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/ 10 December 2006
Alex Ferguson has saluted the spirit and determination of his Manchester United squad after watching them end a gruelling week with victory in the derby clash with Manchester City. Goals from Wayne Rooney, Louis Saha and Cristiano Ronaldo delivered a 3-1 win and increased the pressure on champions Chelsea, who were due to kick off against Arsenal on Sunday nine points behind the league leaders.
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/ 10 December 2006
Going from bad to worse, a shambolic Mamelodi Sundowns conceded two goals in the final 10 minutes and crashed to their second defeat against Ajax Cape Town within the space of a week on Saturday night. Looking disjointed and dispirited throughout, the Brazilians gained a fortuitous lead in the 73rd minute through the enigmatic Lerato Chabangu.
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/ 10 December 2006
South Africa has failed to provide its children with a way out of poverty, damning them to a life of violence and deprivation, a new report cited by a Sunday newspaper said. The report by the African Union’s (AU) Peer Review panel found that children in the country were facing an uphill struggle as families and schools disintegrate, leaving them without social support structures.
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/ 10 December 2006
South Africa, the world’s top gold producer, has launched a crackdown against ”pirates” who live for months in the bowels of abandoned pits, plundering booty worth millions of rands. Known as the ”Zama Zama”, which means ”Let’s try our luck”, the so-called ”gold pirates” have struck terror among local miners as well as police by setting up booby traps and homemade bombs to keep them away.
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/ 10 December 2006
The horror of Darfur seems especially disturbing when seen through an infant’s eyes and this sketch, of a village being bombed from the air, was drawn by an anonymous child — one of the thousands now living in displaced people’s camps in Sudan.
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/ 10 December 2006
The debate over how to punish Iran for its refusal to suspend sensitive nuclear fuel work resumes in New York on Monday with Western diplomats confident that the United Nations Security Council will approve targeted sanctions against Tehran by Christmas.
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/ 10 December 2006
The Local Organising Committee should release quarterly reports informing the public about how their plans for the Soccer World Cup were progressing, the Democratic Alliance said on Sunday. ”The South African public deserves to know about actual progress, not just plans for the future,” said James Masango, the DA’s sport and recreation spokesperson.
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/ 10 December 2006
A long-awaited British police report into Princess Diana’s death due this week could finally lay to rest conspiracy theories that she was murdered rather than that she died the victim of a tragic accident. A three-year inquiry headed by Britain’s former top police officer John Stevens is expected to announce on Thursday it has ruled out foul play.
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/ 10 December 2006
Space shuttle Discovery blasted off its seaside launch pad on Saturday, defying the odds of poor weather and ending the ban on night-time flights imposed after the 2003 Columbia disaster. High winds had threatened to delay the flight for the second time in as many days but the gusts calmed, clearing the way for Nasa’s third shuttle mission in six months.
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/ 10 December 2006
Nigerian police used teargas on Saturday to quell fighting between supporters of rival candidates for governor in Niger and Plateau states as the ruling party began gubernatorial primaries across the nation. In central Benue state, one policeman was killed by a mob protesting against the outcome of an earlier primary to pick members of the state house of assembly.