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/ 5 September 2005
The Japanese election campaign may have spawned an ingenious new marketing tactic: take a relatively unknown product, have it berated in public by an unpopular politician, and watch sales soar. Sales of the French cheese Mimolette have taken off since the former prime minister, Yoshiro Mori urned his nose up at it in a bizarre television interview.
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/ 5 September 2005
The United States chief justice, William Rehnquist, whose deeply conservative views helped to reshape the country’s supreme court during the past three decades, has died, leaving President George Bush with a historic opportunity to make his mark on the highest court.
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/ 5 September 2005
The only brewery in the Palestinian territories escaped an attack on Sunday by a mob that razed a dozen homes over an alleged affair between a Christian man whose family owns the beer factory and a Muslim woman from a neighbouring village who was then murdered by her own family.
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/ 5 September 2005
Somali pirates have lowered their ransom demand and are ready to free 47 Taiwanese, Chinese, Indonesia, Filipino and Vietnamese crew on three Taiwan fishing boats as soon as the ransom has been paid. The three Taiwan tuna trawlers were seized by Somali pirates at the port of Kismayo on August 16 as they were picking up a fishing licence.
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/ 5 September 2005
American John Rollins carded an eight-under-par 63 and is among five players tied for the lead after Sunday’s third round of the ,5-million PGA Deutsche Bank Championship. Sweden’s Carl Pettersson, Jason Bohn, Billy Andrade and Olin Browne are tied with Rollins at 10-under 203.
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/ 5 September 2005
The chances of a paddler in the upcoming Hansa Powerade Dusi being attacked by a crocodile are, according to crocodile specialists, remote. The organising committee has been talking to communities, crocodile experts, farmers and the appropriate authorities about crocodiles living in the Valley of a Thousand Hills.
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/ 5 September 2005
For many American athletes, concentrating on games is the furthest thing on the minds of those who lost homes or have relatives dead or missing in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina. So, teams, owners and athletes are banding together in a heart-felt show of sympathy and support.
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/ 5 September 2005
Wimbledon champion Venus Williams beat her little sister Serena 7-6 (7/5), 6-2 to reach the quarterfinals of the United States Open in New York on Sunday, but the sister act was hardly a show-stopper. Belgian Kim Clijsters crushed Venezuelan Maria Vento-Kabchi, and Lleyton Hewitt’s five-set win over Taylor Dent had plenty of drama.
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/ 5 September 2005
SA’s black winemakers are making huge strides as wine farm owners, but are still facing the challenge of expensive capital outlays.
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/ 5 September 2005
Listed South African glass company Consol on Monday reported a 4,6% increase in headline earnings per share to 109,7 cents for the financial year ended June 2005, from 104,9 cents. A final dividend of 39 cents per share was declared. Revenue increased by 6,1% to R2,2-billion, while gross profit rose to R830,7-million.