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/ 14 October 2005
Human remains were discovered this week in two mass graves near Rutshuru in the eastern province of Nord-Kivu, where three similar graves were uncovered in September, a Congolese army officer said on Thursday. ”We found two new graves in the Rutshuru area, using information from local people,” said the commander of the Fifth Brigade, Colonel Jean-Marie Shekasikila.
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/ 14 October 2005
Matthew Hayden defied attempts to pension him out of the Australian Test team with a fighting century to lead his country into a strong position after the opening day of the six-day Super Test against the World XI in Sydney on Friday. Hayden’s position has been under threat after a below-par Ashes campaign against England.
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/ 14 October 2005
”International week is over and life returns to normal: Chelsea nine points clear after eight games, all their foreign stars flying home to their mansions and fast cars — and Bolton set to become the latest side to bow before the record-breaking £330-million army.” Neal Collins looks ahead at the weekend’s matches.
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/ 14 October 2005
A strain of Sol Campbell’s troublesome hamstring, another furrow on Arsene Wenger’s careworn brow, and once again the cry goes up: clubs should be ”compensated” for releasing their players for internationals. It is understandable on the face of it, but in football nothing is straightforward, all is political.
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/ 14 October 2005
There was a time not so long ago when talk of the country’s big three meant Orlando Pirates, Kaizer Chiefs and Moroka Swallows. How times have changed. Mamelodi Sundowns, who lost 1-2 to Swallows on Wednesday, have replaced the once-mighty Dube Birds as part of the troika ruling the roost in the local game.
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/ 14 October 2005
The Pretoria High Court is to hand down judgement on Friday in an application by one of two city advocates for a separation of their sex-crimes trial. On Thursday, Dirk Prinsloo accused his former girlfriend Cezanne Visser of having ulterior motives in seeking to implicate him in indecent acts with two children.
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/ 14 October 2005
A South African relief mission has arrived in Pakistan and will be deployed to Bagh on Friday to give medical assistance following a massive earthquake in southern Asia. ”Our flight over was quite difficult, but we are ready to start working,” said Rescue South Africa chief executive Ian Scher.
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/ 14 October 2005
Mike van Graan asks if we can move on to real transformation, now that we have generally replaced white people with black people at the trough of public funds.
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/ 14 October 2005
MOVIE OF THE WEEK: The Guardian likened watching Night Watch to being hit over the head with a large frying pan while heavy metal music blasted in the background. Shaun de Waal disagrees.
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/ 14 October 2005
Culling, it seemed, was the only viable option. The pesky brutes didn’t react well to sterilisation, and relocating them was out of the question. No, wholesale slaughter it would have to be. They simply used up too much land — one really couldn’t expect to roam expansive territories nowadays — and besides they were hugely destructive to the environment.