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/ 26 February 2004
Wednesday’s confirmation of an outbreak of African horse sickness in the Western Cape could deal yet another blow to racing and its allied industries, a specialist said on Wednesday. ”The ramifications of African horse sickness could be more serious than the equine flu was,” said Diana Husselmann, from the Thoroughbred in South Africa magazine.
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/ 26 February 2004
Former heavyweight champion George Foreman insists he has no agreement with anyone to make a comeback. Promoter Don King has said that Foreman agreed to a tentative -million deal, but the boxer told Houston television station KRIV on Wednesday night that there’s no verbal agreement.
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/ 26 February 2004
South African cricket captain Graeme Smith arrived in Auckland on Thursday in a defiant mood, promising a sudden change of fortune in the one-day series for the tourists. Trailing 1-3 in the six-match series, Smith’s side need to win Saturday’s one-dayer to avoid becoming the first South African team to lose a series against New Zealand.
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/ 26 February 2004
Manchester United slumped to a 2-1 loss at Portuguese champion FC Porto on Wednesday in the Champions League first-leg knockout stage, while Deportivo, Lyon and Chelsea all notched wins. Benni McCarthy netted goals in each half for the Uefa Cup champion after United’s Quinton Fortune opened the scoring.
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/ 26 February 2004
The first match of the lucrative Absa Cup soccer competition proved to be a rerun of last year as Ajax Cape Town ran out easy 3-0 winners over Dynamos at the Athlone Stadium on Wednesday evening. In fact it was only the excellent play of Aime Kitenge in the Dynamos’ goals that kept the score down.
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/ 25 February 2004
Financial difficulties have forced the Zambian government to cancel celebrations of all public holidays this year except Independence Day on October 24, a government spokesperson said on Wednesday. An estimated ,3-million is expected to be saved by not celebrating public holidays this year.
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/ 25 February 2004
A new low-cost local airline known as 1time was launched on Wednesday, with an inaugural flight from Johannesburg to Cape Town. Aimed at the low-income market, the airline is to have three flights between Johannesburg and Cape Town daily, one each in the morning, afternoon and evening.
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/ 25 February 2004
British defence manufacturers are using a ”dangerous loophole” to peddle weapons to developing countries that are subject to arms embargos, the development charity Oxfam said on Wednesday. Components made in Britain are reaching countries such as Zimbabwe, Israel, Indonesia, Uganda, Colombia, Nepal and the Philippines.
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/ 25 February 2004
The government of Burkina Faso has urged traditional healers in West Africa to collaborate with scientific researchers in the fight against HIV/Aids by using herbal treatments to address Aids-related illnesses such as tuberculosis and diarrhoea. The fourth International Traditional Medicine Show opened this week in Burkina Faso.