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/ 2 February 2004
South Africa may still be smarting over their 4-0 trouncing by Nigeria in Saturday’s African Nations Cup clash in Tunisia but coach Styles Phumo has insisted that all is not lost. ”We still have a chance to make up for our defeat against Nigeria by going on to beat Morocco in our last match,” said Phumo.
Soccer loss shocks supporters
Nigeria trounce South Africa
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/ 2 February 2004
Amakrokokroko wheelchair dynamos Richard Nortje, Ralph Williams and Nick Taylor produced a first quarter display of high quality to take the rainbow nation a step closer to Paralympic qualification, in thrashing Jordan 81-37 in their opening fixture at the Vodacom Wheelchair Basketball Challenge at Mandeville on Sunday.
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/ 2 February 2004
Thierry Henry’s winner six minutes from time gave Arsenal a 2-1 win over Manchester City here at a rainswept Highbury on Sunday that saw the Gunners go two points clear of champions Manchester United at the top of the English Premiership table.
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/ 1 February 2004
Government was on Sunday dismissive of Anglican Archbishop Emeritus Desmond Tutu’s support for cases brought before United States courts by apartheid victims. Presidential spokesperson Bheki Khumalo referred queries to government chief spokesman Joel Netshitenzhe, who told the Sunday Independent Tutu should first have discussed his concerns with the state.
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/ 1 February 2004
President Thabo Mbeki ended a whirlwind tour of KwaZulu-Natal by calling for peaceful elections. Mbeki had criss-crossed the province over the past three days, travelling into deep rural areas like Tugela Ferry in the midlands and Mahlabathini in northern KwaZulu-Natal — Inkatha Freedom Party stronghold.
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/ 1 February 2004
Around 200 people are missing after a boat caught fire and sank last week on a river in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), a spokesperson for the UN mission in the central African country said on Saturday. Spokesperson Alexandre Essome quoted the owner of the ferry as saying he had ”no news” of 200 of its passengers.
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/ 1 February 2004
Twelve people died and at least 50 were injured on Saturday in two attacks by Iraqi insurgents in northern Iraq. A car bomb killed nine and injured 45 at a police station in the northwestern city of Mosul in the latest of a series of suicide strikes on coalition forces or their local allies.
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/ 1 February 2004
A year ago it seemed so clear. Saddam Hussein’s regime, said the politicians and the spies, posed a clear and present danger. It was described most comprehensively on 5 February, 2003, by US Secretary of State Colin Powell in a presentation to the Security Council that laid out the threat in 29 sub-headings.