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/ 13 December 2004
The Kora All-Africa music awards ceremony on Sunday night named the Democratic Republic of Congo’s Werra Son and South Africa’s Thandiswa Mazwai as best male and female artists on the continent. The best African group award was given to JJC and 419 Squad of Nigeria for their track Kilonshele, organisers said on Monday.
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/ 13 December 2004
Former rebels have blocked Congolese troops from reinforcing positions near its volatile border with Rwanda, after clashes between the two sides on Sunday, the region’s military chief said on Monday. Colonel Etienne Bindu, military chief of the North Kivu province, said the two sides are, ”are watching each other like cat and dog” in the town of Kanyabayonga, the scene of the fighting, he said.
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/ 13 December 2004
Spanish Prime Minister Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero on Monday proposed an international pact against Islamist terrorism. He was addressing a parliamentary commission investigating the Madrid train bombings. Meanwhile, a Spanish judge on Monday was to question an alleged mastermind of the train bombings.
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/ 13 December 2004
‘Tis the season for youngsters to get some quality face time with Father Christmas — if they can still find him, that is. For as long as anyone can remember, it’s been a Christmas tradition in Britain for children to have a department-store tête-à-tête with Santa Claus, out of earshot of Mom and Dad.
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/ 13 December 2004
An unidentified flying object (UFO) passed across the large north-western Chinese city of Lanzhou and apparently exploded in the suburbs, state media said on Monday. The unusual sighting of two bright trails of light, reported by several witnesses, took place on Saturday shortly before midnight.
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/ 13 December 2004
Severe storms with hail the size of golf balls lashed Sydney on Monday, closing the airport, grounding aircraft and disrupting the travel plans of thousands of people, emergency services said. The storms also closed a major rail line, brought down trees and caused damage to homes around the city.
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/ 13 December 2004
Wild elephants in Thailand stumbled upon a feast when they found a tapioca delivery truck with a flat tire, officials said on Monday. The driver, Somkuan Sirisat, said he had gone for help to repair the tire on Sunday night — and when he returned, he found five or six elephants surrounding his truck and devouring its contents.
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/ 13 December 2004
The JSE Securities Exchange (JSE) was flat at midday on Monday, with gains in industrials and financials being offset by rand-related losses in resource stocks. Volumes were light and dominated by futures activity ahead of Wednesday’s close-out. By 12.04pm, the all-share index was flat (-0,05%).
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/ 13 December 2004
The city of Cape Town is in the process of formulating a policy that deals with applications for the closure of existing public roads in order to create gated communities, the city announced on Monday. In a statement by council spokesperson Lisle Brown, it noted that there was an increasing demand for the establishment of gated communities in South African cities.
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/ 13 December 2004
Shares in South African pharmaceutical company Aspen Pharmacare were up more than 5,5% in early trade on Monday following an announcement that it is to supply the United States government with generic anti-retrovirals. At 9.21am, Aspen was quoted at R19, up one rand or 5,56% from Friday’s close of R18.