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/ 29 January 2004
Kim Clijsters insisted she harboured no grudges against Justine Henin-Hardenne after setting up another all-Belgian Grand Slam final at the Australian Open here on Thursday. Second seed Clijsters and world number one Henin-Hardenne have been locking horns on tennis courts ever since they were playing at junior level in Belgium in the early 1990s.
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/ 29 January 2004
Supersport United and Moroka Swallows will meet in a potential explosive Castle Premiership match at Securicor Loftus in Pretoria on Sunday. United go into this game hoping to undo the 3-0 drubbing they suffered at the hands of Swallows in the first round.
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/ 29 January 2004
Andre Agassi, magnificent in defeat to Marat Safin in a five-set classic semifinal, Thursday said he will be back next year to shoot for a fifth Australian Open title. The unseeded Russian played one of the greatest matches of his turbulent career to end 33-year-old Agassi’s unconquered 26-match reign at the Australian Open.
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/ 28 January 2004
British Prime Minister Tony Blair said on Wednesday he accepted ”in full” a judicial report that exonerated him of any wrongdoing in the suicide last year of weapons expert David Kelly. ”The report … leaves no room for doubt or interpretation. We accept it in full,” Blair said.
Hutton report clears Blair
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/ 28 January 2004
Western Cape education authorities were hard at work on Wednesday trying to avert an impending education crisis in the province. Meanwhile, pupils, parents and organisations marched in various areas to highlight their unhappiness with the status quo.
Cape parents protest
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/ 28 January 2004
The General Motors (GM) bid to take over local car manufacturer Delta is a sign of confidence in South Africa’s political and economic stability, GM group vice-president Maureen Kempston Darkes said on Wednesday. GM is seeking to buy the remaining 51% of the Delta Motor Corporation, after purchasing the other 49% in 1997.
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/ 28 January 2004
Minister of Environmental Affairs and Tourism Valli Moosa says he is ”absolutely embarrassed” about a leopard that had to be put down after being injured in a trap on his family’s farm in the Western Cape. According to reports, the leopard was caught in a gin trap set by workers on Monday.
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/ 28 January 2004
Four South Africans were injured and one was killed in a car bomb in Baghdad in Iraq on Wednesday morning, the Department of Foreign Affairs said. Departmental spokesperson Nomfanelo Kota said three of the injured men were treated for minor lacerations and the fourth one sustained serious injuries.
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/ 28 January 2004
The baggage-handling strike at major airports by South African Transport and Allied Workers Union (Satawu) members entered its sixth week on Wednesday with no end in sight. Close to 690 Satawu members employed by the company have been on strike at the Johannesburg and Cape Town international airports.