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/ 29 October 2005
A federal judge has rebuffed Google’s attempt to remove court-ordered restrictions limiting its employment of prized computer scientist Kai-Fu Lee, whose recent defection from Microsoft exposed the escalating tensions between two of the world’s best-known companies.
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/ 29 October 2005
Warlords in control of the lawless Somali capital threatened on Friday to shoot down planes that obey a new directive from the war-shattered nation’s transitional government not to use airports they run. A Mogadishu warlord said the bar on flights into the airstrips was an attempt by the president to undermine his foes.
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/ 29 October 2005
At least 50 people died when a passenger train derailed and toppled into swirling flood waters in the southern Indian state of Andhra Pradesh early on Saturday, a correspondent for news agency AFP on the scene said. He said he had seen at least 50 bodies recovered by rescuers by noon.
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/ 29 October 2005
Beta was upgraded to a hurricane by the United States National Hurricane Centre early on Saturday as it continued to whip the Colombian island of Providencia with high winds and rain. The hurricane is expected to move north-northwest and slam into Central America by Sunday as a category-two storm.
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/ 29 October 2005
”Don’t come near the FNB Stadium on Saturday afternoon if you haven’t got a ticket,” was the warning from Kaizer Chiefs head of security Thami Mayaluza when he announced on Friday that the eagerly awaited Premier Soccer League derby against Orlando Pirates was a sell-out.
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/ 29 October 2005
In spite of a head-on collision with bitter rivals Jomo Cosmos, the Kaizer Chiefs management has decided to continue a ”home from home” policy and will play their Coca-Cola Cup quarterfinal at Rustenburg’s Olympia Park next Sunday. The Premier Soccer League announced dates and venues for the quarterfinals.
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/ 29 October 2005
Andy Roddick will be the top seed at the Paris Masters, tournament organisers said on Friday. The American was selected after top-ranked Roger Federer and defending champion Marat Safin both withdrew due to injury. Federer has a torn ligament in his right ankle while Safin has tendinitis in his left knee.
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/ 29 October 2005
The Proteas set a new South African record of 11 consecutive one-day international victories when they beat New Zealand by 19 runs in a low-scoring but exciting match at Newlands on Friday. Defending the low total of 201, the South Africans played superbly to snatch victory from what appeared to be inevitable defeat.
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/ 29 October 2005
Defending champion Vijay Singh missed the cut on Friday at the Chrysler Championship, where Steve Lowery seized the second-round lead with a five-under-par 66. A four-time winner on the United States tour this year, Singh followed up his first-round 74 with a 71, missing the cut, which fell at 144 by one stroke.
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/ 29 October 2005
A pilot was killed when his plane crashed at Cathedral Peak near the Lesotho border on Friday, KwaZulu-Natal police said. Captain Joshua Gwala said the pilot was travelling alone from Gauteng to Margate in KwaZulu-Natal when he reported he was experiencing engine problems.