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/ 8 November 2005
A soccer star vying to become Liberia’s first post-war president vowed to work for peace as he voted on Tuesday in a presidential run-off that many hope will herald a new era after a quarter-century of coups and conflict. George Weah and former finance minister Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf finished first and second, respectively, in the October 11 first round, which weeded out 20 other presidential candidates.
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/ 8 November 2005
A year ago, South Africa couldn’t beat a credible opponent in one-day cricket. Now they head to India on Friday for a five-match series as the world’s second-ranked team. It’s a transformation achieved with essentially the same playing personnel, although there have been two changes of coach.
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/ 8 November 2005
South Africans should use water sparingly due to the drought in many parts of the country, Minister of Water Affairs and Forestry Buyelwa Sonjica said on Tuesday. Indications from the South African Weather Service are that prospects for above-normal rainfall this season are not good.
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/ 8 November 2005
So much cocaine is being used in London that traces of the white powerded narcotic can be detected in the River Thames, the Sunday Telegraph newspaper said. It said an estimated 2kg of cocaine, or 80 000 lines, spill into the river every day after passing through users’ bodies and sewage treatment plants.
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/ 8 November 2005
North Korea will be urged to adopt a step-by-step plan towards nuclear disarmament when the latest round of six-party talks begins on Wednesday, Japan’s chief negotiatior said after arriving in Beijing. However with the first phase of the fifth round scheduled to last just three days before resuming later in the year, expectations were low that major progress will be made this week.
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/ 8 November 2005
World number-one diamond miner De Beers has sold 26% of its South African operations — De Beers Consolidated Mines (DBCM) — for R3,8-billion to a black economic empowerment (BEE) entity called Ponahalo, which will be jointly owned by Ponahalo Investment Holdings and De Beers’s South African-based employees and pensioners.
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/ 8 November 2005
Stressed-out Asians have the least active sex lives globally, with nine countries and territories from the region making up the bottom 10 in terms of love-making, condom maker Durex said on Tuesday. Japan was bottom of the list of 41 countries and territories covered by this year’s Durex survey.
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/ 8 November 2005
Tens of thousands of women’s lives could be saved worldwide after South African researchers confirmed the success of a novel way of preventing cervical cancer. Researchers from the University of Cape Town have proved the effectiveness of a quick method to ”screen and treat” women to prevent them from developing the disease, using acetic acid — the main ingredient in vinegar.
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/ 8 November 2005
Ahmed Chalabi comes in from the cold on Tuesday, arriving in Washington to meet senior Bush administration officials for the first time in two years — despite lingering allegations that the Iraqi politician provided bogus pre-war intelligence, and a continuing investigation into whether he passed United States secrets to Iran.
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/ 8 November 2005
The Niger Delta’s Ogoni minority will mark the 10th anniversary of the execution of their champion Ken Saro-Wiwa on Thursday, amid anger that so little here has changed since his death shocked the world. Saro-Wiwa and eight of his comrades were hanged on November 10 1995 by Nigeria’s then military regime.