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Younis Khan’s 101 was the centrepiece of Pakistan’s two-wicket win over England in the day/night third one-day international at the Rose Bowl in Southampton on Tuesday. Pakistan, cruising to victory at 215-4, did suffer a late collapse that saw them lose three wickets for nine runs as they declined to 265-8, with fast bowler Stuart Broad striking twice in two balls.
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/ 6 September 2006
Ryder Cup wildcard pick Lee Westwood refused to be drawn into the row over his controversial selection for the European team on Wednesday, following Thomas Bjorn’s furious reaction to being left out. Captain Ian Woosnam’s decision sparked a torrent of abuse from an angry Bjorn, who was ranked 13th on the Ryder Cup list while Westwood was 21st.
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/ 6 September 2006
Zimbabwe’s biggest labour movement, the Zimbabwe Congress of Trade Unions, will be organising countrywide processions on September 13 to demand an end to poverty. ”Eighty percent of Zimbabweans are living in poverty because workers’ ‘take home’ salaries cannot even take them home,” the union said in a statement late on Tuesday.
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/ 6 September 2006
Seven-time world champion Michael Schumacher will announce at this weekend’s Italian Grand Prix that he is retiring at the end of the season, Germany’s top-selling Bild newspaper reported on Wednesday. The 37-year-old Schumacher will announce that he will complete the season by racing in Shanghai, Suzuka and São Paulo before hanging up his helmet and overalls.
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/ 6 September 2006
Steady rain on Tuesday left former champions Roger Federer and Lindsay Davenport high and dry as their matches were postponed due to bad weather at the US Open. The Swiss top seed and defending champion found his fourth-round contest against Frenchman Marc Gicquel postponed, while 1998 winner Davenport was unable to take to the court against Justine Henin-Hardenne, the second seed.
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/ 6 September 2006
At least one million people have lost their homes to floods in eastern India, but the government’s relief effort is slow and inadequate, voluntary groups said on Wednesday. The flooding, triggered by annual monsoon rains over the past week, has hit an area where 2,3-million people live and damaged thousands of hectares of paddy in the coastal state of Orissa.
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/ 6 September 2006
Israel said on Wednesday it could gradually dismantle its blockade of Lebanon as Lebanese and United Nations forces control entry points to stop Hezbollah rearming, and the UN commander in the south said a breakthrough could be close.
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/ 6 September 2006
Iran has remodelled one of the warplanes in its fleet and successfully test flown the aircraft, state-run media reported on Wednesday. The reports did not specify which plane had been remodelled but pictures on state television of the re-designed plane indicated it was based on a United States-built F-5.
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/ 6 September 2006
Much opportunity exists for increased economic co-operation between Russia and South Africa in a wide range of fields, Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Wednesday. Speaking in Cape Town at a round table meeting involving top business leaders from both countries, he said that Russia was poised to invest billions of dollars in the South African economy.
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/ 6 September 2006
Labour regulations and official red tape tops a list of key constraints hampering South Africa’s economic growth, a Bureau for Economic Research survey showed on Wednesday. Other constraints identified are state leadership and capacity (policy support and municipal services), infrastructure deficiencies and costs and labour skills.