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/ 22 January 2007
Silver Stars shared the spoils of a goalless draw with the determined Black Leopards at the Royal Bafokeng Sports Palace on Sunday afternoon. Stars are still on top of the PSL log with 30 points. They are leading defending champions Mamelodi Sundowns by a solitary point but Sundowns have a game in hand.
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/ 22 January 2007
Amaglug-glug beat Japan 1-0 during their first opening match of the under-23 international friendly in Doha, Qatar. The only goal of this Group A encounter was scored by the deadly Cosmos striker, Sibusiso Hadebe, in the fourth minute. The next Amaglug-glug game is against the United Arab Emirates on Tuesday.
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/ 22 January 2007
The head of Nato forces in Afghanistan warns on Monday that the military effort needs more money and more troops for a year-long push that he believes will defeat the Taliban. While Nato troops had frustrated the Taliban’s plans to mount a winter campaign for the first time, it had been "against the odds" and the result of "exceptionally skilled and brave fighting".
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/ 22 January 2007
Paraguay surprised all with their seven-stroke victory on their debut in the Women’s World Cup of Golf on Sunday, making a tremendous impact for a country with only six golf courses. South Africa finished a disappointing 16th on 13 over par despite a solid 66 in the betterball.
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/ 22 January 2007
The Netherlands is to contribute more than R69-million for the period 2007 to 2011 for a new literacy and numeracy research programme, it was announced on Monday. On Tuesday the Dutch ambassador, Frans Engering, and the president and CEO of the Human Science Research Council, Olive Shisana, will sign an agreement for the launch of the new programme.
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/ 22 January 2007
Broadcasting authorities in corruption-plagued China will allow television stations to air only "ethically inspiring" programmes in prime time from next month, state media reported on Monday. "The country’s satellite TV stations should only screen ethically inspiring TV series during prime time," Wang Weiping, deputy director of the State Administration of Radio, Film and Television, said.
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/ 22 January 2007
Democratic presidential hopefuls showed over the weekend the increasing dominance of the web as a political tool. Hillary Clinton and the lesser-known Bill Richardson both opted against the traditional launch — a televised speech in a hall or other public arena, surrounded by family, flags and a few dozen supporters — and announced their intentions on the internet.
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/ 22 January 2007
The South African government has been in contact with the United States regarding two SA citizens with suspected links to al-Qaeda.
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/ 22 January 2007
White farmers have no future in Zimbabwe and the government will seize more land from the last few white farmers, Lands Minister Didymus Mutasa said at the weekend. ”Only the lucky ones among the outgoing [white] farmers” could hope to keep their farms, said Mutasa.
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/ 22 January 2007
Pakistan fast bowler Shoaib Akhtar has been ruled out of action for two weeks with a hamstring injury and will take no further part in the Test series in South Africa, an official said on Monday. Akhtar played his first Test in 11 months at Port Elizabeth last week and took four wickets in South Africa’s first innings.