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/ 22 January 2007

Amaglug-glug down Japan 1-0

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

Nato general: We need one more year to defeat Taliban

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

Netherlands contributes R69m to SA education

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

China orders TV stations to be ‘ethically inspiring’

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

Hillary and the Democrats choose web as the new deal

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

Pakistan’s Shoaib out for two weeks

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.