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/ 29 October 2003
Following the success of the Women’s Rugby Provincial League in its first year, the South African Rugby Football Union (Sarfu) has decided to play the women’s game on a strenth-versus-strength basis, starting in 2004.
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/ 29 October 2003
If you live in a rich, English-speaking nation and your work involves a computer or a telephone, don’t expect to have a job in five years’ time. Almost every large British company that relies on remote transactions is starting to dump its workers and hire cheaper workers overseas — mainly in India.
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/ 29 October 2003
Much has been made of the Samoan crisis at this World Cup. And there’s been plenty of talk about bridging the gap between the minnows and the super powers of rugby. My suggestion is this: Combine the three South Sea islands. Samoa, Tonga and Fiji must join together as one to become Polynesia or The Islanders.
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/ 29 October 2003
Two genetically modified (GM) varieties, oil-seed rape and sugar beet, face a Europe-wide ban after long-awaited field-scale trials showed that the crops damaged wildlife and would have a serious long-term effect on bee, butterfly and bird populations.
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/ 29 October 2003
South African President Thabo Mbeki will raise the issue of France’s overt support for Morocco’s 2010 soccer World Cup bid during a state visit to France next month, a senior government official said on Tuesday.
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/ 29 October 2003
The Zimbabwe government has deployed military doctors and nurses to state hospitals that are reeling under a strike by state medical staff. Doctors at government hospitals in the Southern African country went on an indefinite strike last week demanding an 8 000% pay increase. Nurses joined in the strike this week, demanding a 7 000% pay hike.
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/ 29 October 2003
Evander Holyfield isn’t ready to quit yet. The 41-year-old former heavyweight champion says he’ll fight on, despite taking a beating from James Toney earlier this month. ”This is my decision to make. This is my life and I will not allow anyone else to make this decision for me,” he said.
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/ 29 October 2003
South Africa’s outstanding backrow forward Joe van Niekerk admitted he was having sleepless nights ahead of the do-or-die Rugby World Cup Pool C match with Samoa on Saturday but said it would not deter him from playing his best on the day. ”It’s do or die and we don’t want to go home,” he said.
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/ 29 October 2003
Andy Roddick resumes his battle to snatch the world number-one spot in Paris on Thursday, admitting that the honour of pipping rival Juan Carlos Ferrero to the prize has given him a new appetite for the closing weeks of the season. ”I have the opportunity to be greedy here,” Roddick said.
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/ 29 October 2003
Relations between Manchester United and Chelsea nose-dived on Wednesday when United revealed they had reported their rivals to the Premier League over allegations that former United chief executive Peter Kenyon had begun working for the London club without clearance.