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/ 29 November 2006
Over White House objections, the New York Times and other United States news outlets have adopted the term ”civil war” for the fighting in Iraq, reflecting a growing consensus that sectarian violence has engulfed the country. After NBC News’s widely publicised decision on Monday to brand the conflict a civil war, several prominent newspapers, including the Los Angeles Times, pointed to their use of the phrase.
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/ 29 November 2006
The increasing emergence of talented, young footballers who have their roots in Africa but have been schooled in Europe is creating friction between the two continents. African and European countries are jostling to persuade several prodigious players to commit their international futures to their respective causes, in most cases causing an emotive pull on the heart strings.
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/ 29 November 2006
A Chinese court jailed two managers of a state-owned coal mine on Wednesday for negligence two years after a gas explosion killed 166 miners, Xinhua news agency said. The blast, one of the worst in China in decades, hit the Chenjiashan coal mine in Tongchuan in the north-western province of Shaanxi just days after the pit had caught fire.
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/ 29 November 2006
A Portuguese pensioner caused mild commuter chaos in the city of Oporto this week when he unwittingly drove his car into the underground train network, Portuguese newspapers reported on Tuesday. Trains were suspended after security cameras clocked the disoriented driver sailing past a station through the railway tunnels meant for underground trains.
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/ 29 November 2006
South African airline group Comair estimates that South African Airways’s new low-cost carrier Mango is costing taxpayers over R3-million a week. Comair joint CEO Erik Venter based these calculations on an all inclusive cost of R60 000 per flight between Johannesburg and Cape Town.
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Most people were not protecting themselves against HIV/Aids even though they knew of the dangers, a Gauteng Aids expert said on Tuesday. ”Now is the time to turn our thinking and talking into joint and practical action to address the challenge of HIV and Aids,” said Dr Liz Floyd, director of the Gauteng health department’s Aids unit.
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Hip-hop anthems pound, coloured lights flash and hundreds of teenagers scream as two young men stride onto the stage. ”We’ve come all the way to tell you guys how great sex can be,” they yell into the microphone, drawing whoops of delight from the crowd gathered in Eldorado Park.
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/ 29 November 2006
Facing the prospect of a lame-duck last two years in office, United States President Bush has decided to focus on what he hopes will form the cornerstone of his legacy: the George W Bush Presidential Library. The cost of this memorial to a leader not renowned for his love of literature has been estimated at -million — three times the sum spent on his predecessor Bill Clinton’s presidential library.
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/ 29 November 2006
As solemn bells ring across the temple, Buddhist priest Kensho Oyamada asks Japanese retirees to give away, for the moment at least, what they have spent their lives earning. He tells them to take off their watches, throw away their business cards and forget about their job titles — abandoning the values and status symbols by which they judge themselves in modern Japan.
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/ 29 November 2006
For Pakistan’s new class of affluent but bored young people, action sports like paragliding are providing a healthier outlet than fast cars and recreational substances. "It is better than drugs and drag racing on city roads," says local pioneer Sajjad Shah (43) as he unloads gliders from his green Toyota Prado in the scenic north-western village of Thipra.