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/ 19 November 2003

Police on the trail of Michael Jackson

Police who searched Michael Jackson’s Neverland ranch amid child molestation allegations were seeking to arrest the pop icon, NBC television said on Wednesday. Jackson family lawyer Brian Oxfam confirmed reports that the raid was sparked by new child abuse allegations against the 45-year-old father of three.

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/ 13 November 2003

US wildfires could benefit surviving animals

The wildfires that chewed through southern California left a trail of dead, injured and displaced animals, but scientists say wildlife could eventually benefit from a rejuvenated forest. The fires burned in a typical mosaic pattern, leaving islands of vegetation that provided a refuge for the animals that did survive, biologists said.

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/ 25 October 2003

Wildfire threatens Los Angeles

Thousands of residents were evacuated from their homes as a raging wildfire threatened hundreds of homes east of the United States city of Los Angeles on Friday. About 1 400 firefighters were battling to bring the fire under control as it menaced homes and forced the closure of two major freeways.

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/ 12 September 2003

John Ritter, Johnny Cash die

John Ritter, whose portrayal of the bumbling but lovable Jack Tripper helped make the television comedy series Three’s Company a smash hit in the 1970s, has died. Country music legend Johnny Cash also passed away on Friday in a hospital in Nashville, Tennessee. He was 71.

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/ 3 July 2003

T3 is back — to critical yawns

Is there no limit to the mindless incredulity of modern movie audiences? That seemed to be the question on the minds of many movie critics on Wednesday when Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines opened in US cinemas with high hopes of becoming the biggest hit of the summer.

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/ 10 January 2003

New twist in US sniper case

The teenager accused of taking part in 21 sniper shootings around Washington and in other parts of the United States last year may have been handed over to his co-accused by his mother as security for money she owed. The suggestion comes from an investigation by the Antiguan government.