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Juan Manuel Pena scored an own-goal in the first half and deflected Deco’s strike after the interval on Sunday to help FC Barcelona beat Villarreal 2-0 in the Spanish league. The win at Villarreal was Barcelona’s seventh straight in the league and ninth overall.
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/ 5 December 2005
An attacker blew himself up in a failed assault on coalition forces in volatile southern Afghanistan, while two United States helicopters made emergency landings during combat operations and three American soldiers were injured in a bomb blast, officials said.
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/ 5 December 2005
Police in Zimbabwe have arrested a cricket official and two national team players over allegations of illegal foreign currency transactions amid a crisis in Zimbabwe cricket. The manager, Mohammed ”Babu” Meman, and the players, Vusi Sibanda and Waddington Mwayenga, were arrested on Saturday, said the state-controlled Herald.
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African National Congress deputy president Jacob Zuma on Sunday cited a ”fast modernising society”, self-enrichment, ambition and a quest for power as threats facing the tripartite alliance. Zuma said the quest for economic, social and political power was threatening the foundation on which the liberation movement was built.
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/ 5 December 2005
The JSE was weaker just before midday on Monday, dragged down by a strong rand, weaker world markets and gold coming off its best levels. A technical problem with the futures market made for very light volumes on the bourse however. By 11.55am, the all share index lost 0,36%.
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/ 5 December 2005
Five people were killed and dozens more wounded on Monday in a suicide bomb attack at a shopping mall close to the city of Tel Aviv, Israeli police and medical sources said. The blast, responsibility for which was claimed by Islamic Jihad, went off at around 11.30am at the entrance to the Hasharon shopping centre in the upmarket resort town of Netanya.
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/ 5 December 2005
The share price of Cape Town-based black economic empowerment group Sekunjalo Investments hit 80 cents in early trade on Monday, gaining eight cents and approaching a four-and-a-half year high of 82 cents. This follows the group’s announcement late on Thursday of a 303% rise in headline earnings per share to 4,76 cents for the year ended on August 31.
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/ 5 December 2005
Australian opener Justin Langer has issued a warning to South Africa ahead of the Test series against the Proteas later this month, responding to Graeme Smith’s comments that there were ”question marks” over the Australian team, particularly in its middle order.
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/ 5 December 2005
Iran will not submit to Western demands to limit its disputed nuclear fuel drive and is prepared to maintain a freeze on sensitive activities only for a few more months, said national security official Ali Larijani. The Islamic republic’s top nuclear negotiator also asserted that Iran was powerful enough to dissuade its critics from considering military action.
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/ 5 December 2005
The Scorpions have stripped four prominent Johannesburg businessmen of their assets pending charges of theft and money laundering, reported The Star newspaper on Monday. The paper said the four had allegedly syphoned R15-million from Absa Bank in an internet scam.