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/ 4 November 2003
Fabien Galthie will captain a full strength French lineup in Sunday’s rugby World Cup quarterfinal against Ireland at Melbourne. France, losing finalist at the 1999 World Cup, capped an undefeated run in the Pool B preliminaries when a second-string XV beat the United States 41-14 at Wollongong on the weekend.
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/ 4 November 2003
It will be pay-back time for Wales when they face up to England in the World Cup quarter-finals here on Sunday, centre Mark Taylor says. The Welsh have had a hard time of it in recent years against the team they most love to beat winning only one of their last 10 meetings to leave the all-time head-to-head at 49 wins apiece.
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/ 4 November 2003
The already tense Burundi peace process acquired pressure-cooker status last week when a summit was called to sign final documents before vital technical talks had even started. The government of Burundi and the country’s largest rebel group picked up where they left off on October 8 with what were characterised as technical talks.
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/ 4 November 2003
South Africa coach Rudolf Straeuli said on Tuesday he expected his side to face a revamped New Zealand pack when the sides meet in Melbourne on Saturday in the World Cup quarter-finals. The All Blacks’ front five forwards were criticised after New Zealand were pushed hard by Wales before running out 53-37 winners.
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/ 4 November 2003
Outsiders may be alarmed about their World Cup chances, but the Wallabies are refusing to panic heading into the World Cup quarter-finals, fly-half Stephen Larkham said on Tuesday.
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/ 3 November 2003
The Constitutional Court is to hear on Tuesday why or why not it should grant a retrial of apartheid era chemical and biological warfare expert Dr Wouter Basson. The state is seeking leave to appeal against a ruling of the Supreme Court of Appeal in this regard.
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/ 3 November 2003
A ceremony to rename Ga-Rankuwa Hospital north-west of Pretoria went ahead on Monday despite continuing objections to the change.
A group of about 50 people, including local residents and staff members, protested at the hospital, SABC news reported.
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/ 3 November 2003
Afghanistan’s tortuous effort to write a constitution that will give the country stability, rebuild a strong central government and reduce the power of Islamic conservatives is expected to move closer this week with the publication of a first draft.
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/ 3 November 2003
The free food is handed out at nine, but the queue starts forming hours earlier. By dawn, there is a line of cars stretching half a mile back. In Logan, it is what passes for rush hour — a traffic jam driven by poverty and hunger.