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/ 6 December 2006
Robbie Keane came off the bench to fire Tottenham back into the top half of the Premiership table with a long-range late winner against Middlesbrough. Keane’s 84th-minute strike secured a 2-1 win for Spurs after Boro’s German defender Robert Huth had cancelled out Dimitar Berbatov’s volleyed opener just after the break.
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/ 6 December 2006
Rwandan President Paul Kagame accused France on Wednesday of actively supporting the 1994 genocide in his country when 800Â 000 people were slaughtered. Kagame rejected French claims that he was involved in the death of a former leader — an event widely regarded as the trigger for the genocide — and accused Paris of fuelling the mass killing.
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/ 6 December 2006
Defending champions Barcelona and Roma captured places in the second round of the Champions League on Tuesday by winning their final group games. Ronaldinho’s low free kick and Eidur Gudjohnsen’s tap-in helped Barcelona beat Werder Bremen 2-0 to finish second in Group A behind Chelsea, who beat Levski Sofia 2-0.
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/ 6 December 2006
Disgraced sprinter Ben Johnson has claimed superstar rival Carl Lewis played a part in a conspiracy to sabotage his drug sample at the 1988 Seoul Olympics, costing him his 100m gold medal. Johnson set a world record of 9,79 seconds to win the 100m at Seoul but was stripped of his gold medal and world record when he tested positive for the banned steroid stanozolol.
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/ 6 December 2006
A Yemeni court on Wednesday fined a newspaper editor 500Â 000 rials (Â 541) for reprinting cartoons of the Prophet Muhammad, which provoked outrage among Muslims around the world earlier this year. The court found Mohammad al-Assadi, editor-in-chief of the English daily Yemen Observer, guilty of denigrating Islam.
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/ 6 December 2006
Just two Tests into the five-Test series, the British press on Wednesday largely conceded the Ashes to Australia after England crashed to a spectacular defeat at the Adelaide Oval. The hosts came from behind to win by six wickets, going 2-0 up in the best-of-five series with three to play, leaving England with a mountain to climb in their battle to retain the Ashes.
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/ 6 December 2006
In between scribbling, shuffling small pieces of paper and tapping calculators, the brokers yell loudly, clamouring for attention. It’s another busy day at the Zimbabwe Stock Exchange. The bull run here is an odd side effect of an economic crisis that has seen inflation spiral to over 1 000% while unemployment has hit 80% and poverty levels have soared.
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/ 6 December 2006
Britain’s new nuclear submarine plans were ”disappointing in not using an opportunity to eliminate nuclear weapons”, South Africa’s Department of Foreign Affairs said on Tuesday. The United Kingdom’s current submarines were reaching the end of their life, said spokesperson Ronnie Mamoepa.
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/ 6 December 2006
National Basketball Association Commissioner David Stern, in a story in the New York Times on Tuesday, admits the league made mistakes in introducing a new ball that has proved unpopular with players. ”I won’t make a spirited defence with respect to the ball,” Stern told the Times.
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/ 6 December 2006
New York City banned most artificial trans fats from restaurants on Tuesday, forcing national fast-food chains and mom-and-pop diners alike to phase out artery-clogging oils from their cooking. The law will require restaurants including McDonald’s to eliminate trans fats by July next year.