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/ 5 September 2005
You need a tough backside and points are awarded for hiding your pain when you flop into the water — welcome to the weird world of "dive-bombing", which held its world championships on Sunday. The event attracted competitors from Germany, Austria, Switzerland and The Netherlands.
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/ 5 September 2005
Insurgents launched a surprise attack on Baghdad’s heavily guarded interior ministry building early on Monday, killing two police officers and wounding several others, officials said. Meanwhile, Saddam Hussein’s lawyers complained they will not have enough time to prepare for his trial, which starts on October 19.
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/ 5 September 2005
The Independent Communications Authority of South Africa (Icasa) last week approved Telkom’s new tariff structure in spite of the rise in installation and rental fees, it was announced on Monday. The government is planning to hold a second colloquium on telecommunications pricing next month.
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/ 5 September 2005
Parliament has given notice that two United Democratic Movement MPs who were expelled by their party the day before the floor-crossing window will not be replaced at present. Meanwhile, the Afrikaner-based Freedom Front Plus announced on Monday that it has lost its sole seat in the Mpumalanga legislature.
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/ 5 September 2005
Rescuers have plucked tens of thousands of terrified residents from the rooftops of their homes in New Orleans and along the Gulf Coast, capturing what may be the bulk of the survivors in readily visible locations. Now the more difficult door-to-door scouring begins, and it could take weeks, if not months.
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/ 5 September 2005
A Boeing 737-200 jetliner crashed on Monday into a densely populated suburb of the northern Indonesian city of Medan and burst into flames minutes after take-off, killing at least 137 people. The Mandala Airlines jet bound for Jakarta was carrying 117 passengers and crew when it slammed into the ground. At least 15 passengers survived.
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/ 5 September 2005
Terence Morgan, the tall, suave actor who appeared in 1950s films including Turn the Key Softly, Tread Softly Stranger and Dance, Little Lady, has died at the age of 83, his family said. His first film role was Laertes in Lawrence Olivier’s Hamlet in 1948.
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/ 5 September 2005
The Democratic Alliance wants Parliament’s rules committee to discuss Speaker Baleka Mbete’s decision not to allow a question to be put to President Thabo Mbeki over the arms deal. The question related to Mbeki’s alleged meeting with arms-deal company Thomson-CSF.
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/ 5 September 2005
Veteran Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak, who faces his first contested election on Wednesday after a quarter of a century in power, is a longtime Western ally who crushed Islamic violence and saw through peace with Israel before coming under pressure for reform.
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/ 5 September 2005
The Department of Correctional Services has dismissed claims that Minister of Correctional Services Ngconde Balfour interfered in the recruitment of prison warders in the Eastern Cape to secure a place for his nephew. Balfour’s spokesperson said the minister had no reason to intervene in staff recruitment.