Oram shuns Cairns comparisons
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Brisbane - New Zealand batting hero Jacob Oram shunned comparisons with one of his country&#39;s great all-rounders Chris Cairns after he bludgeoned the Kiwis into contention against Australia here on Friday.
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AMSTERDAM - ABN Amro's boards will not recommend either of the two rival takeover bids the Dutch bank has received, they told shareholders yesterday.
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Australian leaders on Friday ruled out Britain&#39;s Prince William becoming the country&#39;s governor-general, with one commenting that the best place for British royals was half-a-world away in the United Kingdom.
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Wednesday's Old Firm clash between Celtic and Rangers has been postponed as a mark of respect following the death last weekend of Motherwell captain Phil O'Donnell, the Scottish Premier League (SPL) announced here Monday.
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Israeli PM Ehud Olmert rejects calls to halt excavations at a contentious Jerusalem holy site, Israeli media reports.
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Australian leaders on Friday ruled out Prince William becoming the country&#39;s governor-general, with one commenting that the best place for British royals was half-a-world away in the United Kingdom.
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IT WOULDN&#39;T be a tour by the Kiwis without them talking down their chances, but without familiar world-class players like retired all-rounder Chris Cairns and express quick Shane Bond they may be closer to the truth than in the past.
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IT IS doubtful whether Alex McLeish had much time eight weeks ago to dwell on John Donneâs famous meditation that âNo man is an Islandâ.
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Kenya's government rejects Maasai demands to return land leased to British settlers 100 years ago.
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DERA BUGTI, Pakistan -- Doubt swirled around yesterday's funeral for a tribal chief killed in a Pakistani military raid after officials rejected demands to open his padlocked coffin for inspection and buried it in a different location than where his family wanted.
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Brown dampens speculation about 2007 general election but fails to categorically rule out early poll.
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Captain Ricky Ponting has questioned how much smaller teams can benefit from playing against the top teams in the ICC Champions Trophy.
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Australian Greens leader Bob Brown says he is astounded issues like the environment and rural and regional Australia did not rate a mention in last night&#39;s debate between the Prime Minister and the Opposition leader.
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Rangers chairman David Murray tonight hit back at Celtic manager Martin O&#39;Neill&#39;s claims that the Ibrox fans are racist and reminded officials at both clubs of their &#39;responsibility in ensuring safety and fair play&#39;.
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Minister of Foreign Affairs Mark Chen () yesterday condemned as &quot;nonsense&#39; a warning by his Australian counterpart that Taiwan should refrain from provoking China in any way, saying that Australian Foreign Minister Alexander Downer failure to ask ...
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Jacob Oram smashed an unbeaten 126 to lift New Zealand&#39;s cricketers to 353 all out shortly after lunch on day two of the first Test at Brisbane, turning the match after Australia had the better of the opening day.
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JOHN TOSHACK last night hit back at sneering remarks from Mark Hughes questioning his appointment as new Wales manager. Hughes said he was &quot;surprised&quot; the FAW had made Toshack his successor, arguing Big John