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Jonny Wilkinson will likely miss England’s autumn Tests against Australia, New Zealand and Samoa after having his appendix removed. The Newcastle flyhalf had the operation on Friday and will be sidelined for up to six weeks. ”I think it pretty much puts paid to the autumn internationals,” Newcastle’s director of rugby said.
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Liverpool coach Rafa Benitez believes his team have finally put behind them the distractions of winning the Champions League last season and will be on song against Real Betis on Tuesday. Benitez, and the rest of his Spanish contingent among the Reds squad, returned to their native Spain on Monday.
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A day after opening its ,5-billion Hong Kong theme park, Disney was on Tuesday already facing a lawsuit from a disgruntled visitor. Hung Wah-fung (45) says the queues were so long when he visited with his wife and two sons on a rehearsal day for the park on September 4 that he was unable to get on some of the rides.
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/ 13 September 2005
Xiong Xianghui, a former assistant to Chinese premier Zhou Enlai who was involved in the rapprochement between Beijing and Washington in the early 1970s, has died of lung cancer, state media reported on Tuesday. He was 86. An official funeral was to be held at Babaoshan Revolutionary Martyrs’ Cemetery in Beijing.
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Feisty Philippine lawyer Haydee Yorac, who led the recovery of more than -million of ill-gotten wealth of late dictator Ferdinand Marcos, died on Tuesday in the United States due to a lingering illness. Yorac (64) died in Chicago, Illinois, while being treated for ovarian cancer.
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Sheriff’s deputies have found 11 children locked in cages less than 1m high inside a home in Ohio, United States, but a couple deny they abused or neglected the children. A judge on Monday put the children — who range in age from one to 14 and who have various disabilities, including autism — in foster homes.
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An Australian professional football player said on Tuesday he plans to have one of his fingers amputated in an attempt to improve his game. Brett Backwell told the Australian Broadcasting Corporation he has suffered from pain and restricted movement since he broke his left ring finger three years ago.
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The recent terrorist attacks in Sinai were a heavy blow to Egyptian tourism. Egypt relies on tourists and would like to attract as many as possible. Major attractions have always included the pharaoh’s tombs and the Red Sea’s rich aquatic environment. Now, Christian pilgrimage sites rank among those tourist destinations.
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The Democratic Alliance has urged the Independent Democrats to sack ID Northern Cape MPL John Gunda, who was sentenced in the Upington Regional Court on Monday to 10 years’ imprisonment for rape. ”The ID must do the honourable thing and dismiss … Gunda,” the DA said.
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The National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) on Monday appealed a decision by the Johannesburg High Court that declared illegal the search-and-seizure raids at the premises of former deputy president Jacob Zuma’s attorney Julekha Mahomed.