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/ 28 December 2004
Ukraine’s bitter presidential election took a new twist on Monday night when the vanquished government candidate, Viktor Yanukovich, refused to accept defeat and vowed to challenge the victory of opposition leader Viktor Yushchenko. With most votes counted, preliminary results give Yushchenko an unassailable lead.
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/ 28 December 2004
The Gauteng Department of Education will on Wednesday release matric results of 71 382 candidates who wrote the 2004 examinations, spokesperson Panyaza Lesufi said on Monday. Gauteng Premier, Mbhazima Shilowa, is expected to attend the ceremony, along with several MECs.
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/ 28 December 2004
Ably assisted by the tail-enders, Jacques Kallis spearheaded an outstanding performance by South Africa to give them a first innings lead of 193 runs on the second day of the second Test at Kingsmead on Monday. At close of play, England were 30 without loss in their second innings, and were still 163 runs behind.
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/ 28 December 2004
Sri Lanka’s cricket tour of New Zealand will proceed with a revised itinerary following devastating tidal waves which killed more than 12 000 people in the island nation. The second of five limited-overs internationals has been rescheduled and the start dates of the team’s two test matches in January may be
pushed back by several days.
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/ 28 December 2004
Sublime batting from Marcus Trescothick and former South African Andrew Strauss put England into a commanding position at the end of the third day of the second Test against South Africa at Kingsmead on Tuesday. But South African coach Ray Jennings was confident that South Africa could still win the Test.
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/ 27 December 2004
Hundreds of people died and entire villages and towns disappeared when tidal waves hit Somalia’s coastline along its central and northeastern regions, a Somali presidential spokesperson said on Monday. In the Indian Ocean Island of Seychelles two fishermen went missing and four Seychellois were hospitalised.
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/ 27 December 2004
The National Sea Rescue Institute and the SA Navy have warned the public and fishermen against high waves along the KwaZulu-Natal Coast and parts of the Eastern Cape following the tsunamis which killed tens of thousands of people in Asia and East Africa.
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/ 27 December 2004
The coach of the South African women’s cricket team, Stephen Jones, and former East London schoolboy cricketer, Martin Walters, had a narrow escape from death in Galle in Sri Lanka on Sunday. Jones, who coaches the famous English school Harrow during the off-season, was on a tour of Sri Lanka with the school.
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/ 27 December 2004
Two South Africans have been confirmed killed in Phuket island off Thailand, following an earthquake and subsequent tsunamis that hit Southeast Asia on Sunday, the department of foreign affairs said on Monday. At least 300 South Africans are believed to be stranded in Thailand.
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