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How much do Argentina have left in the tank? The answer should be clear in the second half of a ferocious forwards clash between the Pumas and South Africa on Sunday. Cracks appeared among the Pumas last Sunday when they let slip a 19-6 lead around the hour mark to give Scotland a sniff at victory. The Springboks are too dangerous for anybody to afford easing off at any time.
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”Don’t be alarmed,” was the instant, understandable response from Bafana Bafana media officer Sifiso Cele on Friday after he announced that striking kingpin Benni McCarthy would only be joining the squad 48 hours before the game against world champions Italy in Siena on Wednesday.
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Yes, said Claudio Amicucci, some of the other fans were having some difficulty coming to grips with the idea. ”It’s such a big and original project.” Amicucci had turned up early to watch his team, AC Ancona, play their first game since learning that they were in effect being taken over by the Roman Catholic Church.
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Pakistan’s Supreme Court threw a spanner into Benazir Bhutto’s plans for a smooth homecoming on Friday by declaring that the former prime minister could still face prosecution on long-standing corruption charges. An amnesty signed into law by President Pervez Musharraf last week could yet be overturned at a hearing three weeks from now.
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Botswana President Festus Mogae hosted his counterparts from South Africa and Namibia at the opening on Friday of a new border crossing to allow for easier movement between the three countries. The crossing is situated in a desert area where the borders of Botswana, South Africa and Namibia meet.
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It was early afternoon and still uncomfortably hot when the convoy rolled up, sirens wailing, outside the town hall. Machine-gun-toting Palestinian police officers in blue, mottled camouflage gear surrounded a white four-wheel drive as the VIP stepped out. ”Welcome to Hebron, Mr Blair,” declared the mayor, Khaled Osaily.
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Two men who were found guilty of 21 charges against them — including seven counts of murder and six counts of rape — were sentenced to 445 years’ imprisonment each by the Middelburg High Court, Mpumalanga police said on Friday. The court found the men guilty on October 2 after a two-year trial.
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From clothes riddled with sensors to name tags that detect our moods, computing’s next wave could unleash small devices that increasingly augment everyday activities with digital intelligence. That was the vision at a conference on "wearable computing" this week in Boston, where researchers showed off prototypes.
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The value the African National Congress (ANC) government places on a free, independent and outspoken press in democratic South Africa cannot be overstated, Arts and Culture Minister Pallo Jordan said on Friday night at a media-freedom dinner jointly presented by the South African National Editors’ Forum and his department.
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Discussions over fee increases at the University of Johannesburg started on Friday night and would continue into the weekend. ”Agreements were reached that substantive discussions on the fee increment would commence immediately and continue over the weekend,” said a university spokesperson.