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/ 18 January 2005
Manchester United captain Roy Keane has conceded that only a Chelsea collapse can prevent the London club collecting a first top-flight title in 50 years. The midfielder turned in a vintage display during United’s 1-0 win away to Liverpool on Saturday, a result that kept the Red Devils third and just a point behind second-placed champions Arsenal.
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/ 18 January 2005
Mamelodi Sundowns hope to register their second consecutive win under their new coach, Argentinean Angel Cappa, against Santos at Loftus Stadium in Pretoria on Wednesday night. Sundowns marketing and communications manager Alex Shakoane said his club’s win over Ajax has instilled high hopes in the camp.
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/ 18 January 2005
When Nobutaka Machimura, Japan’s Foreign Minister, asked Israel to halt weapons sales to Japan’s neighbours at the weekend, there was little doubt which particular neighbour he had in mind. While the world watches China’s rapid rise towards superpower status with awe, Japan, China’s old enemy, watches with foreboding.
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/ 18 January 2005
The Palestinian president, Mahmoud Abbas, on Monday ordered his security forces to prevent attacks against Israeli targets after the bombing of a Gaza border crossing prompted Ariel Sharon to break off contact with the new Palestinian leadership. Abbas has repeatedly called for an end to the attacks on Israeli targets, saying that they damage the Palestinian cause.
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/ 18 January 2005
West Indian cricketing superstar Brian Lara offered Australia’s premier pace-bowler, Glenn McGrath, some friendly advice in Brisbane on Tuesday — think twice about playing in the 2007 World Cup. Lara said McGrath is a champion bowler but his age — he will be 35 next month — could count against him.
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/ 18 January 2005
A bitter drugs controversy embroiling Russian tennis star Svetlana Kuznetsova loomed over the Australian Open on Tuesday as the big guns eased through in early-round matches. Former US Open champion Andy Roddick and reigning French Open champion Anastasia Myskina led the way into the second round of the men’s and women’s draws.
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/ 18 January 2005
The son of Libyan leader Moammar Gadaffi is to captain his country’s soccer team on a two-match tour of Australia next month, Australian officials said on Tuesday. New South Wales Soccer spokesperson Kyle Patterson said the 31-year-old midfielder’s friendship with Perugia and Australian national team goalkeeper Zeljko Kalac, a former Sydney United player, had helped bring about the tour.
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/ 18 January 2005
England captain Michael Vaughan said on Monday that England had always believed that they could win the fourth Castle Lager/MTN cricket Test against South Africa. England won the Test by 77 runs, after dismissing South Africa for 247 in their second innings to take an unassailable two-one lead in the race for the Basil D’Oliveira Trophy.
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/ 18 January 2005
A plan by Thailand’s prison service to broadcast the lives of death-row inmates on its website right up until the moment before execution has been axed, local media reported on Tuesday. The country’s justice ministry pulled the plug on the broadcasts planned by the Corrections Department after the idea sparked protests from human rights groups.
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/ 18 January 2005
Google, the world’s top search engine, has quietly launched a local version of its website. Since Friday last week, South African web users can search in four local languages: Afrikaans, Sesotho, isiZulu and Xhosa (but it’s spelled "Xhousea"). It is also possible to search only South African sites, instead of the whole internet.