No mention was made of the fact that the famous victory belonged to North, not South, Korea.
We all knew the hosts would qualify but what odds on that now being Kenya and not South Africa ?
No, this is not South Africa, where the election of Jacob Zuma as president of the ruling African National Congress on December 18th dealt a shattering blow to his rival, Thabo Mbeki.
His country continues to make demands that the Americans will not meet, such as an immediate withdrawal of American troops from South Korea and that any peace treaty the North signs should be with the United States, not South Korea.
Someone had assumed that Caspian Point is in Cardiff Central and not Cardiff South and Penarth.
The similarity of black and white aspirations is bad for black newspapers, but probably not for South Africa.
"Price rises will ease, but will not head south, " said Jianguang Shen, chief China economist with Mizuho Securities Asia.
However, all is not rosy south of the Rio Grande with this trio.
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However, Rothenberg does not believe South Africa will get the sympathy vote as a result of what happened four years ago.
He freeze-frames and points to two tiny bolts that he says prove this is a Croatian weapon, not a South African version.
We did not go south because my daughter had just been born.
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Our society -- not just South Central -- suffers from social corrosion.
Zuma's directive does not indicate South African troops will fight rebels directly.
The cyberattack did not affect South Korea's government, military or infrastructure, and there were no initial reports that customers' bank records were compromised.
But there are handicaps, including language: Chinese is widely spoken in many other Asian destinations, including Malaysia and Singapore, but not in South Korea.
The problem began when we decided to drive not back south, where the temperatures were warmer, but north, where the roads were caked with ice.
But not all South Africa's troubles can be blamed on apartheid.
Spending per head is currently 13% more than in Britain as a whole, supplying free university tuition, for example, which is not available south of the border.
Prosecutors have argued that although Okah is not a South Africa citizen, the country had the jurisdiction to try him under the International Co-operation in Criminal Matters Act.
When America lost the war there, the problem was not just South Vietnamese soldiers and officials who would now be exposed to the wrath of the victorious communists.
Swimmers push against the water's surface not unlike South American basilisk lizards, which can scamper on top of water by slapping their big feet against the surface.
If not the south coast of England, then Alex Salmond has suggested, helpfully or otherwise, that the MoD might consider the USA or France as a new home for Trident.
It did not affect South Africa's momentum, however, and Boucher had a century there for the taking when he tried to slog-sweep Sehwag's off-spin and top-edged a catch to slip.
Except if borrowers were truly fearful the UK (US, France, Austria, Japan, etc.) were really a wretched place to park funds, 10-year benchmark rates would decidedly not be south of 3%.
East Croydon-Bedford services do not run south of Farringdon.
But the Obama administration's relations with China on the one hand, and its emasculation of the US Navy on the other demonstrate that the US will not defend South Korea against North Korean aggression.
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In international news, a bilingual Global Times editorial says North Korea will not attack South Korea or the US, but stresses that neither China nor the international community can stop North Korea's nuclear ambitions.
But she said that many people across the country had criticised Fifa's move, saying that football's world governing organisation did not own South Africa's soccer stadiums, soccer balls or vuvuzelas (a South African plastic trumpet used by football fans).
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