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HYDERABAD Dec 9: Champions England begin their campaign against the debutants South Africa in the sixth World Cup women's cricket champions...

HYDERABAD Dec 9: Champions England begin their campaign against the debutants South Africa in the sixth World Cup women’s cricket championship at Lal Bahadur Stadium here on the morrow.

However, the gloomy weather and continual rains may upset the calculations of the contestants in Group A.

South Africa’s West Indian coach Conard Hunte shows no nervousness facing England tomorrow.

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ENGLAND: Karen Smithies (capt), Sue Metcalf (v-capt), Jannette Brittin, Jane Casser (wk), Clare Connor, Barbara Daniels, Charollote Edwards, Katheryn Leng, Laura MacLeod, Beverley Nicholson, Helen Plimmer, Suzanne Redfern, Melissa Raynard, Clare Taylor.

SOUTH AFRICA: Kim Price (capt), Linda Olivier (v-capt), Alica Bezuidenhout, Anina Burger, Helen Davies, Belinda Dermota, Cindy Eksteen, Alta Kotzek, Aluiskaylaars, Kerri Laing, Denise Reid, Elizabeth Akehurst, Karin Swart, Daleen Terblanche.

9 men killed in Chennai construction site had left Assam to build a better life

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Nine young men from the Dimasa tribe, working at a construction site in Tamil Nadu, were killed when a concrete arch they were working on collapsed. The brothers Provit and Sorbojit Thaosen were among the victims, along with four others from their village. The incident highlights the lack of employment opportunities and low wages that force many from their villages to work as migrant workers.

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