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/ 27 December 2003
South African cricket coach Eric Simons admitted on Friday that his charges had let the West Indies off the hook after the first day of the second Test at Kingsmead. ”We took our foot off the gas a bit,” said Simons. ”Perhaps we bowled too many glory balls this afternoon.
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/ 27 December 2003
Manchester United regained the top spot in the Premiership table on Friday despite a late goal from Duncan Ferguson giving Alex Ferguson’s men a scare before they ran out 3-2 winners against Everton at Old Trafford. United now sit top of the Premiership table on 43 points, with Arsenal second on 42.
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/ 27 December 2003
Three headed goals eased the pressure on Gerard Houllier as Liverpool celebrated Christmas with a much-needed 3-1 win over Bolton at Anfield on Friday. Finnish international Sami Hyypia, Frenchman Florent Sinama-Pongolle and Vladimir Smicer were the men on target.
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/ 27 December 2003
Charlton’s highest home crowd at The Valley in more than a decade was given a Boxing Day treat as the Addicks threw a spanner into the works of Chelsea’s title challenge. Headers from Hermann Hreidarsson, Matt Holland, Jonatan Johansson and Jason Euell guided the home side to a thrilling and fully deserved 4-2 victory.
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/ 26 December 2003
In the time that it takes to get to 2014, South Africa’s fastest land mammal could streak into oblivion. The sleek, spotted cheetah can move from zero to 100kph in less than three seconds, but it seems unable to outrun humans in the race for survival.
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/ 26 December 2003
Two United States soldiers were killed and four others wounded on Thursday in a mortar attack on an army base near Baquba, 60km northeast of Baghdad, a US military spokesperson said. Baquba, in Diyala, is a hotbed of anti-US resistance where army bases have been periodically shelled by mortars.
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/ 26 December 2003
Four people died and several others were injured in the Zambian capital Lusaka on Christmas after more than 100 houses collapsed following torrential rain, state-run media reported on Friday. Police sources quoted in the Times of Zambia said the collapses occurred in two teeming shantytowns in the city.
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/ 26 December 2003
A series of earthquakes on Thursday shook the Paso Robles area of California, where a magnitude-6,5 quake earlier this week killed two people, flattened historic buildings and caused -million in damage. There were no reports of damage or injuries from the Christmas Day temblors.
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/ 26 December 2003
An infant was killed by falling debris and dozens of people were injured when a strong earthquake shook the border of Costa Rica and Panama early on Thursday, Panama’s federal relief agency reported. The magnitude-6,3 tremor struck at 2.11am local time at a depth of 33,6km.
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/ 26 December 2003
A suicide bombing on Thursday killed 14 people in the second attempt on Pakistani President General Pervez Musharraf’s life in 11 days, raising troubling questions about Musharraf’s ability to hold on to power and keep a militant Islamic movement at bay. After the attack the leader vowed to ”cleanse the country of these extremists”.