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/ 22 January 2006
In Africa or in Europe, Samuel Eto’o keeps scoring. Changing continents made no difference for the prolific FC Barcelona striker, who scored a hat-trick to lead Cameroon to a 3-1 victory over Angola in an African Nations Cup match on Saturday. Côte d’Ivoire had a narrow win over Morocco and the Democratic Republic of Congo beat Togo.
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/ 22 January 2006
Chad Campbell fired his fourth straight round in the 60s on Saturday but saw his lead dwindle to one stroke over Scott Verplank with one round to play in the Bob Hope Chrysler Classic. Campbell, who started the day with a four-shot cushion, carded a five-under-par 67 for a 24-under total of 264.
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/ 22 January 2006
A succession of guided Russian missiles in a penalty shoot-out that Kaizer Chiefs goalkeeper Rowen Fernandez had precious little chance of saving gave FC Moscow an entertaining, action-packed victory in the international club friendly at the FNB Stadium on Saturday night.
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/ 22 January 2006
Madonna Byrnes, like Catholics all over Ireland, reveres the Virgin Mary, but a visit to Lourdes brought something different — love. However, there was a complication; the man she fell for was an elderly Catholic priest. The two met during a fund-raising function for pilgrims.
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/ 22 January 2006
One of the United States’s most experienced astronauts has denounced the space shuttle as a deathtrap and accused US space officials of stifling all concerns raised about its safety. The revelation comes as the US prepares to commemorate the 20th anniversary of the Challenger disaster.
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/ 22 January 2006
A series of legal actions has been launched by European governments to regain priceless works of art that they claim have been illegally smuggled to the United States to be sold off to wealthy collectors and museums. One of the highest-profile cases is in France, where it has been dubbed ”The Affair of the Hebrew Manuscripts”.
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/ 22 January 2006
A total of 108 people, most of them from the Inkatha Freedom Party and the African National Congress, joined the newly formed National Democratic Convention (Nadeco) in Gauteng on Saturday. ”Every week, we receive leaders of substance,” said Ziba Jiyane, Nadeco’s founder and national leader.
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/ 22 January 2006
A bizarre plan to relocate the remains of President Thabo Mbeki’s father to a Port Elizabeth struggle museum has been slammed as illegal and immoral by his family, the Sunday Times reported in its first edition. The plan is driven by Nelson Mandela metro mayor Nceba Faku and was detailed by the municipality last week.
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/ 22 January 2006
The African National Congress in the Western Cape and the Democratic Alliance in Pretoria reported on Saturday that both parties’ election posters were being removed. The DA filed charges against five people on Saturday afternoon for allegedly removing DA election posters in Centurion.
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/ 22 January 2006
No aircraft other than a sophisticated Gulfstream V intercontinental jet was available to take Deputy President Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka to Sun City this week, Minister of Defence Mosiuoa Lekota said on Saturday. According to media reports, the 13-minute journey cost taxpayers an estimated R75 000, and use of alternative planes could have cost less than half that amount.