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/ 19 September 2004
West Indies will require another 227 runs from 44 overs to beat South Africa in the ICC Champions Trophy Pool B game in London at the Oval on Sunday and go through to the semifinals of the competition. Saturday’s play was suspended because of rain after South Africa had scored 246-6 from 50 overs.
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/ 19 September 2004
The Blue Bulls stacked up 58 points in an awesome display of rugby when they defeated an outclassed Puma side 58-14 in their Absa Currie Cup match on Saturday. The Bulls dominated all phases of play and scored tries through the forwards, the backs, via interplay between the two and on the counter attack.
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/ 19 September 2004
Champions Arsenal dropped their first points of the English Premiership season on Saturday as they were held to a 2-2 draw by Bolton Wanderers at Highbury. Meanwhile, Mark Hughes enjoyed a winning start to his reign as Blackburn Rovers manager as his side saw off Portsmouth 1-0 at Ewood Park.
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/ 19 September 2004
Western Province had to wait till the dying seconds to secure a win of 29-25 against the Cheetahs in their Absa Currie Cup match on Saturday, after leading 17-6 at half-time. Neil de Kock (scrumhalf), Breyton Paulse (wing) and Jean de Villiers (centre) made the difference between the two sides.
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/ 19 September 2004
Sudan will abide by a United Nations resolution calling on Khartoum to restore security to the troubled Darfur region or face possible sanctions, although it regards the resolution as ”unfair”, according to a statement published in Khartoum on Sunday. The Sudanese Cabinet will meet on Sunday to discuss the resolution.
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/ 18 September 2004
Dane Squires was late for his own funeral. At least it seemed that way after people gathered on Thursday at a Toronto funeral home to mourn the retired welder, whom they believed had been hit by a train. Relatives were watching the casket being loaded into a hearse when his daughter was told she had an important phone call.
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/ 18 September 2004
Tropical Storm Jeanne tore through the Dominican Republic on Friday with fierce winds that triggered mudslides, collapsed concrete walls and forced thousands to evacuate. The storm, which has killed six across the Caribbean, is expected to become a hurricane over the Bahamas and then head for Florida.
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/ 18 September 2004
Zimbabwe is falling deeper into economic and social misery as a result of poor governance and corruption in the African nation, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) said on Friday. In its annual review of the country’s economy, the IMF notes that conditions in Zimbabwe ”have continued to deteriorate”.
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/ 18 September 2004
Talk about a scrapbook! He’s only two years old, but Jeremy Zorek has already been photographed with dozens of celebrities as he and his stay-at-home dad wander New York with a camera. ”This just started as a lark and I was content with that,” said Michael Zorek, who chronicles their adventures on a website. But then ”it took on a life of its own”.
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/ 18 September 2004
Actor Macaulay Culkin was jailed on Friday on charges of possessing marijuana and a dangerous controlled substance without a prescription, police said. Culkin (24) was a passenger in a car that was pulled over for speeding on Friday in Oklahoma, Captain Jeffrey Becker of the Oklahoma City police department said in a statement.