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/ 1 December 2004
Hashim Amla came to India hoping to soak in the country’s rich culture. Instead, he was stumped by it’s passion for cricket. The first cricketer of Indian origin to represent South Africa in Tests, the 21-year-old made his debut in front of his proud father at the Eden Gardens stadium this week.
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The captains of the Test-playing nations issued a joint statement in support of the fight against HIV/Aids on Tuesday. As part of international cricket’s partnership with the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/Aids, and to coincide with World Aids Day, the captains have united to make a Captains’ Pledge to fight the disease and raise awareness.
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/ 1 December 2004
India’s lower-order batsmen frustrated South Africa and stretched their first innings lead to 106 runs in the second and final Test at the Eden Gardens on Wednesday. India were all out for 411 at the stroke of lunch on the fourth day in reply to South Africa’s 305.
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/ 1 December 2004
A powerful storm which triggered landslides and heavy flooding in the Philippines has left nearly 500 people dead or missing, according to government figures released on Wednesday. Social Welfare Secretary Corazon Soliman said her department had recorded 306 deaths in the towns of Real, Infanta and General Nakar in the eastern province of Quezon.
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/ 1 December 2004
All Blacks coach Graham Henry insisted he had no qualms about picking a largely second-string side for this weekend’s match against the Barbarians at Twickenham.
Henry made 13 changes to the side that thrashed France 45-6 in Paris last weekend with full-back Malili Muliaina and wing Doug Howlett, the lone survivors. Meanwhile the traditionally British Isles-dominated BaaBaas will be dominated by southern hemisphere players.
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/ 1 December 2004
England will look to step up a gear in the second of four one-day internationals against Zimbabwe here on Wednesday after a stuttering five-wicket win in the first game of their controversial tour. England’s opening batsman, Ian Bell, declared after his match-winning 75 on Sunday that he rated Zimbabwe to be about the level of an English county team.
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/ 1 December 2004
Off-spinner Harbhajan Singh ripped through the South African top order on Wednesday to ignite India’s hopes of victory in the second cricket Test. Singh claimed four for 58 to reduce South Africa to 172 for five in the second innings, just 66 runs ahead after deducting India’s first-innings lead of 106. India had posted 411 in response to South Africa’s first-innings total of 305.
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/ 30 November 2004
Gauteng education MEC Angie Motshekga did not benefit financially or act dishonestly in recommending a particular trust for a contract, a report released on Tuesday said. Motshekga’s conduct in her position as MEC was, however, found to be unacceptable. The Gauteng Legislature’s Integrity Commission investigated media allegations that Motshekga and her family had benefited financially from the Sediba Trust.
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/ 30 November 2004
The Congress of South African Trade Unions called on the African National Congress on Tuesday to arrange an urgent meeting to discuss tensions between the two organisations. ”We are calling on the ANC to exercise its leadership role,” Cosatu general secretary Zwelinzima Vavi told reporters in Johannesburg. This comes after comments on Sunday by ANC spokesman Smuts Ngonyama in which he called Vavi ”reckless”.