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/ 1 December 2003

Real Madrid, Juventus deposed

Real Madrid and Juventus, who started the weekend on top in Spain and Italy, were deposed from their lofty positions at the weekend. In Spain, Real drew 1-1 at Osasuna with Valencia going top with a 3-2 win against Real Zaragoza. In Italy, Juventus lost 3-1 to Inter Milan.

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/ 1 December 2003

Swallows sink Sundowns

Moroka Swallows edged out Sundowns 2-1 in a hard-fought Castle Premiership clash played at the Odi stadium in Pretoria on Sunday. The first 45 minutes were evenly contested as both teams went for the kill. Swallows started off and finished the stronger with Downs getting in some good work in between.

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/ 1 December 2003

Easterns in nail-biting finish

Thanks in no small measure to an unbeaten 74 from Pierre de Bruyn and 83 from Zander de Bruyn, Easterns pulled off a thrilling two-wicket victory over near-neighbours the Highveld Strikers at the Wanderers. The victory earned the visitors five points to remain in second place on the Standard Bank Cup log.

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/ 1 December 2003

Leeds not sure about sheikhs

Leeds United said on Monday they had yet to receive a takeover bid since reports that a group of Middle Eastern businessmen were ready to buy into the crisis club. The Elland Road club are £78-million in debt and warned last week they are on the brink of administration.

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/ 30 November 2003

Omar bows to taxi industry pressure

Minister of Transport Dullah Omar has bowed to pressure from the taxi industry and delayed for four years the deadline by which taxi operators have to submit to new safety regulations. The pressure put on Omar represents a turnaround in the views of the taxi industry body, which had previously called for the programme of recaptitalisation and regulation to speed up.

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/ 30 November 2003

How two Steves changed the face of computing

The scene is Santa Clara Valley, California, in 1976. Two Steves are busy at work in the garage. Their goal: the world’s first personal computer. Long before IBM, Intel, and Microsoft laid the fundament for the first ”Wintel” PCs, the ambitious Steven and the tinkerer Steve turned their vision of a computer for the rest of us into reality.

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/ 30 November 2003

Bush plans new nuclear weapons

The United States is embarking on a multimillion-dollar expansion of its nuclear arsenal, prompting fears it may lead the world into a new arms race. The Bush administration is pushing ahead with the development of a new generation of weapons, dubbed ‘mini-nukes’, that use nuclear warheads to penetrate underground bunkers.