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/ 1 February 2005
Tottenham completed their audacious £8-million combined bid for Nottingham Forest’s highly rated duo Andy Reid and Michael Dawson in the closing stages of Monday’s transfer-deadline day after the pair both passed medicals and agreed personal terms.
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/ 1 February 2005
Ernie Els says golf technology and a more competitive tour means Tiger Woods won’t be as dominant as he once was. ”Everybody has become better players; technology has brought everybody closer together,” Els said on Tuesday at the Heineken Classic, where he begins play on Thursday trying for his fourth win in a row at Royal Melbourne.
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/ 1 February 2005
The opening of this year’s session of the South African Parliament by President Thabo Mbeki next week, on Friday February 11, is set to cost about R1,2-million, according to the government news agency BuaNews. It is "to be a spectacular affair, with South Africans from all walks of life expected to grace the event".
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/ 1 February 2005
A Namibian Supreme Court judge has been arrested on charges of kidnapping two young girls from a township bus stop and sexually assaulting them. Judge Pio Teek was arrested around noon on Monday in the capital in connection with the case involving a nine- and 10-year-old girl, said police spokesperson Hieronymus Goraseb.
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/ 1 February 2005
A brand-new umbrella grouping of collapsed Zimbabwean banks got off to a rocky start after one of its partners went to court to try to break free from the new banking group, a daily newspaper said on Tuesday. The Royal Bank filed a suit in the Harare High Court on Monday against a central bank decision to place it under curatorship.
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/ 1 February 2005
Gauteng shebeen owners have until the end of February to apply for trading permits while they prepare themselves to comply with the province’s new Liquor Act. The Gauteng liquor licensing office extended the closing date for the application of shebeen permits from January 31 to February 28.
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/ 1 February 2005
British Prime Minister Tony Blair, hardened by years of heckling, insults and humiliating bad hair days, had an unusual experience on Monday: a member of the public actually kissed him. "He’s got lips like a baby, they’re very soft," said Jean Peterson (42), as if faintly surprised they were not made of solid British steel.
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/ 1 February 2005
Formula-one chief executive Bernie Ecclestone had his moment last month, persuading Ferrari to break from the other nine teams and sign a long-term deal to stay with his series. By getting Ferrari to commit until 2012, Ecclestone hopes to head off an aggressive bid from rival GPWC.
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/ 1 February 2005
The corruption scandal engulfing the Bundesliga shows no sign of dying down with bookmaker Oddset accusing the German Football Federation of failing to heed a tip-off they gave on August 23 of last year. That was two days after SC Paderborn’s 4-2 win over SV Hamburg in the league cup — one of the four matches Berlin official Robert Hoyzer has since admitting to manipulating.
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/ 1 February 2005
Organisers of the Rally of Visaginas on defended themselves on Monday, saying safety precautions were adequate for the weekend event despite a crash which killed one bystander and left nine others hospitalised. Tomas Baltramiejunas veered off the road and crashed into an area for spectators on Saturday.