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/ 19 February 2005
A rare form of plague has killed at least 61 people around a diamond mine in the remote wilds in the northeast of the Democratic Republic of Congo, and authorities fear hundreds more who fled into the forests to escape the contagion are infected and dying, the World Health Organisation said on Friday.
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/ 19 February 2005
The first evidence of human-produced global warming in the oceans has been found, thanks to computer analysis of seven million temperature readings taken over 40 years to depths of 700m. Tim Barnett, of the Scripps Institution in San Diego, said he was ”stunned” by the findings.
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/ 19 February 2005
Three prominent Zimbabwean journalists who wrote for the international press have left the country after several days of police questioning and threats of prosecution. The action against the journalists comes only six weeks before the March 31 parliamentary poll.
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/ 19 February 2005
Suicide bombers turned the eve of a Shia holy day into a bloodbath on Friday when they infiltrated mosques in Baghdad and detonated explosives, killing and maiming dozens of people. Explosions at three mosques, a religious procession and an army checkpoint targeted Shias on the eve of their holiest day in an apparent attempt by insurgents to provoke a sectarian backlash.
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/ 19 February 2005
A travel agent facing fraud and theft charges in the parliamentary travel scam was released on R100Â 000 bail in the Cape Town Magistrate’s Court on Friday. Soraya Beukes, former owner of the travel agency Business and Executive Travel, was granted bail last year, but it was withdrawn after an allegation that she had misled the court.
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/ 19 February 2005
Greece’s Orthodox church, buffeted by sex and corruption scandals, met in emergency session on Friday amid lurid claims that have included one newspaper publishing photographs of a 91-year-old bishop naked in bed with a nubile young woman.
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/ 18 February 2005
His 60-year career has spanned fast food and nursing homes, and involved some bizarre court cases. He has generally adopted a ”never explain” approach to the many controversies he has provoked during his climb to the top. Now Malcolm Glazer is determined to buy Manchester United soccer club — regardless of what the fans think.
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/ 18 February 2005
Ahmed Hossam signs for Tottenham Hotspur. Not quite the same as ”Spurs get the Mido touch” is it? The 21-year-old Egyptian with the catchy nickname (apparently it’s something to do with a trendy wristwatch) moved to Spurs on an 18-month loan deal from Roma during the January transfer window.
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/ 18 February 2005
Looking back, it might have been a time when artists immersed in the anti-apartheid struggle could have been considered ”brave”. What does it mean to be a ”brave” artist nowadays, asks Mike van Graan.
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/ 18 February 2005
Art experts and conservative clerics are holding an unusual ”trial” in the hometown of Leonardo da Vinci. Concerned about the legions of fans of The Da Vinci Code who take claims in the book as gospel truth, the mock tribunal aims to sort out fact from fiction. The event in Vinci, just outside Florence, was to begin late on Friday.