| Ntini burst sets up S Africa win http://article.wn.com/link/... Africa Articles BBC News - Centuries from Herschelle Gibbs and AB de Villiers and four wickets for Makhaya Ntini gave South Africa a 45-run win in the Lahore day-nighter. In the first of a series of five one-day internationals, Pakistan allowed the tourists to rack up 294-5 ... |
| Nordic countries want Mugabe barred from EU-Africa meet http://uk.reuters.com/artic... Africa Articles Reuters UK - LISBON (Reuters) - Sweden and Finland on Thursday called for Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe to be excluded from an EU-Africa summit in December but left open whether they would join a British boycott if he showed up. Danish Prime Minister Anders ... |
| South Africa wins toss, elects to bat against Pakistan in first one ... http://article.wn.com/link/... Africa Articles International Herald Tribune - LAHORE, Pakistan : South Africa captain Graeme Smith won the toss Thursday and elected to bat in the first limited-overs international against Pakistan. Left-arm fast bowler Sohail Tanvir was named for his one-day international debut after paceman ... |
| Overview Brazil Carteret Islands Central Africa China Greenland ... http://www.cnn.com/SPECIALS... Africa Articles CNN - CNN takes viewers around the world in a two-part, four-hour documentary that examines our changing planet. This worldwide investigation, shot in high definition, looks at four key issues: climate change, vanishing habitats, disappearing species and ... |
| Rugby World Cup: Set piece domination key in final between South ... http://www.signonsandiego.c... Africa Articles San Diego Union-Tribune - PARIS – South Africa handed England its three worst defeats in rugby history this year. The Springboks aren't drawing confidence from any of them for the World Cup final this weekend. “I think a final is a funny thing,” Boks lock Victor ... |
| A victory for South Africa would speed up reform http://www.timesonline.co.u... Africa Articles Times Online - It may be well be the most memorable picture in the 20-year history of the rugby World Cup, but the photograph of Nelson Mandela handing over the Webb Ellis Cup to Francois Pienaar was not the most defining statement of nationhood and reconciliation ... |
| Pakistan wins toss, elects to bat against South Africa http://article.wn.com/link/... Africa Articles International Herald Tribune - LAHORE, Pakistan : Pakistan captain Shoaib Malik won the toss Saturday and elected to bat in the second limited-overs international against South Africa. South Africa leads the five-match series 1-0 after defeating Pakistan by 45 runs in the first ... |
| Pakistan v South Africa scoreboard http://sports.espn.go.com/e... Africa Articles ESPN.com - LAHORE, Oct 20 - Scoreboard at the end of the Pakistan innings in the second one-day international against South Africa at Gaddafi stadium on Saturday. Pakistan Imran Nazir c Botha b Ntini 2 Kamran Akmal b Pollock 0 Younis Khan run out 32 Mohammad ... |
| Lucky Dube, 43; reggae star urged unity in new S. Africa http://www.boston.com/news/... Africa Articles Boston Globe - JOHANNESBURG - Lucky Dube, a reggae star who launched his career with criticism of the former apartheid government, was shot to death Thursday in an apparent carjacking attempt. He was 43. The singer was shot after two men approached his car in ... |
| South Africa win their second World Cup http://uk.reuters.com/artic... Africa Articles Reuters UK - PARIS (Reuters) - South Africa won the rugby World Cup for the second time on Saturday when they beat defending champions England 15-6 in a dour, defence-dominated final. The Springboks, who won on home soil in 1995 when they beat New Zealand after ... |