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/ 24 December 2006
The United Nations Security Council unanimously approved a tough resolution on Saturday evening authorising sanctions against Iran for refusing to suspend its uranium enrichment programme, bringing to an end two months of often fractious negotiations aimed at pressuring Tehran to clarify its nuclear ambitions.
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/ 24 December 2006
The death toll from devastating floods in Indonesia has jumped from 15 to at least 60, with hundreds of other people still missing, local officials said on Sunday. "We have evacuated 60 bodies from Aceh Tamiyang district," Ghufran Zainal Abidin, the local chairperson of the Prosperous Justice Party, said from the worst-affected area in Aceh province.
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/ 24 December 2006
Iran will start installing 3 000 centrifuges at its Natanz uranium enrichment plant from Sunday as an immediate reaction to the United Nations Security Council resolution, Tehran’s chief nuclear negotiator Ali Larijani said. ”We will start our installation activities at the Natanz facility from Sunday,” he told the Kayhan newspaper.
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/ 23 December 2006
Incumbent Marc Ravalomanana was on Saturday officially declared the winner of Madagascar’s December 3 presidential elections. ”Candidate Ravalomanana Marc is elected the president of the republic, having won more than 50% of the votes,” said Jean Michel Rajaonarivony, the head of the Constitutional Court.
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/ 23 December 2006
Oil prices fell in light pre-holiday trading on Friday, but held above a barrel as brokers weighed slower economic growth and expectations of a mild winter against the Organisation of the Petroleum Exporting Countries’ determination to tighten up worldwide supplies.
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/ 23 December 2006
The space shuttle Discovery and its seven astronauts safely returned to Earth on Friday after some last-minute suspense over which landing site to use, closing out a year in which Nasa finally got construction of the international space station back on track.
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/ 23 December 2006
British Airways (BA) cancelled several flights from London’s Heathrow airport on Saturday, but hoped to operate all domestic flights to and from the airport later in the day. BA said it hoped to operate 95% of its Heathrow services on Saturday, with a full service on Sunday. Meanwhile, air-travel chaos also struck travellers in Brazil and India.
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/ 23 December 2006
Veteran Australian fast-bowler Glenn McGrath said on Saturday he would bow out of cricket after the 2007 World Cup tournament, following in the footsteps of teammate Shane Warne. McGrath (36) announced that the Sydney Test match next month, on his home cricket ground, would be his last five-day game.
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/ 23 December 2006
Malaysia’s worst floods in 37 years have displaced nearly 100Â 000 people amid food shortages, looting and criticism on Saturday of the government’s handling of the crisis. Heavy rain in neighbouring Indonesia also drove thousands from their homes. At least one person was killed and 12 are missing.
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/ 23 December 2006
It could not have been better for all involved. That was the general consensus at the Northwood-Crusaders cricket ground on Friday where the touring India cricket side began a two-day friendly practice match against a KwaZulu-Natal Invitation XI. On a hot and humid day, the atmosphere was outstanding.