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Spinners Mohammad Rafique and Enamul Haque shared four wickets as Bangladesh restricted Zimbabwe to 198 in the fifth and final one-day international in Dhaka on Monday, despite a career-best 84 from Barney Rogers. Bangladesh’s decision to go into the decisive game with three left-arm spinners paid rich dividends.
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/ 31 January 2005
Justin Leonard claimed his first PGA Tour victory in nearly two years at the ,7-million Bob Hope Classic on Sunday as fellow American Joe Ogilvie’s hopes of a first career win evaporated in the final round. Leonard, who last won in 2003, posted a five-under-par 67 to win the five-round event played on four desert courses with a score of 28-under 332.
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/ 31 January 2005
This year could be a ”turning point” for Africa, United Nations Secretary General Kofi Annan said on Sunday at a summit of the 53-member African Union. ”Africa has an indispensable contribution to make in ensuring that 2005 becomes a turning point for the continent, the United Nations and the world,” said Annan.
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/ 31 January 2005
The investigators responsible for uncovering possible irregularities in South Africa’s multibillion rand arms deal will be quizzed in the Schabir Shaik fraud and corruption trial when it resumes on Monday. Forensic auditor Johan van der Walt will be back in the witness box after previously explaining the paper trail linking Shaik and Deputy President Jacob Zuma.
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/ 31 January 2005
Gold Fields Limited recorded an improved operating profit of R637-million for the December 2004 quarter, the mining company said on Monday. This compared to a profit of R456-million in the September quarter last year, Gold Fields said in a statement.
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/ 31 January 2005
Not long after dawn broke over Baghdad the explosions began: volleys of mortars and desperate suicide bombers and once again blood ran into the soil. But by then it was too late. Many Iraqis were already on the streets, walking to vote. Raad Abdullah shrugged his shoulders at the sound of another blast and led his wife and son past a coil of razor wire as they went to join the queue.
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/ 31 January 2005
The JSE Securities Exchange advanced into positive territory at the opening on Monday, following the trend on world markets. As tends to be the case, early volumes were light. By 9.13am, the all share and all share industrial indices added 0,57% and 0,52% respectively.
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/ 31 January 2005
The captains of the South African and England cricket teams said after the first Standard Bank one-day international at the Wanderers on Sunday that the toss had been a very important element of the game. England won the match by 26 runs under the Duckworth-Lewis formula, after torrential rain prevented any play after four o’clock in the afternoon.
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/ 31 January 2005
Iraq could soon have its first Kurdish president, following behind the scenes talks between leading Shi’ite and Iraqi government figures and Kurdish officials. The two main Kurdish leaders, Massoud Barzani and Jalal Talabani, said on Sunday that they would demand one of the two top offices of state, prime minister or president.
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/ 31 January 2005
Higher than expected numbers of Sunni Muslim voters appear to have turned out at the polls on Sunday in the regions of Iraq that have been worst affected by the insurgency. ”The numbers were very good, in contrast to our expectations,” said Adil al-Lami, the chief Iraqi electoral officer.