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/ 11 February 2007
Leading 1-0 in the 85th minute with their opponents seemingly dead and buried under the strain of a 40-degree-Celsius Premier Soccer League scorcher, Black Leopards still went down 2-1 to Jomo Cosmos at Thohoyandou Stadium on Saturday afternoon. It was a familiar story of costly lapses in the Leopards defence.
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/ 11 February 2007
Lamontville Golden Arrows beat Kaizer Chiefs 1-0 in a fast, entertaining Premier Soccer League game played at the Oppenheimer Stadium in Orkney on Saturday afternoon. There was no score at half-time. It was sweet revenge for Arrows, who lost 2-1 in their own backyard earlier in the season.
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/ 11 February 2007
Phil Mickelson shot a two-under 70 on Saturday in the most miserable conditions of the Pebble Beach National Pro-Am, giving him a share of the lead with Kevin Sutherland. Sutherland got into the final group for the second time in three weeks with a birdie on his final hole at Poppy Hills for a 67.
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/ 11 February 2007
Defending champions Canterbury Crusaders returned to familiar form on Saturday, beating the Queensland Reds 33-22 in a Super 14 rugby match. In South Africa, the Bulls beat the Cheetahs 24-20 in Pretoria and the Lions downed New Zealand side Otago Highlanders 11-6 in Johannesburg.
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/ 11 February 2007
A two-minute blitz in which they scored twice within two minutes shortly after half-time helped Wits University beat AmaZulu 2-1 and end a three-game losing Premier Soccer League sequence at Johannesburg’s Bidvest Stadium on Saturday night. Also, Silver Stars beat Maritzburg United 1-0 in their own backyard.
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/ 11 February 2007
The names may have changed, but the grand tradition of American bank robbers such as Machine Gun Kelly, John Dillinger and Baby Face Nelson is alive and well and enjoying a revival. Now meet the Paparazzi Bandit, Panama Jack and the Harry Caray Bandit, who robs banks dressed as a much-loved American sports announcer.
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/ 11 February 2007
”When he started, it was definitely a long shot,” says a friend. ”He’s got this funny name. He’s black. It wasn’t even clear at that stage if he would even get the African-American vote.” And now? On Saturday, Barack Obama announced his candidacy for president of the United States.
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/ 11 February 2007
A second-line drug treating extreme drug-resistant tuberculosis (XDR-TB) is having toxic side-effects on patients in KwaZulu-Natal, the South African Broadcasting Corporation reported on Saturday. XDR-TB is a deadly strain of the infectious disease that emerged in the Tugela Ferry region of KwaZulu-Natal in 2005.
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/ 11 February 2007
The Free State High Court has granted an interim interdict suspending the resolutions, decisions and elections at the regional general council of the African National Congress (ANC) in the northern Free State, the South African Broadcasting Corporation reported on Saturday.
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/ 11 February 2007
Medical scheme Discovery Health is investigating claims made by fraud convict Schabir Shaik for his 76-day stay at a Durban hospital, media reports said at the weekend. Correctional Services Minister Ngconde Balfour has also ordered a medical specialist to ascertain whether Shaik’s hospital stay is absolutely necessary.