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Mbeki rebels' breakaway plan threatens ANC power
South Africa's ruling African National Congress is facing the greatest threat to its hold on power since the end of apartheid.
China hails first space odyssey
WAVING a red national flag at the cameras, a People's Liberation Army colonel stepped out of his orbiter 213 miles above the earth yesterday and into the hearts of a nation, as he became the first Chinese man to take a walk in space.
Bush seeks to allay bank bailout fears
US PRESIDENT George W Bush yesterday sought to allay concerns about a $700bn financial bailout, saying the final cost of the plan would be far less because the price of troubled loans bought by the government would rise again.
Car bomb at Damascus shrine kills 17 in deadliest attack in Syria for years
A CAR bomb killed 17 people and left at least 14 more wounded in Damascus, in the deadliest such attack in the Syrian capital in decades.
