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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Soraya Beukes, former owner of the travel agency Business and Executive Travel, was granted bail last year, but it was withdrawn after an allegation that she had misled the court.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.
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/ 18 February 2005
The Democratic Alliance trio prohibited from entering Zimbabwe on Friday said this action undermined the protocol of the Southern African Development Community. Chairperson Joe Seremane, chief whip Douglas Gibson and researcher Paul Boughey flew to Harare on Friday morning for a pre-election fact-finding visit.
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/ 18 February 2005
Ugandan authorities have banned the internationally acclaimed women’s rights play The Vagina Monologues as an affront to public morality and threatened to arrest organisers if they follow through on plans to stage benefit performances. Information Minister Nsaba Buturo said the play has been deemed offensive and vulgar.
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/ 18 February 2005
Bafana Bafana coach Stuart Baxter was forced to mix and match and select a squad of mainly unknown players for next weekend’s Cosafa Cup Group A clash against Seychelles in Mauritius. In announcing his squad on Friday, Baxter named 19 players — to be cut to 18 — with an average age of 21.