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/ 6 December 2004
”My legs have been the making of my life. That the evil of some should force others to live without them is a tragedy which should make us all angry.” The United States and Somalia are among the last remaining countries to ratify an international treaty banning the use of anti-personnel mines. Kenyan long-distance runner Paul Tergat came face to face with the tyranny of landmines in south Sudan. Here is an extracts from his diary.
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/ 6 December 2004
President Thabo Mbeki on Sunday arrived to a rousing welcome in the central Ivorian rebel stronghold of Bouake, where a rebel spokesperson said the South African statesman was regarded as a ”guarantee” to the peace process in the divided West African nation.
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/ 6 December 2004
Lleyton Hewitt will handle the scrutiny of his private life as he tries finally to land the Australian Open in Melbourne next month, his younger sister, Jaslyn, said on Monday. Hewitt’s private life is expected to be a media focus at the year’s first grand slam tournament from January 17.
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/ 6 December 2004
South Africa’s rugby coach Jake White said on his return from Argentina on Monday morning that a committee of conditioning experts will be appointed to look into the overall capacity of the Springbok rugby team. White and his weary squad arrived in Cape Town after their annual end-of-season tour was concluded on Saturday when the South Africans defeated an under-strength Pumas side 39-7 in Buenos Aires.
Argentina complains of ‘lack of respect’
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/ 6 December 2004
Argentina captain Agustin Pichot spoke of a lack of respect by clubs after they were defeated 39-7 by South Africa at Velez Sarsfield in Buenos Aires on Saturday night. The Argentinians were forced to field five newcomers in the squad because of European Cup call-ups and they never managed to threaten Jake White’s side.
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/ 6 December 2004
History repeated itself at Olen Park on Sunday when Supersport United reached the final of the Coca-Cola Cup by defeating Wits University 4-3 in a dramatic penalty shoot-out after neither side had scored during a dull semifinal match that ended in pouring rain.
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/ 6 December 2004
England captain Michael Vaughan led his country to a 4-0 clean-sweep against Zimbabwe on Sunday and then set his sights on repeating the magic against South Africa. Vaughan hit an unbeaten 90 as England defeated Zimbabwe by 74 runs and was promptly named man-of-the-series after totalling 211 runs with an average of over 100.
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/ 6 December 2004
When an archbishop and winner of a Nobel Peace Prize threatens to pray for our president and his government as he used to for the apartheid regime, it would be extremely uncharitable not to spare a sympathetic thought for the beleaguered African National Congress and its leader. Archbishop Desmond Tutu’s speech represents an assault on the legitimacy of the ANC in the eyes of party loyalists, writes Aubrey Matshiqi.
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/ 6 December 2004
Governments, aid agencies and donors need to acknowledge the chronic nature of problems that lead to recurring crises in Southern Africa, such as the widespread food shortages two years ago, a new report recommends. Save the Children noted that up to April 2005, ”over 6 million people … [will be] in need of assistance” in Southern Africa.
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