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/ 19 January 2005
A core shareholder in the company that owns about 60% of the shattered oil giant Yukos promised in an interview published on Wednesday to sue Russian authorities for the destruction of what was once the nation’s biggest oil producer. Leonid Nevzlin is also wanted by Russian prosecutors in connection with a murder investigation.
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/ 19 January 2005
At least 15 Durban-based medical specialists have offered their services to a local welfare group, the Gift of the Givers Foundation, as it prepares for a mercy flight to tsunami victims in Somalia. The foundation’s director, Dr Imtiaaz Sooliman, said Gift of the Givers is ready to leave with 40 tonnes of food, medical supplies and water.
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/ 19 January 2005
South Africa’s Deaflympic team, with 19 medals from competition in Australia, were greeted by a silent heroes’ welcome at Johannesburg International airport on Tuesday afternoon. Pupils from St Vincent’s School for the Deaf — waved their hands in celebration (the way deaf people applaud) as the sports stars entered the arrivals hall.
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/ 19 January 2005
The South African men’s hockey team claimed a series win over the touring English side following their 3-1 victory in the fourth and final Test at the Tshwane University of Technology on Tuesday night. Ian Symons scored first for the home side, from a penalty corner in the 27th minute.
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/ 19 January 2005
Black Leopards and Bloemfontein Celtic shared the spoils when they played to an exciting 2-2 Premier Soccer League draw at Thohoyandou Stadium on Tuesday night. Leopards led 2-1 at the break after coming back from a goal behind. Moses Spandeel put Celtic ahead with a brilliant bicycle kick.
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/ 19 January 2005
Japan issued a tsunami warning on Wednesday after a 6,8-magnitude earthquake struck off its eastern coast. There were no immediate reports of injuries or damage. The quake struck at 3.11pm about 200km off the coast of Chiba prefecture, the Meteorological Agency said.
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/ 19 January 2005
Roland Schoeman of South Africa broke one world record and narrowly missed another at the short-course swimming World Cup on Tuesday. Schoeman broke German Thomas Rupprath’s world record in the 100m individual medley by ,07s, clocking 52,51s in Eriksdalsbadet’s fast short-course pool.
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/ 19 January 2005
Naturists looking to bare all for the first time on Asia’s shores were buoyed on Wednesday after local councillors gave the thumbs up to plans to open a nude beach in a remote area of Hong Kong. The Body Arts Association, a Hong Kong nudist group, handed a proposal on Tuesday to the local government asking for permission to hire a deserted beach in Sai Kung.
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/ 19 January 2005
Less than a month after the abolition of global textile quotas, the once-booming clothing industry in Mauritius is already feeling the pinch. Textile firms that relocated to Mauritius in the 1970s, sparking a local boom and becoming a backbone of the economy, are leaving the Indian Ocean island in droves for Asian nations like China, say business leaders.
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/ 19 January 2005
Supporters of chess master Bobby Fischer petitioned a Japanese court on Wednesday to free him immediately and let him go to Iceland where he’s been granted residency rather than deport him to the United States where he’s a wanted man.