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/ 24 January 2005
The north-eastern United States was emerging on Monday from a snowstorm, ranked among the five worst in the past century, that was linked to at least 18 deaths across eight states. The storm, which started on Friday, dumped 35cm in New York City and close to a metre in some parts of the state of Massachusetts.
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/ 24 January 2005
The African National Congress Youth League has welcomed the appointment of advocate Vusumzi ”Vusi” Pikoli as South Africa’s new National Director of Public Prosecutions — taking over from Bulelani Ngcuka. The youth league said: ”Vusi is a seasoned cadre of the movement, a former leader of the ANC Youth League, a disciplined revolutionary.”
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/ 24 January 2005
A British man with a sexual fetish for tie-on surgical masks was jailed on Thursday for telephoning hospitals and dental surgeries around the country to ask for supplies to be sent to him. The judge called Norman Hutchins "manipulative and deceptive" and a "menace to anyone involved in medical or dental institutions".
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/ 24 January 2005
The world’s leaders are breaking their solemn promises to tackle global problems from poverty and peace to environmental protection, a new report issued on Monday by the World Economic Forum indicates. The report by the forum’s Global Governance Initiative assesses the efforts of the world’s governments and corporations over the past year.
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/ 24 January 2005
The head of the Catholic Bishops’ Conference in Southern Africa, Cardinal Wilfred Napier, criticised the government on Monday for promoting condoms in the fight against HIV/Aids ”when it’s clearly not working”. Napier said only drastic change in sexual behaviour will stop the spread of the disease.
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/ 24 January 2005
The murdered German fashion designer Rudolph Moshammer has left his luxurious home to his beloved Yorkshire terrier Daisy, the mass market <i>Bild</i> newspaper reported on Friday. Moshammer’s former chauffeur, identified only as Andreas K (44), will move in with the dog.
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/ 24 January 2005
A mystery bug has paralysed remote-control devices for opening car doors, garages and gates in a district of the town of Aosta in northern Italy, an environmental protection agency said on Friday. The agency, Arpa, admitted it has as yet no idea what the problem is.
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/ 24 January 2005
The Roman Catholic Church in Italy has described as "blasphemy" an advertising campaign in Saturday’s daily newspapers using the image of the Virgin Mary holding the steering wheel of a car. The advertisement shows a minature statue of the Virgin Mary on the dashboard of a car holding a miniature wheel.
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/ 24 January 2005
A 48-year-old Frenchman who went missing last month has been found emaciated but alive in an underground cave system where he spent 35 days in pitch blackness eating nothing but wood and clay, police said on Sunday. "It was truly terrible fumbling around with nothing to eat," Jean-Luc Josuat-Verges said.
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/ 24 January 2005
The trial of the three men accused of throwing a man to his death in a lion’s den was adjourned on Monday morning when the first of the accused pleaded guilty, contrary to his lawyer’s instructions. Richard ”Doctor” Mathebula told the court: ”I would say I plead guilty because I followed instructions given to me by my employer.”