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/ 12 November 2005
African women on Friday acclaimed Liberia’s Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf as a beacon of greater influence for their sex and a source of new hope for peace in a continent wracked by male-dominated conflict. Activists hailed the presidential vote in favour of Johnson-Sirleaf, who held an unbeatable lead in the West African state.
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/ 12 November 2005
Fourteen children have died from food poisoning in the Zimbabwean capital, Harare, in recent weeks, an official newspaper reported on Saturday, a day after reports of an outbreak of dysentery in Harare and its satellite town of Chitungwiza. The children were all under the age of five.
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/ 12 November 2005
Ryk Neethling was once again a regular visitor to the podium on the first day of the Fina Swimming World Cup in Durban on Friday. Last year saw the Olympic gold medallist picking up a total of 21 World Cup medals in the eight-leg series and taking the overall title. This year, it seems, will be no different.
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/ 12 November 2005
Left-arm spinner Paul Harris wreaked havoc with the Dolphins’ batsmen after lunch on the second day of the four-day Supersport Series cricket match at Kingsmead on Friday and earned the Titans an unexpected lead of 48 runs before bad light again caused an early stoppage.
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/ 12 November 2005
The Warriors enjoyed an excellent second day of their Supersport Series cricket match against the Free State Eagles at St George’s Park on Friday, ending play on 153 for one in reply to their opponents’ first-innings 391. The Warriors will be feeling much happier after they had watched the Eagles soar to 329 for five on Thursday.
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/ 12 November 2005
Bafana Bafana coach Stuart Baxter is confident that his team can beat Senegal in Saturday’s Nelson Mandela Cup match to be played at Port Elizabeth’s Epru Stadium. ”The boys are looking sharp,” Baxter said after his team’s final training session on Friday afternoon.
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/ 12 November 2005
David Beckham is confident that Wayne Rooney will not allow his combustible temperament to ruin his chances of starring at next summer’s World Cup. Beckham even echoed head coach Sven-Goran Eriksson’s line that to calm Rooney’s temper is to diminish him as a player.
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/ 12 November 2005
A judge has ruled that a former security guard who was fired for seeing ghosts cannot be denied unemployment benefits. The issue started on September 11, when Wade Gallegos alerted his supervisor at Neighbourhood Patrol of Urbandale that ghosts were haunting a neighbourhood he was guarding.
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/ 12 November 2005
Mary Pierce defeated Amelie Mauresmo 2-6, 6-4, 6-2 in an all-French match at the WTA Championships on Friday to complete round-robin play with a 3-0 record. By winning, Pierce finished first in the Black group and will play top-ranked Lindsay Davenport in Saturday’s semifinals.
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/ 12 November 2005
More than two weeks of rioting by youths in France have left a mark on the country’s less than shining economy. The direct losses — despite spectacular pictures of buses and carpet warehouses ablaze — are small. It is France’s image that has suffered the greatest damage.