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Eddie Butler: Wales and Scotland offer ray of northern light
Well, it could have been worse. There could have been more record scores than the home defeat inflicted on England by South Africa.Instead, we merely spent the gloomy month of November being reminded of a simple truth, that the southern hemisphere are better at rugby than we are. Just as Brazil and ... more »
The Guardian – Nov 29, 2008 7:35 PM [GMT] – comment?
found in Sports
Well, it could have been worse. There could have been more record scores than the home defeat inflicted on England by South Africa.Instead, we merely spent the gloomy month of November being reminded of a simple truth, that the southern hemisphere are better at rugby than we are. Just as Brazil and ... more »
The Guardian – Nov 29, 2008 7:35 PM [GMT] – comment?
found in Sports
Rugby Union: No disgrace as Steve Borthwick's boys give glimpse of a promising future
It seems a good deal longer than five years since England's pack - the entire team, in fact - were so surging with brio that they could afford to lose Neil Back and Lawrence Dallaglio to the sin-bin in Wellington and hold on to beat the All Blacks 15-13. They almost invited punishment for their ... more »
The Guardian – Nov 29, 2008 7:35 PM [GMT] – comment?
found in Sports
It seems a good deal longer than five years since England's pack - the entire team, in fact - were so surging with brio that they could afford to lose Neil Back and Lawrence Dallaglio to the sin-bin in Wellington and hold on to beat the All Blacks 15-13. They almost invited punishment for their ... more »
The Guardian – Nov 29, 2008 7:35 PM [GMT] – comment?
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Benjamin's last-gasp try clinches South Africa victoryAFP - Ryno Benjamin's late try edged South Africa to a dramatic 19-12 win over England in the opening leg of the new IRB World Sevens Series in Dubai on Saturday.
Yahoo! – Nov 29, 2008 7:06 PM [GMT] – comment?
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Death toll tops 300 as sectarian violence continues in Nigeria
The Canadian Press - JOS, Nigeria - Mobs burned homes, churches and mosques Saturday in a second day of riots, as the death toll rose to more than 300 in the worst sectarian violence in Africa's most populous country in years.
Yahoo! – Nov 29, 2008 6:07 PM [GMT] – comment?
found in Canada
The Canadian Press - JOS, Nigeria - Mobs burned homes, churches and mosques Saturday in a second day of riots, as the death toll rose to more than 300 in the worst sectarian violence in Africa's most populous country in years.
Yahoo! – Nov 29, 2008 6:07 PM [GMT] – comment?
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Zimbabwe Stalemate Hinges On South African Promise
South Africa Development Community (SADC) suggests the two parties share the department as a solution to the stalemate
Voice of America – Nov 29, 2008 5:53 PM [GMT] – comment?
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South Africa Development Community (SADC) suggests the two parties share the department as a solution to the stalemate
Voice of America – Nov 29, 2008 5:53 PM [GMT] – comment?
found in World: Africa
AU panel urges UN stabilisation force for SomaliaAFP - An African Union panel on Saturday urged the United Nations to form a stabilisation force for Somalia, a day after Ethiopia announced it would withdraw its troops from the Horn of Africa state.
Yahoo! – Nov 29, 2008 4:40 PM [GMT] – comment?
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Congo's hidden war robs parents of their children
The great rainforest of the Congo basin joins the verdant plains of central Africa in a region so remote that even its wars are unknown.
Telegraph.co.uk – Nov 29, 2008 4:38 PM [GMT] – comment?
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The great rainforest of the Congo basin joins the verdant plains of central Africa in a region so remote that even its wars are unknown.
Telegraph.co.uk – Nov 29, 2008 4:38 PM [GMT] – comment?
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ANC meets to draft election manifestoAFP - South Africa's ruling African National Congress (ANC) met on Saturday to draft the policies on which it will fight next year's general election, its leader Jacob Zuma said.
Yahoo! – Nov 29, 2008 4:35 PM [GMT] – comment?
found in World: Africa
Death toll over 300 in Nigerian sectarian violence
Mobs burned homes, churches and mosques Saturday in a second day of riots, as the death toll rose to more than 300 in the worst sectarian violence in Africa's most populous nation in years.
International Herald Tribune – Nov 29, 2008 4:33 PM [GMT] – comment?
found in Top Stories
Mobs burned homes, churches and mosques Saturday in a second day of riots, as the death toll rose to more than 300 in the worst sectarian violence in Africa's most populous nation in years.
International Herald Tribune – Nov 29, 2008 4:33 PM [GMT] – comment?
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Family's future on hold
Migrants Ricardo and Mauresha Fynn and their young family left South Africa to make New Zealand their home almost five years ago - but they're still waiting to own a home here.The Auckland couple, in their early 30s, have a combined...
New Zealand Herald – Nov 29, 2008 4:00 PM [GMT] – comment?
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Migrants Ricardo and Mauresha Fynn and their young family left South Africa to make New Zealand their home almost five years ago - but they're still waiting to own a home here.The Auckland couple, in their early 30s, have a combined...
New Zealand Herald – Nov 29, 2008 4:00 PM [GMT] – comment?
found in World: Oceania