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/ 24 October 2003
Remember when Brian O’Driscoll was going to be the all-conquering saviour of Irish rugby? Neither does he. The rugged centre from Leinster has worn the green jersey 43 times, they even made him captain while hooker Keith Wood and his gleaming pate were out injured.
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/ 24 October 2003
A new agency has been established to oversee funds for the reconstruction of Iraq, in a move widely seen as an attempt to ease concerns about the Pentagon’s mono- poly over the rebuilding programme.
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/ 24 October 2003
Attempts by BP and Shell to present themselves as ”enlightened” oil companies mindful of climate change and human rights could run into trouble when green activists protest at a talk given by BP boss Lord Browne.
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/ 24 October 2003
United States President George W Bush this week sought, on a flying visit to Indonesia, to mend fences with the Islamic world but faced harsh criticism of his Iraq and Middle East policies when he met three of the country’s moderate Muslim leaders.
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/ 24 October 2003
Iran this week bowed to international pressure over its nuclear programme and agreed to suspend uranium enrichment activities, in a painful compromise deal negotiated with Britain, France and Germany.
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/ 24 October 2003
Just seven games into the Premier Soccer League (PSL) season and already there has been lots of drama – and for once the players are not the centre of attention. The standard of referees has declined to such an extent that clubs never know what to expect from the man with the whistle.
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/ 24 October 2003
Athens, and the Olympic Games, is where Banyana Banyana and the men’s under-23 team would like to be next year. But to get there, Banyana need to go through gruelling elimination rounds, while Amaglug-glug have to come out tops in Group D, which also contains Algeria, Zambia and Ghana.
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/ 24 October 2003
Pakistan seamer Shabbir Ahmad (2-25) perfectly filled the shoes of banned speedster Shoaib Akhtar Friday as South Africa was restricted to 108 for three at lunch on the first day of the second cricket test.
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/ 24 October 2003
New Zealand became the first nation through to the quarterfinals with a 91-7 demolition of Tonga in Friday’s World Cup Pool B match at Suncorp Stadium. Caleb Ralph, Mils Muliaina and Doug Howlett scored two apiece as the All Blacks crossed for 13, while Leon MacDonald scored a try and landed a 12 conversions from 12 attempts for a 29-point haul.
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/ 24 October 2003
Samoa captain Semo Sititi said his side were relishing the prospect of taking on World Cup favourites England in Sunday’s Pool C match at Docklands. ”To us, as players, it will be the game of our lives,” said back-row Sititi Friday after the team had been announced.