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/ 14 October 2005
Cricket technology intervened to give the World XI two crucial Australian wickets on a history-making opening day of the Super Test at the Sydney Cricket Ground on Friday. Michael Clarke became the first batsman given out in Test cricket by the video umpire Darrell Hair midway through the afternoon session to a bat-pad catch off spinner Daniel Vettori for 39.
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/ 14 October 2005
Fashion designer Nkhensani Nkosi is first up in the <i>Stars at Play</i> compilation series, which aims to provide an audio glimpse into what public figures listen to in the privacy of their lounges, writes Kwanele Sosibo.
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/ 14 October 2005
John Singleton’s new family drama, <i>Four Brothers</i>, questions whether blood is thicker than water, writes Renaye D Menassey.
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/ 14 October 2005
United States Ambassador to Zimbabwe Christopher Dell has been caught trespassing in Harare, Zimbabwe’s Herald Online reported on Friday. It said security forces found him entering a restricted security zone in the National Botanical Gardens in Harare.
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/ 14 October 2005
Russian security forces killed a group of eight armed rebels and freed five hostages after storming a police station in the southern city of Nalchik early on Friday where the gunmen were holed up following a deadly rampage, a local official said, according to the Interfax news agency.
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/ 14 October 2005
Saddam Hussein’s family have chosen one of Britain’s best-known barristers to defend the former Iraqi dictator at his trial for mass murder which is due to start in Baghdad next week. Anthony Scrivener QC, a former chairperson of the Bar Council, has been asked to go to Iraq to head the defence in what will be one of the most closely watched trials of recent times.
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/ 14 October 2005
Former deputy president Jacob Zuma’s populist grandstanding outside the court in Durban this week has angered President Thabo Mbeki and prompted a stony Cabinet statement. The fight with his deputy has weakened Mbeki, and the burning of a T-shirt bearing his image outside the court by his own party’s supporters is likely to put him on the offensive.
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/ 14 October 2005
Clever student, top grades, demanding university course… For anyone in this position, using a cheque book or managing medical insurance should be a cinch, right? Wrong — at least in South Africa, where the after-effects of apartheid continue to be felt in the education system.
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/ 14 October 2005
Seven lions attacked a cleaner on his first day at work after he took a short cut through their enclosure, state press said on Friday. Zhang Huabang was in a critical condition after mistakenly walking on Tuesday through the unlocked gate of the enclosure at Shanghai Wildlife Park to get to the other side, the <i>China Daily</i> said.
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/ 14 October 2005
Minister of Intelligence Ronnie Kasrils this week lashed out at Billy Masetlha, the director general of the National Intelligence Agency (NIA), over Masetlha’s "attack on the integrity" of the Scorpions. Kasrils fired the broadside at his DG in a statement released to the <i>Mail & Guardian</i>.