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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.”
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/ 24 January 2005
A suicide driver detonated a car bomb at a guard post outside the Iraqi prime minister’s party headquarters in Baghdad on Monday, injuring at least 10 people. The al-Qaeda affiliate in Iraq claimed responsibility a day after its leader declared all-out war on democracy.
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/ 24 January 2005
The crime of identity theft costs the economy over R40-billion annually and South Africans are not doing enough to protect themselves from it. ”Armed with the identity number of someone with a good credit history, it is a simple matter to open numerous accounts in that person’s name and to then go on a spending spree,” said Fred Steffers, from Consumer Profile Bureau, a source of credit information.
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/ 24 January 2005
The JSE Securities Exchange was firmer at midday on Monday with local equities recovering from last week’s sell off. The gains came despite a firmer rand and weaker world markets. By 12.08pm, the all share and all share industrial indices added 0,3% and 0,22% respectively. Resources rose 0,57%.
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/ 24 January 2005
Kaizer Chiefs failed to continue with their dominance over Manning Rangers when the Durban-based outfit held them 2-2 in a crunch Castle Premiership encounter played at Chatsworth Stadium on Sunday afternoon. The visitors were the first to find the back of the net in the 26th minute when Arthur ”10111” Zwane scored.
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/ 24 January 2005
Ever-improving Bloemfontein Celtic drew 1-1 with Ajax Cape Town in a tough Castle Premiership League encounter played at Vodacom Park Stadium on Sunday. Celtic’s defender and captain Lehlohonolo Seema led by example, scoring a brilliant goal for his team in the 57th minute as the strikers squandered several scoring opportunities.
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/ 24 January 2005
South African Tim Clark took the lead at the third hole during the final round of the South African Airways Open golf tournament played the Durban Country Club on Sunday and never looked back. When the 29-year-old from Umkomaas potted the final putt of the tournament, he had completed the tournament in a 15-under-par 273.
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/ 24 January 2005
Two magnitude-6,3 earthquakes in southern Asia struck eight hours apart on Monday, causing panic but little damage in a region still traumatised by last month’s quake-triggered tsunami that killed tens of thousands. Meanwhile, the number of relief camps in Indonesia’s Aceh province has dropped by about 75% in the past week.
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/ 24 January 2005
Arsenal reduced the gap behind Premiership leaders Chelsea to 10 points with a 1-0 win against Newcastle at Highbury in London on Sunday thanks to Dennis Bergkamp’s first-half strike. ”The team is back on track,” Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger told Sky Sports afterwards.