to testify.
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/ 6 December 2005
China is challenging United States interests and values in Africa, shielding ”rogue states,” harming the environment and thwarting anti-corruption drives, according to a new independent survey of US policy on the continent. Beijing and the United States are on opposite sides in a new struggle for influence and resources in the new ”playing field” of Africa, said the survey.
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/ 6 December 2005
Two men raped two French students at a camping site at Frankfort on Monday, police said on Tuesday. Spokesperson Constable Christopher Mophiring said three men fled the scene in the women’s vehicle after the incident at 1am on Monday. ”It is alleged that the two women were asleep in their vehicle at the Wilge River camping site.
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/ 6 December 2005
King Kong has captivated New Yorkers since he first stepped foot in the city, quickly taking on legendary status with his building-scaling, blonde-loving ways. He is such a legend that that some movie fans occasionally speak of him as if he is more than myth. He is so huge here that some history professors use him to study New York’s past.
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/ 6 December 2005
Nearly two years after Nasa’s twin rovers parachuted to Mars, a Jekyll-and-Hyde picture is emerging about the planet’s past and whether it could have supported life. Both Spirit and Opportunity uncovered geologic evidence of a wet past, a sign that ancient Mars may have been hospitable to life.
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/ 6 December 2005
A powerful earthquake toppled homes onto children in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo on Monday, killing at least one child in a region already beset
by war, poverty and volcanoes. Dr Jean-Donne Owali told The Associated Press by telephone that two people died from quake injuries in his clinic in lakeside Kalemie, 55km from the epicentre.
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/ 6 December 2005
A catlike creature photographed by camera traps on Borneo Island is likely to be a new species of carnivore, the World Wildlife Fund said on Tuesday. If confirmed, the animal — which has dark red fur and a long, bushy tail — would be first new carnivore species discovered on the island since 1895, when the Borneo ferret-badger was found, the fund said.