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/ 27 April 2005

Benitez: Liverpool can do the impossible

Rafael Benitez believes Liverpool can achieve the impossible and see off Chelsea in the Champions League semifinals despite losing to Jose Mourinho’s men three times already this season. The first instalment of the all Premiership clash takes place at Stamford Bridge on Wednesday with Benitez promising Liverpool would be at their European best rather than their domestic worst.

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/ 27 April 2005

Missouri executes man who killed gran for drug money

An inmate who fatally stabbed his grandmother more than 30 times to get cash for crack cocaine was executed early on Wednesday in Missouri’s new death chamber. Donald Jones (38) died by injection at 12.07am. Jones’ relatives had asked governor Matt Blunt to spare his life, arguing the 68-year-old victim would not have sought vengeance against her grandson.

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/ 27 April 2005

Cop probing Pitcairn offences tried to get islander drunk

A British police officer investigating allegations of child sex abuse on Pitcairn Island tried to extract information from an islander by getting him drunk, judges in New Zealand have been told. The evidence was given during a sitting in Auckland of the Pitcairn Supreme Court, which is hearing appeals by six islanders against their convictions last October for rape and other sexual offences against underage girls.

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/ 27 April 2005

ANC ‘redeploys’ Emfuleni mayor

Emfuleni local municipality mayor Johnny Thabane and two other senior officials will be replaced by a ”political collective”, the African National Congress in Gauteng said on Tuesday. ”We did not — yesterday, or today — fire the mayor. He is still the mayor. We will introduce changes and redeploy the mayor,” said the provincial premier, Mbhazima Shilowa.

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/ 27 April 2005

Poll result sparks Togo violence

Angry opposition supporters took to the streets of Togo’s capital, Lome, on Tuesday, erecting burning barricades, throwing rocks and attacking cars after the son of the country’s last dictator was declared winner of the presidential election. Plumes of black smoke rose across the city and frightened residents sought refuge as gangs of youths set up road-blocks.

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/ 26 April 2005

Zim reels under post-poll shortages

Zimbabweans are reeling under a serious shortage of basic commodities and erratic power supplies following the March 31 parliamentary elections, and experts partially blame this on dwindling foreign exchange reserves and a poor harvest. Captains of industry and trade union leaders say the shortages were anticipated.

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/ 26 April 2005

Train crash: Rescuers fight against time

Rescuers on Tuesday pulled three survivors and more bodies from the wreckage of a Japanese train as the death toll rose to 76, with a new derailment raising fresh safety concerns following recent rail privatisation. With hundreds of residents watching, rescuers squeezed into flattened carriages in a last effort to find survivors.