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/ 12 January 2006
Israeli politics resumed in earnest on Thursday as four Likud ministers were set to hand in letters of resignation while Prime Minister Ariel Sharon remained "serious but stable" after a massive brain haemorrhage. A series of upbeat medical reports from the hospital where he is in intensive care have sunk a truce in electioneering for a March poll.
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/ 12 January 2006
It’s been said laughter is the best medicine, but no one has yet proved it. Now a Japanese scientist is unlocking the secrets of the funny bone, which he believes can cheer up people’s genes. Geneticist Kazuo Murakami has teamed up on the study with an unlikely research partner: stand-up comedians.
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/ 12 January 2006
A rebel group in eastern Sudan has accused the army of launching an attack on Wednesday on its camps in the Hamesh Koreb region, sparking clashes that left casualties. ”Troops backed by warplanes attacked our camps in Hamesh Koreb,” near the border with Eritrea, the secretary general of the Beja Congress said.
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/ 12 January 2006
England cricket captain Michael Vaughan is confident that Australian plans to limit the number of away fans at the next Ashes series in Australia will prove futile. England’s Barmy Army has been hit by the news that Cricket Australia will try to limit the number of tickets available to English support.
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/ 12 January 2006
The pride of the pharaohs is at stake — and coach Ted Dumitru expects a fierce onslaught from Egypt when Bafana Bafana face the African Nations Cup hosts in a final warm-up encounter at the International Stadium in Cairo on Saturday. ”Egypt are making a special effort to achieve success on home soil,” Dumitru said.
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/ 12 January 2006
Liverpool manager Rafa Benitez is poised to boost his defensive ranks once again with the capture of Denmark international Danny Agger. Benitez has already added Dutchman Jan Kromkamp from Spanish high-flyers Villarreal to his squad during the January transfer window.
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/ 12 January 2006
South African Giniel de Villiers, driving a Volkswagen, won the 11th stage in the Dakar Rally in Bamako, Mali, on Wednesday, and KTM’s Mali-born French rider Alain Duclos became the first competitor from black Africa to win a stage when he won the motorcycle section.
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/ 12 January 2006
More than 140 people were left homeless on Thursday morning after a fire destroyed 30 shacks at Barcelona informal settlement in Gugulethu, South African Broadcasting Corporation radio news reported. The report said firefighters managed to put out the blaze.
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/ 12 January 2006
I Will Survive by Gloria Gaynor is bound to make it. So too, perhaps, will the more discordant tones of Yoko Ono’s club hit Walking on Thin Ice. But you can count on Barbra Streisand being there. Sony Music has announced the launch of a label dedicated to supporting gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgendered artists.
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/ 12 January 2006
Is that a condom in your pocket or do you want a fine? That is the question police in a Colombian town may soon be asking all males over the age of 14 as part of a scheme to cut the rate of HIV infections. A councillor in the town has proposed that males be forced to carry condoms in the same way they have to carry identity cards.