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• Australian colonial premier dug up for paternity test

  - 2008-05-26

  SYDNEY AFP — The exhumation of a lecherous Australian colonial leader for a paternity test has angered his acknowledged relatives who Tuesday described the process as "appalling." The remains of South Australian premier Charles Cameron Kingston, who died a century ago, were dug up in March at the request...

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• French president Sarkozy and Bruni fly to Red Sea resort

  - 2007-12-27

  LUXOR, Egypt AFP — French President Nicolas Sarkozy and his new girlfriend Carla Bruni flew out of Egypt's Luxor on Wednesday aboard a tycoon friend's private jet headed for the Red Sea resort of Sharm el-Sheikh. Sarkozy, once more making controversial use of billionaire businessman Vincent Bollore's plane, left...

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• 2,000 protestors demand return to law and order in Kyrgyzstan

  - 2006-04-08

  BISHKEK AFP — About 2,000 people have marched to the centre of Kyrgyzstan's capital, demanding constitutional reforms and a "return" to law and order after the supreme court allowed a controversial businessman to stand at a by-election. The protest organised under the title "For Law and Order" was organised...

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• Mark Thatcher to be asked about alleged coup masterminds

  - 2005-02-17

  JOHANNESBURG AFP — British businessman Mark Thatcher will Friday be asked in court to shed light on the alleged masterminds of a botched coup plot in Equatorial Guinea, including oil tycoon Eli Calil and British novelist Jeffrey Archer. The son of former British prime minister Margaret Thatcher has been...

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• Chechen millionaire to try again for republic's top post

  - 2004-06-16

  MOSCOW AFP ? You can't accuse Chechen millionaire businessman Malik Saidullayev of not being persistent. After being removed as a presidential candidate in Chechnya last year -- reportedly at the Kremlin's bidding -- he plans to stand again in upcoming elections that follow the killing of the republic's pro-Moscow...

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• China businessman applies to trademark George W. Bush name to market nappies

  - 2004-02-06

  BEIJING, AFP ? A Beijing businessman has filed an application to trademark the Chinese name of US President George W. Bush to help market his disposable nappies. The applicant, surnamed Guo, filed an application with the General Administration for Industry and Commerce of China, stating he wants to use...

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• Arrested: Colombian rebel accused of killing Japanese hostage

  - 2003-12-15

  BOGOTA AFP ? Leftist rebel leader "Hugo", accused of murdering kidnapped Japanese businessman Chikao Muramatsu and the killing of 36 others in a February nightclub bombing, has been arrested, Colombian secret service sources said. Commander of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia's 22nd Front, Wilmer Antonio Marin Cano, alias...

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