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/ 20 November 2005
Rugby Union may be a much-changed game but there are still few better ways of opening up a defence than a well-timed pass allied to an incisive running-line. Unfortunately for England the absence of this classic combination from their repertoire against New Zealand was as noticeable as the demolished south stand at Twickenham.
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/ 20 November 2005
Nawa Jigtar was working in the village of Ghat, in Nepal, when the sound of crashing sent him rushing out of his home. He emerged to see his herd of cattle being swept away by a wall of water. Jigtar and his fellow villagers were able to scramble to safety. They were lucky: ”If it had come at night, none of us would have survived.”
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/ 20 November 2005
Wales were left to rue their error-strewn performance in their 33-16 loss to South Africa, who will be looking to round off their autumn tour in style next week against France. South Africa won four tries to one at the Millennium Stadium and played the last 10 minutes with 14 men after fullback Percy Montgomery was sent off after picking up two yellow cards.
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/ 20 November 2005
United States President George Bush vowed on Saturday to keep American troops in Iraq despite growing calls for a timetable for withdrawal that have prompted a bitter political fight in Washington. His tough words came as five US soldiers were killed and another five wounded in a bomb attack in northern Iraq.
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/ 19 November 2005
Brian Lara reached another milestone in Test cricket on Saturday but the rest of the news for the West Indies wasn’t good in the second Test against Australia at Bellerive Oval. Lara became the second-highest test run-scorer but the Caribbean side was 82 for four in its second innings at stumps on the third day, still needing another 175 runs to make Australia bat again.
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/ 19 November 2005
George Best, the former Northern Ireland and Manchester United soccer great, suffered a ”big setback” on Friday in his battle with serious infections that put him near death last month, his doctor said. Best (59) who had been recovering recently, was back in intensive care with a ”new and severe infection” affecting his kidneys and ”everything else”.
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/ 19 November 2005
Newspapers reacted with predictable elation on Saturday to New Zealand’s successful bid to host the 2011 Rugby World Cup, calling the International Rugby Board decision ”as welcome as it is surprising”. ”It was the best of news for a proud little nation,” the New Zealand Herald said, echoing sentiment that New Zealand’s selection ahead of Japan and South Africa was a victory for the little guy.
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/ 19 November 2005
United States President George Bush on Saturday swatted down calls in Congress for a US troop withdrawal from Iraq, saying that American military leaders believe that retreat now would be ”a recipe for disaster”. ”So we will fight the terrorists in Iraq and we will stay in the fight until we have achieved the victory our brave troops have fought and bled for,” said Bush.
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/ 19 November 2005
Scientists in past centuries called the sickness by the Italian phrase ”mal aria” — or ”bad air” — for the supposedly disease-bearing zephyrs wafting from swamps. These days, scientists know malaria is spread by mosquitoes. But they describe ill winds buffeting their attempts to halt the spread of a malady that kills one million people a year, and more young African children than any other disease.
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A rape case is reportedly being investigated against former deputy president Jacob Zuma, and a daily newspaper has published the case number. According to the newspaper the complainant is a 31-year-old HIV-positive Aids activist who regarded Zuma as a father figure.