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Thai transvestites are often pretty enough to fool tourists into taking them home for the night, but the unwary visitor risks losing his wallet as well as his pride. Members of a transvestite gang have confessed to concealing strong sedative pills under their tongues and spitting them down the throats of their victims while kissing.
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/ 14 November 2005
Israel and the Palestinians appeared on Monday on the verge of a crucial deal to open up Gaza’s border with Egypt after a new round of intensive talks with United States Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, whose visit was shadowed by the killing of a top Islamic militant by Israeli troops.
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The South African government is following up information that two South African contractors were killed in a suicide bomb blast in Baghdad on Monday. The two South African contractors were killed when a suicide bomber blew up a booby-trapped car outside the Green Zone, a high-security area in Baghdad, the AFP news agency reported.
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Former deputy president Jacob Zuma and his lawyer were to meet on Monday to decide what to do about a weekend newspaper report that claimed rape allegations had been made against Zuma. At the same time, the newspaper posted a notice on its website saying it stands by its story ”100%”.
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/ 14 November 2005
Pakistan made a good recovery on Monday after Marcus Trescothick’s 193 gave England a big first-innings lead in the first cricket Test. Pakistan — trailing by 144 in the first innings — finished the third day at 125 for two. The home team now trail by just 19 runs.
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Andre Agassi lost 6-4, 6-2 to Nikolay Davydenko and then pulled out of the Tennis Masters Cup on Monday, less than an hour after second-ranked Rafael Nadal withdrew with an injured left foot. Agassi lasted one hour and 14 minutes against Davydenko and then told reporters he had to withdraw after aggravating an ankle problem.
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/ 14 November 2005
Increased interaction of warders with prisoners is important in pre-empting gang attacks and other gang-related activity in prisons, a study released on Monday reveals. The Department of Correctional Services is looking at issues such as staffing levels and the provision of equipment at a representative 36 prisons around the country.
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Police have refused to confirm reports of pending arrests linked to an unregistered mortuary in the Leigh Matthews kidnapping and murder case. In his trial, murderer Donovan Moodley denied keeping Matthews’s body on ice for several days before dumping it in a veld in Walkerville — despite expert evidence to the contrary.
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Johannesburg’s bid for the 2010 Gay Games was as solid as a rock, but despite all the bid committee’s efforts, the Games will be hosted by Cologne, Germany. Disappointed members of the Johannesburg bid commission were in Chicago for the announcement and listened to the Federation of Gay Games decision on Sunday.
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Capitalising on damaging power struggles rocking Zimbabwe’s opposition Movement for Democratic Change (MDC), a ruling-party legislator has urged Zimbabweans to vote for his party in this month’s Senate polls because it is ”more organised”, the state-controlled Herald reported on Monday.