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/ 24 January 2005
The head of the Catholic Bishops’ Conference in Southern Africa, Cardinal Wilfred Napier, criticised the government on Monday for promoting condoms in the fight against HIV/Aids ”when it’s clearly not working”. Napier said only drastic change in sexual behaviour will stop the spread of the disease.
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/ 24 January 2005
The murdered German fashion designer Rudolph Moshammer has left his luxurious home to his beloved Yorkshire terrier Daisy, the mass market <i>Bild</i> newspaper reported on Friday. Moshammer’s former chauffeur, identified only as Andreas K (44), will move in with the dog.
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/ 24 January 2005
A mystery bug has paralysed remote-control devices for opening car doors, garages and gates in a district of the town of Aosta in northern Italy, an environmental protection agency said on Friday. The agency, Arpa, admitted it has as yet no idea what the problem is.
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/ 24 January 2005
The Roman Catholic Church in Italy has described as "blasphemy" an advertising campaign in Saturday’s daily newspapers using the image of the Virgin Mary holding the steering wheel of a car. The advertisement shows a minature statue of the Virgin Mary on the dashboard of a car holding a miniature wheel.
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/ 24 January 2005
A 48-year-old Frenchman who went missing last month has been found emaciated but alive in an underground cave system where he spent 35 days in pitch blackness eating nothing but wood and clay, police said on Sunday. "It was truly terrible fumbling around with nothing to eat," Jean-Luc Josuat-Verges said.
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/ 24 January 2005
The trial of the three men accused of throwing a man to his death in a lion’s den was adjourned on Monday morning when the first of the accused pleaded guilty, contrary to his lawyer’s instructions. Richard ”Doctor” Mathebula told the court: ”I would say I plead guilty because I followed instructions given to me by my employer.”
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/ 24 January 2005
The crime of identity theft costs the economy over R40-billion annually and South Africans are not doing enough to protect themselves from it. ”Armed with the identity number of someone with a good credit history, it is a simple matter to open numerous accounts in that person’s name and to then go on a spending spree,” said Fred Steffers, from Consumer Profile Bureau, a source of credit information.
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/ 24 January 2005
A suicide driver detonated a car bomb at a guard post outside the Iraqi prime minister’s party headquarters in Baghdad on Monday, injuring at least 10 people. The al-Qaeda affiliate in Iraq claimed responsibility a day after its leader declared all-out war on democracy.
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/ 24 January 2005
The JSE Securities Exchange was firmer at midday on Monday with local equities recovering from last week’s sell off. The gains came despite a firmer rand and weaker world markets. By 12.08pm, the all share and all share industrial indices added 0,3% and 0,22% respectively. Resources rose 0,57%.
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/ 24 January 2005
Kaizer Chiefs failed to continue with their dominance over Manning Rangers when the Durban-based outfit held them 2-2 in a crunch Castle Premiership encounter played at Chatsworth Stadium on Sunday afternoon. The visitors were the first to find the back of the net in the 26th minute when Arthur ”10111” Zwane scored.