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Brazil the favourites, so what's new?

Source: NewKerala

Cape Town :: South Africa | updated Thu Nov 26 03:40:07 -0800 2009 | sports-news

silenced his critics with important wins and titles. In 50 matches under the command of Dunga -- a former Brazil captain who lifted the trophy in the 1994 World Cup -- the "selecao" have won 34 and lost only five....

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Journalists leave Somalia after hostage ordeal

Source: News 24

Mogadishu :: Somalia | updated Thu Nov 26 04:17:31 -0800 2009 | political-news

Two journalists from Canada and Australia flew out of Somalia on Thursday at the end of a 15-month hostage ordeal during which they were tortured and shackled in windowless rooms by their captors. Amanda Lindhout, her head covered with a...

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Paintball sends thieves packing

Source: News 24

Delmas :: South Africa | updated Thu Nov 26 01:24:38 -0800 2009 | political-news

A security guard who shot at ATM bombers with his paintball gun, probably contributed to the fact that the criminals were forced to flee empty-handed. Leon Hurter of Sun Security was woken at about 02:30 on Wednesday morning by a...

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Man, gardener 'tied up like dogs'

Source: News 24

Cullinan :: South Africa | updated Thu Nov 26 00:39:53 -0800 2009 | political-news

The caretaker and gardener of a smallholding at Boschkop, east of Pretoria, have been found tied up and murdered. The bodies of Martin "Tienie" Jacobs, 65, and his gardener were found under boxes and pillows on Wednesday morning, about 12...

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Hijackers fed kid - cops

Source: I Africa

Tembisa :: South Africa | updated Thu Nov 26 01:20:07 -0800 2009 | political-news

Vuyo Mbangwa was inside his mother's white Toyota Fortuner in Birch Acres when armed men made off with the car. His brother, who had been driving the car, left it unattended when he quickly run into the house to fetch...

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Source: Sudan Tribune

Jūbā :: Sudan | updated Wed Nov 25 20:34:30 -0800 2009 | disasters

General Salva Kiir Mayardit, First Vice-President of the Republic of Sudan and President of the semi-autonomous region of Southern Sudan, has on Wednesday 24, in both Moyo and Adjumani Districts of Uganda, urged Ugandans to lead recognition of the independent...

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Hit-run victim identified

Source: Canadian Broadcasting Corporation

Mogadishu :: Somalia | updated Wed Nov 25 21:26:28 -0800 2009 | travel-news

Taser, after a video of the altercation with police came to light. A man arrested Monday in connection with a mass murder in Surrey, B.C., had just won a huge poker jackpot.

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Islam 'a religion, not a state; a message, not a govt'

Source: Kuwait Times

Cairo :: Egypt | updated Wed Nov 25 17:21:40 -0800 2009 | political-news

The American University of Kuwait (AUK) hosted a lecture titled 'Islam and Secularism' on Tuesday. Dr Souad Ali, a US Fulbright Scholar at the AUK was the keynote speaker during the event. She has written a book analyzing Abd Al-Raziq's...

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Kenya sevens coach goes with proven talent for IRB series

Source: Fiji Times

George :: South Africa | updated Wed Nov 25 15:22:44 -0800 2009 | sports-news

Ayimba has kept faith with many of the core squad that reached the Rugby World Cup Sevens semi-finals in March this year, and also claimed sixth place in the 2008/09 IRB Sevens World Series. In all, Kenya reached six Cup...

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Queenstown manslaughter charge

Source: New Zealand Infotech Weekly

Queenstown :: South Africa | updated Wed Nov 25 19:35:22 -0800 2009 | political-news

Police have charged a man with manslaughter following the death a Queenstown man earlier this month. Mark James Smith, 47, died after an altercation after a night out drinking in Queenstown on 19 November. Detective Senior Sergeant Colin Blackie today...

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