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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 ...

Reuters UK - JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - Gunmen shot reggae star Lucky Dube in front of his children in one of South Africa's highest-profile murders, uniting political rivals in calls for a crackdown on violent crime. Dube, 43, was killed in an apparent botched ...

Houston Chronicle - PARIS — In a strange Rugby World Cup, England is making it seem like anything is possible. That includes winning the final against South Africa on Saturday at Stade de France, a prospect that was utterly absurd little more than a month ago. When ...

Seattle Times - The slaying of South African reggae singer Lucky Dube has brought new attention to the nation's high murder rate. JOHANNESBURG, South Africa — A wave of anger and shock has followed the killing this week of reggae music legend Lucky Dube by car ...

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 ...

Reuters UK - 1 - Loosehead prop - Os du Randt, age 35, height 1.90m (6ft 3in), weight 125kg (19 stone 8lb), caps 79. Sole survivor of the 1995 Rugby World Cup-winning squad and South Africa's third most capped player, he missed the 2003 tournament through injury ...

Guardian Unlimited - White: South Africa's coach expects a different England side from the group stages. Photograph: David Rogers/Getty Images This may have been a World Cup of shocks, but South Africa's team for Saturday's World Cup final did not contain one surprise ...

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 ...

CNBC - DES MOINES, Iowa - Monsanto CEO Hugh Grant said Thursday that African countries will never solve their hunger crisis unless they build a proper framework that allows them to tap their commercial potential. "Africa has gone backward," said Grant, who ...

Times Online - BBC radio recently asked listeners to vote for their ultimate icon. The shortlist highlighted the gnat-like attention spans of multitasking housewives and long-distance truck drivers. In one corner was a man who became a global symbol of anti ...