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Australia captain Ricky Ponting is surprised Andrew Flintoff got the nod to lead England in the Ashes, but sees nothing in their squad to force Australia to alter their preparations. ”It doesn’t really matter whatever squad they have named. It won’t change what we do at all,” he said in the Malaysian capital, Kuala Lumpur, where Australia are playing a triangular one-day series.
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/ 13 September 2006
Spanish duo, titleholders Barcelona, and Valencia swept to victory in their opening Champions League salvoes on Tuesday. Barca blew away Levski Sofia 5-0 in a torrential downpour while Valencia recorded an impressive 4-2 away victory at Olympiakos with the rejuvenated Fernando Morientes scoring a hat-trick.
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/ 13 September 2006
Being different is good — car dealers’ showrooms are overflowing with boring vehicles that all look the same. ”Oh, look! They’ve given it a big silver grille and moved the cab right forward. We must remember to do that next time!” A couple of years later all the offerings in the class look the same, and the designers are hard at work crafting something a little ”different.”
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/ 13 September 2006
North Korea’s subĂ‚Âterranean detonation of a nuclear bomb came as a shock to the international community. Naturally it came as a greater shock to the dozen dissidents who were no doubt volunteered to man the observation cage, bolted to the tunnel floor roughly six feet from the alarm-clock-activated detonator. But nevertheless the outrage of the wider world seems justified.
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/ 13 September 2006
A British tourist rescued from the Australian outback had to be saved a second time when he returned to the wilderness to look for his belongings, it was reported on Wednesday. The Australian Broadcasting Corporation said the 50-year-old man was taken to Alice Springs hospital on Wednesday morning after spending four nights lost in the rugged Northern Territory.
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/ 13 September 2006
The JSE continued its recovery on Wednesday supported by firmer world markets. But lower commodity prices took a chunk from the JSE’s gains. By 11.52am, the all share and all share industrial indices climbed 0,36% and 0,3% respectively. Financials firmed 1,32% and the banks index was bolstered 1,67%.
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/ 13 September 2006
Virgin Mobile’s Richard Branson said in an open letter this week that the request that the Independent Communications Authority of South Africa (Icasa) postpone the "long awaited and agreed date" of number portability was "an absolute disgrace and completely unacceptable".
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/ 13 September 2006
Call me eccentric if you like, but I’m a large man who loves small cars. Add to that my passion for three-cylinder engines and the new Toyota Yaris T1 just has to appeal. Still, I had reservations about the ability of the little one-litre unit to motivate the Yaris very well — as small cars go, the Toyota is comparatively heavy, thanks to all the bells and whistles.
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/ 13 September 2006
Randgold & Exploration is claiming R5-billion from associated company JCI largely for fraud committed by former CEO Brett Kebble, a media report said on Wednesday. After forensic audits revealed in April that Kebble had shifted assets between the companies, both of which he headed before his death a year ago, Randgold said it would claim R1,13-billion from JCI.
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/ 13 September 2006
Several large companies accused of not having submitted equity reports for last year have proved they were blameless, Business Day reported on Wednesday. It said they produced that proof that the department had, in fact, acknowledged receipt of their reports.