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/ 30 October 2004
Two United States television networks are squaring off to produce a miniseries dramatising the September 11 2001 terror attacks, based on the report of the federal commission that investigated the event. NBC Entertainment has joined forces with Graham Yost, producer-writer of <i>Band of Brothers</i>, for the project.
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/ 30 October 2004
Iraq’s most feared militant group has stepped up its attempts to disrupt the country’s first democratic elections by sending letters to the authorities warning it will kill anyone involved in administering the January poll. The group has delivered the letters to the Mosul and Baghdad offices of the Independent Electoral Commission.
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/ 30 October 2004
Referee Daniel Bennett spoiled what could have been an enthralling derby between life-long Soweto rivals Orlando Pirates and Kaizer Chiefs at the FNB Stadium on Saturday. Pirates beat Chiefs 2-1. The school teacher’s inconsistency and his dubious decisions prompted thousands of fans from both clubs to throw missiles.
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/ 30 October 2004
Mamelodi Sundowns played to a goalless draw against Wits University in a Castle Premiership game played at the Bidvest Stadium in Johannesburg on Friday night. The game was delayed for 15 minutes owing to a capacity crowd outside the stadium trying to gain access.
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/ 30 October 2004
Black Leopards collected maximum points away from home when they beat Manning Rangers 1-0 in a Castle Premiership encounter played at Chatsworth Stadium on Friday night. The only goal of this dull game was netted by Christopher Letshidzivhe in the 22nd minute.
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/ 30 October 2004
Santos have pledged to hoist the South African flag high in their Confederation Cup by beating Hearts of Oak at Athlone Stadium in Cape Town on Sunday. The Cape Town side are hoping to avenge the 2-1 defeat handed to them by the Ghanaians during the first-leg match in Kumasi two months ago.
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/ 30 October 2004
Unbelievable as it may seem, not everyone in New England in the United States is thrilled about the Red Sox winning the World Series. Retailers of everything from T-shirts to ice cream and cookies had been making money off the team’s championship drought for years.
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/ 29 October 2004
An 11-year-old pupil died and four others were injured when the wall of a classroom under construction collapsed on them at a school near Hartenbos in the southern Cape on Friday. Aubrey Peterson, who was in grade five at Brandwacht Primary School, and his school mates had been playing on the site.
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/ 29 October 2004
South African Airways (SAA) will soon be a separate entity reporting directly to the Department of Public Enterprises, Transnet chief executive Maria Ramos said on Friday. Addressing the Cape Town Press Club, Ramos said she has received permission from the Cabinet to begin the process of taking SAA out of the Transnet group.
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/ 29 October 2004
Frail Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat was admitted on Friday to a French military hospital near Paris for urgent treatment for what is said to be a potentially fatal blood disorder. It is the first time in three years that Arafat, symbol of the Palestinian struggle for statehood, has left his West Bank base, a sign of the gravity of his condition.