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/ 13 January 2007
A powerful, 8,3-magnitude earthquake struck off Japan’s northern coast in the Pacific on Saturday, sparking a tsunami warning and sending thousands of residents along the archipelago’s eastern coast fleeing to higher ground, officials said. A small tsunami wave hit Japan’s northernmost island of Hokkaido.
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/ 13 January 2007
Former state president Marais Viljoen was a patriot who did everything with passion, his daughter Elna Meijers said on Saturday. ”He was a man of God, always loyal to his country and its people,” she said in Pretoria shortly before the memorial service for Viljoen started.
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/ 13 January 2007
Highveld Lions speedster Charl Langeveldt weighed in with six wickets on Friday to put the brakes on the high-flying Titans in their Supersport Series match being played at Sedgars Park, Potchefstroom. The Lions started off encouragingly with Blake Snijman and Alviro Petersen putting on 73 for the first wicket.
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/ 13 January 2007
Cape Cobras coach Shukri Conrad was left speechless after a disastrous batting performance by the home batsmen in the Supersport Series. The Cobras were routed in just 24 overs in their second innings to leave the Warriors an easy victory target as the match ended in just two days.
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/ 13 January 2007
Seasoned South African trio James Kingston, Hennie Otto and newcomer Jakobus Roos shared the halfway lead on Friday on 11-under-par 132 in the inaugural Jo’burg Open. The event is being played at the Royal Johannesburg & Kensington club with its two fine courses, the par-72 West and the tougher and longer par-71 East.
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/ 13 January 2007
South Africa’s Giniel de Villiers took the Dakar Rally overall lead on Friday after winning the seventh stage between Zouerat and Atar, which was shortened because of a blinding sandstorm. De Villiers, driving a Volkswagen, finished the curtailed, 542km stage almost five minutes ahead of previous race leader Carlos Sainz of Spain.
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/ 13 January 2007
In a dramatic final day at The Links at Fancourt, the 2007 Ernie Els Junior Tour came to an end with another new champion in the boys’ competition. It was Ernie Els and Fancourt Foundation member Keenan Davidse who triumphed after a magnificent two-under par 71 on Friday morning gave him an unassailable lead after the second round.
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/ 13 January 2007
David Beckham may be a fading sports megastar, hoping to top a marquee some day on the Sunset Strip. Or he might still create magic with a soccer ball, trying to make his new team better and popularise the game in the United States. Or perhaps he’ll make his mark in both gritty Carson, where the Los Angeles Galaxy play, and Hollywood.
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/ 13 January 2007
Andy Roddick notched only his second career victory over arch-nemesis Roger Federer by winning the Kooyong Classic 6-2, 3-6, 6-3 on Saturday. The victory in one hour, 20 minutes at the eight-man special event snapped an eight-match losing streak against the Swiss world number one going back to 2003.
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/ 13 January 2007
The peace process in troubled Côte d’Ivoire is at a ”total deadlock”, an international working group chaired by the United Nations and the African Union announced on Friday after a meeting in Abidjan. President Laurent Gbagbo won support on Friday from the European Union for his proposal to hold direct talks.