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/ 21 October 2006
The South African Rugby Union (Saru) has called upon the executive of the Eastern Province Rugby Union (EPRFU) to resign. Saru released a statement after a meeting of the management committee on Friday, saying it was very concerned about the poor state of affairs of the EPRFU.
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/ 21 October 2006
The MTN Domestic Championship match between the Highveld Lions and the Cape Cobras at the Wanderers on Friday was washed out and called off as a no-result due to a typical Highveld thunderstorm, which initially curtailed proceedings for 11 minutes short of four hours.
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/ 21 October 2006
The Warriors earned their first win in six MTN Domestic Championship matches when they beat the Dolphins by three wickets in Durban on Friday. The visitors dismissed the Dolphins for 191 in 44 overs before replying with 192 for seven to win with six balls remaining.
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/ 21 October 2006
Arguably the best and worst goals of the soccer season will not go into the record books after the Premier Soccer League game at Bidvest Stadium on Friday night was called off after 57 minutes with Wits University leading Bloemfontein Celtic 2-1.
A fierce electric storm was ultimately responsible for the premature ending of the match.
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/ 21 October 2006
South Africa may withdraw from the Super 14 rugby competition after 2010, leaving room for a Japanese team, while Argentina could join an expanded Tri-Nations, reports said on Saturday. Support is flagging for the Super 14 provincial series in South Africa, the Sydney Morning Herald newspaper said.
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/ 21 October 2006
Sri Lankan navy boats destroyed seven Tamil Tiger vessels in a sea battle, killing at least 35 rebels, a naval spokesperson said on Saturday, as President Mahinda Rajapakse appealed for peace. Sri Lanka has seen a surge in violence in the past few months, raising doubts about the success of peace talks.
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/ 21 October 2006
The evangelical Christian right in the United States notched up a victory on Friday when the NBC television network decided to cut a crucifixion scene from footage of a Madonna concert to be broadcast next month. The five-minute scene was filmed during the singer’s recent Confessions world tour.
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/ 21 October 2006
On February 19 1945 Thomas McPhatter found himself on a landing craft heading toward the beach on Iwo Jima. Sadly, African-American Sergeant McPhatter’s experience is not mirrored in Flags of Our Fathers, Clint Eastwood’s big-budget, Oscar-tipped film of the battle for the Japanese island that opened on Friday in the US.
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/ 21 October 2006
About 160km from its source on the northern slopes of Mount Kenya, the great River Ngiro was just ankle deep on Friday as nomadic farmers walked through waters that have become the focus of conflict. Kenya’s second-largest river sustains big business for flower farms supplying United Kingdom supermarkets.
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/ 21 October 2006
Kim Jong-Il has apologised to China and reassured his powerful neighbour that he has no plans to conduct further nuclear tests, according to reports on Friday that suggest the North Korean leader is backing down in the face of unprecedented pressure from a historic ally.