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/ 13 October 2003

England phone home over scrum-half crisis

England are facing a scrum-half crisis after injuries to Matt Dawson and Kyran Bracken left them with just one fit No.9 ahead of Saturday’s World Cup crunch match against South Africa. Dawson suffered a bang to his leg while Bracken was replaced on the bench moments before kick-off in England’s 84-6 win over Georgia.

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/ 13 October 2003

What they’re saying at the Rugby World Cup

”I wish I could have given more today. International rugby is getting faster and faster and I’m getting slower and slower. It’s getting to the point where it’s not enough.” – Emotional Canada captain Al Charron, having battled back from knee surgery just over four months ago to play in his fourth World Cup.

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/ 13 October 2003

England amasses 84 as scores get bigger

Day three of the Rugby World Cup and the scores are getting bigger. As if to outshine France’s 61 points, New Zealand’s 70 and South Africa’s 72, England romped to an 84-6 crushing of rookie Georgia on Sunday. While the French and All Blacks can wait until later in the championship, that SA 72-6 result against Uruguay was a target for Clive Woodward’s men.

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/ 12 October 2003

Super spenders

Following a forensic investigation ordered by Minister of Social Development Zola Skweyiya, more allegations of widespread irregularities at the National Development Agency (NDA), including the hiring of a private intelligence company to vet staff and investigate other NGOs, are detailed in documents obtained by the Mail & Guardian last week.

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/ 12 October 2003

Southern Sudanese demand equal rights

Three themes continuously emerge during discussions with the articulate and determined people of southern Sudan. The first is that they are victims of a double apartheid: of race, because they are Africans not Arabs, and of religion, because they are infidels or "kafirs" to the Muslims.