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/ 29 September 2005
The Kenyan Wildlife Service on Wednesday suspended the relocation of elephants from an overcrowded coastal reserve to a more spacious park in order to monitor their resettlement and avoid bad weather, officials said. The operation began in August to move 400 animals from Shimba Hills National Reserve to Tsavo East National Park.
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/ 29 September 2005
Voters in Somalia’s breakaway republic of Somaliland cast ballots on Thursday to elect lawmakers amid hopes the exercise will bring them international recognition as a sovereign state. About 800 000 of Somaliland’s estimated 3,5-million people are eligible to vote in the election.
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/ 29 September 2005
In an embarrassing public-relations glitch, Apple on Wednesday admitted a flaw in its new iPod nano music players, saying that a small number of units have screens that could crack easily. The announcement sent shares of the company down by about 5% at one point on Wednesday when they touched ,70 from ,44.
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/ 29 September 2005
American Johnathan "Fatal1ty" Wendel (24) is an international electronic-sports champion — in other words, a cyber-athlete.
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/ 29 September 2005
Theories and speculation on why and how mining magnate Brett Kebble was killed on Tuesday this week abounded in South African media on Thursday. Newspapers probed Kebble’s diamond interests in Angola and Lesotho, assassination theories and his tax affairs, while police said why they think he was killed in a botched hijacking.
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/ 29 September 2005
Five major manufacturers in formula one met on Wednesday and said they are going ahead with plans for a breakaway series beginning in 2008. BMW, DaimlerChrysler, Renault, Toyota and Honda met seven of the 10 formula-one teams: BAR, McLaren, Minardi, Renault, Sauber, Toyota and Williams.
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/ 29 September 2005
Mamelodi Sundowns did no damage to their Castle Premier Soccer League (PSL) aspirations with a comfortable 1-0 victory over Dynamos in Pretoria on Wednesday night. Also, Orlando Pirates came from behind to beat Classic 2-1 in a pulsating PSL encounter played at Chatsworth Stadium in Durban.
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/ 29 September 2005
Santos moved into the next round on the Coca-Cola Cup at the Athlone Stadium in Cape Town on Wednesday night when they beat Moroka Swallows 2-1 on penalties after the match was deadlocked at 0-0 following extra time. In Polokwane, Jomo Cosmos moved into the quarterfinals of the competition.
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/ 29 September 2005
Like Samson reduced to a pretty ordinary guy in biblical times when shorne of his hair by Delilah, a listless Kaizer Chiefs seemingly lost their strength when deprived of traditional ”people power” in the goalless Premier Soccer League draw against Black Leopards at the FNB Stadium on Wednesday afternoon.
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/ 29 September 2005
Raul became the first player to rack up 50 goals in the Champions League as the Real Madrid star helped his side to a hard-fought 2-1 victory over Greek side Olympiakos in their match on Wednesday. Liverpool were held 0-0 at home to Chelsea, whom they controversially beat in the semifinal last term.