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/ 14 October 2003
Canada are sending out almost an entirely new line-up for Friday’s World Cup match against tournament co-favourite New Zealand. ”We obviously know we’re not going to beat the All Blacks,” Canadian coach David Clark said after practice on Tuesday. ”We obviously think we can beat Italy and Tonga.”
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/ 14 October 2003
Wayne Ferreira tamed Ivan Ljubicic in two tight tiebreakers as the Tennis Masters Madrid began on Monday, setting up a second-round match against top-ranked Juan Carlos Ferrero. Playing the first match of the day on court one, the South African overcame a sore groin and elbow to win 7-6 (7), 7-6 (5).
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/ 14 October 2003
Cameroon defeated Zambia 2-1 in the semifinal of the football event of the All-Africa Games in Calabar on Monday to set up a final clash with hosts Nigeria. Zambia took the lead after 12 minutes as the Cameroonian defence caved in and Isaac Chansa followed up on a rebound to find the back of the net.
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/ 14 October 2003
The South African cricket squad, in a buoyant mood after Sunday’s seven-wicket victory in the fifth and deciding one-day international over Pakistan in Rawalpindi, received another boost on Monday when the country’s most experienced player, Gary Kirsten, arrived in Lahore to link up with the squad for the two Test matches.
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/ 13 October 2003
Financial services company Alexander Forbes has said no claim for payment of any amount had been made against it regarding alleged fraud during the apartheid era, following reports that American lawyer Ed Fagan is to file a -billion lawsuit against at least five companies accused of defrauding South African workers in the apartheid era.
Ed Fagan files bn SA lawsuit
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/ 13 October 2003
An international refugee rights organisation has criticised the way in which the Ugandan government carried out the relocation of Sudanese refugees from a camp in western Uganda, which ended in riots and the arrest of some refugees. ”Refugee descriptions of the move suggest that the move was neither humane nor dignified,” Refugees International said.
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/ 13 October 2003
Ahmed Qorei chaired a meeting of his emergency Cabinet in Ramallah on Monday for the first time after reluctantly agreeing to stay on as Palestinian premier until the end of the month, amid international concern over the divisions within the leadership.
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/ 13 October 2003
The Hefer commission said on Monday it has no mandate to inquire generally into the exercise of Minister of Justice and Constitutional Development Penuell Maduna’s powers. This is particularly in regard to liquidations and other matters affecting the office of the Masters of the High Court.
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/ 13 October 2003
The Hefer Commission of Inquiry’s investigation would be incomplete without hearing evidence from Deputy President Jacob Zuma, the Democratic Alliance said on Monday. ”The deputy president is inextricably linked to the investigation,” DA justice spokesperson Sheila Camerer said.