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England hero Andrew ”Freddie” Flintoff’s bat was saved at an auction from the clutches of a bitter Australian determined to burn it to ashes. All-rounder Flintoff was named man of the series after England won the Ashes against old enemies Australia in September for the first time in 18 years.
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England flexed their forward muscle against Australia on Saturday and gathered their confidence before meeting the rampant New Zealand rugby juggernaut next weekend. In Saturday’s internationals, New Zealand outclassed Ireland 45-7 to be halfway to a grand slam and England barged aside Australia 26-16.
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The winds of change are blowing across South Africa — 11 years after the apartheid regime was dismantled — and nowhere more so than at De Beers, the world’s largest diamond producer. Nicky Oppenheimer, chairperson of the group, has agreed with the government to sell 26% of his company to a black empowerment group.
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Welcome to the world of the polyamorous, where the family is bigger than you might expect. Polyamorists do not limit themselves to one relationship but maintain numerous relationships, straight or gay. A key element is that they are all serious emotional commitments, not just casual sex.
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Riots spread to the centre of a French city for the first time on Saturday night as police clashed with youths in Lyon. Meanwhile, Paris was under siege on Saturday as thousands of police guarded key tourist sites such as the Eiffel Tower and enforced emergency laws, including a ban on groups of people gathering.
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Zambia has with immediate effect banned the importation of poultry and related products as a precautionary measure to avoid bird flu, an official said on Saturday. The country has been put on alert over the avian influenza following the migration of birds from the northern hemisphere to the south.
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Malian President Amadou Toumani Toure on Saturday officially opened Randgold Resources’ new Loulo gold mine in the west of his country. The company said in a statement that the mine shipped its first commercial consignment of 8710 fine ounces of gold, valued at about -million, on Tuesday.
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The office of the national police commissioner declined on Saturday night to respond to a Sunday Times newspaper report that former deputy president Jacob Zuma was being investigated on a rape charge. ”It’s against our policy to say whether a charge has been laid,” a police spokesperson said.
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Tornadoes swept across central Iowa on Saturday, killing one person as they ripped up farms, destroyed homes in several towns and sent college football fans running from a stadium for shelter. ”Half the town’s gone,” said Bob Smith, a resident of Stratford, a town of about 746 residents 80km north-west of Des Moines.
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Cars usually hit wild animals on rural roads, but a motorist in California had a deer slam into him just as he was checking his car for signs of an animal collision, the highway patrol said. Robert Brooks was driving about 45km from San Francisco at dusk on Tuesday when he swerved to miss a deer.