Cotton making risk sinking in Malawi

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49-year- old Gabriel Gondwa sits on a mat made of goat skin in Mfulanjobvu area in Balaka southern Malawi as he wipe up sweat from his forehead using a yellow handkerchief.

He is puzzled as he doesn’t know where to go with a heap of 50 cotton lint bales by his side to get better price to make profit as what buyers are offer to him is just too little.

Similarly Maria Alimenda 36 in Chief Tengani’s area in Nsanje, also southern Malawi sharing boundary with Mozambique is busy clearance her cotton ground to plant maize.

“I am not going to grow cotton again because it’s a loss making business,” said Alimenda adding that she had a lot of hopes of creation profit from her 20 bales of cotton she had harvested from her piece of land.

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Disease a big bluster to job prospects

Multiple sclerosis (MS) delivers a huge blow to your job prospects as well as your health, Australian research shows.

The auto-immune disease, in which the body's immune system attacks the central nervous system, forces almost two-thirds of its sufferers out of the labor force.

New findings from the Australian MS Longitudinal Study shows that 64 per cent of Australians with MS are no longer in paid work.

Canberra Hospital-based Dr Rex Simmons, who is project manager for the study, says MS sufferers had a lower workforce contribution rate than people living with a range of common chronic diseases.

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It's Random Acts of Kindness Day

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Putting a smile on someone's face doesn't have to cost a cent , that's the message behind Random Acts of Kindness Day, which takes place on Tuesday.

Organiser Megan Singleton said the day was a possibility for people to prove New Zealand was the kindest nation on earth.

"We're challenging people to step out and do something kind for someone else."

Singleton and her friends came up with the idea to cheer people to get to know one another better.

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Slocum denies Woods with courageous last hole putt

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Heath Slocum holed a 20-foot par putt on the final hole to deny a grasp of golf's elite the chance of a playoff at The Barclays and win the first of the PGA Tour's FedEx playoff series…

Slocum held off world number one Tiger Woods and three-time major winners Ernie Els of South Africa and Ireland's Padraig Harrington as well as Steve Stricker, who is second on the FedEx Cup points list.

United States star Slocum shot a four-under 67 in Sunday's final round at Liberty National in New Jersey for a nine-under total of 275.

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Chris Brown says he still be in love with Rihanna

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Pop star Chris Brown has admitted guilt and apologize for assaulting his then-girlfriend Rihanna in February, but he does not remember striking the singer..

Looking at police reports about the occurrence makes him feel like he's reading about a outsider, Brown said in his first television interview since the arrest.

"I'm in shock, because, first of all, that's not who I am as a person, and that's not who I assure I want to be," he said in an exclusive interview that airs Wednesday night.

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Terrorist was not traded for oil, British PM persist

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The British government did not make a deal to send the Lockerbie bomber home in exchange for an oil agreement with Libya..

"There was no deal over the release" of Abdelbeset Ali Mohmed al Megrahi.. The government was responding to information that the British government wanted al Megrahi to be eligible for release in order to smooth the way for the British oil giant BP to win exploration rights in Libya.

"The central assertion in this story is totally untrue and deeply misleading," Brown's office said in response to a story that originated in the Sunday Times.

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Challenges to the front for Japan's new rule party


Now comes the hard part. Handed a sweeping consent for change, the Democratic Party of Japan (DPJ) begins the formidable task of delivering on a laundry list of promises intended to lift the country after its most horrible recession since World War II.

Voters skeptical, pessimistic and annoyed are unlikely to give the party, which has never held office, much time to make good.

Japan is witnessing historic highs in joblessness and experiencing ramifications like homelessness for the first time.

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Lethal California wildfire threatens 10,000 homes


A fast-moving wildfire in danger 10,000 homes Monday in Southern California as firefighters, while mourning the loss of two colleagues, struggle to contain the combustion.

The 45,000-acre Station Fire which is 5 percent enclosed is being fueled by dry air and confined by the steep terrain in and around the Angeles National Forest.

"The fire fundamentally can get up and run any time and has a mind of its own," Mike Dietrich, U.S. Forest Service incident commander..

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Ghana to supports Togo in elections


This was enclosed in a communiqué jointly issued by the governments of Ghana and Togo on Wednesday at the end of the two-day administrator visit to Ghana by the Togolese President, Faure Gnassingbe.

The communiqué called for closer group effort between the Electoral Commissions of the two countries in order to map out strategies which would always ensure free, fair and transparent elections devoid of violent behavior and rancour in their respective countries.

The communiqué said the two Presidents appreciated recent developments in the democratic development in Togo, in particular the recent reforms in the electoral code and the restructuring of the independent Electoral charge for violence-free presidential election in 2010, according to the Daily Graphic.

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Samson and Delilah takes out top writer's guild honor

Warwick Thornton's highly praised film Samson and Delilah has taken out the top gong at this year's Australian Writer's Guild (AWGIE) awards.

The love story about two indigenous teenagers who live in a community outside Alice Springs wracked by fighting, substance abuse, poverty and boredom has been a worldwide hit.

On Friday evening at Doltone House in Sydney, the film was honored the Major AWGIE award for the most terrific Australian script of the year.

The film was also honored the AWGIE for Original Feature Film.

In Australia, it has amassed an imposing $2.7 million at the box office , making it one of the most commercially successful local films of recent years.

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Insight into the mind of a murderer

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One News has been in contact with George Baker since he confesses to killing Liam Ashley, and an interview recorded from behind jail bars offers a unique insight into the mind of a killer.

For most people the maximum protection prisoner is largely out of sight and out of mind. But the convicted murderer regards himself as infamous .

"I am intelligent," Baker told reporter Lisa Owen in a phone interview.

One News demand the interview with Baker after he killed Ashley, and as a result he began writing and phoning from prison.

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Wenger bangs UEFA's Eduardo 'witch-hunt'

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Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger has called the result by European football's governing body UEFA to charge striker Eduardo with plunging against Celtic a "complete disgrace" and accused them of staging a "witch-hunt" against the competitor.

Wenger, speaking in his press meeting on the eve of his side's English Premier League clash with Manchester United, also advised that UEFA have "opened a very dangerous door" after they began punitive proceedings against the 26-year-old Croatia international.

"I find it a complete dishonor and unacceptable. We won't accept the way we have been treated in this case for two reasons," Wenger said.

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Karzai, U.S. emissary have 'sharp exchanges'

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Afghan President Hamid Karzai had "sharp exchanges" about the nation's new election with Richard Holbrooke, America's top diplomat to the region

"There was a back and forth over particular matters," the official said, "We're not going to deny that."

The meeting came in the midst of opposition applicants accusing the Karzai campaign of chains the election.

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Kennedy memorized as an advocate for all

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One year before the day of his death, an ailing Sen. Ted Kennedy electrify a crowd of thousands at the Democratic National Convention.

"There is a new wave of modify all around us, and if we set our compass true, we will reach our target, not merely victory for our party, but renewal for our country," Kennedy said on August 25, 2008.

"And this November, the torch will be passed again to a new generation of Americans, so with Barack Obama and for you and for me, our country will be loyal to his cause."

Two months later, the election of the United States' first black president marked the actualization of decades of work for Kennedy, who was a champion of civil rights all through his nearly 50-year tenure in the Senate.

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Two Ethiopian journalists locked up


Ibrahim Mohamed Ali, editor of the weekly, Muslim-oriented newspaper Salafiyya, and Asrat Wedajo, former editor of Seife Nebelbal, a now-defunct weekly that was barred amid the 2005 government crackdown on the press, have begun helping one-year sentences at Kality Prison, outside the capital, Addis Ababa. Wedajo did not have a lawyer, but Ali’s lawyer, Temam Ababulgu, told CPJ he would plea the verdict.

Federal High Court Judge Zewdinesh Asres convict Ali and Wedajo on numerous charges under Ethiopia’s criminal code and its now-obsolete Press Proclamation of 1992, according to Ababulgu.

The 1992 media law was rehabilitated as the Freedom of the Mass Media and Access to Information Proclamation, which formally took effect in December 2008, according to CPJ research.

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Abbott OK being 'lame, gay, churchy loser'

TONY Abbott tolerates no ill will for his 18-year-old daughter's explanation of him as a "lame, gay, churchy loser".

Mr Abbott told an spectators at the launch of an anti-drugs program in Sydney this month that his daughter made the remark in a discussion on the dangers of drug use in reaction to "what I thought was a worthy moral exhortation".

On the ABC's Q and A program tonight, the opposition families spokesman smiled when he was asked by a spectator why he thought his daughter described him that way.

"Yeah, well look. She knows me well. She's lived with me for 18 years," he said.

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High profile killer in hostage drama

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Convicted murderer George Baker is holding another prisoner hostage at Auckland Prison at Paremoremo.

Baker, 27, killed youngster Liam Ashley three years ago in the back of a Chubb security van en route to jail.

He was on bail for robbing and stabbing another North Shore teenager in April 2006 and was handcuffed to 17-year-old Ashley in the rear of the van. Ashley was appearing in court as the result of a last resort attempt by his parents to teach him a lesson after taking his mother's car without permission.

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UEFA to examine Eduardo diving incident

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Arsenal striker Eduardo could face a two-match Champions League ban if European football's leading bodies UEFA make a decision to charge him with diving.

UEFA disciplinary officials are appraisal the event when the Croatia striker won a penalty against Celtic on Wednesday before make a decision whether he will be charged.

A UEFA spokesman told Press Association Sport: "We are reviewing the game to see whether a disciplinary examination should be launched."

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Swimming to Suu Kyi's home proficient goal


The American man who swam to Aung San Suu Kyi's house in Myanmar said Thursday he still believes he did the right thing, even though his visit led to an addition of the pro-democracy leader's house arrest.

John Yettaw, 53, swam across a lake to Suu Kyi's home in May and stayed for two days before authorities under arrest him along with Suu Kyi and two of her employees.

His presence violated the terms of Suu Kyi's house arrest which was about to end, leading a judge to expand it by another 18 months.

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Groups did not die for just 150 Afghan votes

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UK officials have required to play down low voter turnout in Afghanistan's elections amid reports just 150 people cast their ballots in an area where four British groups died securing it from the Taliban.

British media claimed that early estimates of ballots in the former Taliban stronghold of Babaji in Helmand province point out few exercised their voting rights, despite the efforts of Operation Panther's Claw, a five-week offensive against militants in the area.

The claims have fueled debate in Britain over the country's sustained military role in Afghanistan as the country's death toll since operations begin in 2001 pushes past the 200 mark.

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Public viewing for Kennedy at JFK library

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Sen. Ted Kennedy's body will lie in rest Thursday and Friday in the Smith Center at the John F. Kennedy Presidential Library in Boston, Massachusetts. Public visiting hours will be held each day.

A personal family Mass will be celebrated at the senator's home in Hyannis Port at noon Thursday, before the body is moved to the library in an hourlong farewell parade that will wind through the heart of Boston.

Funeral services for Kennedy will be held Saturday morning at a Boston church before his burial in Arlington National memorial park outside Washington, his office announced.

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Bailiff misleads court into mistaken judgment


The applications was looking for a stay of proceedings in a case in which Dramani's citizenship is being challenged, but it was struck out for want of examination due to the wrong information provided the court by Ofori.

Consequently, the Court has ordered the registrar to statement the conduct of Ofori to the appropriate quarters within the judiciary for disciplinary action to be taken against him.

The court, constitute by Justice G.M. Quaye, Justice Mariam Owusu and Justice Victor Ofoe, on August 10, struck out the application filed by Adamu Daramani to stay the proceedings of the High Court which planned him to vacate his seat for holding dual citizenship, according to the Ghanaian Times.

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Pacific Brands confess to sackings backlash

Pacific Brands has also exposed that the original cost estimate for last year's reform has blown out by almost $19 million to $75.1m, partly because of more layoffs and retraining programs for workers.

PacBrands chief decision-making Sue Morphet said yesterday that sales of Bonds underwear, the company's most visible brand because of its association with sporting identities such as Pat Rafter, had suffered a "small dip" after the job cuts were announced.

Other shoppers dumped King Gee clothing because of its link to the workforce, Ms Morphet said.

But in both cases the collision had lasted only two to three weeks and sales had since recovered, she said.

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Gentleman to stand trial over bridge swing death


The manager of an adventure company will stand trial for manslaughter, following the death of an 18-year-old university scholar in March this year.

Catherine Peters died hours after falling 22 metres onto a river bed from the bridge in the Manawatu Gorge.

She had been on a Massey Alpine Club bridge-swinging outing.

Alastair McWhannell was the manager of adventure operator Crag Adventures.

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Mourinho's Ramadan row over Muntari


Inter Milan coach Jose Mourinho is under fire from a Muslim manager in Italy after his censure of Sulley Muntari for fasting during Ramadan.

Ghana midfielder Muntari was taken off after just half an hour of Inter's unsatisfactory 1-1 home draw against Bari as they began their resistance of the Serie A title on Sunday.

Mourinho pulled no punches in the post match press meeting when he implied that the former Portsmouth star had played poorly because he lacked energy due to his fast.

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Chavez: prepared to cut ties with Colombia


Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez said he is preparing to break off polithugo_chavezical relations with Colombia over the neighboring country's plan to allow U.S. troops admission to its military bases.

"It is going to happen," Chavez said on Tuesday in a state transmit. "We are going to prepare for this, because the Colombian bourgeoisie hates us. And now, it just isn't likely to make up. No, it is impossible.

"The agreement of the seven bases is a statement of war against the Bolivarian Revolution," Chavez added, referring to his socialist supporting movement, which he named after 19th-century Venezuelan leader Simon Bolivar.

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Hu calls for improvement in China's Uyghur region

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China's President Hu Jintao called Tuesday for a "prosperous and harmonious" Xinjiang province during his first trip to the country's western Uyghur region since last month's deadly riots, state-run media reported.

"The key to our work in Xinjiang is to properly handle growth and stability," said Hu.

Hu, calling for reform, development, ethnic unity and stability in the region, expressed appreciation to the armed forces, militia and police for their work in quelling the July 5 ethnic riots in Urumqi, the capital of China's distant northwestern Xinjiang Autonomous Region, Xinhua news agency said.

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Ted Kennedy dies after cancer encounter

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Massachusetts Sen. Edward Kennedy, the patriarch of the first family unit of Democratic politics, died late Tuesday at his home in Hyannis Port, Massachusetts, after a long battle with brain cancer. He was 77.

"We've lost the irreplaceable center of our family and merry light in our lives, but the inspiration of his faith, optimism and insistence will live on in our hearts forever," a family statement said. "We thank everyone who gave him care and support over this last year, and everyone who stood with him for so many years in his tireless march for development toward justice."

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Malawi Gov’t fight back to provide safe water

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According to a report by the London-based International Institute for Environment and Development 20 percent of Malawi’s 13 million people live in city areas with the urban population likely to double between 2010 and 2030 and safe water condition will be a great challenge.

The research report also indicated that less than one-tenth of Malawi’s town population live in homes connected to sewers.

In a survey of 1,178 households conducted in May and June last year, it found that water and cleanliness remained “woefully inadequate” in the nine settlements across Malawi’s three biggest cities Blantyre, Lilongwe and Mzuzu.

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Police search water after screams heard

Police divers spent today finding a dam in northern New South Wales after a spectator reported hearing prolonged screams coming from the area.

A woman reported hearing the screams over a number of minutes about 8.30pm on yesterday and herd to the stretch of river near the village of Hillgrove, west of Armidale, but found nothing…

Detectives commence a search today and discovered and seized a number of items from the banks of the dam while divers trawled the water looking for a body.

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Davis' killer get 19 years in jail

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Dean Stewart Cameron has been locked up for at least 19 years for the rape and murder of a "beautiful, intelligent and loving" 15-year-old girl.

In Christchurch's High Court on Monday Cameron, 39, received a 19-year non-parole term as part of his life sentence for kill and a 10-year preventive detention sentence for the sexual abuse of Marie Davis.

Marie's mother Janet Davis read her fatality impact statement to the court.

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Man charge over footballer attack


A 25-year-old man has been charge over the horrific stabbing incident which left English Premier league footballer Calum Davenport in a serious state in hospital with leg wounds.

Davenport and his 49-year-old mother were assault in the early hours of Saturday morning at her home in Bedford, 90km north of London.

Former England under-21 international Davenport had emergency operation for stab wounds to both legs and remained in a serious but stable condition…

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Malaysia push backs woman's caning


A Malaysian model, who was set to become the first woman to be caned in the southeast Asian country for drinking beer in public, had her sentence delayed Monday until the end of the Islamic holy month of Ramadan.

Authorities had picked up Kartika Sari Dewi Shukarno, 32, from her father's house Monday morning and were taking her to a jail in the eastern state of Pahang when the van turned around and brought her back.

"They sent her back to the house. They said the top administrator asked them not to bring her to Kuala Lumpur," said Kartika's father, Shukarno Abdul Muttalib.

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Greek firefighters get concise respite

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Gentler winds Monday morning gave firefighters in Greece some room to respire, but the respite was only impermanent.

Gale-force winds are likely to pick up later Monday, once again re-igniting flames and a race to contain them before they reach the capital, Athens.

For a fourth day, a fleet of aircraft took off at daybreak to resume water drops as flames licked the northern outer edge of the capital.

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Girl dies after wave knocks her into sea, Bill heads to Canada

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A 7-year-old girl died after a large ocean wave kicked up by Hurricane Bill knocked her and two other people into the Atlantic off Maine's Acadia National Park on Sunday

Coast Guard rescuers plucked the three from the ocean after a wave swept them from a stony ledge at the park, according to Sheridan Steele, the park's superintendent.

The conditions of the two survivors a 12-year-old girl and a man were not immediately obtainable. No names were released.

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Attractive traditional dance of Zimbabwe

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Like many African countries, Zimbabwe can show off of some interesting but energy demanding traditional dances. One such group is from the Air force of Zimbabwe, which entertains the general public for the duration of national festivities and ceremonies associated with Heroes Day and Independence Day among others.

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We make a decision who gets visas: PM

In a statement reminiscent of John Howard's "I will determine who comes to this country" pledge on asylum seekers. "The government I lead is one where Australia makes conclusions on who it issues visas to or not. The Liberal Party is now saying that when it comes to Australia's visa policy we've got to get a authorize slip from another country, in this case China."

Opposition foreign affairs spokesman and deputy Liberal leader Julie Bishop has accused the Rudd government of "bungling" the issue of the visa to Ms Kadeer and of "failing to work usefully with China".

She told The Weekend Australian that the Coalition was not criticising the decision to give Ms Kadeer a visa, but rather the way the joint relationship had been mishandled.

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Swine flu still dispersal in US

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SWINE flu is still spreading extensively across the United States with 75 per cent of serious cases and 60 per cent of deaths among people underneath the age of 49.

The US Centers for Disease Control and avoidance has officially confirmed 7963 hospitalisations and 522 deaths from the pandemic H1N1 flu..

It is important to remember that at this time of year we don't usually have influenza,Dr Butler said.

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Ex-cop in rugby forbid has son at Grammar

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One of the four disciplinary team members who ruled on the schoolboy rugby scuffle has a son at Auckland Grammar.

Neil Grimstone, a former police officer senior sergeant, helped to decide on bans of between 10 and 16 months for five Kelston Boys High School students after last Saturday's fight.

Four Auckland Grammar students received six-week bans, meaning they will miss the secondary schools final against Mt Albert Grammar at Eden Park today.

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Rivals claim triumph in Afghan vote

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Afghan leader Hamid Karzai's campaign team claimed Friday he was on track for conquest in the country's presidential election, while his close rival Abdullah Abdullah also said he was leading the vote.

Their claims came as election administrators said the results of the vote, seen as a judgment on the Karzai government's efforts in tackling Taliban insurgents, scarcity and corruption, would be rolled out starting August 25.

Wahid Omar, campaign manager for Karzai, that based on information gathered from follower in the field, his team believed they were on track to win the election first round and avoid an October run-off.

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UK minister condemns Lockerbie bomber's 'hero's greeting’

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It was "deeply worrying" and "deeply upsetting" to see the convicted Lockerbie bomber get a hero's welcome in Libya..

Just hours after being freed from a Scottish prison where he was helping a life sentence, Abdelbeset Ali Mohmed al Megrahi walk off a plane in his native country to a cheering crowd that waved flags and honked horns.

Obviously, the sight of a mass murderer getting a hero's welcome in Tripoli is deeply upsetting, deeply distressing, Miliband told BBC radio Friday morning. He added that personally, "I find it extremely distressing of course, as well.

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Cancer survivor offers free health care for uninsured

Faith Coleman
Faith Coleman had no health assurance when she learned she had cancer, but she describes her scuffle with the illness as "one of the absolute greatest blessings" of her life.

"Having kidney cancer was one of the best things that ever turn out to me, because I can truly empathize with patients..

That compassion inspired Coleman to open a free health center in her Florida community to help other uninsured people in need of medical care.

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US signs four endowment with Malawi


According to a press release from Washington DC, the four grants will benefit Malawi’s Lilongwe South Smallholder Farmers Association, Nkhata Bay Coffee supportive, Misuku Coffee Growers Cooperative Society and Coffee Growers Cooperative Society.

The four grants come scarcely a few days after Japan also signed an agricultural pact with Malawi which is probable to help boost the agricultural sector, the southern African country’s economic hub.

USADF president Lloyd Pierson said the funds will help the groups at the grassroots level to help them make more goods. USADF funds groups at the grassroots level. These grants support farmers in Malawi to make more goods to sell on markets, rising their incomes and their quality of life.

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Kyle and Jackie O axed commencing Melbourne radio

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Radio outcasts Kyle Sandilands and Jackie O have had their show dragged from prime time in Melbourne after a backlash from promoters.

They will not be back for up to two months until a current marketing cycle ends

It is believed companies miserable about having their product associated with the controversial co-hosts in the wake of their rape scandal endangered to withdraw their advertising if Austereo bosses allowed their return.

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Honor renamed to honour Sir Ed


The New Zealand Duke of Edinburgh's Award has be renamed to honour investor Sir Edmund Hillary.

Governor General Anand Satyanand announced on Thursday the award, when given in New Zealand, would now be called The Duke of Edinburgh's Hillary Award.

About 5000 young New Zealanders enrol yearly for The Duke of Edinburgh's Award programme which has to 126 countries since it started 1956.

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Accused champion Semenya not a femininity cheat, says administrator

South African athletics officials have rallied at the back controversial new runnSemenyaing superstar Caster Semenya, who won the women's world 800 meters title just hours after the sport's governing body asked for the 18-year-old's gender to be confirmed.

Semenya crushed her rivals by streaking away to secure triumph in a time of one minute 55.45 seconds , the best in the world this year and more than eight seconds quicker than her fastest attempt of 2008.

She done more than two seconds clear of second-placed Kenyan Janeth Jepkosgei, the 2007 champion.

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China to shut smelting plants in lead-poisoning cases

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China is shutting down a pair of smelting plants supposed of sickening several thousand children with lead poison, according to state-run media.

At least 851 children living near a plant in northwestern China's Shaanxi province were found to have extreme lead levels in their blood.

The Dongling Lead and Zinc Smelting Co. would cease operation no later than Saturday

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Fatally ill Lockerbie bomber released

The man convicted of murdering 270 people by blowing Pan Am flight 103 out megrahiof the sky above the Scottish town of Lockerbie two decade ago was on his way house to Libya on Thursday after authorities set him free.

Abdelbeset Ali Mohmed al Megrahi, 57, is distress terminal prostate cancer and has three months to be in this world. Scottish Justice Secretary Kenny MacAskill ordered al Megrahi's let go on sympathetic grounds, saying he will be "going home to die.

Our justice system demands that decision be imposed but compassion available, MacAskill said. Our beliefs dictate that justice be served but forgiveness be shown.

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When a parent goes to battle, martial kids grow up fast


In Pennsylvania, Tyler Dix, a 16-year-old film buff, is wide awake by 7 a.m. to cook feast for his younger siblings.

In Georgia, Tucker Simmons, a 14-year old novice guitarist, prepares ice packs for his mother whenever her chronic lower back pain kicks in.

In California, Kaylei Deakin, an avid 17-year old rock hiker, disciplines her little sisters when they act out.

Tyler, Tucker and Kaylei are three teenagers from across the country who have very different interests, but one experience that bonds them: They grew up fast, sometimes too rapidly, to fill the shoes of mom or dad when their parent was shipped off to wars in Iraq and Afghanistan

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In kenya70 infected with swine flu

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In spite of an increase in the number of cases, I would like to request to Kenyans not to panic since my ministry has strengthen surveillance at airports and even at the grassroots following the latest surge of new cases, the countrys' Public Health Minister Beth Mugo said.

Nairobi has so far recorded 40 cases of H1N1 virus followed by Kisumu (18), Rift Valley (10), Garissa (2) and Nyeri (1).

Mugo assured Kenyans that her ministry is doing all it can together at the entry points and even in communities.She also urged people who have the indications to seek treatment.

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Missing man found lifeless

A Black Saturday survivor absent for the past week has been found dead.

Tree surgeon Hendrik Vreulink, 61, narrowly escaped from his Strathewen home which was shattered by bushfires on Black Saturday.

His family made an impassioned appeal for information following his disappearance from his home in Diamond Creek, in Melbourne's northeast, on Wednesday last week.

His wife Denise told ABC Radio her husband had suffered from high levels of concern since the February 7 bushfires.

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Violence for men accused of aviary deaths

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There was abuse outside the courtyard in Timaru for three men accused of killing dozens of birds at a south Canterbury aviary.

Thirty-two birds at the Temuka aviary died in a violence that also saw some of them decapitated.

Supporters of the Temuka aviary are still outraged two weeks after what they say was a terrible attack.

I'm not calm I’m boiling underneath I am, I'm really affecting and upset by it and what's happened, says Pat Rule from the Timaru Bird Club.

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Nine suspended for rugby clash

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Four Auckland Grammar and five Kelston Boys High first XV rugby players were suspended for their behavior in an ugly on-field rugby brawl last Saturday.

The Auckland Grammar students will miss Saturday's Auckland secondary schools final after being poised for varying periods, the longest ending on October 4.

But the Kelston students got the harsher penalties from the Auckland Rugby Union disciplinary committee, suspension for periods between 10 and 18 months.

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'Runway' and Klum stay in style

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"Project Runway" is back.

The design competition returns for a sixth season on a new system , in a new city (Los Angeles), with 16 new contestant, all looking to daze their way to fashion greatness.

"Project Runway" premieres Thursday, about eight months later than its original date. The stoppage was because of a legal battle between Lifetime and the Weinstein Co. (which owns the show), and NBC Universal, parent company to Bravo (which aired "Project Runway" for five seasons).

Despite the new home, the show's core, supermodel host Heidi Klum, silver-fox mentor Tim Gunn and snarky judge duo Nina Garcia and Michael Kors remains integral.

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Afghan media blackout call as aggression threatens vote

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Afghanistan's government on Wednesday called for a media blackout on reporting fighting as fresh attacks threatened disruptions a day in front of pivotal presidential elections.

The media was asked to refrain from covering any attacks on voting day in an effort to ensure the wide contribution of the Afghan people.

This week, the Taliban said it plans to disrupt the elections with continued attacks and in danger to kill Afghans who vote.

The management request came as it was announced that seven Afghan election workers had been killed by roadside bombs as they traveled the country.

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Hurricane Bill reaches grouping 4 strength

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Hurricane Bill strengthened into a commanding Category 4 storm early Wednesday as it churned far from land with highest sustained winds near 135 mph.

At 5 a.m. ET, Bill was centered about 460 miles east of the Leeward Islands, and more than 1,100 miles southeast of Bermuda, according to the National Hurricane Center.

It's a little too early to assess what kind of direct impact Bill may have, Most of the computer guidance has the hurricane passing between Bermuda and the U.S. coastline, then turning northeastward. Although Bermuda may avoid a direct hit, Bevin cautions Hurricane Bill is a very large storm and is generate a lot of waves and swells.

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Kenya Airways employees call off strike

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The airline lost a lot of income due to the grounding of the flights during the crisis with the staff whose salaries have now been enlarged by 20% over the next two years.

During the crisis the airline cancelled more than 50 flights to various destinations and even Members of Parliament were stranded in various airports in the countryside.

The pilots who received a pay hike a while back also required to join in the strike if the demands of the unionisable staff were not met.

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