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/ 6 September 2005
Having made a dismal start to the Premier Soccer League (PSL) season, Moroka Swallows are seeking to regain their wings — and Tuesday night’s PSL game against Free State Stars at the Germiston Stadium could set them on their way. The Birds have been further boosted by the return of most of their injured players.
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/ 6 September 2005
With the complete fleet of 12 racing and cruising yachts now all assembled in the Le Caudan Waterfront at Port Louis in Mauritius, crews are busy completing preparations for the 1 600-nautical-mile race between the Indian Ocean island and Durban that starts on Saturday from Grand Baie in the north of the island.
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/ 6 September 2005
Bafana Bafana coach Stuart Baxter knows it’s just a matter of time before he is sacked. ”After one-and-a-half years, I’ve passed the sell-by date of most coaches — they’ve had 12 coaches in 11 years,” Baxter said on Monday. ”Sooner or later, I’ll be sacked. It may be now or maybe they’ll wait until the end of the campaign.”
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/ 6 September 2005
World Anti-Doping Agency (Wada) president Dick Pound said it is ”highly probable” that seven-times Tour de France winner Lance Armstrong did test positive for the banned blood booster erythropoietin. Armstrong has been forced on the defensive since a newspaper detailed test results from the Tour de France in 1999.
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/ 6 September 2005
Lindsay Davenport reached the quarterfinals of the United States Open in straight sets on Monday, while eighth-seeded Guillermo Coria needed more than four-and-a-half hours to subdue Chile’s Nicolas Massu in the longest match of the tournament. Number seven Andre Agassi also advanced.
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/ 6 September 2005
A week after Hurricane Katrina swept through New Orleans, engineers plugged the levee break that had swamped much of the city and flood waters began to recede, but along with the good news came the mayor’s direst prediction yet: as many as 10Â 000 dead. Hopeful signs of recovery were accompanied by President George Bush’s second visit to Louisiana.
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/ 6 September 2005
A sweeping year-long probe of the Iraq oil-for-food programme has concluded that the United Nations allowed ”illicit, unethical, and corrupt behaviour” to overwhelm the -billion operation, and must adopt sweeping reforms to reclaim its credibility before taking on such tasks again.
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/ 6 September 2005
Spanish police are scouring old people’s homes on the east coast of Spain as the hunt closes in on a 91-year-old concentration-camp doctor, regarded as one of the most wanted Nazis still alive. Aribert Heim is alleged to have killed hundreds of prisoners at the Mauthausen camp in Austria.
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/ 6 September 2005
Kofi Annan, the United Nations Secretary General, expressed regret on Monday night that the organisation had ever become involved in the Iraq oil-for-food programme. An investigation into the programme is due to be published on Tuesday, with Annan expected to be criticised for poor management.
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/ 6 September 2005
Nigerian President Olusegun Obasanjo on Monday said male chauvinistic attitudes continue to prevail in his country during a meeting with Mexican lawmakers. Obasanjo met Mexican senators to discuss subjects ranging from women’s rights to management of natural resources.