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/ 18 November 2006
The United States federal government gave the beauty industry a long-sought push-up late on Friday as it lifted a 14-year-old ban on women’s silicone breast implants. In an official announcement, the Food and Drug Administration said it had granted permission to two California companies to resume marketing their silicone-gel breast implants to women aged 22 and older.
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/ 18 November 2006
Sri Lanka’s navy clashed with Tamil Tiger rebels off the island’s north-west coast on Saturday, each claiming to have sunk the other’s vessels, while the military said a rebel ambush on land killed three soldiers. The Navy said it sank three Tiger boats near the northern Mannar peninsula, while the rebels said they sank two navy boats and killed 10 sailors in the incident.
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/ 18 November 2006
Heavy flooding has killed at least 52 people in north-western Afghanistan and left scores more missing this week, and Nato airlifted emergency aid on Saturday, officials said. Governor of badly hit Badghis province Mohammad Nasim Tokhi said at least 50 people were still missing and more than 1Â 000 people were homeless.
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/ 18 November 2006
About 150 Australian and New Zealand soldiers and police arrived in Tonga on Saturday to boost security in the South Pacific island kingdom after violent riots in which eight people died. Police said the streets of the capital, Nuku’alofa, remained fairly calm following Thursday’s riots although two more shops on the outskirts of the city had been set alight overnight.
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/ 18 November 2006
One of Australia’s largest umpiring associations has publicly criticised the International Cricket Council’s (ICC) decision to sack Darrell Hair from the elite panel of umpires. The New South Wales Cricket Umpires and Scorers Association of which Hair is a life member, ran a full page advertisement in a Sydney newspaper on Saturday, describing the ICC’s decision as a travesty of justice.
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/ 18 November 2006
Sitting behind a desk bearing a vast, cellophane-wrapped white bouquet sent to her by the couple she now refers to as Tom and Katie, Patrizia Riccioni can barely contain her excitement. Riccioni, an architect and member of Silvio Berlusconi’s Forza Italia party, is a big fan of Tom Cruise.
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/ 18 November 2006
The Jewish Report treated Intelligence Minister Ronnie Kasrils unfairly by refusing him the right to reply to a critical article and instead misrepresenting his response, said the Freedom of Expression Institute (FXI) on Saturday. ”No publication worth its salt would refuse somebody the right to reply to an article that mentions that person by name,” said FXI executive director Jane Duncan.
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/ 18 November 2006
Protests against a summit of the world’s financial leaders in Melbourne turned violent on Saturday when activists overturned barricades, pelted police with bottles and smashed a police riot truck. Police locked down several blocks of Australia’s second biggest city to stop protesters reaching the meeting of the group of 20 (G20) economic powers.
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/ 18 November 2006
Tennis stars Venus and Serena Williams reneged on a deal to play in a 2001 ”Battle of the Sexes” match, costing the promoters millions of dollars, an attorney claimed on Friday during opening statements in a breach-of-contract lawsuit against the sisters and their father.
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/ 18 November 2006
Wales ran in nine tries to crush Canada 61-26 at the Millennium Stadium on Friday and gain a confidence booster ahead of their testing clash with the All Blacks next week. The Welsh overcame the loss of centre Gavin Henson, who withdrew just before kick-off with an infected toe, to clinch a win that would still have left coach Gareth Jenkins with plenty to think about.