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With one day left in their SuperSport Series match at Buffalo Park in East London against the Warriors, the Dolphins were poised for the kill at the close of play on Saturday. The sun in Paarl shone slightly more on the Cape Cobras than on the visiting Lions, and in Benoni, the Titans and the Diamond Eagles appeared to be heading for a draw.
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/ 11 November 2007
Fernando Torres came off the bench to keep Liverpool’s English Premier League title bid on track by inspiring the Reds to a last-gasp win over Fulham on Saturday. Earlier on Saturday, Sunderland’s derby clash with local rivals Newcastle ended in a frustrating 1-1 draw, and West Ham beat Derby 5-0.
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/ 11 November 2007
New Zealand strike-bowler Shane Bond is to return home after sustaining an abdominal strain during the first Castle Lager Test against South Africa at the Wanderers on Saturday. New Zealand manager Lindsay Crocker said Bond’s injury will keep him out of cricket for four to six weeks.
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/ 11 November 2007
A trial opening in Baghdad on Sunday will shed new light on a secret Pentagon programme in which United States snipers allegedly planted fake weapons as ”bait” to lure their Iraqi enemies to their deaths. Sergeant Evan Vela is accused of murdering an unarmed Iraqi man and an attempted cover-up.
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/ 11 November 2007
Shortly after midday on November 10, the news hit the wires: Norman Mailer, the fearless alpha male among American men of letters, had died of renal failure early in the morning at the age of 84. Now would come the final calling to account; not just for the literary legacy of a man who believed that ”a really great novel does not have something to say”.
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/ 11 November 2007
There is no fundamental justification for oil at a barrel and Organisation of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (Opec) member Nigeria is assuming that prices will not last at this level, Oil Minister Odein Ajumogobia said on Saturday. He said that no one in Opec would be surprised if the price fell to in the next few weeks.
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/ 11 November 2007
Zambia has temporarily withdrawn the passport of opposition leader Michael Sata, an arch-critic of Lusaka’s key ally Beijing who has been lobbying against the Chinese juggernaut in Africa, a minister said on Saturday. He told reporters that Sata’s passport was withdrawn with immediate effect to allow a probe.
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/ 11 November 2007
City of Cape Town officials have tracked dangerously high levels of E coli bacteria and other serious pollutants in the city’s Black River, said a citizen action group called What on Earth Is Happening on Saturday. Group coordinator Leila Beltramo said the pollution poses a significant health hazard to residential areas.
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/ 11 November 2007
The Inkatha Freedom Party’s (IFP) commitment to gender equality has never been tokenistic and remains a genuine priority, said party president Mangosuthu Buthelezi on Saturday. He said he believes that for all people to be truly free, women must attain their freedom as provided by the Constitution.
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/ 11 November 2007
Norman Mailer would probably not have wanted an old man’s death. He would have preferred some other way — an accident, a bar fight or a lover’s brawl — so that his death, like his life, could inspire or appal or, above all, make people talk. But Mailer, a giant of American literature, died of renal failure on Saturday in a New York hospital bed.