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/ 14 October 2004
United States investigators preparing war crimes trials against Saddam Hussein and his deputies have uncovered the bodies of hundreds of Kurdish men, women and children in the first forensic exhumation of a mass grave in Iraq. The grave site, in Hatra, near the ancient city of Nineveh, is thought to hold the bodies of several thousand Kurds in nine separate trenches.
More South Africans to die in Iraq
Dozens queue to hand over weapons
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/ 14 October 2004
The trial of Schabir Shaik underscores the fact that we are still a nation in transition between yesterday and tomorrow. Rich traditions from the liberation struggle will always form part of the South African body politic. But it is now time to leave many ways of the past behind. What Shaik’s early testimony reveals is a view that old bonds of struggle loyalty and networks of power cannot be questioned in the new order.
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/ 14 October 2004
Do you know that some products you are buying are fitting with miniature transmitters? From that "VIP membership" card for a clothing store in your wallet or purse, to razor blades and shirts — you are being spied on. And there is a slow but increasingly vocal movement growing to force companies to ‘fess up to using them to track consumers.
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/ 14 October 2004
His glory days are behind him. At 75, he is frail, his hands shaky, his lapels covered with a score of badges from organisations as diverse as Peace Now and the Samaritans. Imprisoned in his compound, facing assassination and internationally isolated, the Palestinian leader says he has been in worse trouble.
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/ 14 October 2004
Deadly hit men Michael Owen and Thierry Henry stunningly shot down rumours of their international demise on Wednesday as both men found the target to keep their countries on the road to the 2006 World Cup finals. Owen scored the only goal of the game as England beat Azerbaijan 1-0 in windswept Baku while Henry added France’s second goal in a 2-0 win against Cyprus.
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/ 14 October 2004
The local derby between Ajax Cape Town and Santos on Wednesday dished up excellent soccer in front of one of the biggests crowds seen at a derby in Cape Town. Ajax — playing on their home field, Newlands — ran out the winners by the only goal, scored in the 29th minute by Nhlanhla Tshabalala.
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/ 14 October 2004
Stand-in skipper Michael Owen’s 28th goal for England was enough to secure a 1-0 win over Azerbaijan in difficult conditions in Baku on Wednesday. The Real Madrid striker rose to joint eighth in his country’s all-time scoring charts by heading home Ashley Cole’s cross midway through the first half.
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/ 14 October 2004
With capital punishment thankfully consigned to the scrap heap of our history, the Mesdames Defarges of our era have to make do with a metaphorical drawing and quartering of the upper classes. Which is why seats (bring your own knitting) at the Shaik trial are in such hot demand. Apparently, on the first two days of the trial, media accreditaton was merely a card handed out to members of the fourth estate. But, by day three …
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/ 14 October 2004
David Beckham’s future as England captain is assured after the Football Association made it clear there would be no action taken against him over his admission that he had deliberately fouled an opponent to get a convenient yellow card.
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/ 14 October 2004
Bloemfontein Celtic went back to the Free State capital with a well-deserved point after they held unbeaten Orlando Pirates 1-1 in a fast-paced Castle Premiership clash played at Ellis Park on Wednesday night. The crowd of about 10 000 were treated to a thrilling opening half in which both sides played attractive, attacking soccer.