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/ 10 December 2004

Scenes of chaos after Pakistan market blast

A bomb apparently targeting a military truck killed nine people, including a soldier, and injured at least 21 when it ripped through a market in the Pakistani city of Quetta on Friday, officials said. The device, believed to have been attached to a bicycle, exploded near the vehicle in the main Mizaan Chowk commercial district of the city.

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/ 10 December 2004

Mbeki bemoans SA’s ‘racist legacy’

Resolution of South Africa’s ”national question”, centred on building a democratic, non-racial, non-sexist and prosperous South Africa, is essential to avoid conflict, President Thabo Mbeki said on Friday. The controversy relating to the operations of the South African National Blood Service has highlighted the racist legacy that continues to blight South Africa.

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/ 10 December 2004

Raunchy grandparents in hot water

Two Malaysian retirees have been detained by religious authorities in the northern Perak state after they were caught allegedly having sex by the beach in broad daylight, a news report said on Friday. The 56-year old man will be charged with committing ”indecent acts” with his 51-year old partner, who also happens to be his sister-in-law.

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/ 10 December 2004

Sudan urges rebels to respect ceasefire

The Sudanese government said on Friday that peace negotiations will be meaningless if ceasefire violations persist in crisis-torn Darfur, just hours before talks were to resume in Nigeria. "The recent violations by the holders of arms will cast shadows on the negotiations," Cabinet minister Abdallah Safi al-Nur said.
<li><a class=’standardtextsmall’ href="http://www.mg.co.za/Content/l3.asp?cg=BreakingNews-Africa&ao=176405">UN envoy fears failure of Darfur talks</a>

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/ 10 December 2004

Bosses warned over wild office parties

Australian companies were warned on Friday that unruly office parties could bring an expensive post-Christmas hangover. The party-giver could end up in court in duty-of-care cases involving sexual harassment, fist-fighting or drunken driving, Queensland business leader Graham Heilbronn cautioned.

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/ 10 December 2004

Motorcycle thief was looking for love

A lovesick teen landed himself in jail after he stole a motorcycle from his neighbour to get money to pay a sorcerer for love potions that would make his errant girlfriend return, Cambodian police said on Friday. Nuon Ra (18) had visited a ”love magician” in desperation after his girlfriend dumped him.

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/ 10 December 2004

Thieves make off with 700kg statue

Thieves used a crane, a truck and the cover of pre-dawn darkness to steal a 700kg giant bronze statue of 19th-century Russian author Mikhail Lermontov in the southern Russian city of Vladikavkaz, Itar-Tass news agency said on Friday. The theft occurred from a well-known public square in the city.