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SA’s controversial police chief

webadmin — Mon, 05 Oct 2009 08:21:31 +0000

A profile of the controversial former South African police commissioner and Interpol president Jackie Selebi.

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Tsunami-hit areas set to rebuild

webadmin — Sat, 03 Oct 2009 19:05:30 +0000

Rescue operations are being scaled back in the areas of the South Pacific hit by Tuesday’s tsunami with the focus switching to much needed reconstruction.

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Rio to stage 2016 Olympic Games

webadmin — Fri, 02 Oct 2009 19:17:29 +0000

Brazil will become the first South American country to host the Olympics, after Rio de Janeiro is chosen as the 2016 host city.

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Cycle thief is sent to prison

webadmin — Fri, 02 Oct 2009 15:17:13 +0000

A man who fed his gambling addiction by stealing bicycles from railway stations across the South-East is jailed for two-and-a-half years.

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Abused Asian men’s lives ‘living hell’

webadmin — Fri, 02 Oct 2009 12:52:08 +0000

More South Asian men married to British women are becoming the victims of domestic violence, it is revealed.

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Explorer hails polar exhibition

webadmin — Fri, 02 Oct 2009 10:19:31 +0000

British explorer David Hempleman-Adams launches a photography exhibition to mark the 100th anniversary of Captain Scott’s South Pole trip.

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Crews tackle passenger train fire

webadmin — Thu, 01 Oct 2009 18:09:18 +0000

Train services across the south of England are delayed after a fire in a passenger train at Guildford railway station.

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Intruder tied up jeweller’s wife

webadmin — Wed, 30 Sep 2009 14:10:06 +0000

A man admits an attack in which he tied up a woman with duct tape in her south of Scotland home.

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Pacific tsunamis: Countries hit

webadmin — Wed, 30 Sep 2009 07:49:45 +0000

A list of the countries hit by tsunamis that were triggered by a strong earthquake in the South Pacific.

Tsunami hits South Pacific islands

webadmin — Wed, 30 Sep 2009 02:50:54 +0000

A number of islands in the South Pacific have been hit by several tsunamis created by a powerful earthquake deep in the ocean.

Jail terms for cannabis suppliers

webadmin — Mon, 28 Sep 2009 16:06:48 +0000

A man and a woman guilty of supplying drugs grown at a cannabis factory in the south of Scotland are jailed.

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Navy seizes cocaine ‘worth £240m’

webadmin — Sun, 27 Sep 2009 22:28:05 +0000

The Royal Navy says it has seized its largest ever haul of cocaine, worth more than £240m, off South America.

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Venezuela summit criticises West

webadmin — Sun, 27 Sep 2009 03:15:12 +0000

Libya and Venezuela call on Africa and South America to unite to counter Western dominance, at an intercontinental summit.

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