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/ 10 November 2006
The police need more dogs for the 2009 general elections and the 2010 Soccer World Cup, police Deputy National Commissioner Mala Singh said on Friday. She was speaking at a ceremony where four Star of Bravery medals were awarded to police dogs. Of the four, only one was still alive to receive the medal.
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/ 10 November 2006
The United Nations is failing the poorest and most vulnerable because its funding projects are undermined by too many agencies duplicating each other’s work, a high-level panel warned on Thursday. Adnan Amin, executive director for the report, said: ”The United Nations is punching well below its weight.”
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/ 10 November 2006
Eight Nigerian hostages escaped and five others were released from an oil facility where they had been held since armed men raided the Italian-run pumping station earlier this week. Forty-eight Nigerian employees of Agip had been held in the south of the country since armed protesters overran and shut down Agip’s Tebidaba oil pumping station on Monday.
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/ 10 November 2006
Dancing and singing eunuchs are knocking on doors in the Indian city of Patna in a bid to embarrass shopkeepers into paying their taxes. The new shock strategy, in which sari-clad and heavily made up eunuchs accompany officials on their rounds of crowded shopping areas in a country notorious for tax evasion and non-payment, has been declared a success.
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/ 10 November 2006
Saif al-Islam, a prominent son of Libyan leader Moammar Gadaffi who made a rare public criticism of the country’s political system in August, is leaving to work overseas. Islam, in his early 30s, will work in an international economic institution, a source said.
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/ 10 November 2006
Outgoing prisons chief Linda Mti has not yet been appointed as head of security for the 2010 Soccer World Cup, Beeld reported on Friday. It quoted local organising committee (LOC) spokesperson Tumi Makgabo as saying Mti was still being considered for the position.
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/ 10 November 2006
PlayStation 3 fans were preparing for a sleepless night ahead of Saturday’s launch of Sony’s new console but the hype has been tempered by fears of an over-reliance on recycled hits. ”Content-wise, the PS3 doesn’t look that impressive,” said Hiroshi Kamide, a game analyst at KBC Securities.
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/ 10 November 2006
Tshwane municipal manager Blake Mosley-Lefatola has resigned, media reports said on Friday. Mosley-Lefatola has handed his letter of resignation to Tshwane mayor Gwen Ramokgopa who had not yet responded. Mosley-Lefatola said: ”We had a good working relationship. There were differences in dealing with issues.”
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/ 10 November 2006
Searching the worldwide web with engines such as Google may also help doctors to diagnose perplexing medical conditions, Australian researchers said on Friday.
”Our study suggests that in difficult cases, it is often useful to google for a diagnosis,” said Hangwi Tang, of the Princess Alexandra Hospital in Brisbane.
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/ 10 November 2006
The cost of bringing up children is rising even faster than house prices, with education going up over a quarter in the past year, according to a survey on Friday. The cost of kids has soared 28% in the past four years and 9% in the last year alone — outstripping an 8% rise in United Kingdom property prices.