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/ 21 February 2006
The trappings of fame don’t mean a thing for South Africa’s golden girl.
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/ 21 February 2006
Three people were killed in an underground explosion at the Northam Platinum mine in Thabazimbi, Limpopo, on Monday, the mining company said. Spokesperson Marion Brower said in a statement released on Tuesday that the accident happened at 2pm at a depth of about 1,6km underground.
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/ 21 February 2006
There was a low-key reception for the Australian cricket team who arrived in South Africa on Monday afternoon for a tour that will include five one-day internationals and three Tests. A few eager youngsters gathered around, hoping to add to their autograph collections.
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/ 21 February 2006
The KwaZulu-Natal Dolphins, who led the Supersport four-day cricket standings after the first round in October, are now eager to resume their chase for some silverware on Thursday at Kingsmead after losing out in the Standard Bank and Pro20 tournaments. They take on the Cape Cobras.
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/ 21 February 2006
The two expats of the Cheetahs, All Black centre Keith Lowen and Samoan hooker Trevor Leota, look set to play for the Free State Cheetahs in their Vodacom Cup match on Friday in Brakpan against log leaders the Falcons. Lowen and Leota practised with the Cheetahs on Monday afternoon.
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/ 21 February 2006
Mamelodi Sundowns emerged from the stormy Setsoto Stadium cauldron with a 1-0 first-round, first-leg CAF Champions League win against Lesotho champions Likhopo over the weekend — and an assortment of good and bad news before Wednesday’s crucial Premier Soccer League game against Kaizer Chiefs.
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/ 21 February 2006
For a few hours at least, all the news about Austria was good. Skier Benjamin Raich claimed his first Olympic gold medal and Michaela Dorfmeister won her second in a week to rescue the country’s image on Monday amid a doping scandal that keeps escalating around a banned former coach and his desperate bolt from the Winter Games.
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/ 21 February 2006
The threat of more rain-triggered landslides slowed the search on Tuesday for survivors in an Philippine elementary school buried by up to 35m of mud when a mountain collapsed on a village last week. Rescue teams used sensors in an effort to detect sounds and movements similar to those monitored on Monday.
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/ 21 February 2006
Acclaimed South African writer Antjie Krog was embroiled in a plagiarism row on Monday after a leading academic accused her of stealing concepts and translations from other authors. Krog, the author of Country of My Skull, said allegations that she lifted material from a range of writers are an attempt to destroy her.
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/ 21 February 2006
David Irving, the discredited historian and Nazi apologist, was on Monday night starting a three-year prison sentence in Vienna for denying the Holocaust and the gas chambers of Auschwitz. Irving, who appeared in court confidently on Monday morning, immediately vowed to appeal against the sentence.