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A new shopping mall scheduled to open in Bangkok next year will feature a ”Gay Avenue” manned by retail outlets owned by gay people, news reports said on Thursday. ”Gay Avenue”, billed as the country’s first ”gay shopping zone”, will take up 2 400 square metres of retail space in the Tawana Centre Park.
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/ 1 December 2005
The maker of the BlackBerry handheld computer, Research in Motion, moved closer to a potentially devastating court injunction in the United States market on Wednesday after a judge denied its request to end a patent-violation lawsuit. In the US, more than two million people use the BlackBerry for wireless e-mail and other functions.
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/ 1 December 2005
One year later, officials still aren’t exactly sure how many people died in the Indian Ocean tsunami, but a tally of conservative government figures puts the number of dead and missing at more than 216 000 in 11 countries. In Indonesia and Sri Lanka, different agencies within the same governments disagree about the numbers.
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/ 1 December 2005
The United States launched 210 spy missions against North Korea in November using high-altitude reconnaissance planes, Pyongyang’s official media said on Thursday. Five rounds of talks involving the two Koreas, China, Japan, Russia and the United States have been held in an effort to resolve the nuclear stand-off.
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As the world commemorates World Aids Day, a new study has found that more and more South Africans are displaying high-risk sexual behaviour and are in denial with regard to HIV/Aids. This is despite considerable public-education efforts about the risks associated with HIV/Aids.
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/ 1 December 2005
Predicting the winner of this year’s Nedbank Golf Challenge is about as tough as actually playing the par-72 Gary Player layout. ”The whole field is very close and all of the guys have proven themselves,” says three-time champion Ernie Els. Retief Goosen tops the bookmakers’ boards at 3-1, with Els on offer at 4-1.
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/ 1 December 2005
Only four first-timers have ever won the Nedbank Golf Challenge at their first attempt and the last time that was achieved was in 1986 by Mark McNulty. There are three newcomers this year — Argentinian Angel Cabrera, American Stewart Cink and Englishman Luke Donald — and it is the latter who believes he can break the mould this year.
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/ 1 December 2005
Stuart Baxter’s blues that surrounded his resignation as Bafana Bafana coach have been eased by a R6,5-million offer to join a team in Japan — and he says this is only half the amount on tap from an oil-rich country in the Middle East. ”But at this stage,” he said on Wednesday, ”it looks as though I’ll either end up in Japan or Spain.”
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/ 1 December 2005
The Lions can call themselves the rain men after all three their games thus far in this year’s Standard Bank Series have been rained out. Their matches against the Cobras and Titans also ended up as no results due to rain. Wednesday was the second match of the series at Goodyear Park where rain had the final say.
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/ 1 December 2005
Wigan, Blackburn, Manchester United, Middlesbrough and Bolton reached the final eight of England’s League Cup on Wednesday. Manchester United were easy winners over West Brom, leading 2-0 after only 16 minutes on a penalty by Cristiano Ronaldo and another goal from Louis Saha.