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/ 22 October 2006
Tropical Storm Paul formed off Mexico’s Pacific Coast on Saturday and looked set to turn into a hurricane as it headed toward luxury resorts on the Baja California Peninsula, the United States National Hurricane Centre said. Charts showed Paul passing near the tip of the desert peninsula popular with US tourists next week.
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/ 22 October 2006
The last remaining hippos in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) are facing extinction and could be wiped out in many parts of a national park by the end of the year if intense poaching by hungry militiamen continues, conservationists said on Saturday.
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/ 22 October 2006
South Africa saw a four-stroke lead disappear before coming back to clinch the Women’s World Amateur Team Championships on a count-out from defending champions Sweden on Saturday. The final group arrived at the last hole at the De Zalze course with the match all square.
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/ 22 October 2006
Militants in Nigeria have freed seven foreign oil workers seized during an attack earlier this month on an ExxonMobil compound, a spokesperson for the company said. The seven were taken hostage on October 3 during a raid on a residential compound housing ExxonMobil employees in the southern Niger Delta town of Eket.
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/ 22 October 2006
Ajax Cape Town came from behind to share the spoils with Santos in their Cape Town Premier Soccer League derby at the Greenpoint Stadium on Saturday. The game ended 1-1. Santos blew their chances of collecting full points when Byron Hendricks was sent off in the first half.
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/ 22 October 2006
Premier Soccer League leaders Silver Stars’ magic carriage ride came to an abrupt end in a comprehensive 2-0 defeat against Orlando Pirates at Ellis Park on Saturday afternoon. A rampant and uninhibited Pirates outplayed their dogged and determined opponents and were in the driver’s seat as early as the fourth minute when deceptive Ethiopian striker Tefera Fiku opened the score.
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/ 22 October 2006
Andriy Shevchenko and Michael Ballack both scored for Chelsea on Saturday, helping the defending champions beat Portsmouth 2-1 in the English Premier League. Also on Saturday, it was: Charlton 0, Watford 0; Everton 2, Sheffield United 0; Wigan 4, Manchester City 0; and Aston Villa 1, Fulham 1.
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/ 22 October 2006
More adventurous, more inventive and more enterprising, Kaizer Chiefs deservedly added the South African Airways Supa8 Cup to their crowded trophy cabinet after beating Supersport United 1-0 at King’s Park in Durban on Saturday night. A near-capacity crowd of 40Â 000 saw the Amakhosi take control of the game in the second half.
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/ 22 October 2006
Michael Schumacher’s chances of retiring from Formula One with one final championship took a hit on Saturday. Schumacher’s Ferrari teammate Felipe Massa, racing in front of his home crowd, won the pole position in one minute, 10,680 seconds at the 4,3km Interlagos circuit.
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/ 22 October 2006
More land is to be made available for housing developments targeting low-income earners, the City of Cape Town said on Saturday. The homes will be made available to people who earn too much to qualify for government housing subsidies and too little to take part in the competitive property market, a statement said.