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Bears in Slovakia are awakening early from hibernation. So are barmaids in Bavaria, unseasonably busy in outdoor beer gardens. Forgoing a white Christmas was one thing, but the utter absence of snow for weeks on end has many Europeans pining for what seems — so far, anyway — like The Winter That Wasn’t.
<li><a class=’standardtextsmall’ href="http://www.mg.co.za/Content/l3.asp?cg=BreakingNews-InternationalNews&ao=177751">Europe’s storm toll rises to 17</a>
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/ 11 January 2005
Guards at a New Zealand jail struggled to control 26 prisoners who became drunk after consuming a potent home brew smuggled into the institution, news reports said on Tuesday. Two warders were injured on Monday as they tried to move the drunken prisoners into a top security unit at the Hawkes Bay jail, in Napier, said Peter Grant of the Department of Corrections.
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/ 11 January 2005
It is enough to make any Elvis fan’s quiff quiver with pride — not only is the King on top of the British pop charts this week, but he looks set to vie for the same spot for most of the next four months. As a lavish celebration for what would have been the United States rock’n’roll legend’s 70th birthday, Elvis’s record label is releasing all 18 of his previous number one British singles in chronological order.
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At least eight people, including two children, died as bushfires fanned by searing temperatures and high winds raged through parts of South Australia state on Tuesday, threatening towns and destroying properties. Police said eight people have been confirmed killed, but a number of others are still unaccounted for and the toll could rise.
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Although South Africa has not made any promises to send direct aid to the Seychelles after the tsunami disaster, it will ensure African countries are not overlooked by relief efforts, the Department of Foreign Affairs said on Monday. The island state sustained losses of R179-million in damage to its roads, bridges and ports.
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Scheduled local and international flights to and from Nigerian airports were getting back to normal on Monday after five days of disruption caused by a thick cloud of dust, aviation officials said. No flights took off or landed at Lagos’s local and international airports between January 6 and 8, airport officials said.
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At least four people were killed and 60 others arrested early on Monday during violent protests in the capital of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) over rumours of a government plan to delay the country’s first democratic elections since independence in 1960, authorities said.
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Six Iraqi police officers were killed in a car bomb blast in Tikrit on Tuesday, the latest deadly strike against security forces with elections less than three weeks away. Meanwhile, United States President George Bush said he is working to ensure the elections go forward as planned, but warned the vote is only a "first step" towards a permanent government.
<li><a class=’standardtextsmall’ href="http://www.mg.co.za/Content/l3.asp?cg=BreakingNews-InternationalNews&ao=177692">Fallujah ‘a city of ghosts'</a>
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Zimbabwe’s President Robert Mugabe on Monday backtracked over the controversial banning of some ruling-party candidates in primary elections set for January 15. Demonstrators from the ruling Zanu-PF party held a second demonstration outside party headquarters, protesting against the imposition of candidates.
Moyo appeal depends on party decision
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The South African retail petrol price is likely to be increased once again in March if the Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries’ basket price remains above $38 per barrel and the rand stays near R6 per dollar. On Monday, there was already an under-recovery of almost 20 cents per litre.