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/ 28 February 2005
A car bombing on Monday near a medical centre in a town south of Baghdad killed 105 people in the single deadliest insurgent attack in Iraq in more than a year, hospital officials said. The blast ripped through a crowd of civil servants waiting outside a medical centre in Hilla, capital of Babil province, and left another 122 people wounded, they said.
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/ 28 February 2005
United Nations Secretary General rejected criticism in Moscow on Monday that the UN is not doing enough to help restore order in Iraq, and offered the world body’s aid in helping the war-torn country work out a new Constitution. ”Many suggest that … the UN is not adequately represented in this country,” Annan wrote in a newspaper article.
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/ 28 February 2005
The JSE Securities Exchange (JSE) rallied to yet another record high on Monday morning, fuelled by stronger world markets. While the number of advancers and decliners on the all-share index was pretty equal, the majority of heavyweights were up, ensuring the bourse’s positive performance. By 11.56am, the all-share index was up 0,57% at 13 452,25.
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/ 28 February 2005
Residents of the northern Cook Islands were evacuated from their homes on Sunday as the tiny South Pacific nation was lashed by a ”near direct hit” from the fourth cyclone in the region this month, disaster authorities said. Communications with the island of Pukapuka in the northern Cook Islands were lost on Sunday morning.
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/ 28 February 2005
Five years after Zimbabwe launched a controversial land-grab programme to redress colonial imbalances, thousands of white farmers have mounted a last-ditch battle to fight a state bid to have them legally endorsed. ”We are fighting an attempt to legitimise an illegal process,” said Mike Clark, an official of the Commercial Farmers’ Union.
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/ 28 February 2005
A 31-year hunt for a sadistic serial killer known as BTK appeared to have ended in Kansas at the weekend with the arrest of a man who was turned in by his daughter. Dennis Rader (59) a married father of two and a former church leader, was arrested in Wichita, Kansas, in connection with at least 10 murders dating back to 1974.
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/ 28 February 2005
The world-famous Blue Train is back in full operation after one set of carriages was withdrawn in March 2003 because of fire damage, Spoornet said on Monday. ”The fire-detection system on the damaged train set has now been updated and improved with the latest technology,” Dorcas Ledwaba, manager of the Blue Train, said in a statement.
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/ 28 February 2005
A 10-year-old boy has died in Scotland after being crushed by a giant snowball rolling down a hill, police and reports said on Monday. In what appeared to be ”a tragic accident”, the schoolboy was playing with friends when a ”giant snowball” they had been making rolled down a hill and engulfed him, a police spokesperson said.
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/ 28 February 2005
A majestic course record 11-under-par 61 from Zimbabwean Marc Cayeux saw him run away with the season-ending Vodacom Tour Championship at the par-72 Country Club layout on Sunday. Going into the final round, a playoff looked the most likely scenario but Cayeux literally floored his opposition to end the tournament on 20-under par 268.
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/ 28 February 2005
The Inkatha Freedom Party (IFP) on Sunday gave Johannesburg Mayor Amos Masondo 14 days to respond to a memorandum of demands that include the upgrading of hostels in Johannesburg. The demands also include the upgrading of electricity power in hostels before the start of winter and the formation of a anti-corruption unit.