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/ 9 September 2005
Minister of Sport and Recreation Makhenkesi Stofile and his deputy Gert Oosthuizen put in an unexpected appearance on Friday at the South African Rugby Union (Saru) president’s council meeting at the Johannesburg International airport. The meeting which was called to discuss the future of Saru president Brian van Rooyen.
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/ 9 September 2005
Customs officers in Dorohusk, on Poland’s border with Ukraine, have made an unusual seizure, confiscating nearly 530kg of meteorites they found hidden on a Russian-registered truck, officials said on Friday. "In total, 529,5kg of meteorites were confiscated, including three very big ones, weighing 176 kilos, 150 kilos and 80 kilos," Poland’s customs service said in a statement.
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/ 9 September 2005
Apartheid-era chemical and biological warfare expert Dr Wouter Basson is to know on Friday whether he will be re-tried for crimes he was acquitted of more than three years ago. The Constitutional Court is to pass judgement in an appeal bid by the state aimed at paving the way for Basson’s re-prosecution.
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/ 9 September 2005
If the 2004 Tri-Nations will be remembered for Jake White’s miraculous revivification of the Springboks, what of its 2005 counterpart? From a parochial perspective, South Africa can hold their heads high despite a second-place finish, but from an international perspective the 2005 tournament will be remembered for the implosion of Australia.
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/ 9 September 2005
Ding, dong, the witch is dead! Clap your hands, get out of bed! Ding, dong the wicked witch is dead! There might be half a Test match left to play, but celebrations have started early for the Munchkins of the cricketing world, and with good reason: regardless of where the Ashes go on Monday, the Australians have been roundly thrashed.
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/ 9 September 2005
There will be no happier locker room at the United States Open this weekend than if Kim Clijsters wins her first grand slam title. ”To me she’s the favourite,” said Patrick McEnroe, the US Davis Cup captain, television pundit, and altogether less abrasive brother of John.
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/ 9 September 2005
By refusing to accept Stuart Baxter’s resignation and steadfastly dispelling any notion that the beleaguered coach might be forced to step down, the South African Football Association is at last positing itself as an organisation that won’t be swayed by popular sentiment but by long-term principles and objectives whose overall aim is to find solutions to the current problems.
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/ 9 September 2005
Roy Hardy’s task was simple when he was hired in 2002 to market Hong Kong Disneyland: make Mickey, Donald and company as familiar to families in China as they are in the West. To kids in the United States and Europe, where for three generations Disney’s cartoons and movies have been a part of growing up, it may seem a no-brainer.
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/ 9 September 2005
Hurricane Katrina delivered a "severe" shock to Gulf of Mexico oil supplies, wrecking pipelines and damaging scores of platforms, but 90% of production can be back on stream within a few months, the International Energy Agency said on Friday.
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/ 9 September 2005
The road to Shiluvari, situated between Polokwane and Makhado, formerly part of the Bantustans of Venda and Giyani, doesn’t seem to have much to recommend it to tourists at first glance. It has its fair share of arid land eroded by the ubiquitous goats, flanked by potholed dirt roads.