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Hundreds of Indian cricket fans faced frustrating delays on Sunday in collecting tickets booked over the internet on the eve of the third limited-overs international between Pakistan and India in the eastern city of Lahore. The five-match limited-overs series between the two Asian nuclear neighbours is tied 1-1.
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Samples taken from a Nigerian family suspected of contracting a fatal bird flu strain have been sent abroad so experts can determine whether the virus has jumped to humans in Africa for the first time. Two children were reported ill near a farm in the northern town of Jaji, where the deadly H5N1 bird flu strain was detected on a poultry farm on Wednesday.
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Scott Murray insisted he was not a ”dirty player” after becoming the first Scot to be sent-off in a Six Nations match during the 28-18 defeat against Wales at the Millennium Stadium in Cardiff on Sunday. With Wales narrowly ahead at 7-3 midway through the first-half, Murray was dismissed by New Zealand referee Steve Walsh.
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Orlando Pirates’ complement of players in Bafana Bafana’s ill-fated African Nations Cup campaign experienced mixed levels of success — and the group have provided an equally mixed legacy on their return to the Buccaneers’ training camp. A Buccaneers spokesperson revealed Benedict Vilakazi returned from Egypt with a hamstring injury, which is expected to keep him out of soccer for two to four weeks.
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More than 10Â 000 demonstrators took to the streets of Port-au-Prince on Sunday to demand that former president René Préval be declared the winner of last week’s presidential election. With about 75% of the ballots counted, Préval had 49,1% of the vote from Tuesday’s polls, just short of the 50% needed to avoid a runoff election.
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Inspired by the absent Lleyton Hewitt, Australia booked their Davis Cup quarterfinal berth on Sunday with a 3-2 victory over Switzerland that came down to the final rubber. Heavy-hitting debutant Chris Guccione heroically wrapped up the weekend on the back of 39 aces, crushing George Bastl 7-5, 6-3, 7-6 (9/7) to send the visitors into an April quarterfinal against Belarus.
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The widow of Hunter S Thompson said she would let fans download a rarely seen photo of the gonzo journalist to mark the anniversary of his death. Hunter Thompson was 67 when he shot himself to death on Febraury 20 in his home in Woody Creek, apparently despondent over health problems.
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The controversial song Msholozi — Jacob Zuma’s clan name — kicked off a carnival atmosphere at the former deputy president’s rape trial on Monday. The song, by the group Izinganizoma, called for charges against Zuma to be dropped.
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The number of twin births is rising rapidly across China as more women take fertility drugs, often in order to circumvent the nation’s stern population policies, state media said on Monday. At the Maternal and Child Hygiene Hospital in east China’s Nanjing city, 90 sets of twins and triplets were born last year, compared with usually just 20 sets annually.
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The main instrument of the state to effect change was the Budget and the government needed to be bolder in redistributing resources, the Congress of South African Trade Unions (Cosatu) said on Sunday. ”The last Budget was marginally expansive and we must continue with that trend, but we see no radical change … if we don’t put money aside it’s all just dreams,” said Tony Ehrenreich, Cosatu’s Western Cape provincial secretary.