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/ 22 October 2005
Former Australian captain Steve Waugh says star leg spinner Shane Warne is insecure, hits out at Ian Chappell and takes aim at the national selectors in his keenly-awaited autobiography. Prime Minister John Howard will launch Waugh’s Out Of My Comfort Zone in Sydney on Sunday with publishers Penguin reportedly paying Aus,3-million in the biggest advance paid to date for an Australian book.
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/ 22 October 2005
Sea water rushed into the Mexican resort city of Cancun early on Saturday as Hurricane Wilma whipped up a massive storm surge and unleashed heavy rain and driving winds over a resort area known for its picturesque beaches. The Category Four storm hit the Yucatan peninsula packing sustained winds of 215km an hour, felling trees and tearing roofs off buildings, as tens of thousands of tourists and residents cowered in emergency shelters.
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/ 22 October 2005
Nato agreed to send up to 1 000 soldiers to boost Pakistan’s overwhelmed relief effort on Friday night as alarm grew over how to cope with a disaster now considered among the most difficult faced by the modern world. About 15 000 mountain settlements have yet to receive aid; international relief is chaotic and underfunded; and hundreds of thousands of survivors are at risk as the bitter Himalayan winter approaches.
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/ 22 October 2005
International experience showed judicial education was an effective way of supporting transformation, the University of Cape Town’s Law, Race and Gender Research Institute said in a submission to the judges’ probe into racism and sexism.
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/ 22 October 2005
In just one week, police reported 15 murders in South Africa, with the most gruesome case being that of a North West father who wiped out his entire family. Inspector Thabo Makhafola said the man, from Madikwe’s Lethlakeng village in North West, had been a security guard at a mine in the area.
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/ 22 October 2005
United States President George Bush called on Friday night for the United Nations security council to take up urgently the question of Syrian involvement in the assassination of Rafik Hariri, the former Lebanese prime minister, saying the international community had to hold Damascus accountable.
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/ 21 October 2005
Hurricane Wilma battered deserted resorts along Mexico’s Yucatan peninsula with howling winds and torrential rain on Friday, toppling trees and power lines. The heart of the fearsome hurricane moved slowly on to the Mexican coast, and authorities have warned it could be one of the most dangerous storms in decades.
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/ 21 October 2005
Springbok coach Jake White is expected to stick mostly to the tried-and-tested when he names a 28-man squad to tour Argentina, Wales and France next month, although one shock could be in store. The announcement is scheduled to take place shortly after the completion of the Currie Cup final on Saturday evening.
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/ 21 October 2005
When Google commanded per share in its August 2004 initial public offering, the prospect of the stock quadrupling in less than 15 months ago seemed inconceivable. It doesn’t appear far-fetched now: Google’s shares hit a new all-time high early on Friday, rising by ,69 to ,89 in morning New York Stock Exchange trading.
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/ 21 October 2005
Hospital managers will ensure in future that their facilities are clean and tidy at all times, Minister of Health Manto Tshabalala-Msimang said on Friday. This was one of the outcomes of a two-day workshop in Pretoria between managers and government officials to find ways of improving service delivery.