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WARSAW. – Poland was in hot water yesterday after ultra-nationalist rioters went on the rampage outside the Russian embassy in Warsaw, igniting a diplomatic row with Moscow. The violence, which marred Polish independence day on Monday, reflects growing
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NEW DELHI. – Foreign ministers of China, Russia and India on Sunday condemned in the strongest terms a terrorist attack in Beijing last month and conveyed condolences and sympathy to the typhoon-hit Philippines. The ministers reiterated that terrorism is a threat to
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KAMPALA. – Peace efforts between the Democratic Republic of Congo government and defeated M23 rebels will continue, Uganda said yesterday, a day after the two sides failed to sign a much hoped for agreement. The last-minute failure to sign a deal on Monday was a
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JOHANNESBURG – The South African government yesterday ordered an investigation hours after a road accident killed at least 29 people and injured 30 others, one of the worst in recent years. “President Jacob Zuma has learned with shock of the tragic loss of life in the
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MAPUTO. – More than 4 000 pupils in central Mozambique could not take their exams because a conflict between government troops and militants of the opposition party Renamo escalated in recent weeks, state news agency AIM reported yesterday. The report said most of the
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PORT LOUIS. – The prime minister of Mauritius announced yesterday he will stay away from this week’s Commonwealth summit in Sri Lanka because of the host’s poor human rights record. Mauritius joins India by refusing to send a premier to Sri Lanka, which is accused of
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JOHANNESBURG. – The global doping watchdog said yesterday it has not seen Kenya follow up on assurances to probe doping allegations, a day after Nairobi set up such a task force. “We’ve been asking them to have an independent inquiry . . . we’ve been asking them to do that
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SYDNEY. – Gambling mogul James Packer yesterday said international tourists want to see man-made attractions and not spend their holidays “looking at Ayers Rock” as his plan for a US$1,5 billion Sydney casino won crucial support. The New South Wales government
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TEL AVIV – Israel’s Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman, newly reappointed after being cleared of corruption, yesterday urged his government to avoid spats with the US over its policy on Iran’s nuclear drive. Israel and the United States have been locked in a war of words
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UNITED NATIONS. – The UN launched an appeal for a third of a billion dollars yesterday as US and British warships steamed towards the typhoon-ravaged Philippines where well over 10 000 people are feared dead. Four days after Super Typhoon Haiyan destroyed entire
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They say a mother will do anything for her child even if it means putting herself in harm’s way. In this case, a fully-grown hippopotamus was flipped several feet into the air as she stood her ground against an aggressive elephant bull, giving her calf time to run to safety.
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TACLOBAN. — Hundreds of Philippine soldiers and police poured into a city devastated by Super Typhoon Haiyan yesterday to try to contain looting that threatens an emergency relief effort. More than 10 000 people are feared to have died when one of the strongest storms on record
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TEHRAN. — The head of the UN’s nuclear watchdog, Yukiya Amano, arrived in Tehran yesterday to hold talks with Iran after the country and six world powers failed to reach an agreement in Geneva last weekend. Amano will lead planned talks between Iran and the
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MUMBAI. — India’s Mars orbiter, Mangalyaan, hit first hurdle on Sunday night but failed to raise the velocity to the expected level of 10 000 km, local media reported. The orbiter is safe and healthy and attempts to push it higher will be held early today, the Indian Space and Research
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MORE than 2 000 workers at an Anglo American Platinum mine in South Africa have ended a three-day underground sit-in protest, the company said Monday. Some 2 300 members of the AMCU union began the protest at Amplats’ Dishaba mine last Friday morning, after one of