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/ 30 December 2006
A total of 1 277 people have died in 1 104 traffic accidents since December 1, the Department of Transport said on Friday. Spokesperson Collen Msibi said that while this was a slight decrease compared to 1 372 deaths in the same period last year, the department was concerned about the increase of fatal crashes involving pedestrians.
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/ 30 December 2006
Saddam Hussein was hanged at dawn on Saturday, a dramatic end for a leader who ruled Iraq by fear for three decades before a United States invasion toppled him and was then convicted of crimes against humanity. As day broke on one of the holiest days of the Muslim year, officially-backed television channels flashed the news shortly after 6am.
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/ 30 December 2006
Mike Tyson was released without bond on a drug possession charge on Friday after an early morning arrest in which Buckeye police said it had found two bags of white powder in his back pocket. ”He said he was an addict and had a problem,” according to a police statement filed in Maricopa County Superior Court.
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/ 30 December 2006
United States President George Bush said on Friday the execution of former Iraqi President Saddam Hussein was an important milestone on the country’s path to democracy. ”Bringing Saddam Hussein to justice will not end the violence in Iraq, but it is an important milestone on Iraq’s course to becoming a democracy that can govern, sustain, and defend itself,” Bush said in a statement.
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/ 30 December 2006
The Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein, who was executed on Saturday morning at the age of 69, may not yield many general biographies — he was personally too uninteresting for that — but he will be a case study for political scientists for years to come.
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/ 30 December 2006
The former Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein has on Saturday been executed by hanging, at an unspecified location in Baghdad. United States-backed Iraqi television station al-Hurra and Saudi-owned satellite channel al-Arabiya said that the former Iraqi president was executed at 6am local time, following his conviction by an Iraqi court for crimes against humanity
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/ 30 December 2006
After another tense day of photographing riots, mob violence and gun battles in the Democratic Republic of Congo’s (DRC) capital Kinshasa, I head not to the nearest bar, but to a dilapidated compound, home to children crippled by polio. There, among dozens of twisted bodies and withered limbs, the day’s tension melts away.
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/ 29 December 2006
The final day of the second Castle Lager Test between South Africa and India at Kingsmead promises to be one of high drama, with both sides still in with a chance of victory. When bad light stopped play half an hour after tea on the fourth day on Thursday, India, chasing 354 to win, had 38 for the loss of two wickets.
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/ 29 December 2006
The British press on Friday were fearful of the first Ashes whitewash in 85 years after England crashed to defeat in the fourth Test in Melbourne, with one newspaper saying ”only a miracle” could save the tourists from suffering a clean sweep.
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/ 29 December 2006
Graeme Smith declared South Africa’s second innings closed on 265 for eight about an hour after lunch on the fourth day of the second Castle Lager Test at Kinsgmead on Friday, setting the visitors the challenging target of 354 to win. At tea, India had 18 for one and still trailed by 336 runs.