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British Prime Minister Tony Blair on Tuesday condemned dismissals of the Holocaust by ”revisionist” historians at a conference being staged in Iran as ”shocking beyond belief”. ”I think it is such a symbol of sectarianism and hatred towards people of another religion, I find it just unbelievable,” he said.
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/ 12 December 2006
Cooperation between South Africa and the Czech Republic is crucial, particularly in science, technology and trade, the presidents of the two countries agreed on Tuesday in Pretoria. ”This agreement will help us in the development of our scientists,” said South African President Thabo Mbeki.
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/ 12 December 2006
Praise has been showered on South African Deputy Health Minister Nozizwe Madlala-Routledge by the Congress of South African Trade Unions (Cosatu) for the "strong, courageous leadership she has revealed in her recent interview" in the United Kingdom-based newspaper, the <i>Sunday Telegraph</i>.
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/ 12 December 2006
Somalia’s Islamist movement threatened on Tuesday to wage war on more than 30Â 000 Ethiopian troops it said were in the Horn of Africa nation unless they leave within seven days. ”If the Ethiopians don’t leave our land within seven days, we will attack them and force them to leave our country,” the Islamist defence chief told reporters in Mogadishu.
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/ 12 December 2006
Police ratcheted up a search for two missing prostitutes on Tuesday as fears grew that a ”ripper”-style serial killer is at large in a quiet English town where three sex workers have already died. Detectives begged prostitutes and their clients for information in the port town of Ipswich on the east coast, where two sex workers have been murdered and another has been found dead.
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/ 12 December 2006
Cash-strapped Zimbabwe has virtually stopped issuing passports and identity cards after running out of funds to import ink and special paper, officials said on Tuesday. Scores of dejected people thronged the registrar general’s office and walked out after officials said they had suspended issuing passports, witnesses said on Tuesday.
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/ 12 December 2006
People should keep their hands off the deputy president, the ruling party on Tuesday said. Reacting to the flight-cost saga, African National Congress (ANC) spokesperson Smuts Ngonyama said in a statement: ”The ANC remains concerned that even with clear evidence to the contrary, some people are hell-bent on tarnishing the image of the deputy president.”
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/ 12 December 2006
Deputy Health Minister Nozizwe Madlala-Routledge says she has not called on President Thabo Mbeki to set a leadership example and take an Aids test. ”Although I encourage people to test so that they know their HIV status, I did not, as a matter of fact, call upon the president to conduct a public test as claimed by the reports,” she said in a statement on Tuesday.
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/ 12 December 2006
The Soweto Gospel Choir used to joke about one day winning a Grammy, says their executive producer, Beverly Bryer. But their joke may become a reality after their album <i>Blessed</i> was last week nominated for a 2007 Grammy. Traditional music group Ladysmith Black Mambazo were also nominated.
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/ 12 December 2006
The United Nations Human Rights Council must "lose no time" in sending a team of investigators to Sudan’s Darfur region, UN chief Kofi Annan urged an emergency meeting of the global rights body on Tuesday. "It is urgent that we take action to prevent further violations, including by bringing to account those responsible," Annan said.