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/ 24 January 2006
Strollers soaking up the sea spray along Havana’s famed Malecón waterfront boulevard absorbed an impromptu lesson on America’s civil rights movement this week when the United States mission began flashing passages from Martin Luther King’s ”I have a Dream” speech on a giant screen.
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/ 24 January 2006
KwaZulu-Natal health MEC Peggy Nkonyeni’s son Monde died in a car crash near the Port Shepstone toll plaza on Tuesday, her office said. Monde Nkonyeni (16) was travelling to school with his siblings Steve and Sithabile when their car collided with a van.
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/ 24 January 2006
A European investigator looking into allegations of secret, CIA-run prisons in Europe said on Monday that ”a great deal” of evidence pointed towards the existence of a United States system of ”outsourcing” torture. Swiss senator Dick Marty said it was also highly likely European governments knew what the US had been doing.
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/ 24 January 2006
Pope Benedict XVI on Tuesday called on the media to be responsible and promote traditional marriage and family life. And he reminded parents, the news media and entertainment industries of their responsibility towards children, "through presenting edifying models of human life and love".
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/ 24 January 2006
Prosecutions arising from Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) cases will start soon, the National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) said on Monday. ”We do have five cases that are prosecutable. There are also cases which require further investigation,” Vusi Pikoli, National Director of Public Prosecutions, said.
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/ 24 January 2006
As the final preparations for the first of three A1 grand prix races were under way in South Africa on Tuesday, managers of host city Durban announced they have their sights set on building a reputation as a global motorsport centre. The A1 grand prix, a growing force on the world racing calendar, takes place on Sunday.
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/ 24 January 2006
Off-spinner Muttiah Muralitharan surpassed 400 wickets in one-day internationals on Tuesday but couldn’t prevent South Africa from beating Sri Lanka by nine runs to keep alive their chances of winning cricket’s limited-overs tri-series. Opener Boeta Dippenaar carried his bat for 125 to anchor South Africa’s innings of 263 for five.
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/ 24 January 2006
A 16-year-old who claims he was knocked off his motorbike by a road safety official in northern Malaysia has received a bicycle from the government — as a reminder that he should stick to pedal power until he gets a driving licence. Villagers allege that an officer hurled a chair at the young man, causing him to crash in a heap.
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/ 24 January 2006
In multi-ethnic, multi-faith, multilingual Malaysia, the new national ID card is a tie that binds. While Britain’s politicians wrangle over the issue, many Malaysians see their ”multi-application smart card” as a unifying sign of national progress. It is also a tool in a hi-tech fight for economic survival in a globalised world of encircling superpowers.
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/ 24 January 2006
Halliburton, the vast Texan oil and military services corporation, was accused by former employees on Monday of supplying contaminated water to American troops and Iraqi civilians at a marine base in Ramadi. The claims by former employees was backed up by internal Halliburton e-mails relating to the untreated water and the health problems it had caused in Camp Junction City.