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/ 27 November 2006
South Africa won the Surf Ski World Cup in Perth in emphatic style this weekend, headed by back-to-back victories in both legs of the event by 43-year-old Durban ace Oscar Chalupsky, who romped home to win the 30km second-leg event from Rottnest Island to Hillary Harbour outside Perth on Sunday.
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/ 27 November 2006
The Titans beat the Eagles by one run on Sunday in their Supersport Series four-day match played at SuperSport Park in Centurion. This is only the second such result in the history of South African first-class cricket and the 32nd in all first-class cricket.
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/ 27 November 2006
Last-ditch talks in Finland on Monday between the European Union and Turkey aimed at averting an EU crisis with Ankara over the Cyprus issue have failed, Finnish Foreign Minister Erkki Tuomioja said. "An agreement could not be reached," Tuomioja, whose country currently holds the rotating EU Presidency, told reporters following talks.
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/ 27 November 2006
While inflation data to be released this week is likely to be more favourable, there is still a strong possibility of even more rate hikes than the market is currently expecting, Standard Chartered Bank said in a statement on Monday. Economist Razia Khan said that with the strengthening of the rand, market expectations for further tightening have been scaled back significantly.
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/ 27 November 2006
Lance Klusener came back to haunt the visitors on the final day of the four-day Supersport Series cricket match between the Highveld Lions and the KwaZulu-Natal Dolphins. The Dolphins won by five wickets. In East London, eight bowlers were used by the Warriors in an attempt to break some stubborn partnerships by the Cape Cobras.
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/ 27 November 2006
<img src="http://www.mg.co.za/ContentImages/291293/aidsday06.gif" align=left>Seven of the world’s biggest advertising agencies have joined forces to produce commercials for an HIV and Aids awareness campaign which will launch on World Aids Day this Friday. The set of 24 ads will be shown on MTV channels globally, as well as on the music channel’s web and mobile platforms.
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/ 27 November 2006
Team Lincoln — Bobby Lincoln and Retief Goosen — captured the seventh Nelson Mandela Invitational title, hosted by Gary Player, with a superb eagle on the second hole of a sudden-death play-off on Sunday. Lincoln sunk a two-foot putt after hitting a stunning seven-iron approach from 171m to the par-five 18th.
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/ 27 November 2006
Deputy Health Minister Nozizwe Madlala-Routledge has denied that she stands to benefit from the construction of the Gautrain. She was reacting to a report that she, Education Minister Naledi Pandor, Home Affairs Minister Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula and National Assembly speaker Baleka Mbete stood to gain from the Gautrain.
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/ 27 November 2006
Moroka Swallows and Bloemfontein Celtic played to a goalless draw in a Premier Soccer League match at the Johannesburg Stadium on Sunday. In other matches, Silver Stars and Ajax Cape Town played to a goalless draw and Benoni Premier United beat Amazulu 2 -1.
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/ 27 November 2006
A1 Grand Prix Team Switzerland’s Neel Jani won his and Switzerland’s first race of the new season from pole position on Sunday. Adrian Zaugg, at the wheel of A1 Team South Africa’s Vulindlela, finished 13th — 24,68 seconds behind Jani. The South African had qualified in eighth place on Saturday, only to be relegated to 11th.