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/ 14 September 2005
At least 87 people were killed in Baghdad on Wednesday as 10 suicide bombings left a trail of carnage after Iraqi leaders finally completed a draft constitution in a new milestone in the political transition. United States and Iraqi officials said nearly 200 people were also wounded in the bombings.
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/ 14 September 2005
Hamas militants blew a gaping hole on Wednesday in a concrete barrier on the Gaza Strip’s southern border, enabling Palestinians to continue surging into Egypt despite pledges to restore order. Under pressure from Israel, Egyptian authorities set a new deadline for all Palestinians to return to the Gaza side.
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/ 14 September 2005
Big Sheep is challenging Big Brother as a viewing favourite for Croatians. Artist Sinisa Labrovic’s sheep are living, eating and sleeping — and even have writers reading them their works — in a ruined factory building in the Croatian capital, Zagreb, as part of an arts festival.
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/ 14 September 2005
The latest bizarre controversy to engulf South African soccer — whether spectators will be allowed to watch the eagerly awaited Premier Soccer League (PSL) game between Kaizer Chiefs and Mamelodi Sundowns at the FNB Stadium on Sunday — on Tuesday became, in the words of author Lewis Carroll, curiouser and curiouser.
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/ 14 September 2005
Less than a year after winning Afghanistan’s first presidential vote, Hamid Karzai will have to curb the power of warlords and opium kingpins who are likely to be elected to the nation’s new Parliament. Karzai has stamped his authority outside the capital in the past 11 months by taming some of the most powerful former mujahedin commanders, giving them central government positions to weaken their regional power bases.
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/ 14 September 2005
Supersport United hammered the Eastern Cape outfit Bush Bucks 3-1 in a closely contested Castle Premier Soccer League match in East London on Tuesday. Bush Bucks opened the score in the 27th minute when former Kaizer Chiefs midfielder-cum-striker Simphiwe Mambo finished a loose ball in a scramble.
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/ 14 September 2005
England’s Ashes win over Australia could be the start of a period of prolonged domination of world cricket, according to victorious skipper Michael Vaughan. He believes the self-belief engendered by this summer’s dramatic contest will accelerate the development of individual players.
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/ 14 September 2005
The South African Rugby Union is battling the publishers of the rugby magazine SA Rugby over the rights to use the name, the Daily Dispatch reported on Wednesday. It said the trademark row is among issues to be referred to an investigation into the affairs of the sport.
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/ 14 September 2005
Real Madrid coach Vanderlei Luxemburgo insists the team mustn’t panic in the face of a dismal start to the season that continued with a 3-0 Champions League defeat to Lyon. The thrashing at Stade Gerland on Wednesday came four days after the team’s 3-2 home loss against newly promoted Celta Vigo in the Spanish league.
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/ 14 September 2005
The price of gold is set to hit $480 an ounce by the end of the year as demand reaches a four-year high, particularly in India and the jewellery sector, a metals consultancy predicted on Wednesday. Gold was trading for $448 an ounce on Wednesday on the precious metals market in London.