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James Anderson had the first Ashes Test in Australia well off his radar as he spent six weeks in a corset to cradle a stress fracture of the back last English summer. Now the Lancashire paceman is on target to play against the Australians in the opening Ashes Test in Brisbane next week after a strong bowling performance in the drawn three-day tour match against New South Wales.
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/ 14 November 2006
Greg Norman’s first Australian Open appearance since 1999 might also be his last, the golf great said on Tuesday. Norman (51), a five-time champion, could not rule out the possibility the tournament starting at Royal Sydney on Thursday would be his last on home soil. ”It could be. I’m not saying which one is going to be my last,” he said at a news conference.
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/ 14 November 2006
After losing ground on Monday, the JSE was chugging along nicely in noon trade on Tuesday, driven by positive global markets. Advancers outnumbered decliners on the all-share index by more than two to one. By 12.02pm, the all-share and all-share indices had added 0,32% and 0,87% respectively.
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/ 14 November 2006
British Prime Minister Tony Blair made an open plea on Monday to United States President George Bush to recognise that a solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict lies at the core of any hopes for wider peace in the Middle East, including Iraq.
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/ 14 November 2006
Listed South African services, trading and distribution group Bidvest says its black economic empowerment (BEE) credentials have again improved. Its latest Empowerdex certificate indicates that the company, which employs 78Â 000 workers in South Africa alone, has retained its "A" empowerment rating, with improvements in all categories, it said on Tuesday.
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/ 14 November 2006
Irish football bids farewell to Lansdowne Road, its rickety home stadium of 35 years on Wednesday in what could hardly be less auspicious circumstances. A team in gradual decline since the Charlton era of the 1980s takes on San Marino, the smallest country participating in the Euro 2008 qualifiers — and officially the worst team in the competition.
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/ 14 November 2006
A board of inquiry has been set up to investigate the horror accident in which 19 people were killed when a train ploughed into a truck carrying farmworkers on a rail crossing near Somerset West, Metrorail said on Tuesday. ”It must be noted that the accident has nothing to do with commuter rail and the state of our infrastructure,” said spokesperson Lucky Tshepo Montana.
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/ 14 November 2006
Johnathan Thurston was on Tuesday reinstated as scrumhalf in the Australian team to face Britain in the Tri-Nations rugby league Test in Brisbane on Saturday. Thurston ousted utility Ben Hornby from the number seven jersey following Australia’s upset 23-12 loss to the Lions in Melbourne on November 4.
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/ 14 November 2006
Lewellyn Delport, chief executive of Trans Hex, says he sees diamond prices moving either sideways or up depending on the demand over Christmas and the perception of the industry created by a Hollywood movie in coming months. "We are mindful of the issues like the <i>Blood Diamond</i> film’s effect on Christmas sales," said Delport.
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/ 14 November 2006
Benin is hoping that a five-year, multimillion-dollar grant from the United States under the auspices of the Millennium Challenge Account will finance development projects to reduce poverty, notably through resolving land ownership and credit problems. The government says these funds will allow it to meet enormous economic challenges.