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/ 16 January 2005
South African cricket captain Graeme Smith was taken to hospital for X-rays after being hit on the head during fielding practice before the start of play on the fourth day of the fourth Castle Lager/MTN Test against England on Sunday. On Saturday, a sparkling century by Herschelle Gibbs led South Africa’s fight back on the third day of the Test.
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/ 16 January 2005
Exiled Côte d’Ivoire opposition leader Alassane Ouattara will have another shot at the presidency in the 2005 elections, after being barred from standing five years ago, supporters said on Saturday. Ouattara currently lives in exile in France but said this week he will run for office in 2005 if his party wishes him to.
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/ 16 January 2005
Black Leopards drew 2-2 against Moroka Swallows in a Castle Premiership match marred by controversy at Thohoyandou Stadium on Saturday. Leopards led 2-0 at half-time. The match had to be stopped for 10 minutes in the second half when Leopards supporters started throwing missiles on to the pitch.
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/ 16 January 2005
Dynamos collected full points away from home thanks to the only goal of the match by Ntokozo ”Koloba” S’khakhane, beating Lamontville Golden Arrows in a dull Castle Premiership match played at King Zwelithini Stadium on Saturday afternoon.
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/ 16 January 2005
Mamelodi Sundowns gave Ajax Cape Town a hiding to remember when they beat them 4-0 at the Odi Stadium in Pretoria on Saturday night. The home team controlled the game from the start and failed to capitalise on many of their goal-scoring opportunities. They took the lead in the 37th minute.
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/ 16 January 2005
Mahmoud Abbas’s first hours in office were marked by a series of crises — from the resignation of 46 election officials who accused the ruling Fatah party of pressure to renewed violence that could threaten his leadership. Abbas was sworn in on Saturday as the new Palestinian leader while violence raged in the Gaza Strip.
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/ 16 January 2005
Temporary shelter and relieve was being arranged on Saturday night for about 8 000 people left homeless after a fire razed about 1 500 shelters in the Joe Slovo informal settlement and parts of Langa. An unnamed infant perished in Saturday’s fire and several people were injured in the conflagration.
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/ 16 January 2005
Sir Mark Thatcher, the disgraced son of former prime minister Baroness Thatcher, should be stripped of his hereditary title, according to an influential cross-party group of MPs. Thatcher’s title was passed to him when his father, Sir Denis, died in June 2003.
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/ 16 January 2005
To a tamer motorist, the haze of exhaust fumes rising amid a chorus of klaxons on the junction of Rue de Varenne and Rue Bourgogne would denote impossible gridlock. But plumber Manu Mota always finds a way. ”There are plenty of places to park. It’s just that they are not legal,” announces the 57-year-old plumber.
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/ 16 January 2005
Jubilant European scientists on Saturday unveiled the secrets of mysterious Titan, a world that has a surface like crème brûlée. British-built instruments carried on Europe’s Huygens probe, which landed on Saturn’s giant moon on Friday, have revealed an alien surface with a thin crust and soft, sticky material underneath.