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/ 27 September 2005
The African National Congress in the Western Cape is acting against branches and members involved in a series of violent scuffles at party meetings in Khayelitsha on Sunday. At least eight party members have been suspended and face further disciplinary action after a branch meeting in Khayelitsha turned violent on Sunday.
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/ 27 September 2005
Zimbabwe has not rejected loan assistance from South Africa, the country’s Herald Online reported on Tuesday. ”As the central bank, we are looking forward to the conclusion of the negotiations that will replenish our coffers accordingly,” it quoted Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe Governor Gideon Gono as saying.
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/ 27 September 2005
The search for the missing Durban yacht Moquini has been called off, the coordinator of the civilian search, Matthew Thomas, said on Monday evening. The Moquini went missing in the Mauritius-to-Durban yacht race two weeks ago. Three aircraft were involved in a private search for the yacht.
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/ 27 September 2005
The leader of an al-Qaeda cell in Madrid on Monday became only the second person anywhere to be jailed for the September 11 attacks on New York and Washington when he received a 27-year sentence for conspiracy to carry out terrorist murders.
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/ 27 September 2005
A United States military panel on Monday convicted Private Lynndie England on six out of seven counts of mistreating Iraqi prisoners at the notorious Abu Ghraib jail near Baghdad. England became the public face of the scandal after photographs of the soldier holding a leash attached to a naked prisoner were shown around the world.
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/ 27 September 2005
French police are investigating the suicide of two teenage girls who tied themselves together and leapt from the 17th storey of a tower block while their horrified boyfriends watched. The girls, named only as Marion and Virginie, had apparently carefully prepared their deaths.
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/ 27 September 2005
Perched among the highlands of western Cameroon, Lake Nyos is a scene of breathtaking beauty. But the picture is deceptive. A detailed study reveals that without emergency measures, the lake could release a lethal cloud of carbon dioxide, capable of wiping out entire communities around its shores.
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/ 27 September 2005
Hurricane Rita’s path of devastation along the Texas-Louisiana coast became shockingly clear on Monday, as rescuers pulled stranded bayou residents out on skiffs and army helicopters searched for thousands of cattle feared drowned. In Terrebonne Parish, the count of severely damaged or destroyed homes stood at nearly 9Â 900.
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/ 27 September 2005
Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon on Monday narrowly survived an attempt to force an early leadership election in the ruling Likud party, in retaliation for his demolition of Jewish settlements in Gaza, after warning that the party would be ”committing political suicide”.
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/ 27 September 2005
A man was killed when a tree fell on top of him during high winds on Monday night at Zevenfontein informal settlement, north of Johannesburg. Monday night also saw large areas of Gauteng plunged into darkness and roofs flying off houses. Johannesburg emergency services received about 1 500 emergency calls.