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A Japanese research probe moved within meters of an asteroid on Sunday, but officials then lost contact and it was unclear whether it had successfully landed to collect surface samples, Japan’s space agency said. The Hayabusa probe, which botched a rehearsal earlier this month, is on a mission to collect material from the asteroid during a brief landing and then bring it back to Earth.
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/ 20 November 2005
Close to 200 supporters of the opposition Muslim Brotherhood were arrested before the start of the second phase of polling in Egypt’s parliamentary elections opened on Sunday, security sources said. Observers and the Muslim Brothers have warned of a government crackdown following their major gains in the first round, during which they mustered 34 seats, double the tally in the 2000 polls.
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/ 20 November 2005
Tennis chiefs announced on Sunday that they were replacing the third set in doubles matches with a tie-breaker, brushing off objections from top players. The third set will consist of a first-to-10 tie-breaker to speed up play. There will also be no advantage played in the first two sets, with games decided by the first point after deuce.
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/ 20 November 2005
It takes guts to stare your food in the eyes and then swallow them, but once Norwegians are let loose on a smoked sheep’s head, they let nothing go to waste, except the bare bones of the skull. In Voss, a tiny town in the mountains near the south-west Norwegian fjords, people have always eaten the ”smalahove”, which means ”sheep’s head” in the local dialect.
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/ 20 November 2005
A 16-year-old Chinese boy studying in Singapore fell to his death from a hostel room after jumping up and down on his bed while playing a guitar, the Sunday Times reported. Li Xiao Meng, a private-school student from Beijing, was with his roommate Wang Bing Yi, also 16, in their third-floor room on Thursday night when the freak incident happened. Li’s bed was right next to an open window.
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/ 20 November 2005
International donors pledged -billion in aid to quake-hit Pakistan on Saturday as Kashmiri villagers made a historic and emotional foot crossing over the disputed boundary with India. The promises came during a one-day donor conference of about 50 countries in Islamabad bringing the total aid to ,4-billion.
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/ 20 November 2005
Australia coach Eddie Jones said that some harsh words spoken at half-time had sparked his side into a revival that saw them end a run of seven straight defeats by beating Ireland 30-14 in Dublin on Saturday. Jones, for whom the pressure on his job will now be slightly lessened, said that he, captain George Gregan and the vice-captains had had words with the rest of the team after going into the break 6-3 down.
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African National Congress (ANC) leaders spent Saturday afternoon discussing, among other things, ways to heal rifts in the party. The ANC national executive committee was due to receive and discuss a report over the next two days on ways to heal the rifts. The party’s national working committee on Monday approved the report, authored by President Thabo Mbeki and his party deputy, Jacob Zuma.
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/ 20 November 2005
A majority of South Africans questioned in a Human Sciences Research Council (HSRC) survey said they were registered to vote, the council said on Saturday. The survey of 4Â 930 people conducted by the HSRC on behalf of the Independent Electoral Commission found that 81,9% indicated they had registered to vote, said researcher Mbithi wa Kivilu.
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/ 20 November 2005
The entire population of Monowi, Nebraska, is sitting in a bar. Her name is Elsie Eiler (72). Monowi, founded by Czech immigrants seeking a slice of the American dream, is on its last legs. Only Eiler is left, surrounded by the ruins of homes that once boasted families, neighbours and friends. This town is an extreme example of what has happened across America’s heartland.