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China is challenging United States interests and values in Africa, shielding ”rogue states,” harming the environment and thwarting anti-corruption drives, according to a new independent survey of US policy on the continent. Beijing and the United States are on opposite sides in a new struggle for influence and resources in the new ”playing field” of Africa, said the survey.
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/ 6 December 2005
Nearly two years after Nasa’s twin rovers parachuted to Mars, a Jekyll-and-Hyde picture is emerging about the planet’s past and whether it could have supported life. Both Spirit and Opportunity uncovered geologic evidence of a wet past, a sign that ancient Mars may have been hospitable to life.
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/ 6 December 2005
King Kong has captivated New Yorkers since he first stepped foot in the city, quickly taking on legendary status with his building-scaling, blonde-loving ways. He is such a legend that that some movie fans occasionally speak of him as if he is more than myth. He is so huge here that some history professors use him to study New York’s past.
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/ 6 December 2005
Two men raped two French students at a camping site at Frankfort on Monday, police said on Tuesday. Spokesperson Constable Christopher Mophiring said three men fled the scene in the women’s vehicle after the incident at 1am on Monday. ”It is alleged that the two women were asleep in their vehicle at the Wilge River camping site.
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/ 6 December 2005
A powerful earthquake toppled homes onto children in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo on Monday, killing at least one child in a region already beset
by war, poverty and volcanoes. Dr Jean-Donne Owali told The Associated Press by telephone that two people died from quake injuries in his clinic in lakeside Kalemie, 55km from the epicentre.
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/ 6 December 2005
A catlike creature photographed by camera traps on Borneo Island is likely to be a new species of carnivore, the World Wildlife Fund said on Tuesday. If confirmed, the animal — which has dark red fur and a long, bushy tail — would be first new carnivore species discovered on the island since 1895, when the Borneo ferret-badger was found, the fund said.
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/ 6 December 2005
The High Court of South Africa on Tuesday today approved the acquisition of Aflease Gold and Uranium Resources by Canadian-listed Southern Cross Resources. Southern Cross is acquiring all the issued shares of Aflease through a scheme of arrangement.
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Jacob Zuma suspended his participation in leading structures of the African National Congress after being charged with rape on Tuesday. Zuma has denied the charges. However, he will remain in the deputy president’s post. ”I wish to state clearly that I am innocent of these charges,” he said.
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/ 6 December 2005
Football-mad Germany is ready and willing to host the World Cup finals next year but minor problems are plaguing the build-up to the biggest sporting event in the world. The glitzy draw in Leipzig on Friday will decide where and when the 32 nations will play in six months’ time, but the country has been ready for months.
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Scientists and sports officials, including the International Olympic Committee president, unanimously agreed on Monday that athletes who use genetic transfer technology to enhance performance will be caught in the future. ”It will come, whether it’s three years or five years or next week. I think it would be foolish to guess,” said Professor Ted Friedmann at the conclusion of the second World Anti-Doping Agency (Wada) symposium on gene doping.