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/ 16 November 2005
Australia’s Olympic and world champion swimmer Ian Thorpe makes his competitive comeback at this weekend’s World Cup shortcourse meet at Sydney’s Olympic Aquatic Centre. Thorpe will swim his first race since last year’s Athens Olympics in the 100m freestyle.
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/ 16 November 2005
Prince Albert II is to be formally invested as ruler of Monaco this week in a series of ceremonies taking place in the Mediterranean microstate synonymous with high living, gambling and jet-set glamour. The high point of the ceremonies, which coincide with Monaco’s national holiday, will take place on Thursday in the royal palace, when Albert is to take a solemn vow before representatives of the state.
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/ 16 November 2005
A series of tremors shook the Driefontein mine near Carletonville on Tuesday, injuring 17 mineworkers, Gold Fields confirmed. Two miners were taken to hospital — one with a broken hand and another with a broken arm — said Billy Jacobsz, spokesperson for Gold Fields.
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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
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
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.