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/ 1 December 2004
All Blacks coach Graham Henry insisted he had no qualms about picking a largely second-string side for this weekend’s match against the Barbarians at Twickenham.
Henry made 13 changes to the side that thrashed France 45-6 in Paris last weekend with full-back Malili Muliaina and wing Doug Howlett, the lone survivors. Meanwhile the traditionally British Isles-dominated BaaBaas will be dominated by southern hemisphere players.
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/ 1 December 2004
England will look to step up a gear in the second of four one-day internationals against Zimbabwe here on Wednesday after a stuttering five-wicket win in the first game of their controversial tour. England’s opening batsman, Ian Bell, declared after his match-winning 75 on Sunday that he rated Zimbabwe to be about the level of an English county team.
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/ 1 December 2004
Off-spinner Harbhajan Singh ripped through the South African top order on Wednesday to ignite India’s hopes of victory in the second cricket Test. Singh claimed four for 58 to reduce South Africa to 172 for five in the second innings, just 66 runs ahead after deducting India’s first-innings lead of 106. India had posted 411 in response to South Africa’s first-innings total of 305.
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/ 1 December 2004
Hashim Amla came to India hoping to soak in the country’s rich culture. Instead, he was stumped by it’s passion for cricket. The first cricketer of Indian origin to represent South Africa in Tests, the 21-year-old made his debut in front of his proud father at the Eden Gardens stadium this week.
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/ 30 November 2004
Gauteng education MEC Angie Motshekga did not benefit financially or act dishonestly in recommending a particular trust for a contract, a report released on Tuesday said. Motshekga’s conduct in her position as MEC was, however, found to be unacceptable. The Gauteng Legislature’s Integrity Commission investigated media allegations that Motshekga and her family had benefited financially from the Sediba Trust.
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/ 30 November 2004
The Congress of South African Trade Unions called on the African National Congress on Tuesday to arrange an urgent meeting to discuss tensions between the two organisations. ”We are calling on the ANC to exercise its leadership role,” Cosatu general secretary Zwelinzima Vavi told reporters in Johannesburg. This comes after comments on Sunday by ANC spokesman Smuts Ngonyama in which he called Vavi ”reckless”.
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/ 30 November 2004
The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) has found prisoner abuse that amounts to ”a form of torture” at a United States military prison in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, The New York Times said on Tuesday, citing a confidential report. The Geneva-based agency has refused to confirm or deny the article.
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/ 30 November 2004
A top army official in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) called on Tuesday for ”more dynamic” measures to disarm rebels and militias in the region, saying he was unimpressed by the current campaign. The general was speaking on the same day that Rwandan President Paul Kagame hinted that Rwandan troops were back in eastern DRC to hunt down and tackle Hutu extremists.
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/ 30 November 2004
Leaning against a blackboard in front of her class, Abrehet Amha, a 14-year-old Ethiopian girl, explains how she lost half a leg when she stepped on a landmine two years ago.Addis Tesfa, a village in whose school the lesson is being held, lies two kilometres from the border with Eritrea. Landmines were extensively used during the 1998-2000 war between the neighbours and still litter northern Ethiopia’s Tigray region.