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/ 20 October 2005
Ethiopian children are being sold for as little as $1,20 (about R7,90) to work as domestic workers or prostitutes, the International Organisation for Migration said on Wednesday. Up to 20 000 children, some 10 years old, are sold each year by their parents and trafficked by unscrupulous brokers to work in cities across Ethiopia.
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/ 20 October 2005
Makarem al-Deiri is standing for election to the Egyptian Parliament next month after a long academic career, but she makes no bones about her view that a woman’s place is in the home. The 55-year-old mother of seven insists there is no point arguing for sexual equality, as such a demand ”goes against nature”.
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/ 20 October 2005
Rory Carroll, an Irish journalist working for the British newspaper The Guardian, has been kidnapped by armed men in Iraq, the newspaper said on Wednesday. Alan Rusbridger, The Guardian‘s editor, said on the newspaper’s website: ”We’re deeply concerned at Rory’s disappearance.”
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/ 20 October 2005
Mikhail Khodorkovsky, the founder of the Yukos oil giant and formerly Russia’s wealthiest man, has been sent to a prison colony in eastern Siberia to serve the rest of his eight-year sentence for financial crimes. Alexander Pleshkov, head of the punishment implementation department for Siberia, said the the tycoon had been sent to a colony in the Krasnokamensk district of Chita province
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/ 20 October 2005
After its 1,82% slide on Wednesday, the JSE had recouped most of its losses by midday on Thursday, boosted by a rebound on United States markets overnight. By 12.04pm, the all share and all share industrial indices added 1,22% and 1,55% respectively. Financials firmed 1,39% and the banks index was up 1,51%.
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/ 20 October 2005
Authorities want Michael Jackson back in court — this time as a juror. Jackson received a jury summons at his Neverland Valley Ranch, four months after he was acquitted of child-molestation charges. ”It’s just one of those ironies of life that he’d be called as a juror,” said a professor at Loyola School of Law.
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/ 20 October 2005
Saddam Hussein’s Jordan-based legal team will meet his Iraqi lawyer soon to draw up a battle plan for his next court appearance, one of the lawyers said on Thursday. Issam Ghazzawi confirmed that the former dictator’s Iraqi courtroom lawyer Khalil al-Dulaimi is expected in Amman in the next 24 hours to brief the team on the trial, which was adjourned until November 28.
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/ 20 October 2005
Only a small number of Gauteng motorists on Thursday appeared to have heeded the government’s call to participate in Car-Free Day. Minister of Transport Jeff Radebe was walking and taking taxis in the Pretoria city centre on Thursday, raising awareness of Car-Free Day.
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/ 20 October 2005
Pakistani authorities on Thursday confirmed about 48Â 000 people died in the October 8 earthquake and said there were discrepancies in a higher toll of about 79Â 000 given by provincial authorities on Wednesday. The United Nations said the aid shortfall makes the situation worse than after the Indian Ocean tsunami last year.
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/ 20 October 2005
Supersport United have advanced to the quarterfinals of the Coca-Cola Cup with a 2-1 win over Free State Stars at the Super Stadium in Atteridgeville on Wednesday night. The hosts deserved more goals than the score line reflected, but fluffed many golden opportunities throughout the match.