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The main Palestinian resistance groups in the Gaza Strip met Mahmoud Abbas on Tuesday night as the new Palestinian president appealed to them to end attacks on Israeli targets. Palestinian officials said Abbas met Islamic Jihad leaders on Tuesday night in a secret location and then saw Hamas leaders.
Sharon visits army chiefs, troops in Gaza
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/ 19 January 2005
Virginia Mayo, once described in a fan letter from the sultan of Morocco as ”tangible proof of the existence of God”, died on Monday at the age of 84. She began opposite a pantomime horse in vaudeville and became one of the biggest stars of the 40s and 50s Hollywood musical.
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/ 19 January 2005
The National Press Club in Pretoria has awarded Charlize Theron its Newsmaker of the Year title for 2004. Theron is the first African to win a best-actress Oscar award. The Benoni beauty received the Oscar for her lead role in Monster. Press club chairperson Ben Rootman said the Olympics swimming relay team and the 2010 Soccer World Cup bid were also strong contenders for the title.
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/ 19 January 2005
A United States-registered light aircraft carrying four people has disappeared over the northern Free State on a flight from Wonderboom airport in Pretoria to Harrismith, the Civil Aviation Authority said on Wednesday. About 20 minutes before landing, a passenger on the aircraft phoned a family member by cellphone to ask them to collect them at the aerodrome at 5.30pm.
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/ 19 January 2005
Oscar-winning <i>Lord of the Rings</i> moviemaker Peter Jackson has put his own money into a screen version of the bestselling novel <i>The Lovely Bones</i>, the industry press said this week.
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/ 19 January 2005
Fifa’s player of the year Ronaldinho and European player of the year Andriy Shevchenko head a list of 52 players invited to play in a charity match next month to raise money for victims of the tsunami, Fifa said on Tuesday. The FC Barcelona midfielder and AC Milan striker will captain the two sides, which will include Brazil’s Ronaldo, England’s David Beckham, and Frenchman Zinedine Zidane of Real Madrid.
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/ 19 January 2005
A tank containing a cleaning solvent caught fire and exploded at a Durban oil refinery on Tuesday night. Managing director of the Engen refinery, Wayne Hartmann, said he had no idea what sparked the fire at 8.45pm, but said it was extinguished quickly by metro fire personnel who responded instantly to their call.
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/ 19 January 2005
Governments around the world should do more to protect journalists, an international umbrella group for the profession claimed on Tuesday as it unveiled figures showing that 2004 was the most dangerous year on record. The International Federation of Journalists said 129 media workers had been killed in 2004.
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/ 19 January 2005
Richard Hatch, winner of Survivor, the unscripted CBS television show, failed to report more than -million at tax time. Hatch (43), of Newport, Rhode Island, also failed to report about  000 paid to him by a Boston radio station, the United States Department of Justice said in a statement.
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/ 19 January 2005
In a blizzard of dry ice, operatic music and multi-ethnic dancing, the world’s largest passenger plane made its first public appearance at a vast airfield on the outskirts of Toulouse in France on Tuesday. Bathed in soft purple light, the Airbus A380 ”superjumbo” dwarfed a crowd of 5Â 000 guests including Tony Blair and his fellow heads of government from France, Germany and Spain.