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Environmentalists on Wednesday hailed Democratic victories in United States congressional elections as a possible harbinger of change in the global-warming policies of the world’s top polluters. But they said there was little chance the power shift would alter US President George Bush’s opposition to binding caps on greenhouse-gas emissions.
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/ 8 November 2006
Israeli police were on Wednesday placed on alert for possible Palestinian attacks after militant groups called for a resumption of suicide bombings inside the Jewish state, a police spokesperson said. ”Our forces have been placed on an advance state of alert across Israeli territory following events in the Gaza Strip,” saud Micky Rosenfeld.
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/ 8 November 2006
Ernie Els has confirmed that he will defend his Alfred Dunhill Championship title at the Leopard Creek Country Club near Malelane next month. The South African will return to Leopard Creek as one of the biggest stars in the December 7 to 10 tournament, which is played on South Africa’s number-one-ranked course.
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/ 8 November 2006
Oral and anal sex in private between consenting heterosexual adults would be legalised under Singapore’s first major penal code amendments in 22 years, the government said on Wednesday. Singapore said it had conducted a comprehensive review of sexual offences in the penal code, which was enacted in 1871.
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/ 8 November 2006
On Saturday, the Commission for Conciliation, Mediation and Arbitration (CCMA) will celebrate a decade of what it calls improved relations with South African workers and employers. Nerine Kahn, director of the CCMA, calls the organisation a ”worldwide model of success” in terms of what has been achieved since its initial inception.
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/ 8 November 2006
The government of Sierra Leone is faced with the challenge of stigma attached to HIV/Aids, which is derailing its efforts to supply ARVs.
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/ 8 November 2006
At least eight people, including three children, were swept away and drowned in southern Somalia early on Wednesday as a river burst its banks following torrential downpours, elders said. Several dozen people were unaccounted for in villages along the Juba River in Somalia’s Gedo region, they said.
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/ 8 November 2006
A Democratic takeover of the United States Senate rested on Wednesday on a few thousand votes as two races were too close to call and risked throwing an American election once again into extra time. Senate races in Montana and Virginia were agonisingly tight but appeared to be trending towards the Democrats.
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/ 8 November 2006
When Hiba Sami (38) freely married her husband 18 years ago, she never thought she would one day be forced to divorce him against her own will. ”I love my husband, but my family has forced me to divorce him because we are Shi’ite and he is Sunni. My family say they [the husband’s family] are insurgents,” Sami said.
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/ 8 November 2006
For many HIV-positive people in South Africa’s Embo area, south-west of Durban in KwaZulu-Natal, accessing treatment at public health facilities is as difficult as navigating the steep and muddy paths between their homes. People from these parts usually have to travel distances of up to 25km to access treatment.