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Microsoft launched its own internet search engine on Thursday in a move aimed at challenging market leaders Google and Yahoo. The move marks a new strategy for Microsoft, which up to now has relied on the underlying technology of Yahoo and others for its MSN Search.
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/ 11 November 2004
Swaziland’s highest court finally resumed hearings on Thursday after a two-year feud between its judges and the monarchy was resolved. The six judges of the Appeal Court took up their jobs again after resigning en masse in 2002 when the monarchy refused to abide by a court ruling that effectively scrapped an eviction order from King Mswati III.
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In a precedent-setting decision, the Cape High Court on Thursday ordered the attachment of the car of a Western Cape man arrested for drunken driving. ”This is the first, and we expect to do a lot more, particularly over the festive season,” said National Prosecuting Authority spokesperson Sipho Ngwema.
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/ 11 November 2004
Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat will be buried in his Ramallah headquarters in the West Bank but on soil from Jerusalem, Local Affairs Minister Jamal Shubaki said on Thursday. Meanwhile, Israel will continue implementing its unilateral withdrawal from the Gaza Strip, Israel Premier Ariel Sharon said on Thursday.
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/ 11 November 2004
British Prime Minister Tony Blair’s personal organisation to spearhead development activities in Africa issued a call on Thursday for massive international cooperation to assist the continent. In an interim report, the Commission for Africa produced a lengthy list of areas needing action, ranging from fairer trade to concerted efforts to end conflict.
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One of the world’s ancient alphabets could flash on the screen of cellphones in the third-most-populous nation in Africa, easing communications for millions who can only read and write the Ethiopic script. Ethiopian and United States-based scientists adapted the script, which dates back to the fourth century, for use in text messages.
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The Palestinian leadership divided up the spoils of Yasser Arafat’s power on Thursday, as Parliament Speaker Rawhi Fattuh was sworn in as acting head of the Palestinian Authority and ex-premier Mahmud Abbas became the new Palestine Liberation Organisation supremo.
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Nuclear whistle-blower Mordechai Vanunu was arrested on Thursday for allegedly revealing classified information, seven months after he completed an 18-year prison sentence for treason, police said. Police spokesperson Gil Kleiman said Vanunu was detained at his rented rooms in Jerusalem’s St George’s church, but declined to discuss the nature of his alleged disclosures.
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Recently sighted at a lifestyle trade show in Germany: a gizmo by the name of ”Nemo” that flashes and beeps at you from inside the fridge when the milk has gone off or the meat is bad. Older people don’t smell or see as well as they used to, but they will notice the fishy warning after learning to love the little fish from Finding Nemo.
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/ 11 November 2004
Lazy pet owners shying away from the demands of dogs, cats or even goldfish are delighting in ants and shrimp that fend for themselves in self-contained ecosystems. The latest craze among workaholic Singaporeans are creatures that never need feeding or pats, but are fascinating to observe.