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/ 13 October 2005
A Cambodian Buddhist monk said on Thursday he had launched a line of wristwatches, their faces emblazoned with his image and embedded with a powerful magic charm, to protect his followers from the developing nation’s increasingly chaotic traffic.
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/ 13 October 2005
Never one to mince his words, multi-honoured Highlands, Kaizer Chiefs and Orlando Pirates coach Joe Frickleton says even the celebrated Jose Mourinho could not save Bafana Bafana — or his own skin if he came to South Africa to coach the national team. The outspoken Scot says he is not intent on defending current Bafana coach Stuart Baxter either.
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/ 13 October 2005
The World Cup is almost set. France, Serbia-Montenegro and Sweden joined the field on Wednesday, meaning 27 of the 32 berths are decided for next year’s month-long tournament in Germany. France, the 1998 World Cup champions, defeated Cyprus 4-0 to win European group four.
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/ 13 October 2005
Pakistan fast-bowler Shoaib Akhtar was on Thursday left out of the World team 12 for the Super Test against Australia starting at the Sydney Cricket Ground on Friday. World skipper Graeme Smith will finalise his starting team before the start of play in the one-off, six-day Test.
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/ 13 October 2005
Moroka Swallows did the unthinkable when they beat Mamelodi Sundowns 2-1 convincingly in a Premier Soccer League encounter in Pretoria on Wednesday night. In other matches, there were no goals for Kaizer Chiefs and Santos, Ajax Cape Town thrashed Supersport United, and Black Leopards and Bush Bucks ended 1-1.
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/ 13 October 2005
Police and security forces on Thursday battled gunmen in the capital of the southern Russian region of Kabardino-Balkariya, including near a school near a police station. Schoolchildren were evacuated and black smoke billowed from the building as panic-stricken parents searched for their children in the schoolyard.
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/ 13 October 2005
Egypt’s largest Islamic group has criticised the possibility that President Hosni Mubarak may one day hand power to his son, saying on Wednesday it will ”fight” any bid to enshrine hereditary rule into this country’s laws. The fiery comments were made by Muslim Brotherhood supreme leader Mohammed Mahdi Akef.
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/ 13 October 2005
Thousands of children in Ravensmead in the Cape Town area are to be photographed and fingerprinted in a bid to curb child abductions, the Cape Argus website reported on Thursday. It said a campaign will begin soon at 17 schools and crèches in the area.
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/ 13 October 2005
A charge relating to allegations of racism has been laid by the Cape Bar Council against Cape Judge President John Hlophe, Beeld newspaper reported on Thursday. Hlophe was recently accused of calling a Cape Town lawyer Joshua Greeff a ”piece of white shit” and telling him to go back to The Netherlands.
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/ 13 October 2005
Brazil has reached an agreement with US pharmaceutical manufacturer Abbott Laboratories to lower Aids drug Kaletra’s price.