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/ 19 January 2006
Insurgents carried out two dramatic ambushes on Wednesday, killing 11 people, including two American civilians, in a roadside bombing in Basra and an attack on an Iraqi convoy in Baghdad. Meanwhile, Iraqi officials expressed hope that American hostage Jill Carroll would eventually be released.
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/ 19 January 2006
Amri Abdullah, convicted and jailed for cheating, has paid his dues to society. Now he wants the Malaysian government to pay him his dues — -million for holding him an extra 217 days in jail because of an administrative error, a news report said on Thursday.
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/ 19 January 2006
Cold weather so painful that even winter-hardened Russians complained about it has gripped Moscow and much of the rest of the country. At least two dozen people have reportedly died of exposure nationwide and Russians used a record amount of electricity to keep warm. Temperatures dropped to minus 30 degrees Celsius overnight.
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/ 19 January 2006
Nasa scientists hope the third time is the charm for their -million unmanned mission to Pluto. The space agency planned to make a third attempt to launch the New Horizons probe on Thursday, a day after a storm knocked out power at the Maryland-based laboratory that will command the mission.
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/ 19 January 2006
Health workers and a doctor at the Rose Park hospital in Bloemfontein are being monitored for symptoms of Congo fever after treating a Petrusburg woman who died of the virus, a local newspaper reported. A specialist physician and personnel have been placed under observation.
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/ 19 January 2006
Second seed Kim Clijsters struggled with a hip injury that threatens to derail her Australian Open campaign as she fought her way into the third round at Melbourne Park on Thursday. The United States Open champion downed China’s Meng Yuan 6-4, 6-2, but needed medical attention on her right hip early in the second set.
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/ 19 January 2006
Multimillion-rand soccer takeovers are becoming something of a habit among Russians — and FC Moscow are not immune. The Russian club, fresh from a recent takeover that is designed to lift them into the top echelon of European clubs, arrived in South Africa on Wednesday for a friendly fixture against Kaizer Chiefs.
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/ 19 January 2006
Titans fast-bowler Brendon Reddy put the skids on the KwaZulu-Natal Dolphins with two wickets in his second over in their Standard Bank Pro20 cricket match at Kingsmead on Wednesday night. Requiring nine runs to the over, the Dolphins, batting second after losing the toss, were always up against it.
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/ 19 January 2006
Zimbabwe was withdrawn from Test cricket for this year by its government-appointed interim committee on Wednesday. ”The decision to suspend its participation in Test matches was reached by ZC [Zimbabwe Cricket] after consideration of the recent performances by the national and A teams,” ZC said.
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/ 19 January 2006
Giuseppe Rossi scored twice while Louis Saha, Kieran Richardson and Ryan Giggs had a goal each to pace Manchester United over semi-pro Burton Albion 5-0 on Wednesday in their English FA Cup third-round replay. Everton also advanced to the fourth round with a 1-0 victory over League Championship side Millwall.