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/ 16 October 2005
Egyptian authorities ordered the release on Saturday of leading Muslim Brotherhood figure Essam el-Erian, who had spent more than five months in custody without charge, and three other members of the banned Islamic group on bail. El-Erian and fellow Brotherhood leader Helmi el-Gazar were detained on May 6.
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/ 16 October 2005
Simmering divisions within Zimbabwe’s main opposition party over whether to contest controversial Senate elections broke into the open last week, risking a split in the party that would hand a victory to President Robert Mugabe. The Movement for Democratic Change could score an own goal by splitting over a relatively minor issue.
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/ 16 October 2005
High oil prices are among the biggest threats to the global economy and more needs to be done to increase oil production, refining capacity and investment, top financial officials of the world’s leading economies said on Sunday. The Group of 20 wrapped up two days of meetings in the outskirts of Beijing.
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/ 16 October 2005
Chief Justice Pius Langa and the South African Human Rights Commission (SAHRC) say there is no substance to a rumour that a race row involving Cape Judge President John Hlophe has been referred to the SAHRC, South African Broadcasting Corporation radio news reported on Saturday.
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/ 16 October 2005
Britain moved quickly on Sunday to condemn a deadly bomb attack in an ethnic-Arab dominated city in south-west Iran and repeated its denial of any link to a wave of unrest in the oil-rich region. Two bombs blamed on ”terrorists” killed four people and wounded 90 on Saturday in a market in Ahvaz.
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/ 16 October 2005
As the large van rattled along a treacherous rocky track, the Vucaj family stared despondently through the windows. After five years of living in Britain, they were returning to another world, a Europe far removed from the more prosperous and secure corner of the continent they had come to love.
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/ 16 October 2005
Free State played a masterful tactical game to beat Western Province (WP) 16-11 at Newlands on Saturday and advance to their second consecutive Currie Cup final. It was the second year running that they made beat WP in a Cape Town semifinal and the match followed much the same pattern as last year’s.
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/ 16 October 2005
Jose Mourinho claimed Chelsea had provided the perfect riposte to the critics who have labelled them boring by blasting five second-half goals past Bolton. ”We are not boring,” Mourinho insisted after a 5-1 win that extended his side’s perfect start to the season to nine matches. Arsenal, however, were beaten 2-1 at West Brom.
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/ 16 October 2005
The Blue Bulls reached a fourth consecutive Currie Cup final with a hard-fought, come-from-behind 31-23 semifinal victory over the Lions at Loftus Versfeld on Saturday evening. The Lions led 17-16 at the break, but should have been further ahead after outplaying the defending champions in most facets in the first 40 minutes.
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/ 16 October 2005
Two goals within five minutes against Ajax Cape Town were sufficient to cement Orlando Pirates’ position at the top of the Premier Soccer League log with a 2-1 victory. Also, Bloemfontein Celtic beat Santos 2-1; Bush Bucks lost 1-0 to Dynamos; and Jomo Cosmos beat Free State Stars 2-1 to register their second win.