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A woman threw herself into battle with a giant snake after it tried to strangle her pet dog to death, a Hong Kong newspaper reported on Sunday. Catherine Leonard was walking in a country park when the 4,5m-long Burmese python attacked her beloved Poppy.
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/ 15 September 2007
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Ireland barely withstood a late onslaught to scramble over the line against a dogged Georgia by 14-10 on Saturday. Despite fielding a second-string side, Georgia stayed with their lauded opponents all the way and never tired in the second half as they did in their 33-3 defeat to Argentina in midweek.
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Bangladesh’s batsmen launched a ferocious attack on South Africa’s bowlers but were unable to bat out their 20 overs in a Twenty20 World Championship match at Newlands in Cape Town on Saturday. South Africa cruised to a seven-wicket win after Bangladesh were bowled out for 144 in 19.3 overs after being sent in.
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/ 15 September 2007
It was not a pretty game to watch or one to remember as the Free State Cheetahs and the Lions made far too many mistakes in a Currie Cup game in Bloemfontein that was eventually won by the home side 24-19. The stars of the night for the hosts were undoubtedly Marius Joubert (centre), Heinrich Brüssow (replacement flanker) and Jannie du Plessis (prop).
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/ 15 September 2007
Griquas made sure the Valke will complete their Absa Currie Cup rugby season without a win when they beat the East Randers 65-25 in Brakpan on Saturday. The winners were ahead 44-3 at half-time. As has been the case all season, the Valke showed glimpses of talent and good coaching, only to fall back on bad habits and even worse defending.
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/ 15 September 2007
The toll from an earthquake on Indonesia’s Sumatra island this week has risen to 21 dead and 88 injured, while more than 13 000 homes were destroyed or damaged, officials said on Saturday. The 8,4-magnitude quake, which struck off the coast of western Sumatra on Wednesday evening, has been followed by at least 40 big aftershocks.
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/ 15 September 2007
A report in the Saturday Star that tens of millions of rands had been sourced from the Presidency and pumped into the now banned drug Virodene was based on innuendo, the Presidency said on Saturday. Mukoni Ratshitanga, spokesperson for the Presidency, said the story was devoid of concrete facts.
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Two-time champions Australia beat Wales 32-20 in a bruising World Cup clash at the Millennium Stadium in Cardiff on Saturday to virtually make sure of avoiding South Africa in the last eight. The Wallabies, who had two players sin-binned late in the game, scored four tries but were pushed all the way by a spirited home side who had been on the ropes at 25-3 down at the break.
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/ 15 September 2007
Nearly 13,5-million people have been marooned or displaced by floods in India and Bangladesh, officials said on Saturday. The flooding in South Asia caused by the June-to-September monsoon has been described as the worst in decades, with more than 2Â 200 people killed by floods and rains in India since it started.
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/ 15 September 2007
Advertisers have asked that magazine publisher Media24 pay back the full amount for adverts placed in titles that were found to have inflated circulation figures, the Weekender reported on Saturday. Michelle Brook, media director at OMD Media Direction, is quoted in the report as saying that her company had requested ”full compensation” for adverts paid for in some titles.