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Record-breaker Rooney shuts down booze talk

Manchester, United Kingdom | AFP |  Wayne Rooney gave short shrift to talk about his recent off-field indiscretions while on England duty after breaking Manchester United’s European goal-scoring record against Feyenoord on Thursday. Rooney, 31, scored his 39th European goal in a 4-0 victory to eclipse Ruud van Nistelrooy as …

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Trumps picks women, including a critic, for cabinet

Palm Beach, United States | AFP | Donald Trump began to broaden the base of his future cabinet Wednesday, nominating two conservative women including a critic, after his earlier picks rewarded campaign loyalists. Trump’s nomination of South Carolina’s 44-year-old governor, Nikki Haley, as US ambassador to the United Nations will …

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Kidnapped Australian doctor becomes Burkina Faso citizen

Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso | AFP | An Australian surgeon kidnapped by jihadists nearly two years ago whose whereabouts remain unknown has been declared a citizen of the west African nation, an official decree announced Wednesday. “Arthur Kenneth Elliott, born 11 November 1934 in Perth, in Australia…. a surgeon” has been …

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Angola: 37 ex-opposition fighters face coup charges

Luanda, Angola | AFP |  Thirty-seven former fighters from Angola’s main UNITA opposition party go on trial Friday accused of attempting to stage a coup earlier this year, the state news agency Angop reported on Thursday. Members of the group face charges of planning an armed assault against the presidential …

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COSATU: It is Ramaphosa, not Zuma, for president

South Africa union federation backs Ramaphosa for power Johannesburg, South Africa | AFP |  South African deputy president Cyril Ramaphosa on Thursday won the support of Cosatu, the biggest union federation, to be the ANC party’s next leader, boosting his chances of taking national power. The African National Congress (ANC), …

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Brazil up to second, Uganda 73rd in World FIFA rankings

Zurich, Switzerland | AFP |  Despite a big win and draw against highly ranked Congo Brazzaville and Ghana recently, Uganda Cranes dropped a place in the latest FIFA rankings released Thursday. Ghana and Congo however tumbled in the rankings. It turns out the 0-1 defeat in a friendly against lower …

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