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SierraLeoneTimes.com Tuesday 6th January 2009 Volume 3/02
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Reported in the press
"We will continue operating in Gaza. We continue working towards the prevention of the firing of missiles, and if we need to continue further, we will. That is our duty as the IDF (Israel Defense Forces), and that is why we are respected."
Lt. Gen. Gabi Ashkenazi
The Israeli Chief of the General Staff was addressing soldiers and pilots at the Air Force Base Palmahim in Israel.

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Lifestyle
  • Woman in wheelchair, flees on foot!
  • 2-sport athletes becoming rarer, but can thrive / Monte Vista basketball players are well-rounded, successful
  • Rees racing for Six Nations fitness
  • Children aged 6, 7 elope for Africa!
  • Gyms merge fitness, fun with technology

    Entertainment
  • Singers Allen, Perry start a feud
  • Winehouse holidays with friends
  • Lindsay Lohan splits from girlfriend
  • Travolta thankful for support after teenage son
  • Kate Hudson was

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    Australia's debutant fast bowler Doug Bollinger walked up and gave a mouthful to South African captain Graeme Smith on the second day of the Sydney Test match here...

    Nigeria Tackles Libya, Senegal Over Support for Guinea Coup
    Abuja — The coup in Guinea has pitched African leaders against each other as President Umaru Musa Yar'Adua is set to mobilise other West African leaders in a move to checkmate his colleagues...

    Twenty-one cholera cases reported in South African Gauteng province
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    President-elect Barack Obama has decided to give a former White House chief of staff, Leon Panetta, the job of heading the...

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  • ECOWAS to sanction Guinea
  • more rapid-response police join UN-African Union peacekeeping force
  • South Africans’ anger grows over Zimbabwe
  • Once "very promising", Sierra Leone struggles
  • Whistle-Rock, Pink Floyd Jazz, West African Funk And More
  • South African World Cup whistleblower shot dead
  • German child sweethearts try to elope for sunny African wedding

    Arts
  • Madge planning explosive dance for Britney
  • Runaway horse stuns UK filmgoers bursting into local cinema
  • Stage set for thrilling SCG finale
  • Food dance gets new life when bees get cocaine
  • Longhorns stage late rally

    Media
  • Middle Tennessee newspapers delayed by suspicious package
  • Washington Post managing editor Philip Bennett to resign
  • Digital TV switch near
  • Law firm works to sever Dreier ties
  • TLC will track checkered lives

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    Africa
  • Rains could worsen cholera epidemic in Zimbabwe
  • S. Africa says that it has Haydos
  • Boy and girl, six and seven, try to elope to Africa
  • Rebel chief denies leadership change
  • 9/11 mastermind on trial in Tunisia attack