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/ 2 December 2004

Harbhajan engineers SA collapse

Harbhajan Singh bagged a seven-wicket haul to help India move close to victory over South Africa in the second and final Test on Thursday. The off-spinner finished with 7-87 as South Africa were bowled out for 222 on the final day to set an easy target of 117 for the home side after they conceded a 106-run first innings lead.

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/ 2 December 2004

Sourav Ganguly on the carpet

Indian cricket captain Sourav Ganguly has been summoned for a disciplinary hearing after being reported for dissent on Wednesday following the rejection of an appeal during the second Test match against South Africa. Expression of dissent against an umpiring decision amounts to a violation of the International Cricket Council’s code of conduct.

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/ 2 December 2004

Visdorpie and chips

Oom Krisjan regrets the heavy-handed disciplinary action taken against acting news editor of the Cape Times, Tony Weaver, for telling Oom Krisjan about discontent at the Visdorpie headquarters of O’Reillydom, where Cape Times staff are sick of seeing their stories warmed over by the Argus without acknowledgement. Weaver is to face the music next week.

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/ 2 December 2004

Harbhajan helps India trounce SA

Harbhajan Singh starred in a resounding eight-wicket victory over South Africa that helped India win the two-Test series here on Thursday. The off-spinner grabbed 7-87 to block all escape routes for the visiting side, who managed to draw the first match in Kanpur last week. It was only the second Test series win for India over South Africa after the 1996-97 series at home which India won 2-1.

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/ 1 December 2004

Heath to testify at Shaik trial

Former Heath investigating unit head Willem Heath will take the stand in the Schabir Shaik fraud and corruption trial in the Durban High Court on Thursday.
This follows two days of testimony relating to Heath’s exclusion from investigations into alleged arms deal irregularities.

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/ 1 December 2004

Mutilated Fallujah body not Hassan’s

Britain said on Wednesday it believed kidnapped aid worker Margaret Hassan was likely dead, even though dental records proved a body found in Iraq wasn’t hers.
The Foreign Office said dental tests were conducted on a mutilated body found in Fallujah by United States marines, who believed it was that of a Western woman.

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/ 1 December 2004

Uganda deploys troops on DRC border

The Ugandan army said on Wednesday that it had deployed an unspecified number of troops along its border with the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) to prevent incursions by ”negative elements” based there. Referring to Ugandan rebels in DRC, army spokesperson Major Shaban Bantariza said: ”They are not a great threat but we are following them and picking up some of them one by one.”