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/ 30 September 2005
Oil prices eased on Friday as traders monitored the slow pace of recovery on the United States Gulf Coast after Hurricane Rita and its possible long-term impact on northern-hemisphere winter fuel supplies. Prices rose overnight on news that Gulf of Mexico oil production had started — but only slightly.
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/ 30 September 2005
Imagine walking into an ancient Roman arena to find only a gladiator, a lion — and no one else. Soon the gladiator — and the lion, if it is reasonable — may come to the opinion that attempting to kill each other is a futile, even callous, exercise. This week’s historic lockout game between Kaizer Chiefs and Black Leopards at the FNB Stadium underscored the value of the fan.
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/ 30 September 2005
If the Currie Cup were an animal it would be on the endangered species list. A decade ago, it was regarded as the toughest domestic competition in the world, but in the wake of professionalism, a bunch of well-meaning administrators mucked it up.
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/ 30 September 2005
Bayern Munich have been hailed ”invincible” after churning out a record 15 consecutive league wins but SV Hamburg’s 2-0 win last Saturday has disproved that theory and injected some much-needed excitement into the Bundesliga. Hamburg now find themselves a point behind Bayern after seven matches and travel to Kaiserslautern on Saturday hoping to live up their new status of title contenders.
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/ 30 September 2005
Central Gauteng on Thursday were all but celebrating the South African Interprovincial men’s golf tournament title after their fourth straight win with one match to play at the Benoni Country Club. After comfortably defeating current champions Western Province 7-5, the team from Johannesburg now face a showdown with Kwazulu-Natal on Friday.
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/ 30 September 2005
Roy Jones will battle fellow American Antonio Tarver for the third time on Saturday as the two boyhood rivals square off for supremacy in boxing’s light heavyweight division. Jones (49-3, 38 KOs) and Tarver (23-3, 19 KOs) meet in a 12-round main event which Jones hopes will restore his legacy as a boxing champion.
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/ 30 September 2005
World number-one diamond miner De Beers is "very close" to completing its black economic empowerment (BEE) deal at its South African diamond-mining operations, De Beers group MD Gary Ralfe said on Thursday as part of a presentation to investors.
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/ 30 September 2005
”Never in the field of human conflict was so much owed by so many to so few.” Winston Churchill would say these words as a token of gratitude to the British fighter pilots who risked their lives in defense of the island of the English people — Great Britain.
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/ 30 September 2005
Turkey signalled its growing impatience with the European Union on Thursday night by warning that its ministers would not turn up in Luxembourg for membership talks until they are sent a copy of the ground rules. Irritated by the EU’s failure to reach agreement on a framework for the talks, Turkey’s Foreign Minister, Abdullah Gul, declared he would remain in Turkey until he is sent a copy.
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/ 30 September 2005
The Nile has witnessed more centuries of human eccentricity than any of the world’s great rivers, but what it is now experiencing must rank high in its annals of misery. Hundreds of people laden with bags, bedding and bicycles wait disconsolately on wharves. Under the unremitting sun, anxious passengers crowd the flat decks of rickety barges meant only for cargo.