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/ 20 August 2005

Sorry for you, Australia

Australia matched its worst losing record in nearly 25 years on Saturday after its fourth consecutive rugby union test defeat, losing 22-19 against a rampant South Africa in the Tri-Nations series. A sellout record crowd of 43 278 at Subiaco Oval was not able to help the Wallabies overcome winger Bryan Habana’s two tries.

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/ 20 August 2005

Pope in bid to build bridges with Jews

Pope Benedict XVI visited a synagogue in Cologne on Friday in a clear sign that building better relations between the Catholic church and other faiths would play an important role in his papacy. The German pontiff, who served briefly and unwillingly in the Hitler Youth, visited the city-centre synagogue which was destroyed by the Nazis and later rebuilt.

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/ 20 August 2005

King of gonzo blasts off one last time

He lived by the gun and he died by the gun. Now the late writer Hunter S Thompson is to be blasted from a cannon from the back garden of his home in the hills of Aspen, Colorado. Thompson’s ashes have been packed into firework casings and will be dispersed from 34 different shells fired from a gun barrel mounted on top of a 150-foot high monument.

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/ 20 August 2005

Bar council condemns Zuma raid

Condemning the Scorpions’ raid on the office of the attorney of former deputy president Jacob Zuma, the General Council of the Bar of South Africa on Friday called on them to return everything they had seized as soon as possible. The raid appeared to violate the principle of attorney-client privilege, the GCB charged.

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/ 20 August 2005

‘G’day mate’ almost banned

To Australians, it is the linguistic equivalent of beer and barbecues — but the ubiquitous greeting of ”mate” was in danger of being banned at the nation’s centre of government. In an edict from a senior civil servant, security staff at Australia’s national parliament were told to stop using the greeting ”G’day mate” when admitting visitors and politicians.

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/ 20 August 2005

Zim soccer heroes given cleared land

Members of Zimbabwe’s football team are being rewarded for winning a regional tournament with plots of land cleared of township homes. The team, known as the Warriors, won the Confederation of Southern African Football Associations (Cosafa) Cup on Sunday with a surprise 1-0 victory over Zambia in South Africa.