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/ 6 December 2006
Iran announced on Tuesday details of a conference questioning whether the Holocaust really happened, prompted by an international outcry a year ago when President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad described the slaughter of six million Jews by the Nazis as ”myth” fabricated to justify Israel.
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/ 6 December 2006
A team of Japanese scientists have found a gene closely linked to nicotine addiction, which could lead to more effective ways for smokers to kick the habit, a Japanese daily said on Wednesday. The team at Osaka University found that among heavy smokers a gene responsible for producing an enzyme that breaks down nicotine is more active than others.
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/ 6 December 2006
As neighbourhood disputes go, this one must command greater combined wealth on the part of its combatants than any in New York’s history of bitter arguments. On one side of the catfight stands a group of residents in the Upper East Side. On the other are some of the city’s best known names from the worlds of American arts, fashion and commerce.
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/ 6 December 2006
A dip in arrivals from Britain, its biggest tourist market, has pushed Paris to re-think the way it packages itself and throw off some of the sniffy stereotypes it has been saddled with. This week, the tourist board for the Paris region launched a new ad campaign aimed at Britons that, far from flaunting its well-known monuments and museums, seeks to portray the French capital as an energetic, youthful and trendy city.
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/ 6 December 2006
World-renowned for its abundant exotic wildlife, rolling savannah and luxury safari camps, Kenya’s Maasai Mara National Reserve is under threat from its fame. The site of the annual "great migration", the Maasai Mara and neighbouring Tanzania’s Serengeti plains, were recently crowned by United States media the seventh "new wonder of the world", but there are fears the honour may be a mixed blessing.
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/ 6 December 2006
<a href="http://www.mg.co.za/specialreport.aspx?area=zuma_report"><img src="http://www.mg.co.za/ContentImages/243078/zuma.jpg" align=left border=0></a>The state has given its strongest indication yet that it intends to recharge Jacob Zuma with corruption, media reports said on Wednesday. The National Prosecuting Authority had notified Zuma and the French arms company Thint that it would apply for certain documents to be released by the Mauritian High Court, which is holding them by sealed order.
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/ 5 December 2006
United States defence secretary nominee Robert Gates admitted on Tuesday the US is not winning the war in Iraq, and said he was open to all options to stop the conflict spiralling into regional chaos. Gates also cautioned against any attack on Iran expect as an ”absolute last resort” and also came out against a strike on Syria.
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In an effort to curb internet banking fraud, users have been urged to adopt measures to safeguard transactions. Absa on Tuesday said that while there are many ways internet banking users can prevent fraud, many users are often unaware of them.
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/ 5 December 2006
A total of 2Â 296 cases of alleged corruption have been reported to the national anti-corruption hotline since its inception in September 2004, the National Anti-Corruption Forum said on Tuesday. These figures were presented in a statement at a meeting between business, civil society and government sectors at the South African Reserve Bank in Pretoria.