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/ 14 December 2006
The long arms of the world’s tallest man saved two dolphins in north-east China by reaching inside them to remove plastic they had swallowed, state media reported on Thursday. The dolphins at an aquarium in Fushun, Liaoning province, had fallen sick after swallowing the plastic from the edge of their pool.
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/ 14 December 2006
All journeys undertaken by President Thabo Mbeki and Deputy President Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka this year will be investigated by a commission of inquiry, Defence Minister Mosiuoa Lekota announced on Wednesday evening. The deputy president has been at the centre of much travel-expense controversy in the past year.
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/ 14 December 2006
The total number of liquidations recorded for the first eleven months of 2006 decreased by 8,9% compared with the first eleven months of 2005, Statistics South Africa (Stats SA) reported on Thursday. The aggregated total of the number of liquidations (2Â 760) for the eleven months is the lowest compared with the same period for the years 2000 until 2006, Stats SA said.
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/ 14 December 2006
Whichever way one looks at it, South Africans are being cheated by their cellular network providers, says a new guide to cellphones and contracts. A "free" phone is never really free, 40% of subscribers’ "free" minutes go unused and loyalty programmes simply generate more spending rather than reward the customer.
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/ 14 December 2006
A band of gunmen wearing military uniforms descended on a commercial street in the centre of Baghdad on Thursday and kidnapped dozens of merchants in a brazen daylight raid. Witnesses and security officials said about 100 gunmen wearing military uniforms and driving about 20 silver sports utility vehicles grabbed between 40 and 50 people.
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/ 14 December 2006
Didier Drogba showed Chelsea will not give up the English Premiership title without a fight as his late goal clinched a 1-0 win against Newcastle on Wednesday. Jose Mourinho’s side are now five points behind leaders Manchester United and should have renewed belief they can overhaul Sir Alex Ferguson’s side after this hard-fought victory.
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/ 14 December 2006
United States actor Peter Boyle, best known for playing the irritable father in the television comedy series Everybody Loves Raymond, has died at the age of 71, his publicist announced. Boyle died on December 12 in a New York hospital after a long battle with multiple myeloma and heart disease, his publicist said.
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/ 14 December 2006
United States President George Bush says the enemy in Iraq is ”far from being defeated”, but he vows not to be rushed into adjusting his strategy and is giving little indication that he intends to veer sharply from the direction his war policies have taken. ”We’re not going to give up,” Bush said at the Pentagon on Wednesday.
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/ 14 December 2006
Christmas starts early for the world’s favourite elder statesman, Nelson Mandela. Staff members of the flagship Nelson Mandela Foundation are busy listing and storing the latest batch of goodies flooding in since last month. ”The range of gifts is truly awesome,” said Verne Harris, the project manager of the Nelson Mandela Centre of Memory.
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/ 14 December 2006
The ”real” Father Christmas is laughing ”ho-ho-ho” again in Greenland after two Danish dads saved him from financial ruin — and thousands of children around the world from getting no answer to Christmas letters. In November, ”Santa” found himself penniless, unable to answer the piles of small missives that pour in each year.