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/ 19 January 2005
The South African men’s hockey team claimed a series win over the touring English side following their 3-1 victory in the fourth and final Test at the Tshwane University of Technology on Tuesday night. Ian Symons scored first for the home side, from a penalty corner in the 27th minute.
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/ 19 January 2005
Black Leopards and Bloemfontein Celtic shared the spoils when they played to an exciting 2-2 Premier Soccer League draw at Thohoyandou Stadium on Tuesday night. Leopards led 2-1 at the break after coming back from a goal behind. Moses Spandeel put Celtic ahead with a brilliant bicycle kick.
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/ 19 January 2005
Supporters of chess master Bobby Fischer petitioned a Japanese court on Wednesday to free him immediately and let him go to Iceland where he’s been granted residency rather than deport him to the United States where he’s a wanted man.
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/ 19 January 2005
Less than a month after the abolition of global textile quotas, the once-booming clothing industry in Mauritius is already feeling the pinch. Textile firms that relocated to Mauritius in the 1970s, sparking a local boom and becoming a backbone of the economy, are leaving the Indian Ocean island in droves for Asian nations like China, say business leaders.
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/ 19 January 2005
Naturists looking to bare all for the first time on Asia’s shores were buoyed on Wednesday after local councillors gave the thumbs up to plans to open a nude beach in a remote area of Hong Kong. The Body Arts Association, a Hong Kong nudist group, handed a proposal on Tuesday to the local government asking for permission to hire a deserted beach in Sai Kung.
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/ 19 January 2005
Roland Schoeman of South Africa broke one world record and narrowly missed another at the short-course swimming World Cup on Tuesday. Schoeman broke German Thomas Rupprath’s world record in the 100m individual medley by ,07s, clocking 52,51s in Eriksdalsbadet’s fast short-course pool.
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/ 19 January 2005
Japan issued a tsunami warning on Wednesday after a 6,8-magnitude earthquake struck off its eastern coast. There were no immediate reports of injuries or damage. The quake struck at 3.11pm about 200km off the coast of Chiba prefecture, the Meteorological Agency said.
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/ 19 January 2005
Svetlana Kuznetsova shrugged off the drug controversy raging around her to claim a place alongside other top seeds in the Australian Open third round on Wednesday. In the men’s draw, four-time former champion Andre Agassi and last year’s beaten finalist Marat Safin of Russia both swept through in straight sets.
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/ 19 January 2005
Two of Russia’s brightest gymnastics stars of the new millennium, double Olympic champion Elena Zamolodchikova and triple Olympic medallist Ekaterina Lobazniouk, have arrived in South Africa to kick-start a local club’s programme. They are accompanied by one of Russia’s foremost acro-gymnastic choreographers.
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/ 19 January 2005
Wealthy nations must “fulfil their pledges” to increase aid to developing countries to meet the United Nations Millennium Development Goals.