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/ 16 November 2005
A waterless washing machine that removes stains from garments in a few minutes has been developed at the National University of Singapore, the facility said on Wednesday. The appliance uses negative ions, compressed air and deodorants to clean clothes.
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/ 16 November 2005
A British woman has been feeling constantly seasick for four years — even on dry land — following a holiday cruise around the Mediterranean, press reports said on Wednesday. Jane Houghton (41) developed Mal de Debarquement syndrome during a week-long trip from the Spanish island of Majorca in 2001 with her husband Neil.
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/ 16 November 2005
Zimbabwe’s government has decided to accept a United Nations offer to build emergency shelter for victims of its demolitions campaign, scrapping its previous refusal of the aid, a UN official said on Tuesday. ”We received a letter which conveys the wish of the government for the UN to proceed with phase one of the shelter programme,” said the official, who asked not to be named.
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/ 16 November 2005
The new sergeant major of the army has been mandated to sharpen discipline in the service, his chief, Lieutenant General Solly Shoke, said on Tuesday. ”It is true. I am concerned about discipline. Discipline is the cornerstone for success in any organisation,” Shoke said after an exercise demonstrating the army’s airborne capability to the media.
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/ 16 November 2005
World number one Roger Federer has given his support to Andre Agassi after the United States veteran was criticised for his early withdrawal from the Masters Cup tennis tournament. Federer, the only top-five player left in the season finale after Agassi and Rafael Nadal added their names to the injury list, said the eight-time Grand Slam champion deserved credit for turning up.
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/ 16 November 2005
If Durban businessman Schabir Shaik wins his appeal against fraud and corruption charges this would have a major bearing on the trial of axed deputy president Jacob Zuma. This is the view of David Unterhalter, head of the law school at the University of the Witwatersrand.
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/ 16 November 2005
The prospects for checking the pandemic growth of malaria looked brighter on Tuesday after scientists reported that young children in Mozambique were still enjoying protection from the vaccine they are testing after 18 months. Malaria takes more than a million lives every year — mostly children and pregnant women — and the toll is increasing in Africa because of HIV infection.
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/ 16 November 2005
After more than a decade of living in comfortable exile, a deposed Chadian dictator nicknamed ”Africa’s Pinochet” was arrested by police in Senegal on Tuesday. Hissène Habré (63) who is accused of mass murder and the torture of political opponents, faces extradition to Belgium and a trial for crimes against humanity. He was ousted by the current Chadian president, Idriss Déby, in 1990.
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/ 16 November 2005
The Iraqi government has begun an investigation into the alleged abuse of more than 170 prisoners who were found locked in an interior ministry bunker in Baghdad, many of them beaten and malnourished and some apparently brutally tortured.
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/ 16 November 2005
At least nine villagers were gunned down as they slept on Wednesday by suspected Islamic militants in southern Thailand, officials said, in an escalation of attacks in the troubled Muslim-majority region. The deaths bring to 18 the number of people killed in the last week.